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| - I found this restaurant to be very different from what their website would suggest. My wife and I were looking for a romantic anniversary dinner, and this place seemed to fit the bill.
Although it was priced as an upscale restaurant, we found the atmosphere and service to be anything but. Our original server checked on us twice in the first 5 minutes, then appeared to forget we exist. Another server stepped in after we had been there half an hour, but we almost walked out when we went more than 15 minutes without seeing a server.
The atmosphere is fine if you're facing the back of the room, but you can't really hide that you're in a strip mall, and I spent most of the meal distracted by people walking right in front of the store window on their way to the bowling alley next door or coming from the LCBO on the other side. Very disappointing.
We had pescatore pasta and salmon. The food was ok, but not spectacular. The pasta had some unique seafood on top, but ultimately just felt 'ok'. The wine also was just 'ok'.
The review so far would have rated 2 stars. I bumped it up to three because the serving staff and maitre'd that took over for our original waiter were very nice, and talked intelligently about the food and wine pairings, making sure to greet us on our way out and acknowledge the special occasion we were celebrating that evening.
Ultimately, the food and experience weren't worth the price tag to us, and we will not be returning. This felt like a casual restaurant with an upscale pricetag, and did not meet our expectations. We know of better places to spend $100.
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