This was one of the worst meals we have ever had in Toronto - and we've had quite a few. I have never left a bad review of *anything* online but I couldn't let this one go.
We couldn't get a table at Stack (which is amazing) a few doors down, so we decided to try Lobster Monster. It was unbelievably bad. The kids' meals were halfway decent but:
- the garlic bread was basically a bunch of hamburger buns with garlic butter on them
- the fries were the same frozen McCain processed fries that they serve at cheap cafes at Harbourfront
- the salad was overdressed and gross
- the kids' hamburger was dry and overcooked
- the CORN was undercooked (it is not difficult to cook corn on the cob. come on.)
- the actual lobster we got was awful. It had the bitter aftertaste of a lobster that hasn't been cooked properly. The claws were stunted and deformed and the shell was mostly empty (the explanation was that the lobster was at a particular point in its moulting cycle, which - I don't know? But as a fair bit of the weight of a lobster is in its shell, we felt like we had been bilked)
- the service was inattentive, though kind. The kids were served a full half hour before the adults, which meant that by the time the adults were served, the kids were ready to leave.
- the prices were INSANE for what you get. We spent $130 including tip on a dinner for two adults and two children, which did not include any alcoholic drinks.
The staff seemed like they were trying their best and I kind of felt bad for them, but this was the worst meal, for a crazy amount of money, we've had in a long time. Please do not go here. I was genuinely offended to pay what we paid for what we got.