Reviews of Jane's (Restaurant)

P Q

Best in the West!

Marina Havard (Marishinka)

Love the affordable Crème brûlée I bought but dislike the dinning area being closed. The lunch we bought had to be eaten in our car. Wouldn’t even let me use the washroom. High security for paying customers.

James Firth

This restaurant serves as training grounds for culinary students at Red River College. It is open for lunch many days and dinner occasionally. The location is a lovely old interior with a vaulted ceiling. The food is fantastic and quite cheap compared to the level of class the restaurant provides. Notes: You should call ahead to see if a reservation is needed and check their online calendar to see their hours and menu. They are open seasonally when classes are in session

C G

Upscale place run by Red River College students/staff. Historic.

Emily CPY

Absolutely wonderful venue for private functions! The culinary arts students are very motivated and creative - intent to impress! The kitchen team was a delight to work with and were spectacular at accommodating a variety of dietary restrictions without any hiccups in service. A lovely building with a beautifully appointed venue, and very reasonable rates.

Shauna Curtin

Try it you'll like it

Drew Hawranik

Best restaurant in the city... When it's open.

Jenifer Mohammed

The service was excellent and the food was amazing. I absolutely recommend you try out Jane's for a night of fine dining.

Paul Quintilian

Wow!

T Hallson

Awesome experience. Priced right with students eager to give you a great experience. Interesting menu items.

Arjan Jianfar

I had a great experience here and will definitely go back. The food was amazing and the service was top notch. It is a fancy dinner and the presentation is great. Dont expect a lot of food for the price you are paying though. This is a culinary school. I hope to have such great experience with future students.

William Tong Li

Jane's is an opportunity for students to practice and perfect their cooking techniques. Classic and innovative dishes are offered in an elegant historic building that has been renovated into a beautiful restaurant. The service is excellent while the food was overall a delicious surprise. If you're looking for a contemporary fine dining experience in The Exchange, consider Jane's.

Daniel Roscoe

Ok, this is a great GREAT place. It's a training restaurant for Red River College's food services courses. The building is an historically important and beautiful building. It was an old bank and the restaurant is in the old public hall of the original bank, beautifully restored. (There is an additional fun historical connection as the International Brotherhood of Magicians was founded in the building last century, for anyone interested in magic. ) The arrangement is to train food workers to work in 5 star elite restaurants so you are getting served by students under their teacher's supervision. The place is great, the service is wonderful, not always formally correct, (they might clear from the wrong side, or forget to mention today's special or something, and a quiet comment will waft through the air to remind them of correct protocol ) and the food is Devine. Sometimes there are experimental or very innovative dishes that the students have thought up and the results are fantastic. Today someone created mushroom chips, lightly seasoned and sauteed slices of mushrooms baked till crisp and crunchy, which were used to garnish a wonderfully rich tasty mushroom soup. My partner and I tried the pickerel and flank steak and we both loved them. We started with the mushroom soup, and the minestrone. As mentioned the mushroom soup was top notch, the stock of the minestrone was excellent, and the bits and pieces included chunks of chicken and cheese tortellini. Absolutely wonderful. Served with a selection of fresh baked bread and herbed butter it was a good start. The main courses were well cooked, very tasty and cooked perfectly. I had the flank steak, medium rare and it was juicy and perfect. Served with a special sauce ( super gravy dating to medieval french cooking techniques) and a very nice form of potatoes that were a cross between french fries and roasted potato wedges. The veg was string beans cooked perfectly. I enjoyed every byte. My partner had the pickerel and even though I am not a big fish fan I found it light and delicate with an interesting sauce. The mixed vegetables were well done and I will cheerfully try to emulate that side dish. Dessert was the chocolate chiffon with pickled raspberries, and the creme caramel. Both were delicious and interesting. I do not like raspberries, and frankly they tasted like lightly vinegar flavoured raspberries, but the chocolate was smooth and rich and light. The only complaint was the crumb crust was a touch tough as it was a bit too thick, but great taste. The caramel was another innovative approach, not a creme brulee, but garnished with sugar glass fibers they had a crunch that made it a cross between both. All in all, the price was good for the lunch I got, and I will definitely come back for a whack at the other dishes. Note though that the restaurant is open as part of the academic session, it is only open for another 5 weeks before shutting down till the next session. Check their webpage, and reservations are a must. Although it is a very fancy restaurant it is not enforced formality, casual dress is acceptable. There is parking around the place, but it is right on main street on the #18 route. This is a great place and I look forward to going again.

Tom Hardern

Truly unique menu and venue Will be back

Vicki Rempel

Students under expert instructors prepare and serve high-end cuisine, wine and cocktails for much less than at a private restaurant. A beautiful venue in a historic bank. Redolent of marble, lofty Corinthian columns, a well-stocked bar and a beautiful open kitchen where you can view food prep! The menu and seating availability changes often, consult the website calendar or call to plan your visit.

James Kleiner

Culinary school dining room, nice menus, excellent service and reasonably priced menu. Good wine and cocktail menu.

Carolyn Bradshaw (PolythPam)

Fantastic experience. Felt transported out of Winnipeg and into a fine dining meal anywhere in the world. Local ingredients, student run restaurant with attentive service and delicious food. Highly recommend. From the amuse bouche to the sweets with the bill, nothing was missed!

Sue Narozniak

Loved the atmosphere, food was great, could do with slightly larger lunch portions, but service was well timed. A great place for a lunch meeting.

Arash Foroughi

Wow, that was definitely beyond my expectations. Besides the salad every meal was state of art.

Drew Cochrane

It was just excellent

Gary Kaminawatamin

Magnificent food, great service and beautiful surroundings at a very affordable price.

Donald Joyce

Teaching restaurant, so the service is attentive but not always on point. Food is great.

Garrett Nolin

Great food, not too pricey ! Very attentive staff and great atmosphere.

Caroline Coates

Excellent food and service!!

Dion Tiessen

Food was very good

Stephanie Jemielity

Had a great experience here with my friends. Go with people who you can share with because then you can try a little of everything. Small but delicious menu and great environment.

Stephen Ishmael

Awesome service. Awesome food. Awesome menu. Dine in a historic building with elegance but relaxed. The upcoming culinary students got right when I dined there. The care and attention to service and food is setting the track for success for future graduates. Nice job by the staff at Red River College at Janes Restaurant.

Gucci Fresh

Fine dining at a discounted price! We had a wonderful first experience at Jane’s. The students are very attentive and eager to please. The food is decadent and the cocktails are equally tasty. The menu changes every few weeks so be sure to check online for the current menu. Looking forward to our next visit!

Ethan Davis

Wonderful service and a fancy place for dinner! Everything is done by students but you'll barely notice a difference and it is very affordable for the quality of meal you get.

Cwalls1844 Wallace

Very sophisticated menu w great prices. Creative and has a beautiful ambience. The wild mushroom consomme is a must try!

erica brown

Absolutely delicious!!!

Todd Peters

Went to Jane's for our 20th anniversary. Everything was perfect. The food , from presentation to taste, was a 10. Would highly recommend . Was our second time there but definitely won't be our last. Keep up the great work Jane's!

Giuseppe Bennici

Excellent food excellent service great ambiance ,everyone should experience this also help support Red River College.

deep dhillon

Very nice place. Great service by hospitality students and excellent cooking by culinary students.

Keith MacCharlrs

What a great place to have in Winnipeg. The food and service is defanatly of 5 Stair quolity and stack's up to any high end restaurant in town. The Red River students that served us where great! Nice touch having the Chef of the day come to our table and intraduce himself. Jane's is a must to experience the when there open during certain months of the year.

linda maslow

Awesome

Russel Magalang

Awesome place!!

James Bond

Great dining experience food, atmosphere, reservations required.

Tony Gibson

Food was amazing!! At a very reasonable price point.

Fahad IK

Amazing staff and Amazing food with great presentations

CJ Douglas

The food was good and the students were eager. It would have gotten a higher rating if the service had been better. They were incredibly slow, didn't fulfill simple requests in a timely manner. They didn't know when to bring out the wine and left us sitting there for a while. Three of us ordered crepe Suzette. Two of them came out fine. The third was a mess! It was torn and looked like slop on a plate. Then came the cheque: the server had no idea how to calculate how to split up 2 bottles of wine over 5 bills/6 people. They should know how to do simple math. They couldn't figure it out! Where is a supervisor to oversee and help them? As a result, a person in our party got overcharged.

Pedro Neves

Awesome restaurant! Good food at a good price.

Brian P

Amazing food and great value. Top notch flavours and the menu is always changing.

Christine Peters

Wow!!ghe food was Sooooo good. superior service, beautiful building!

Robert Watkins

We first experienced Jane's when our daughter attended the RRC Culinary Arts program a few years ago and we have since frequented this restaurant as often as possible. It's basically "a teaching hospital"--where second year students from the Culinary Arts and Hospitality programs are closely supervised by their instructors, working both the front of the house and in the kitchen, providing a five star restaurant experience to its patrons at a very reasonable cost.

c

My boyfriend and I had an amazing experience here. The food was so delicious and was priced great, our servers were very nice and well mannered. Can't wait for our next visit!