On a rainy Sunday night we were trying to get into a different restaurant close by, but it was closed, so we chose Cantine. At 7pm, the place was full, and we had no reservations, but we were happy to sit at the bar for a drink and our entire meal, which we often do.
Firstly, the positives, and there are two.
The prices on the menu are pretty good so it doesn't pretend to be a high-end dining experience. And we met one staffer who was called in to help with the evening service, even though he was at home ready for an evening off. He was great. And for him alone, the restaurant gets one star.
Now the negatives:
1. The staff were arguing and swearing, right in front of us, all night long. We eat at bars alot.... staff can cuss and swear all night long, but please keep that abusive behaviour in the kitchen.
2. A word of advise to restaurants: don't seat me if you can't service me. It took 50 minutes for our salad course to arrive.
3. And, Try and make your salads look interesting. We ordered a Salade Nicoise and the tuna was simply dumped out of a tin! There it was on the plate... a perfect disk of cheap canned tuna.
4. If you still want to go here, for whatever reason, AVOID the pizza at all cost! It's served on a frozen cracker crust that is worse than any grocery store pizza I have ever purchased.
ALERT: I think this place is going out of business it this was a normal experience.