| rev:text
| - I hated this place, and not just because of the terrible service and subpar food. The upscale fanciness that greets you on the way in is so misleading!
The classy interior, with its crystal chandeliers, stonebrick walls, separate bar, sleek furniture, and slogan of 'think globally, eat local' makes you think you're going to be in a super special dining experience. This feeling was consolidated by a greeting from not one, but two hosts, one of whom took our coats and bags and placed them on a rack. Even by the Danforth's high standards, it looked like the Globe Bistro was going the extra mile with its ambience. And all this was just for a casual Sunday brunch! We were incredibly impressed!
It all went rapidly downhill once we were seated. Our server was friendly and polite, but slow and inept. Forgot to bring us water and had to come back and clarify our orders after we placed them. We then waited some 35 minutes after ordering for two simple eggs benedict - one with peameal, one with pork belly - to arrive at our table. During this time, there was no apology or explanation from the server.
The food arrived and my heart sank. There was about six home fries accompanying the sorry and stale looking eggs and bacon. The home fries came heaped in salt, probably to try and disguise the fact that they were hard and stale, and most likely previously frozen. The muffin the eggs benny came on was squidshy and tasteless. The peameal itself was gross. The quality of the bacon was terrible, it tasted incredibly fatty and chewy and every bite was a chore. I haven't had enough eggs benedict in my time to critique the hollondaise sauce itself, but it certainly didn't taste like anything special. Eggs themselves were ok, but not the freshest.
The espresso in my americano was burnt, and the pork belly my bf had tasted as though it had been reheated. He wasn't a fan of the home fries either.
Totally not worth the long wait for the food, and very frustrating to encounter such poor service and food in a place that appears so classy and upmarket. The table beside us were also complaining about their long wait and the shoddy service they encountered.
And of course - like in so many other places that have slow and lazy service regarding the actual delivery of food - once we asked for the bill, it came INSTANTLY. When it came to getting paid and getting a tip, the service was lightning fast and all smiles. But feel free to keep us waiting almost 40 minutes for two simple brunch entrees without even an acknowledgement of the inconvenience!! Grr!
There are far, far too many great brunch places on the Danforth, and on neighbouring Queen, to justify this place getting any more than one star from me. I can safely say without any irony that the food and service would have been much better if we had just breakfasted at the close-by McDonalds or Timmie's instead.
Maybe it's better for dinner, but I won't be returning to find out. Walk five minutes east to Cafe Fiorentina's to get world-class food for cheaper.
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)
![[cxml]](/fct/images/cxml_doc.png)
![[csv]](/fct/images/csv_doc.png)
![[text]](/fct/images/ntriples_doc.png)
![[turtle]](/fct/images/n3turtle_doc.png)
![[ld+json]](/fct/images/jsonld_doc.png)
![[rdf+json]](/fct/images/json_doc.png)
![[rdf+xml]](/fct/images/xml_doc.png)
![[atom+xml]](/fct/images/atom_doc.png)
![[html]](/fct/images/html_doc.png)