Most unsatisfied with our group dinner at L'Assommoir.
We were there at 20:30 and ready to order but the waitress was finally able to bring the appetizers at 22:30! Very slow and sloppy service. She poured me a glass of water and spilled half on the table; she smiled dump and didn't even bother come back and clean. I had to eat all dinner on a wet table. Despite the fact we told her that some of us are working the next day, she brought at the last course at midnight. Unbelievable!
Now about the food. With such a protracted service damn right we were hungry and we'd have gladly eaten anything. Unfortunately the bifteck canard looked like surest way to get a gastro. Sadly it tasted the same too: too salty and disgustingly sweet. It came with some french fries which were oily, overburnt, and obviously reheated. What a terrible combination. My colleague had the same type of fries with her steak. We could not help to remark that the servings at the table looked more like cafeteria food than a pretentious restaurant.
You might be curious about the decor. The ambiance was almost stressful noisy. The selection of songs played by a house DJ were enough to cause indigestion but by the end of the night we had all lost our hearing due to the loudness of the "music".
Somebody told me that he judges a house by the cleaningness of the bathroom. I think it is enough to say that they didn't excel in that chapter either.
We should have been paid for what we had a bear the whole night nevertheless we were the one to empty our pockets. For what we paid we could have had an excellent meal in many other places.
In conclusion: with bad service, bad food, and an overall noisy stressful ambiance, L'Assommoir is the perfect place where to ruin your night. If you want your dinner to be over before bedtime then aim to be there at breakfast.