The experience was so bad that I felt compelled to sign up to Yelp to voice my concerns on this place.
Despite the mixed reviews from previous yelpers we went ahead to this restaurant in search of juicy ribs and other southern style food. this was a recommendation by the turisme-montreal.com blog (who i beleive are paid for their biased reviews after this). Upon entering we were greeted by a tattooed waiter which suited the vibe of the indoor bar. unfortunately it all went downhill from there.
waiting 5 minutes just to get a menu, they were received covered in beer, soaking my arms. not good. Then requesting an English menu as we can't read french (tourists) we were presented with a scrunched, food stained menu resembling a used piece of toilet paper.
Ordering was tricky because they had run out of their beef ribs. What the hell. We settled for pork ribs and fried chicken with a starter of pulled pork sliders.
The sliders never came! they forgot about them and we were just presented with our mains.
Inedible!! our pork ribs were SO overcooked it was like eating bark. the sauce was charred so badly, the meat void of any moisture. the bones just broke away (a sign of over cooked rib). There was actually no sauce. none! just char.
Sweet potato fries as a side? HA. more like regular fries with a few sweet potato ones mixed in. Just like the other reviewer said.
Corn bread was some dried , crumbly bread with no flavour or jalapenos. ive always had corn bread as a side to a gravy or sauce based dish for mopping. as fried chicken is dry, and ribs were cooked until it formed bark, the bread couldn't be complimented with anything.
The waiter then decided to take her dinner break while we were eating (only 2 tables eating at this time) so we were left hanging for the bill for wayyy to long. only when we got the attention of the other waiter could we request the bill and leave this overpriced disappointmemt of a BBQ joint.
I was very excited about this place after reading about it on the tourisme-Montreal.com blog. but left with disappointment in not only the poor quality restaurant, but the reputation of that blog to which I've followed for over a year now.
Walk up the road to RUBS on Price Arthur if you want some good BBQ.