Le Kâline

Food was great as usual, service was a little slow

Fantastic! First impression is a run of the mill Sysco-based chain restaurant. But it is anything but... I had an amazing appetizer of gravlax with maple syrup and house made herbed cream cheese, followed by great steak and french fries with a red wine sauce. Wine selection was also great. I sat at the bar on my own, and as an older single woman, I really appreciated the service, who recognized me just like anyone else. Oh, and they have a gluten-free fryer. This place was wonderful!

Very friendly service and surprisingly sophisticated menu. Love this place.

The place has a small town bar vibe. The service can be improved a bit as we had to wait a bit longer than normal to order. But we really liked the bartender as she made good suggestions. In terms of food , they have home made sauce for pizza which was really outstanding and you could savour it in pizza. The poutine has filet-mignon but the fries are a bit deceiving as we expected home made fries.

tl;dr food is decent, but service was not the best although it might be due to a busy Friday night.nnLots of choices pasta, meat, burgers, tartars, fish, salads, pizza, among others. Food is pretty decent, but it is not mind blowing.nThe main problem I had was that we had a reservation for 5:30pm and we were told that we had to leave for 7:30pm, which was all right with us. However, despite arriving on time and ordering our dishes within 15 minutes, we received our food at 7 or 7:15pm and were told when we finished at 7:40pm that our table was reserved for 7:30pm as if we had taken too much time to eat. Granted, it was a Friday night and the staff was very busy, but I don't think it's a good reason to give us our food nearly an hour and a half after ordering and making us feel as if it's our fault for going over schedule.