I had high hopes for this cozy type dining for winterlicious and the food didn't disappoint. It really breaks my heart to have to rate this place 2 stars... and the two stars are for the food only.. The food was great. I had the beef tartar, trout and chocolate cake.
The real issue I had is with the service! My god was the service absolutely horrible. I had a tall gentleman who barely looked twice at my boyfriend and I. He quickly took our orders and snatched the menus before we could ask him to suggest a good wine. So... no wine. We get our food and we are sitting upstairs in a small cozy room so we can see him serving other tables.. Apparently it's not that he's just a bad server in general, he just chose who to be a bad server too! He gave exceptional service to a larger table (probably to make tip) and to another table of 4 just beside us... so I KNOW he can be a good server... but because he thinks my boyfriend and I are younger than the other tables that we can't appreciate good service or won't tip well enough to his liking. Too bad for his judgmental self as I tip quite a bit for great service as I feel that service really completes the food (even if the food was bad). We got our deserts without him even asking if we wanted coffee or tea (he acutally never came back to our table, it was a different waiter that served us our deserts) ... I shrugged it off thinking he'll be by to ask soon. Definitely not. .. but of course the table of 4 beside us he makes small jokes and asks them if they want coffee or tea and even now they take it and told his helper to make sure they get what they needed. I was just appalled at his inconsistency and absolute rudeness in this! It's not like we were in a big room... we are right beside them!
So we got the bill .. barely gave any tip and made sure he seen it. I hope he reads this and/or his boss! The food was great but he really killed the atmosphere! Doubt I will make the trip out there or tell others to go ...