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| - Mike's on St. Catherine St. in Montreal has the distinction of being the first restaurant that my family and I have walked out of. My misgivings about the place turned out to be right. The menu reads like a Denny's, and while I have nothing against Denny's, it just wasn't the experience we were looking for, given the large number of eateries in the area. The person who greeted my kids was pretty friendly, giving them crayons and making them laugh, and giving us a nice table. But then the service went downhill from there. Our server was clueless - she was in the middle of taking our order for our kid's meal, and then someone enters the restaurant she knows, and she JUST WALKS AWAY from the table to shake his hand, make a reservation for him, and catch up on life. She is then gone for about 10 minutes, after she has spent time chatting with her acquaintance, and even gone to refill drinks somewhere else, etc. My wife was furious and asked for another waiter - no one ever showed up for minutes after that. So we just picked up our things and left. Reading the other reviews here, I think we dodged a bullet. We also informed our hotel's concierge and they have put Mike's on a "do not recommend" list, saying that this was not the first time they had heard about the service and "I really don't care" management.
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