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| - I live in the neighbourhood and was excited to see the place open after months of renovations. Finally, the Big Reveal! I wasn't disappointed. I checked out the upstairs bar on my first visit and it's fabulous! The lovely decor and fantastic views helped ameliorate the fact that the service was slow.
I went back a few weeks later, with my guy, to check out the lunch menu at the bar downstairs, hoping they'd fixed the service issue. Nope. While the food was tasty, service was - again - slow and our waitress seemed bored and preoccupied, despite our friendliness.
We went back one last time (on a Monday) because nothing else in the area was open and I thought why not give it another shot. I went in and let the staff person who greeted me know that I was there for lunch and that my date would follow shortly. He asked me to wait at one of the side sofas until a table became available. I saw two empty tables waiting to be cleared and assumed I was waiting for one of those. No problem.
Within a couple of minutes my date joined me. A few minutes after that, two women came in, asked for a table for two and were promptly seated by the same staffer who asked me to wait. I looked to see if he was coming back to seat us, as well but, nope. It seemed within the space of five minutes he'd forgotten we were there. So we left and proceeded to Boxcar Social for a light, pleasant meal.
I won't be back and that's so unfortunate. I love how Streetcar Developments has lovingly and painstakingly transformed the old Jilly's into an historic gem. However, there are so many awesome restaurants to choose from in the area (Skin and Bones, I'll Be Seeing You, Ruby Watchco etc) with great food and far better service.
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