Blog.to was pumping this place so me and a friend tried it.
They are doing a soft opening. But this opening seems unusually soft.
Had to stand for 7 minutes until seated. Three staff walked by and said sorry.
Waiting over a 1/2 hour to get my burger.
They had one overworked server for the whole floor.
No diet coke or diet drinks.
Straw for my friends drink was shorter than the glass. He had to ask for a replacement straw.
As I write this I have ketchup delivered but nothing else. 31 mins.
Oh food is here now. 33 mins.
My friends blueberry pancakes look good but taste quite oily (my opinion). He also says he maple butter tastes like whipped oil. Hmm.
My burger looks pretty odd. A chunk of meat broke off when i lifted it up and fell on my pants.
Burger kind of bland. Bottom bun is compressing from too much liquid. It's one of those wonder bread textures.
My friend says the pancakes get a bit better as he goes through them. He says the top one was not his favourite. He gives them a 7/10 now.
I's give my burger a 3/10. For $18 it really fails. A big mac is much tastier (lol).
Oh I just found out that The cheesy topping they put on the burger only covered HALF of the patty. I just ate the half with toppings but rest is plain burger with no toppings. Burger rating 2/10 now. $18 sheesh. I brought this up and they took my burger away and returned oddly with a new 1/2 burger. This one with maybe twice the toppings of the last whole burger.
My friend likes the bacon on his pancakes but says he needs more syrup. He got a huge stack of pancakes but only one of those small metal condiment cups of syrup. Compare that with golden griddle or iHop! He asked for more but he really shouldn't have had to since they gave too little.
Suggestions:
- provide more maple syrup for pancakes (how about a bottle?)
- cover whole burger patty with toppings
- provide paper napkins to better absorb oil and syrup. The cloth napkins don't actually work as well.
- Get rid of hat burger or find a way to fix it. For sure improve the bun. More seasoning on patty too so you can enjoy the taste of the meat.
This review should be interpreted within The context of a restaurant in the first two weeks of a soft launch.