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A wedge of Muntz metal jutting into Halifax Harbour, Mystic looks less like a restaurant than a building that drifted in on the tide and decided to stay. Inside the hull-shaped room, chef Malcolm Campbell runs tasting menus built around Atlantic Canada's seasons, from Acadian caviar to wolf eel roulade. The galley counter gets a blind, improvised version that changes with the weekly market run. Canada's 100 Best landed it at number sixteen; the World Culinary Awards named it North America's Best New Restaurant.
The awards strongest first
- Air Canada 2025 · #1 · Best New Restaurants
- Air Canada 2025 · Best Dish · Best New Restaurants
- VineRoutes Award of Distinction · Restaurant Awards
- Canada's 100 Best #16 · Best Restaurants
- Nova Scotia Restaurant Awards Best New Restaurant
One number, weighted & current 93
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Scallop tartare
“Scallop tartare, crowned with New Brunswick caviar and cattail, rests in jolting sea buckthorn aguachile.”
Air Canada, 2025 -
Monkfish
“Monkfish is paired with potato pearls and pine emulsion.”
Air Canada, 2025 -
Lobster raviolo
Canada's 100 Best, 2026
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- Salt + Sol Eat · 66
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