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| - This is apparently the second location of this restaurant, which just opened about 6 months ago. From the outside, there was not much signage, and it looked kind of dark inside. I honestly may have thought it wasn't open if it weren't for the flashing "open" sign.
Granted, we were there late in the evening... It was also an American (not Canadian) holiday. When we arrived, there were no other diners, so perhaps this should have been a clue. On the inside, the decor doesn't do much to speak to the style of restaurant itself. The music was actually fun and fitting with the theme of the restaurant.
My husband grew up in the American Southeast, and I lived there for a while too. If we had not lived there, maybe our impressions of the food would have been different or slightly more forgiving anyway. We ordered the hush puppies, I ordered a grilled chicken sandwich, and my husband ordered a platter with a pound of pork and a quarter chicken. The quarter chicken and the corn bread were the only parts of the meal that was good. It was juicy, flavourful, and cooked well. The BBQ sauce was caramelized and the the skin was crunchy. The pork had hard chunks in it, and according to my husband "didn't taste right." The cornbread used in the hush puppies was a lot sweeter than the regular cornbread. It was served with a garlic aioli, which is not a traditional preparation, but it was interesting.
And then there was the grilled chicken sandwich.... Rather than it being one nice chicken breast, it was several small slivers of chicken. The balsamic vinaigrette sauce on the chicken tasted good, but the sauce made the bun crumble, making the sandwich hard to eat. Also, I asked for cheese to be added to my sandwich, and for some reason, they used shredded cheese, which was inconsistently distributed across the sandwich. This caused the balance of flavours to be off. Also, the baked beans were a bit spicy while also lacking seasoning (Either sweet or salty). After pouring what seemed like half a salt shaker out, the fries still seemed bland, and they were a bit cold, even when they first arrived.
On top of that, the waiter was one of the most surly Canadians I've ever met. Perhaps he was annoyed at having a final table come in. If they had wanted to close early, they should have just told us that and it would have saved us the anguish of eating there. My husband ordered both the chicken and pork mild, but the first time they came out, the chicken was mild and the pork was much spicier. When he reported to the server that he thought he'd gotten a spicier version and thought it was a mistake, the server initially denied it. Then he walked away and yelled to the kitchen to recook the pork. We had never been here before, and at that point we were still trying to gauge if the pork was really just that hot in its mild version should we return, so again we asked the server about whether or not it was a mistake. He eventually admitted that my husband may have been given the wrong thing, but no one seemed to care. The new pork was indeed milder, but my husband got very sick after the meal--- possible food poisoning?
The original location boasts many strong reviews, and we chose this one because it was closer to our house. Maybe we would have fared better there, but overall, the food was not terribly authentic, the flavours were poor, it was overpriced, and the service was terrible. Stay away if you've ever eaten good Southern BBQ!! We will not be back.
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