The Mac Shack, situated on west boulevard in Kerrisdale is a restaurant serving exclusively mac and cheese, with a few twists. I had the opportunity to eat here earlier today and I was honestly impressed by how good it was, when you take into consideration the mediocre at best selection of decent, affordable eats in Kerrisdale. The prices are pretty decent, a fairly large bowl of mac and cheese can cost anywhere from $6-$12 depending on what you get in it. I personally had the Lobster Mac and cheese ($12+taxes) and I also ate some of my friend's Four Cheese Mac (forget the price, but I think it is $6 for a regular, significantly cheaper than lobster mac). Both dishes tasted really good and I personally like the whole cast iron skillet type presentation. That being said, the problem with serving something in a hot cast iron skillet is that it overcooks as the diner eats it, and with pasta, that's a pretty big deal. The pasta arrived almost perfectly cooked, only slightly overcooked, but as we ate I noticed the pasta get softer and softer. This is really just nit picking though as it's mac and cheese, nobody ever said it was supposed to be al dente. The sauce on the Lobster Mac was creamy and garlicy (in a great way) and there were small (I mean SMALL) pieces of lobster in it. The dish also came with oyster mushrooms in it and while I love mushrooms, these ones were very very bad. They were undercooked, and hadn't been sautéed at all which was a disappointment. I also ate some of my friends four cheese mac which was also really good tasting. You could make out 3 of the four cheeses, which makes sense because the 3rd and 4th are both cheddar. The servers were nice and actually brought us our food, something virtually unheard of in Kerrisdale (exception: Fish Café, also a very good place to eat). Overall, The Mac Shack offers really good macaroni and cheese at decent prices. Some suggestions I would offer would be: Turn off the music or change it to something more neutral, take lobster off your menu and replace it with crab, we are in Vancouver, our crabs are world renowned + you have to import lobsters, crabs u can just go get, sauté the mushrooms before they go into the dish to make sure they are cooked and have great flavour.
Food: 8/10
Service: 10/10 (can't really complain in any way)
Ambiance 8/10 (Restaurant looks nice, but annoying music)
Verdict: You should definitely go and eat there at least once, they are quite good and i don't think you will be disappointed.
Lobster Mac and Cheese
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