the potential is there.. we had been hearing about this place for a while since we moved from mtl to ot. we wanted to try it since we heard such good things about the joint. the decor of this tiny joint is cute and slightly trendy.
the meals:
pomme d'api 7/10. lacked flavour a bit. had potential for greatness.
panini végétarien : 7/10. too much mayo, conflicted with the goat cheese's taste.
bread was hard, think it spent too muchtimein the panini machine
desserts:
lemon beignet : 8/10. good lemon custard.
ice cream cookie sandwich: 9/10 lovely.
the service was less than stellar. i know it was a really hot day but a little acknowledgement of your customers would be nice. we pretty much sat ourselves. there was no 'hello', no 'welcome'. after we ate and the waitress picked up our plates, we were never offered to order dessert or anything else. we had to stop the waitress to get some desserts after waiting waned on us a bit. mind you the place is a hole in the wall we should not have to wait 15 minutes after we ate to be offered desserts. we quickly paid and left the place.
would we go back? we are not sure. the food was alright and a bit over priced for sandwiches. but bad service can ruin the experience. we are not sure if this place is suppose to be a restaurant or just a take out joint. if it's a take-out then that can explain the mediocre service (not following up with customers about drinks, desserts or whatever else they may fancy from the menu).
one good thing about our food outing is that we discovered a new area of gatineau.