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| - *** DISCLAIMER *** I came here for the official launch party, not a regular evening.
The event was by invite only, you had to RSVP. I waltzed up to the door on a pretty darn cold night, gave my name, they checked their list twice and then I was in. The lovely ladies wearing fur coats at the door told me to saunter up to the bar and get myself some champagne.
Seemed strange to me to have an 8pm start time and people were scrambling to the coat check to leave, still, I offloaded my coat and went to get that champagne that I was told to get. I noticed that the place was full of some very fashionable folks but also a very high number of overly spray tanned, Mafioso-types that tend to frequent places like Cavalli...not really my crowd, but nonetheless, champagne conquers all!
I talked to the bartender about getting me that champagne and she asked me if I liked raspberries...umm yeah, who doesn't? She then said that she'd make me something nice. 3 minutes later, 2 raspberries and a blueberry were put on a skewer with some kind of juice, a small dollop of champagne and gin and voila, I was handed a bill for 28$!!! Are you freaking kidding me?
I will never, ever come back here. The space itself is lovely and well done, it's really a great respite away from the usual touristy junk that is Place Jacques-Cartier, but I'd rather drop 15$ at the W for a good cocktail and not worry about ruining a dress because someone with spray tan bumps into me and my 28$ cocktail at Harlow.
I kind of have trouble blaming the restaurant fully for this, I think that the PR for the event was extremely poor and misleading as it made it sound like this was going to be an evening with a lovely dinner and champagne; I attend a lot of events and have no problem paying for my dinner and drink, but don't misrepresent your event as it reflects poorly upon your business and makes me not want to give you a second chance, recommend you or hold large corporate events in your space.
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