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| - So something must have changed between when we came here and the rest of the reviewers, because this is the *first time in my life* I've ever walked out on a meal before they finished serving. Let me describe my experience.
Service:
There was one other table when we came in, and although they had 2 servers working they never once came to our table to refill drinks or see how things were without us calling them over. The water tasted like it had chalk in it - not sure if the glasses weren't clean or they are bringing in their own water source; I've tasted Calgary tap water, it doesn't taste that bad. All 4 people at the table ordered bottled drinks after one taste of the water. They would only bring one thing out (to a table of 4!) at a time, with a 5-10 minute gap between EVERY dish. I asked if he could take our dinner order THREE TIMES and he actually refused. He told me to wait until he'd brought all the appetizers before we were allowed to order the main course. Of course this meant a 20 min wait between the last appetizer and first main course. The server NEVER ONCE cleared away dirty dishes or cups, so by the time we got to the main course we had a couple big piles of dishes stacked up on the end of our table. I had to ask him to take them away, and even when I did that he ONLY took away one pile, the other one was still there when we abandoned ship.
Food:
Of the three appetizer dishes the first one was actually decent but every subsequent dish went downhill from there. The remaining appetizers were over fried, lacking in filling and bland. The first Main course was served alone, with over a 10 min wait until the next one, so the table passed the one plate around and everyone had a bite. Again, bland, uninspired and the crepe-like bread was so large that it rested on the table on either side. When the second main dish came out (some kind of fried rice) we all had a taste and everyone agreed that it was the worst we'd had. After tasting it you immediately got an aftertaste of rancid fat in your mouth, so the dish basically sat untouched. We left before trying the third.
While waiting the requisite 10 minutes for the next main to come out we all kind of stared at each other and decided we needed to go somewhere to wash the taste out of our mouths, so we paid (full price, even for the dishes that didn't get delivered!!) and walked out.
Ambiance:
I don't mind a little run-down charm, but this place was a joke. The one sign on the outside had the words 'EVEREST RESTAUARANT(sic!) SRI LANKAN FILIPINO' with the EVEREST and FILIPINO coloured in with a sharpie, so evidently they changed their menu but didn't bother to change the sign. The one over the door is a worn out sagging banner. The music was a bollywood film that would freeze for about half a second every 3 seconds, but I never got to ask the server to fix it because by the time he emerged from the kitchen after taking our appetizer order (20 min later) the film had finished and was showing test pattern. The plates were a mix of dollar store plastic and the prison 'individual food compartment' tin serving trays.
This restaurant was so far beyond terrible that I'd rate it a -5 if I could. The only thing good about the experience is that it was desperately terrible for everyone that we could do nothing but laugh about it.
DO NOT GO HERE unless you are a food masochist.
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