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| - All I can say is ... Wow. And not in a good way.
Came in for a Sunday afternoon nibble and drinks after a ROM outing. Expected the typical pub chain experience but was dismayed to see what appeared more like a brightly-lit run-down asylum complete with a skeleton staff and sad patients with walkers. A sad, sad vibe. We should have walked out then and there, but we were starving!
The pub is just off the lobby of the Holiday Inn Express. There is a large open space running down the middle of the room, leaving little space for actual tables. We ended up sitting beside a mountain of unfolded napkins and tray of cutlery that they never bothered to clean up the whole time we were there.
Service started badly and ended off worse. The waitress was scattered, taking several minutes to come over to bring us menus, another while to bring water, and eventually took our orders 20 minutes later. She kept mumbling that she would be right back, and told us that she was getting cheese for another table (TMI!). The other servers didn't look much better.
Food was pretty good (club sandwich, poutine, chicken wrap and chicken finger kids lunch). The kids at our table were causing a racket but no one seemed to mind - a small redeeming factor!
Capping off the meal, the nutty waitress paused (for the first time) to tell us what she seemed to think was a very funny joke about fellatio and little kids. Really? With 3 kids under five at the table, it was totally inappropriate. We will never, ever be back!
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