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| - I was really hyped about that place when I first heard about it. Went on a sunday evening with friends to give it a try: place is well decorated, nice vibe. In my opinion they have too many employees doing nothing except standing there talking to each other, checking their phone and even giving each other shoulder massages (sigh)
The food: if you're really hungry or eat a lot expect to spend at least 40-50$ a person because the portions are incredibly small. We had eggrolls, papaya salad, beef and chicken skewers and fish amok.
I notice that we had only 3 eggrolls instead of 4 i don't know why, ( i saw pictures of people having 4) but thats not my case. They were good for 2$ each egg rolls, nothing famous.
Skewers 9$ for the plate, so 3$ each skewers; they taste good a bit dry overdone on the beef ones, the chicken tasted better, but still nothing famous. Papaya salad was a nice portion and tasty well balanced, they let you decide how spicy you want it.
Fish amok was by far the best meal to me. Coconut creamy flavours, thin fried taro chips, it was a nice portion. I could eat 3 of those if they weren't 14$ the plate.
Overall: Disappointed, I don't think I'm going back if they stay the same. I feel like most people who went for the first time share the same opinion or else the place would be more crowded.
It's also the kind of place where they act very friendly and all only with people they know ( i saw free drinks given at the table next to us).
This place is still promising but if they don't change a thing about their menu and the way they treat every customers,they won't come back unless they're friends.
The concept of the restaurant is very original and could be the top place of Montreal everynight, but there's something wrong with the way they handle the restaurant business. Time will tell in a year or two if they still on the map.
John Keller
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