As one walks down King Street between John Street and Peter Street, a bevy of restaurant greeters try to entice you to take a look at their menu. We were feeling Italian-ish and not wanting to spend more than $20 per person. Ultimate Cafe's menu looked ok to my lunch buddy so we walked in.
In all honesty, we should've walked away. Upon seating, our server gave us a view of her cleavage and asked us for our drink orders with nary a smile. No smile. A few minutes later, she slammed our water glasses down on the table. Shannon decided on a Chicken with Rose Sauce pasta and a side Caesar salad. I ordered Italian sausage with Tomato Sauce pasta. No smile. She comes back with a basket of stale bread and packets of rock hard butter. Then our food came. Shannon said her pasta was ok . But her Caesar salad was disgusting with its bottled dressing, wilted lettuce, clumps of powdered parmesan and 2 stale croutons. My pasta was also disgusting. The italian sausage was the same sausage sold at hot dog stands. If I wanted street meat, I would've bought it from the vendor. The tomato sauce was nothing special like it came out of a bottle. It seems ready-made convenience food was popular with Ultimate Cafe. Did they actually make anything or was everything just opened up, heated up and plated?
Cold and apathetic service + BAD food = Never ever going there again.