Monday, January 3, 2011

today's yuck...ROSEMARY & THYME

***sorry, no photo***

location: 2798 Victoria Park Avenue, North York

So now we've gone to this little hole-in-the-wall for a second time...whole different story this time around.

Different server for sure - not the young friendly spirited girlie we had last time. This one is completely rough around the edges...and I do mean rough. It took her way too long to come by after we were seated to even ask what we may have wanted to drink...that never even happened. She was far too busy talking up other customers on their way out the door, going back and forth repeatedly getting them more stuff, getting her purse to give them stuff out of it and this went on for a good 10 minutes longer to the already far too long of time we were left waiting.

Finally after almost 25 minutes, still not asking what we wanted to drink, she asked if we were ready to order. The table had not been cleaned properly so I asked her to clean that again but she still didn't bother to ask for our drink order. Another 15 or 20 minutes later, she finally returned to see if we were ready to order. We ordered, including drinks. Our drinks were brought to us and slammed on the table. My soup was also shoved across the table so hard, it spilled out of the bowl.

At this point, I was wondering what we had done to piss her off having only walked through the door with friendly smiles and with high hopes of repeating another positive eating experience. That was not what was happening. Then our meals came...another downer episode.

The turkey sandwich was mediocre at best with stale white bread but at least the turkey and onion rings tasted good.

The burger with gravy was good by feedback from our son.

The liver dinner I had was also mediocre. Liver overcooked, veggies overcooked and tasteless, onions too large and not sauteed enough and mashed potatoes definitely leftover from previous day(s) with gravy slopped on them to cover the taste.

This was far from what we had experienced on our first visit. To add insult, the portable debit machine was slammed across the table at me. Even my $4.00 tip was too much for this bad service. I'm still wondering what her problem was. Had I had a pen, a suitable note would have been left for her shoddy behaviour with us. Not sure if this place is worth going back to.

This experience has prompted me to open a new blog as a restaurant food critic.

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