. "2017-08-14T00:00:00"^^ . "2"^^ . "2"^^ . "1"^^ . "It pains me greatly to give this bar 2 stars, but wow, the service was terrible. \n\nLet's start with what was great. This place has an incredible drink menu, filled with unique, complex, creative cocktails. Very speakeasy vibe. The drinks were on the pricier side, which makes sense given the ingredients and sophistication of each cocktail, but it is worth noting. The decor is also quite lovely, continuing with the prohibition/speakeasy ambiance. Even their menus nailed \"the look\" and were beautiful to peruse.\n\nOur problem arose with getting service. When we entered the bar, we were patrons #8 and #9. There was virtually no one there. We became the fifth and sixth person at the bar, with three people in a booth near the front. We got our first round of cocktails immediately. Great.\n\nWe wanted to order some food. We were informed the kitchen was closed but we could offer something from their late night snack menu. Just getting that information and the the subsequent delivery of said menu took 20 minutes. \n\nWhen we had settled on what we wanted to order, we asked the guy who gave us the menu if we could place our order. He said orders could only be placed with the bartender. Apparently this guy we were talking to was a greeter/water delivery person only? OK, fine, we could order from the bartender; we needed another round of drinks anyway. Only problem is the bartender just could not manage to get over to us. Probably because another table of four had sat down and each person had ordered one of their wildly complex cocktails. And yet the bar was, no lie, 10% full. How is this business scalable?\n\nHere's the thing about awesome, competition-winning cocktails: You can't have only one person in the entire joint who can make them. And you also can't have this person be the only person who can type a food order into the computer screen.\n\nI would love to come here again next time I'm in Montreal, but I just cannot imagine spending that much time awaiting service. Sorry guys, only come here if you've got time to blow. And maybe your own hip flask."^^ . . . "1"^^ .