Blend Restaurant & Bar

It was a very terrible experience. When my family and I arrived in the evening of January the 3rd there was one couple on the restaurant side. Our service was terrible, our food took very long especially for only having us on the restaurant side. The meals came out separately and all dishes were cold. We ended up leaving or returning the majority of our meals. The quality of food as well as service has gone down considerably. There were two servers who we barely saw and a manager standing at the front of the restaurant twiddling on his phone the majority of our time seated.

Robin has honed his craft to the highest standards. I travel 70,000km per year and this is my number one spot. His Rib Eye Steak are neck and neck with the Chop, Truffle Fries second to none, Old Fashioned better than anywhere. It's all here in N.B.

We arrived at the restuarant around 6pm tonight, seated right away. We waited about an hour for 2 ribs & caesars and an order of chicken fingers, fries and house soup. When we asked the waitress why it was taking so long she claimed the restaurant and kitchen was super busy. There was MAYBE 5 tables. 2 bigger parties were starting to arrive but had their own waitressing services helping them including the bar. Our food was warm but definitely had been sitting for some time as my fries were cold. She did not offer any dips just left a couple sample packs you would get at DQ or KFC. For a higher up/fancier place I would expect MUCH better service. Even the ketchup bottle that I finally received from a seperate waiter was maybe 1/4 full and I had to remove the entire lid to get the ketchup out. I dont feel we will be returning. I also think it is ridiculous that the drink menu is on a QR code. Even soft drinks and non alcoholic are not shown on the menu. Our son was not sure what he could order nor was the waitress helping by giving options by saying what they have to offer. We felt very forgotten about by our waitress.

Went there for lunch with a colleague... Seated quickly. The sever was a bit pushy, she kept on apologizing a lot for our food not coming. We weren't waiting along time for our food.nnI ordered 6oz steak mid rare. The steak came medium well. I've had great food from blend before and this was a shock! If the food was better I'd rate this higher.

***EDITED TO ADD***nWas responded to by the owner who asked me to get in touch. November 24th I reached out via email, and no response since. So I guess you don’t actually want to rectify the situation? I was hoping to be able to change my review to a positive one, hoping it was just a bad day.nnWas asked once how our food was. She forgot 2 of our drinks as well. When we said how bad our steaks were, they didnt offer to do anything even when we showed them. So paying over $50 per meal, total over $150, definitely wasn't worth it. I got less meat in my 12-14 oz ribeye than my daughter with her skimpy 6 oz strip. Not impressed. Won't be back.