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| - What I thought would be the first official stop on the list where we could sit for our French Fry crawl turned into the "Is this really happening?!" stop of the night.
As we approached the restaurant, we noticed the whole left side of it had empty tables. We all brightened to being warm and able to sit while enjoying our fries. As we stepped in, the waiter walked up and looked at us strangely, like 5 people had just walked into his house unannounced. I asked, "may we sit anywhere?". He replied, "no" with such an air that I wondered if we really HAD walked into his house unannounced. He then proceeded to tell us that the empty tables were reserved for a party of 25. We asked what time they were arriving. He said 7pm. We all pulled out our phones to see that it was actually 7:12pm. Hmm, party of 25 or snooty waiter lives in restaurant and didn't want guests? I'm leaning towards the latter.
He then let us know that the only table that would be able to "accommodate" our party had just been occupied so it would be a long wait. Kat went to the back to do a take out order and as we stood and waited in ANOTHER doorway, I observed several things:
1. Two ladies were sitting at a table. The tables on either side of them (also two seater tables) were empty. Even if he had offered to see if they were willing to move, it would've added a star.
2. A lady was sitting at a table on the phone, arguing and crying. It has nothing to do with the review but I thought I would add it because it was uncomfortable standing near her--not that standing in the doorway of a restaurant after being rejected for seating is any less uncomfortable!!
3. We were there for about 15-20 min and the alleged party of 25 STILL had not arrived. The party must have been a Royal family or Mafia kingpin to have a reservation held THAT long!
4. Upon leaving, the same server that Kat dealt with who couldn't speak English, brought us our fries and said something along the lines of "here are your fries" and "goodbye"--ALL IN ENGLISH!
ICING ON THE RUDE CAKE? The fries tasted EXACTLY like McD's fries!
Want to save yourself the trouble of Jules? Leave the restaurant, turn right and walk to the corner of Queen and Spadina. Cross over to the northwest side (diagonally across the street) and walk into McD's. The fries will be $4 cheaper and the smiles are free!
Note: just because you've designed your restaurant as a French bistro, doesn't mean you need to perpetuate the stereotype by having servers who are rude and refuse to speak English!
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