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| - I was excited to check this place out, as menu seemed awesome, and located in a place without this type of offering. But we went on a Saturday at 3:30pm, and the kitchen was closed, which we found kinda weird. I guess we should've checked first, but still strange a bit we thought.
So, we wanted to sit outside (lovely seating in the sunny breeze) then to just have cocktails, but apparently Westmount law doesn't allow you unless you get food, despite a closed kitchen, but one thing was on offer: slices of ham from a large ham that was sitting in the middle of the warm room with one or two flies buzzing about it (no joke).
Anyway, we decided no ham, and sat inside then. We asked for a cocktail menu, but were told there was no cocktail menu, so we just ordered two Bloody Caesars. They tasted unbelievably good, but there was hardly enough vodka in them (couldn't taste it at all/no buzz from the drinks at all). We decided to just leave after finishing them and headed to Burgundy Lion, on the way out, we noticed over a dozen little cocktail menus standing on a little tray by the door and menus, and thought it was weird that we were told there was none.
Cute little place, but we felt very underwhelmed due to a slight pretentiousness it carries, and the general feeling we got from the clientele. It caters very much to the wealth of the area rather than objective quality. Service was friendly, but that seemed more fueled by comfort of high tipping clientele rather than genuine care.
We probably had a uniquely off experience, but I doubt I'd want to return anyhow. Westmount can feel weird and elitist and cutoff from society in general, and this place embodies that feeling.
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