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| - We went at about 6:45 on a Tuesday night. We had tickets for an 8:00 show a few streets over but The place had maybe 4 other customers and crepes are fast to make so we thought we'd be okay. We were sat right away.
The decor tries to do a French cafe feel but it's a little too sparse to pull it off with only some over-sized cafe prints to break up the jarring blood red walls. The tables were very scratched and need refinishing. It looks like nothing has been done since the place opened.
There were speakers sunk into the ceiling blarring some really annoying music far too loud. They have been badly positioned so that instead of a blanket of sound over the entire area, the crap comes at you from specific points. Luckily we weren't right below the speakers. Again I found myself at a restaurant where the music was so loud you had to raise your voice to carry on a conversation, and the music chosen was far more about what the wait staff wanted to listen too than what diners wanted to hear while trying to enjoy a meal. In addition to this, every so often VERY loud appliances form the kitchen area would join into the din. It prompted me to remark "I am in complete audio hell! This makes me want to run screaming from the room."
There seemed to be 3 people in the kitchen area up front but only one working the tables in the back. He was the one who sat us so he knew we were there but we still waited 15 minutes for our waiter to arrive and take our order. It always amazes me when wait staff aren't trained to take drink orders as soon as the patrons are seated and come back with the drinks to take the food orders. Knowing we should be at the theatre by 7:50 or so we ordered main and desert at the same time. We were told they only had one left of one of the items that we wanted (at 7:00 on a Tuesday night?). I quickly chose another item.
The drinks arrived (really, couldn't you have poured the can of pop into the glass and just brought the glass to me?) but the food took another 20 minutes. I know this isn't McDonald's, but when there's only 2 other couples in the room a hot dog and a sandwich should come pretty quickly. Instead, two couples who came for take out after we sat down (and for the last couple, after we ordered)were served first and left. When it did arrive, it wasn't impressive. They were both served on side plates with absolutely no garnish or creative plating what so ever. The panini was tiny, the filling very skimpy, and all in all - it didn't have much taste. The bread/roll it was served on was not fresh and hard as rock (harder than a crusty panini should be, that is). What was supposed to be a gourmet European version of a hot dog was pretty much what you'd get at a cinema except with some cheese melted on top. Not exciting.
Despite our having ordered desert crepes at the same time, they took another 10 minutes to arrive. When the food did arrive, neither were too fancy so I didn't understand this. 10 more minutes of blaring bad music that made my skin crawl and gave me a headache for this? Again, mine wasn't garnished or properly plated at all - just slapped down on a side plate. It was the chestnut paste crepe but I found the filling was gummy and nearly tasteless - not the rich creamy version I had had in other establishments. The other crepe was better - more taste and at least some whipped cream had been sprayed about. It was far too heavy on the liqueur that was in it and that destroyed the delicate tastes of the other ingredients, mind you.
It took another 10 minutes to get a bill. No one ever asked if we wanted more drinks, etc. We paid and made a run to the theatre.
All in all it was over priced for what it was, and the atmosphere was awful. I don't see any reason to go back. It keep s getting voted best place for crepes by the readers of Now magazine but I suspect that's because it's the only restaurant in what used to be the fun area of Queen Street West that focuses on Crepes. I'd bet most of those voting couldn't name 4 other places that sold savory and desert crepes.
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