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| - My husband and I were looking for brunch on a Saturday at noon, and all the popular brunch places in Leslieville had long lineups, so we decided to give Braised a try.
It was terrible.
Their brunch menu has four items, so not much of a selection, however 1/2 of the menu was vegetarian friendly, if you are a vegetarian. We really wanted bacon, but there was no bacon on the menu. We both ordered the eggs benny "with a twist". It took at least 30 minutes for the food to come. You know when you're hangry and you get to the point where you're like, should I leave? It got to that point.
The food finally came and the server apologized for the wait. I felt bad for the sever because he was the ONLY server in the restaurant and it was about half full. I'm not sure why the management at this place thought it was a good idea to only staff one person, who was also doing bar service on a Saturday when they have a brunch menu. You could tell the server was stressed and he was running around a lot.
The food was terrible. The eggs benny was on a fritter soaked in oil, with a small amount of braised ribs, a poached egg (that wasn't runny), covered in a strong citrus hollandaise sauce. None of the flavours complimented each other at all. The braised ribs had a strong BBQ flavour, which just did not work with the oily fritter or the citrus hollandaise sauce (slightly bitter). There was a small field greens salad as the side, but it was pretty boring because the dressing had no flavour. When I had a few pieces left, the strange mix of flavours remaining in my mouth made me want to vomit.
A waste of $45.
I'm not sure what dinner is like at this place, but I would not recommend coming here for brunch. The decor of the restaurant is nice though.
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