
With a huge variety of drinks, it took us a while to narrow things down. There's a wide selection of wine, specialty beers (imported, organic and flavored), cocktails and smoothies. We went with Crabbie's Ginger Beer (alcoholic) and High Level Diner's mango frappa. Crabbie's Ginger Beer tasted like a super light and smooth pale ale with a generous shot of ginger syrup added to it... Mmmm! The mango frappa was a refreshing smoothie with sweet mango, fresh orange juice, yogurt, a small touch of honey and ice blended into a cool delicious yumminess... served in a jam mason jar! If I had this hiding in my jam jars at home, I'd be very very pleased. Sluuuurp!
the FOOD
Having your tummy growl while you're looking at the menu tends to mean you end up ordering too much food, so being only the two of us, we ordered two entrees each, knowing that High Level Diner's portion sizes are anything but tinny.
Sheppard's Pie

The term appetizer is a bit of a misnomer, as the platter comes out with full sized servings of everything: hummus, tabouleh, a grilled chicken skewer, a huge chunk of spinach pie, taziki and a handful of pitas. The hummus was flavored with a bit of cumin, smooth, dotted with a few olives and grows on you as you nosh through the meal. The pita bread was disappointingly hard and getting on the stale side. The tabouleh is tangy and refreshing with plenty of parsley, diced ripened tomatoes and crunchy crisp bulgar bits. I like mine with a bit more lemon, so I gave the lemon wedge a good squish over the tabouleh. The chicken is lightly seasoned with oregano, garlic and lightly grilled into succulent tender morsels, perfect with the cool creamy thick cucumbery taziki. The spinach pie - a take on spanakopita - a huge chunk of lightly feta'ed chopped spinach is wrapped in phyllo pastry. The phyllo was a little mushy rather than flakey crisp, and the spinach could use a bit more feta (or a stronger goat feta) to up the flavor, but this milder homestyle version is comforting in its own way.
the VERDICT
Overall, a nice relaxing homestyle meal in a laid back and friendly setting. We ran out of room for dessert... they have a variety they make in house - pies, cakes, a few icecream and gelato choices from Pinocchio's, and a bread pudding they make with their cinnamon buns. Bread pudding... I'm seeing you next week too!
High Level Diner
Address 10912 88 Avenue Northwest, Edmonton, AB
Phone 80-433-0993
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2 comments:
do your waitress' wear cute old fashioned diner dresses?
lol... not that we recall. Just casual t-shirt and jeans... but they weren't hard on the eyes either :) You can always suggest it to the owner!
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