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| - Tonight, I went to La Maquette with two girlfriends. One of them had a gift certificate to this place, so we went, and having read the Yelp reviews beforehand, I braced myself for the worst. We were late, going to be half an hour late for our reservation, and I didn't inform the restaurant. They called me, but I thought one of my friends was calling me, in an accent, until the woman from the restaurant mentioned my reservation. Since I kept asking her to repeat herself, she asked if I could speak English. That was justified, but still... I felt taken back and insulted.
Upon arrival, there was NO one at the desk. No bell, or anything. We heard noise from upstairs, and we waited for a few good minutes before she came down. There was also no one sitting downstairs, vacant! When going upstairs, she took our coats and my friend said something in mumbles, and she asked my friend if she could speak English, which was also justified in asking that, but I felt taken back (again), and felt that was rude.
Upstairs, it was a very nice and quiet. Only one man sat there, it was just us and him. As the dinner progressed, other people did come in, but.. still pretty vacant. As such, they kept asking us every few minutes if we had ordered, but this lady was different and was very nice about it.
Food was okay. Probably my fault. I really wanted to get the foie gras as an appetizer, but I had heard from my mother that they force feed the ducks, and I didn't want to encourage that behaviour, considering I am against animal testing. But I had also never eaten foie gras before, I am proud to say that I picked out the Mushroom Strudel, and I'm not a mushroom fan, but I liked the pastry. For the main course, I picked out the Seafood Risotto. I realized that it had white wine in it, but I didn't know it would REEK of it. I know, I should expect it, in a French restaurant, to expect food cooked with alcohol, but... I hate alcohol in my food. I didn't know it would stench so bad with white wine. I didn't eat 80% of my main course, I took it to go. My friend thought her Vegetable Risotto had "bursts" of sweetness in it, and later, she said the restaurant didn't come up to par, so she probably wouldn't be returning. My other friend had the Quail, and she really enjoyed it. For dessert, I got Creme Brulee and my friend got the Chocolate Eruption. I LOVED my dessert, highlight of my meal, I'm a sucker for Creme Brulee and it was SUCH a huge portion.
Food service was very quick, probably because it was only us and maybe two or three tables. I have to say, scenery was lovely, and I love that there was a light up tree near our table. At the end of our meal, we asked them to split the cheque, and they did. My friend wanted to use her gift certificate, but since she only had a salad and her Vegetable Risotto, she didn't have enough to qualify to use her gift certificate, so instead, we asked them if we could put the cheques together and use it that way. And, our waitress let us do that. She was very nice about it too. We even received a 15% off coupon, and based on their website, you can only receive that VIP coupon if you come to their restaurant 3 times a month, so I was happy we got it with one visit. Although my friend said she would prefer not come back, she might for us, since my other friend and I are avid coupon users!
It's an okay restaurant, it wasn't as bad as I would have thought, but not great. Still trying to find a great French restaurant. Probably will be back to use the coupon but if they hadn't given us the coupon, probably wouldn't be back. There are much better restaurants in the GTA.
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