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| - I used to frequent this place almost every night in the 90s and hadn't been back to Montreal in a LONG time. With family in tow, I remembered this restaurants to be a good quality and value. To my surprise, when i walked into the restaurant, visually, it hadn't changed a bit and looked like I had stopped back in time. i did notice that there were a lot of elderly people eating there and it wasn't as busy, as it used to be.
The hostess was nice but took her time to seat us. However, I attribute this to being on Toronto time and some places can't keep up. Sitting down, I had a window booth and i noticed that the booth really wasn't clean, and parts of the restaurant had also been ignored. This place could use a scrub down. Interestingly, the bathroom was okay but the stall was miniscule, kind of like trying to get into a clown car.
The children's meals seemed to be a little expensive for me but when we saw the portions, they were HUGE!!! I ordered a super Montreal Smoked meat sandwich and my wife ordered the regular order; however, when they came, it seemed like they were the same size. I can assure you there was a difference on my bill.
Being on vacation, my children were lured into buying a gumball and won a discount on our bill. When I presented it to the waitress, she advised me that it was only for take out. In the words of Larry, Darryl and Darryl, it was almost like the bakery was advertising that bear claws were on sale but unfortunately, it was a come on.
Being in Montreal, my children hadn't seen mile high cheese cakes, so they asked to order one. So, we ordered a strawberry cheesecake that looked really scrumptious. What we got was something completely different than what was in the case. another come on, the cheese cake wasn't even an inch high, with strawberries on top of it. This looked like the leftovers from yesterday's batch of cheesecake put together to serve to some unsuspecting Ontarians.
Unfortunately, even though my sandwich wasn't mile high, nor my cheesecake, the sum of my bill was a lot bigger than what i had wanted. Unfortunately, I can't condone this restaurant and I hope that some day, it gets put out of it's misery.
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