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| - Reading the yelp reviews I had high hopes. Finding a family owned restaraunt with great food is one of the best experiences ever. My hopes began to quickly erode when I first opened the door.
First the atmosphere:
The atmosphere is remenecisent of a typical Vietnamese restaraunt that you would find in a strip mall, rectangular with a bar in one corner. As the front door opens the front of the restaraunt gets cold. Smell, tables and chairs also reminded me of this. In the corner sat people who I believe to be the owners. They would move from the dining room to the kitchen while wearing winter jackets between cigarettes outside. We dined on a Wednesday night and there were 6 other people in the restaraunt outside the staff.
Service:
The waitress was attentive and I belive she's likely the reason for many of the regulars coming in. Although the waitress seemed eager to please I don't recall her coming around to ask if everything was to our liking (as it was not).
Food:
I had the French onion soup and my partner had the calamari to start. The French onion soup was 4/10. It's not that it was bad per se, but I have had better from a pack from costco. The calamari was your typical from a frozen bag variety, which was over cooked and quite rubbery. Might had been the bottom of the bag.
For mains, I had the Spaghetti and meatballs and my partner had a fetuchinni carbonara with a side of their garlic cheese toast (3 massive slices of toasted bread coated in garlic butter and cheese)
The Spaghetti was from a box (which isn't necessarily horrible) and was overcooked to somewhat mushy. The sauce was a pale comparison to catelli meat sauce from a can. The meat balls were the best part and maybe a 6/10.
For the fetuchinni, the sauce was described as 'greasy' and within 10 minutes had congealed to a solid lump in the bowl.
On the plus, I can say that the portion sizes were humongous but 90% went to waste.
The cheese garlic toast was ok (5/10), however there was something oddly tangy flavored under the cheese. The garlic toast was probably the highlight of the meal if I had to choose one.
Menu:
There was certainly a very wide selection of dishes to choose from, almost too many. Choices are all over the map from chicken skewers, pizza, submarine sandwiches, montreal smoked meat, seafood, steak and so on.
Lowdown:
I will not return. If you are still reading this and do decide to go, I would recommend taking a chance with one of the more authentic Montreal style dishes as they may do these better. Our bill total for 2 with no alcohol was just over $70 (including tip). Happy hunting.
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