As someone else noted, if I could give this place a zero star rating I would! Also somehow we should warn folks that this pace is now calling itself Star Noodles and to beware.
We've been here in its previous incarnation and we had mixed reviews. We come for F1 and stay a week to experience all Montreal has to offer. The first year we tried this place we found it quaint yet I felt that something was not quite right with my chicken wing appetizer. ... As if it wasn't quit good but not enough for sure to say it was bad.
The next year I swore to try it again and everything was ok and in fact pretty good. Now I'd like to state at this time (2011) it was very late and so super busy that we barely got in. We actually waited a reasonable time to get our meals and by that I mean 5mins or so.
This year we are late going in that it's the last day of he weekend festivities and we are super early for Montrealer's eating time (7ish). Now the bad part....I will NEVER come back here again. My husband ordered the pork spring rolls as an appetizer and that dish is the best we have to write about but even that was delivered in less than 30 sec. Yup I'm not kidding. Then a true test for me of any place ....the hot & sour soup. Gross. I mean bad but I kept at it hoping I am wrong; you know when you keep thinking "we'll maybe another spoonful". I left it half empty and they didn't ask why. The main dishes. My husbands Orange Beef came again in seriously 30 sec to 1 min absolutely tops. It is so heavily coated like a bad chicken ball from some dive and I wonder how did they do that in less than a min from appetizer end????? You can figure that out. Then the worse part - my main dish #79 garlic spicy beef and I'm looking forward to all that it says. Oh my Lord gross gross. It was so heavenly laden with salt and/orMSG that i could not eat it and I did try. No one came to ask how any thing was and this even tho the place was not even half full. When they came to get the plates it was obvious that my plate was barely touched but still no questions. So I say "that was terrible and so full of salt it was unbearable". He smiled, left, and brought us the bill for the full amount.
I left $1 tip. Not sure they got the message or if they whether they care; somehow I doubt it