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| - The husband and I had our 1st experience with this restaurant, not so good. Decided to stop in after work to check out their St. Patty's day specials. I was a bit disappointed to see they only had a plain corned beef sandwich paired with chips or a pastrami rueben with chips. I thought maybe they would have had a traditional corned beef dinner on the special board for tonight but nope I was wrong, we should have left and tried their food another night. But, instead we decided to stay- bad choice. We tried their poutine, the 2 sandwich specials and 2 beers. At first, I would like to say the server was nice and slightly informative when she first came over to take our drink orders- her service went downhill from there. We asked if we could substitute the chips for a salad or another side, she wasn't sure and had to run to the back and ask, told us we could substitute for the chopped green salad. Told her I wanted the corned beef sandwich lean with swiss cheese, she said it doesn't come with swiss cheese. I said, right I know I want to add it. She said they don't have swiss cheese, my husband interjected and said I see swiss cheese right here listed on the menu under the build a burger....plus his rueben came with SWISS CHEESE. At this point the server just had an attitude from that point forward. She brought the poutine with our dinners even though I told her we wanted the poutine to start our meal, you know as an appetizer! As the food goes, poutine's gravy was salty, the cheese curds were lackluster which they didn't taste like anything. The corned beef was disgusting. It was dry, overcooked, fatty and bland. A pickle was suppose to accompany the sandwichs, but they were left off the plates. As for the salads, dressing was really good but the salad was not quite the salad I read on the menu...lacking all the ingredients (spicy nuts & apples). We brought up the issues to the manager and she seemed understanding and actually comped a few items and gave us a complimentary dessert- we chose the melted smore, this was very good. Overall this was not the St. Patty's day dinner I was craving all day. The only reason I'm giving it a 2 is because the manager was accommodating, certainly not for their food or the rude server. Word to the wise to the server (Madonna), don't take it personal when patrons point out inconsitantcies with the food. Nor does the patron need an attitude when they ask questions about the food or if something can be added or substituted. And to the chef, take some pride in the food your putting out. Great food concept if it's actually delivered upon.
We may or may not be back to try their bugers.
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