. "1"^^ . . "3"^^ . "2017-05-30T00:00:00"^^ . . "1"^^ . "I had just about the worst dining experience of my life here. Let me start by saying this was my first time in Toronto and I found the majority of the people in Toronto extremely nice and accommodating. On Sunday my two friends and I decided to have brunch at The Brownstone Bistro. Two of us arrived earlier than the third and were quickly seated by the host who brought water and some great muffins. 30 minutes later we had not even been asked if we wanted a drink, despite the fact that several other groups had been seated after us and served fairly fast. Several servers were coming around but we did not know who ours was since no one had been over. We finally got the attention of one of the servers and asked if we could order drinks. Without any apology, He told us he would let the girl who was our server know we wanted to order. He returned and said he would be taking care of us. We ordered drinks, one of which was a mimosa since it was brunch. At that time we were told they were out of champagne. My friend was offered a wine spritzer which he declined, instead he ordered an espresso. He was never offered another drink for the remainder of the meal. By this point my friend was a little frustrated, at one point the server got in his face and asked if everything was okay. My other friend ordered a drink but was also never asked if he wanted another, despite asking me several times. If felt as if they were being deliberately ignored.\n\nThen we placed our food orders. I ordered a crepe with apples and Brie. No Brie. I ordered it with Gruyere since another dish on the menu had Gruyere. No Gruyere. Finally I settled on Swiss cheese. I also ordered a potato galette. When the food came, the crepe was very good, the galette was inedible. The sliced potatoes on the bottom were cooked but the top potato slices were either raw or dried out. Either way, I could not get through them with a fork or knife. Although the crepe was good, one crepe was hardly filling for a brunch meal. \n\nFinally when we asked for the check, the server did tell me he took my meal off the bill but when we asked to split it three ways he reacted like it was a huge problem and that he would have to go inside to do that, despite the fact that every other establishment that weekend had no problem dividing the bill. After arriving back at the table with a machine he preceded to calculate the bill by hand and charging everyone accordingly. \n\nAt no point throughout the entire experience were any of us apologized to. Not for waiting 30 minutes before we were asked if we wanted a drink, not for being out of champagne at brunch, not for being out of two main ingredients for two dishes. The part that is hard to describe in words is the attitude of this server. He acted offended that we asked him for drinks, he acted offended that my friend did not want a spritzer instead of a mimosa, and he acted offended that we wanted to split the check. The whole situation was uncomfortable and I just wanted to leave."^^ . "0"^^ .