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| - Oh, the rules. The rules, rules rules rules. First, I will say, the food was very good. And our waitress was very sweet and attentive. That said, the two waitresses that looked after us Did forget to place the order for a Caesar salad. Kind of inexplicable, considering there were 3 tables on the go at the time, and tons of staff.
So on to the rules. We arrived at 5:00, asked for a table for 6 outside in the then EMPTY patio. We were told, since there were only 4 of us there, we could only sit at a sun-filled (yes, it was a hot day) table for 4 until the others arrived. To be clear, there was no one, no one else on the patio. Just us. The waitress politely said it was the rule, and called the manager. Well, unbelievable as it sounds, in a "world class" city such as Toronto, she stood by the rules. No, we couldn't sit in the shady seats, unless the others from our group arrived. I get it, if there was a line up, or the place was full, totally understand. But it was completely Empty. Just us, asking for a table, in an empty restaurant.
It must be nice to have so much $, you can enforce idiotic rules such as these. We finally got the table we asked for, when we suggested we'd all sit at separate tables. She FINALLY got the point, sort of, after an eye roll you could see from a mile away. Our friends arrived 5 minutes later.
Over the next 1.5 hours we enjoyed our food, and relatively good service. Then we left because they have another rule, only allowed to be there for 2 hours. Wow.
Yikes, it's an empty restaurant, the Jays game just let out, the theatre matinees are letting out, and PanAm is in town. And it's empty. Give your head a shake, and use your head. Unforgivable, and WILL NEVER RETURN.
We're locals and you treated us like this. The world is watching, visiting.
Shame on you.
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