"0"^^ . "3"^^ . "2015-05-16T00:00:00"^^ . . . "If it was only for the food, I would have rated it higher. However, the service was appalling. I guess if they only want to serve those from Montreal, that's fine. But tourists and those used to prompt and friendly service, look elsewhere for your meal. \n\nI was staying nearby so I decided to check it out. I wandered in slightly before 8:00pm on a Friday. There is no host/hostess. Basically the bartenders do triple duty- bartender, host, and waiter. Because that seems like a good idea? Right.....\n\nSo initially I did not know there was no host. I was kind of looking around and then decided to ask at the bar. It took a few minutes before I was able to catch someone's attention. I was told there was no host but I could get a table. So I'm seated at a high top, there is no back on the chair and no place to hang my purse. Inconvenient but whatever. I peruse the menu all in French and when the waiter comes back over, I order a Dark N Stormy and a salmon tartare app. Apparently he took that to mean I didn't want dinner. Another guy came over to deliver my drink and I ordered the short ribs for my meal. I was hangry, I will admit. \n\nMy Dark N Stormy was more like Rum N Dishwater. The Dark N Stormy is probably my favorite cocktail and it should be intense and spicy. This was anything but. Maybe their other cocktails are good but this one could be skipped for sure. The salmon tartare was the bomb, holy shit. The served it with masago, cr\u00E8me fraiche, and homemade potato chips. It was the perfect balance, the fresh fish, the oily chip, the slightly tart cr\u00E8me fraiche, the pop of the masago. So good. \n\n45 minutes after I got my appetizer, my dinner arrived. The dish was 90% good. The roasted vegetables were awesome because they had some of the meat fat roasted into it, awesome Brussels sprouts and asparagus. There were some well cooked beets too, not too mushy. The beef ribs had a nice flavor, I think there was Chinese five spice, maybe hoisin, just a touch sweet. But normally short ribs should be so tender they just fall apart. This was not the case. I had to cut them up and they were a bit chewy. \n\nOverall, the food was really good, the drink sucked, the service sucked, the ambiance was intimate and eclectic. I probably won't have the chance to return but if I did, I probably would go elsewhere."^^ . . "1"^^ . "0"^^ .