Ive been here several times years ago, and remembered Xe Lua to be a decent, no frills restaurant. I decided to come back last night after wandering around TO in search for a quick dinner. I regretted my choice almost instantly.
Although the food tasted standard, the 1 star comes from the ridiculous amount of fruit flies swarmimg our table; every time I looked back down at my bowl, there were 1 or 2 new flies chilling on the edge of it. Not. Cool. Not only were the flies swarming around the beansprouts, food, drinks and the table (how stupid can the flies be to purposefully fly into something that will kill them????), there were also a ton of them in the air where I was sitting. I also dont want to forget to mention my mini fruitfly napkin graveyard off to the side of my table. Fan. Tastic. Maybe it's because we sat near the kitchen. Maybe it was nearing the end of the day and they didn't get a chance to take out the garbage yet. In any case, there is no excuse for any restaurant to let fruitflies run rampant in the dining room (or anywhere else).