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| - This review is really like a 3.49 stars. While I was impressed overall with the food at Deville Dinerbar, the prices and service give me pause. I saw reviews of Deville as a high-end American style diner and though it would be safe to bring my nine year old in the late afternoon for a bite. There were other parties with kids in the dining area, yet my server was visibly disappointed that she'd been seated with a kid and wasn't going to get a huge order. I don't really get this: there's no kid's menu (and I'm not saying there should be at all), so she's still going to make money off a full-priced entree. Maybe it's that we weren't chugging down endless cocktails. Whatever. She was indifferent the whole time (though her trainee was lovely and helpful).
Speaking of cocktails, there was barely any booze in the Brooklyn iced tea. It sucks to pay $12 for a drink that's mostly mixer and crushed ice.
Now that I've done some complaining, I'm ready to cheerfully talk up the food at Deville. It's good, really good. It's diner food pumped up on yummy-steroids. The Fat Boy cheese burger is perfectly cooked to order and has a freakin' delicious braised beef short rib for a topping. The root beer bbq sauce is pretty good but people who don't like sweet will find it cloying. Deville has great matchstick fries. My nine year old had bacon wrapped hot dog sliders and fries and LOVED them.
For dessert, we took Rawan K.'s advice and got the Toasted Marshmallow shake. Incredible mix of vanilla, malt, and nutella with toasted marshmallow garnish! So sweet and good.
The check was steep for all of this, but most restaurants in Montreal are costly, so I just tried to keep it in perspective. I'm still really annoyed about the dismissive service, and I'll put this out here now to save both the restaurant and prospective customers a lot of aggravation: don't bring your kids here. Or, if you do, maybe only do it during the day.
Yeah, and Deville: please put more booze in your expensive-ass drinks.
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