Finally, a restaurant review of a vancouver restaurant that doesn't gush with unwavering praise. It took the Toronto based Globe and Mail to do a real review of the new Pied-a-Terre restaurant. It's a fairly predictable review, which is poor and arrogant service and a mixture of good and not-so-good food. It's right in our neigbourhood, 5 blocks away, so we're hoping they improve and we can be regulars.
We had some slightly similar service problems once at Bistrot Bistro (asked to move tables????) but the last time the service for our big birthday party was great.
My server at Barney said that they had good food and good service when they went to Pied-a-Terre, but they were the first table so no time pressure. She also said that the other new french bistro, Jules, had horrible service, seating them at 10:40 for a 9pm reservation with no apologies.
The problems of getting good service seem rampant in the hot job market of Vancouver. I'm just glad there are some publications that will actually hold the restaurants feed to the fire, Pied-a-Grillade style.
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