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| - I was visiting Montreal and I went to Bis with my boyfriend and three friends. We thought that it was going to be the nicest dinner of the entire weekend and we were appaled at how bad it was. The appetizers were delicious - baked eggplant, burrata with tomatoes, and the house salad. The Chianti we got was great too, but we only ordered Chianti, because there was no Pinot Noir left in the entire restaurant. I had never heard of such a thing until I dined at Bis.
We were very excited for our entrees. I ordered the linguine with clams, mussels, lobster, and scallops. The two clams, two mussels, and one scallop were edible, but the lobster was so overcooked it was inedible. I was surprised at how much lobster you get with the dish, and I was excited to dive in and eat it. I couldn't even eat it. I gave a huge part of the tail to my boyfriend (I wouldn't usually do this if I liked it) and he ate some. I also gave some to my friend, and he spit it out of his mouth.
My one friend loved her veal dish and my other two friends order the pork chop SPECIAL stuffed with cheese and prosciutto and they simply could not eat it. No one came over to ask how the meal was until the end of the meal when we all pushed our plates into the center of the table. The manager walked over and asked why they weren't eating the pork chop, and we told them that it was over cooked and the prosciutto was tough and rubbery. I told him that the lobster was overcooked and he told me I had eaten it all and he didn't believe me even though there was some leftover on the plate (and WHO leaves leftover lobster when it's delicious?). It was very unsettling that he was questioning me and thought I was lying about HATING my meal.
After we complained, all the manager did was tell the waiter to order us drinks on the house. We just wanted to get out of the restaurant at this point. No one came over to take our drink over for the next 15 minutes. Finally our waiter came over and asked us if we wanted limoncello... but we thought we got to order our own drink?!
Overall, the entire dinner was a disaster. Who knows how George Clooney frequents that place. We'll never go back to Bis.
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