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The service was OK. Food was OK (nothing to write home about, but acceptable). They even served me hot tea with a glass of ice so I could have an unsweetened iced tea.
But I don't know how the others who commented on using the wifi were able to do so, unless it was for a short time.
I had the waitress come over with the bill while I was still there, I thought she was going off shift, but no. Well, I went and paid, and found out there was a limit on time. As I was about to have a meeting online, I asked if I could stay long enough for that.
As a side note, the restaurant was nearly empty (it was the whole time I was there), it was not like I was taking a table they could use for other customers, as they had almost none. That does not come as a surprise to me.
The waitress said that would be OK, but then the manager came by, and it got really ugly. He hover over me, and said I had to go, that they had a policy that people can only be there for 1.5 hours for a meal. And as I packed to go, he stood there, very aggressively hulking (he was a large person, pretty intimidating). I got the feeling he was about ready to swing on me, the way he was acting, incredibly rude, beyond rude, even. He was saying he'd pack up my computer as I was not moving as fast as he'd like (I don't move very well, I have somewhat limited mobility). He also complained that I shouldn't have plugged into the power outlet -- I offered to pay the few cents that power might have cost but that didn't satisfy him.
If I have ever seen such a rude service person, I can't remember. If I could give this place zero stars, I would.
Avoid this place. That man should not be a manager, no one should act that way, much less to a customer. The man must have some serious issues, is the best I can say. I was almost ready for lunch in fact, and would have bought lunch there, had he not come over and started acting that way. He lost the rest of my business for my stay in Toronto, including the meal I was about to buy.
I would write to Golden Griddle corporate, but judging from the past reviews here on Yelp, that probably won't do much.
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