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| - Since it's opening, I haven't gone back because brunch lines suck & the wait for Monki is no exception. But they were recently added to the list of brunch places on the NoWait app so we decided to try it. We got there, waited, then went across to the ridiculous $$$$ organic heaven that is CNF, then waited again when told our table was ready, then finally got seated.
We ordered a variety of different things, but my biggest disappointment was how tiny the bennies were. The biscuits were gluten free - not by choice I don't discriminate against gluten - and too chewy for my taste.. like a ciabatta texture. My bennies were also topped with those nasty skinny sprout things that were not in the menu description which I did not appreciate for neither taste or aesthetic.
Can we also talk about the potatoes for a second? I am a big fan of potatoes - hash, mash, baked, fried, etc. So naturally again disappointed with the amount of potato distributed to my plate, considering the hash is probably one of their cheapest products to make, don't even really know if I can really call it a hash? They were really just giant cubes. They were also seasoned with sugar.. maybe it's considered hip to have savoury foods be sweet but if I order something savoury I expect my entire plate to be more or less savoury I don't want no dessert potatoes. Because of how giant the pieces were though.. there wasn't that much sweetness that I had to battle anyway so I guess that's a win?
Anyways.. to sum it up. It's tiny, the wait's long - even with the NoWait app, service is not on the quick side, the portions are small, & street parking is only free on Sundays.
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