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| - Unfortunately this place has gone seriously downhill since its days as the romantic and charming "Caffe Volo".
Arrived Wednesday for afterwork drinks with a lady I've not seen in years. We were having a real heart-to-heart over wine. She bought the first bottle, and when it came to buy mine, I was astonished...$75 plus tax for a bottle??! For an Ontario wine. Are you kidding me? I asked her if she was kidding. Sadly she was not.
Seeing as it was my turn to get a bottle, I agreed to buy the cheapest (sorry, but not made of money here). Not only are the prices high, they did not have table service here. They had all of two bartenders working. I got attitude at the bar, to boot. "I'd like to order your most economical bottle of wine," I said. He looked at me blankly, as if I was supposed to go thru the whole menu and find it myself. I ended up having to, the bartender was of no help. Sorry, $3 tip on a $50 bottle guys, with that kind of service.
Then to top it all off, as my and my friend were already into the second bottle, one of the staff interrupted us and said we would have to SHARE our small table with two other people because the bar was too crowded. Excuse me? We're not talking LONG tables here, this is a really intimate environment. After that kind of money for that kind of service, there was no way I was agreeing to that. Luckily, we were able to get ahold of a third friend who was coming to join us, and we firmly denied the staff member's request.
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