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| - My mother, husband and I are huge fans of Toro Toro, but we decided to give Tapas 24 a try... But were met with huge disappointment, although given the so-so reviews, I guess I wasn't that surprised. First off, the atmosphere is complete different and seriously lacks the charm of Toro Toro. It just feels like an urban restaurant, nothing spanish about it. Moreover, it took about 20 mins for a waitress to come greet us, and tell us she would be back soon to take our drink order. So we waited and chatted away. We didn't understand the wine menu so wanted some help picking out a wine. When the waitress finally bothered to come check up on us, first off she spoke to us in english. I know we are franco-ontarian and have an accent, but how rude. Not only did we keep speaking to her in french she kept answering us in english. Although this was nothing special for Montreal. She didn't really know the wine menu, and informed us that the sommelier would come see us. Now we were very hungry and at this point it had already been 40 mins. We were seated next to the kitchen so it was very loud, and distracting to see all the waiters walk in and out in a continuous stream. Moreover the menu was some type of hybrid tapas menu. The classic spanish "patatas bravas" were in fact just fries... and I have never heard of foie gras at a tapas bar in Spain. So we were VERY fed up. One hour in, water as drinks, no orders taken, lack-luster looking food, and bad atmosphere. It didn't take much more for us to leave and make our way to Toro Toro, where we were greeted with a smile, and immediately told about the wine list. So all in all... Save your time and money and have a wonderful evening next door at Toro Toro.
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