. "0"^^ . . . "2011-05-29T00:00:00"^^ . "One of the more obvious differences btw alley catz and a classy restaurant is the waitresses dressed like they're going clubbing, black short dresses all stomping around the empty dance floor like they're doing runway.\n\nRed flags:\nWhen our food arrived with 3-5 mins of ordering looking like it came out of a jar! And my waitresses thigh is on my chair as she offered parmesan/pepper for our food!\n\nAsked my husband how much parmesan he would like and after he replied just a little, she proceeds to dump a scoop full of it in the center of his pasta.\n\nQuick facts:\n\nDecor is nice, you can see it used to be a jazz bar, feels like a night club that sells food! If it was a night club I would have said nice night club set up, bar is right in the center, with tables and booths on the other 3 sides. Though the dance floor looked small. You would definitely enjoy it more if you stayed for the dancing.\n\nPenne alla vodka ($17) tasted like my favourite classico rose sauce, but for $17 with a few pieces of bacon I could have made it at home!\n\nMy best friend's orgasmic pesto penne $17 was also strangely similar to my less fav supermarket pesto sauce cuz I can actually make it fresh myself. The only taste was oil and parmesan she luckily asked for.\n\nMy $10 strawberry, brie and pear spinach salad was good except for the skin... But its not hard to mess up on that salad.\n\nArrived at 740 and it was empty, when we left at 810 it was filling up... Yes it was a half hour dinner.\n\nMenu wasn't innovative or creative, but can't be because they can't even do the basics right.\n\nWe went with a deal getters voucher and with out my consent and its not stated on the voucher my server (owner) proceeds to add a 15% tip and swiped my creditcard before showing that to me... Really? I generally tip 12 as a base but being obliged into it is never a good feeling! His answer \"oh because of the voucher\" our response \"did we get better service due to this voucher?\"\n\nWas looking forward to this place but really disappointed!\n\nAt Demetres @ Yonge and Eglinton for dessert because somehow I feel Demetres will do prepackaged cakes better.\n\nBtw as a quick tip, this place is besides Spacco in an alley, not exactly at 2409 Yonge!"^^ . "0"^^ . "1"^^ . "1"^^ .