So we came here on the fly as we were craving breakfast. By the name it sounded like like the right place lol. The restaurant is attached to the Accent Inn in Richmond and is open from 6am-8pm. As the name implies they specialize in breakfast but they also have, what looks to be, a great lunch/light dinner menu. The desserts look fairly decent as well but likely not made in house. My first impressions were good. Service was friendly and prompt. The restaurant itself is nicely decorated and clean. Down to the food. We ordered the bacon and cheese waffle Benny. The presentation was good and the food was actually tasty but with a caveat - the eggs were very over cooked. With a name like Eggspectation you would assume they take eggs seriously. A little disappointing but it actually wasn't the end of the world as It did taste great. I guess I also could have sent them back but we were too hungry . Overall it's a decent breakfast and lunch joint. Don't expect American sized portions however as the plates were adequate but not huge by any means. I'll definitely give it another shot. read more

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Food and price were decent except for the crepe we ordered. I was surprised to see that 1 piece of crepe with strawberries on top came to $17.40. Wasn't the best crepe I had for sure. A bit on the dry side. read more

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I'm not sure why this place only has 3 stars. It was the best breakfast we've had in a long time. I got the Mykonos omelet and my boyfriend the sunrise omelet and we split the strawberry crepe. Everything was 10/10 and our waitress was soooo nice! Definitely recommend coming here! read more

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I'm finding this to be a good breakfast food place, and have already come here several times due to the menu choices.

Such a disappointment! I've either become a brunch snob or my recollection of my brunches when I was a student in Ottawa/Montreal is completely off. So hubby learned that an Eggspectation opened it Richmond and thought it would be a nice place to take me for Mother's Day since I used to love it. I think this is the first location in B.C. too. Clean and spacious. Large menu looked promising. Food was terrible to okay, hence the 2 stars. Had a California Dreaming Benny which was ok. Good size, ok texture, bad Hollandaise. Hubby's meal was terrible - he actually sent it back. The chicken club sandwich was a total fail. The chicken was like a rubberized piece of meat that looked like processed chicken. Bread was poor quality. I think the only person who liked their meal was my kid - the waffles were a win there. Definitely not worth the trek. Richmond sadly still needs more brunch options! read more

Eggspectation - California Dreaming Benny - Bars Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

Bright and comfy environment that meets our "eggspectation" :p Pretty catchy name that drawn us here. Many options for breakfast/brunch . We had an omelette and a classic French toast breakfast. Both were quite good. The kids meal was great too. A very delicious Mac and cheese. Nice portion that we had left over (partly because my kiddo wants our food instead) What I enjoy most maybe their potatoes. I like how they cut it thin slice so it balances out the soft and crispy ness of potato. I would say it's a good alternative to brunch place that are more crowded read more

We had Eggspectation back in Montreal and were really happy that they are opening here in Richmond. A bit skeptical going because of all the negative reviews, but we weren't disappointed! Everything looked really good on the menu :) A bit slow service todWe will be back to try lunch and dinner. We are here again! :) great spot for a weekend breakfast. Our little guy also loves the kids menu. read more

Leaving the restaurant I felt more eggs-appointed than egg-tastic. Yelp! Reviews has been brutal here since the hype was built up as it's one of Montreal's best brunch spots. We live close enough that it's a 5 minute walk, and decided to still give it a try. I mean you can't go wrong with brunch right?! Went there on a Sunday around 1230pm. It's busy but not packed, we still had to wait 5 minutes to get seated while there were open tables available. Sat down and saw the menu - there's ALOT of selections. The menu gets you excited and you want to try everything. Settled in for a High Rise Pancakes and Smoke Salmon Benny. It's disappointing to say that most of the reviews are aligned - the food isn't hot....at most warm. The smoke salmon Benny portion is also very small base on the other brunches I've went to. There's no 'wow' moment in the food, or service. Hence for the price you pay for, it's not worth it. read more

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If I could give negative stars, I probably would have. Understanding that this is a brand new restaurant and like most new restaurants require time to fine tune their operations and processes. I have never had such a terrible experience. There were at least 10 empty tables with 6-7 tables waiting to be seated. More guests would slowly trickle in but they did not bring anyone to the empty tables. Eventually we were offered a seat at the bar, however that didn't make sense considering all the tables that were ready for guests. That is when the manager asked the hostess to call the next table, and to just seat all the open tables. The manager was quick to take our orders and the food came in 10 minutes. However, the moment I laid eyes on my plate, I knew I would never be coming back here again. As you can see, my plate consisted of a bagel, 2 Slices of what looks like singles cheese melted on top 1 piece of bacon cut in half on Half of a bagel and underneath was a fried egg. It was extremely greasy and oily. My boyfriend had the chicken waffles, which looked like 3 pieces of old fried chicken strips (that I can get from the local grocery store in the freezer aisle) on a waffle. Topped with raw spinach. The highlight of my brunch, and undoubtedly the best part was the Heinz ketchup that made my food bearable . read more

Eggspectation - Bars Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

Wonderful breakfast spot next to the accent inn. I had the poutine and the gravy was well-seasoned and not too salty like other gravies. Coffee and tea could have been stronger--I recommend steeping two bags per carafe. If I ever find myself in Vancouver again, I would go here. read more

I came here on a on Sunday morning for brunch and odered the California Dream eggs Benedict. The dishes came out relatively quick and the presentation looked very nice visually. However, my poached egg was way over cooked and was not runny at all :(. The few pieces of asparagus was warm and a little soggy which gave me the assumption that a large batch of asparagus was probably cooked together earlier in the day and then warmed up for orders as they came. They lacked the freshness and crispyness that stem vegetables usually carry when made to order. The potatoes were at the base of the whole meal which made them lose that yummy crispy texture (it was probably soggy and soft due to being suffocated and boxed in by everything). The four slices of bread formed a dome, covering the whole meal which may have actually contributed to the overcooked egg and soggy potatoes due to the heat being trapped. Overall, Eggspectation reminds me of a classier Denny's; a lot of potential and opportunities for improvement but it is a nice spot for a chill family brunch. The location is quite out of the way but a decent place to go when you don't want to go all the way to downtown Vancouver for brunch! read more

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Wether you're in the mood for Eggs Benedicts, or pasta, this is the place for you. I for one am a HUGE breakfast fanatic! They have everything you need. You can try their classic Eggstvaganza- 2 eggs, French toast, sausage or bacon and lyonnaise potatoes. Or ANY of their Benedicts! I can seriously drink the hollandaise, i can put that on anything !! But they don't stop there. They also have lunch and dinner. Burgers, steaks, sandwiches etc.... I'm glad they have a hotel near by, i might need a nap after. Anyways. If your tired of I Hop or Cora, (no hate) then stop by. Great atmosphere, great service and bomb food! read more

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This is the first time I've been here. Really? I say yeah . I've had them on my list of places to try and finally since they opened. I am here. Why four stars? The Greek salad, I really enjoyed because I love olives and it was a nice blend of Romaine with olives peppers onions and cheese. The overall saltiness and briney flavours matched the freshness of the salad. It was perky and crisp and just right for me. We had the brie cheese with almonds and honey crostini which was ok. The Mac and cheese with lobster was ok. Bit pricey but I enjoyed my nibbles while my mom said it lacked flavour. But she and her sisters are always adding tablespoonfuls of salt. For some reason they need salt or they can't taste anything. Hmmmmmm. I just don't get it. I'm the opposite. The burgers look good. Yaya got the wrong burger by mistake which looked awesome and in comparison to the burger she ordered. Hers looked anemic. She did say it tasted good and the bun was nicely toasted. Overall ? I think my aunts would like it here. It has that California coastal sea breeze vibe. I wouldn't mind coming again for another salad and a burger next time. read more

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The reviews on here were from when the restaurant first opened and I think it's only fair that this place gets an updated review since being open for a few weeks. This place gets five stars in my books. Our server's name was Sam and he was honestly such an attentive and genuinely nice person, we will be coming back just for the service alone. The food was fast and delicious! Everything was cooked perfectly. We had a couple modifications in terms of how we wanted our eggs cooked and our potatoes cooked - everything turned out amazing. They had issues with the debit and credit machine and Sam was incredibly apologetic (even though we knew it wasn't his fault). It was just such a great Sunday brunch and I hope people are not deterred from this place just because of the terrible reviews the first couple weeks of opening. We had the Uneggspected and the Blackstone eggs and both were so so good! Definitely give this place a try and make your own opinion about it; we're glad we didn't let the first couple reviews sway us. It was so worth it! read more

Eggspectation - Uneggspected - Bars Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

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Despite all the negative reviews on here and other websites we decided to give this place the benefit of the doubt. Our experience wasn't nearly as bad as others seemed to have had but here it is. We arrived there around 1135 and were told it would be a 30-35 minute wait. There was quite a lineup so I have no issues with this. One thing was the host was running around a lot so while he was friendly in greeting customers a lot of times he wasn't at the front so people would come in and not know what to do (give your name to him). I ended up being a part time host as I was telling a lot of people to put your name at the front. There were a number of empty tables in the restaurant (15%?) and many people waiting in line noticed this. When we were seated it was 1218pm so that was fine with me. We did notice that on the floor close to our table was some jam or other slippery substance that could easily have made someone slip. The waitress was apologetic and cleaned it up. However later we saw another little mess so someone must have spilled something again when they were near our table. We ordered about 8 minutes later and the food came about 20 minutes after. The food was good, not spectacular or anything. They do have an extensive menu so hopefully there is something for everyone. So negative marks for organization up front and empty tables throughout. The floors were average. The food was good. The restaurant has a lot of room for improvement as evidenced by early reviews. read more

Mid af food. Gave our whole group food poisoning too. The meat was gross, deep fried in old dirty oil.

Am I missing something ? I ve seriously tried hard to understand the overall 2.5 stars rating this place is having but couldnt figure it out yet, could anybody help please ? We went late in the morning, the place was crowded and almost full , yet the staff were so nice and did their best to accomodate us in a booth in a very short period of time. We ordered Montreal omelette , crispy chiken n waffles and a piece of cookie cake. Surprisingly everything came so quickly except the chicken and waffle. Usually I prefer not to order omelette as most restaurants make it dry and just fill it with a lot of cheese which cause the other ingredients flavor to vanish ; but this time I have to admit Montreal omelette was completely the opposite and the slices of smoked meat around it were the touch of "la cerise sur le gateau" The cake was good too I wouldnt say it is the best ever but it was quite satisfiying. The only downside of the whole experience was the half hour wait to get the chicken and waffle. Was it worth it ? Absolutely yes for 2 reason : 1 - you get unusual big piece of chicken lightly breaded in top of the waffle instead of the regular chicken tenders that most people serve 2 - I got a 10% off the whole bill and an apology due to the late serving of my order. Conclusion : For sure coming back to try the other items remaining on the menu !!! read more

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Pre-COVID - late review. Good amount of parking available and modern interior. Went with family for the first time as it replaced IHOP at this location. Service - was average as our server was came to us for drinks at the beginning and 5 min later to order food. Did not come back for coffee refill for my wife until called upon half way through the meal. Took awhile to have bill provided for payment too. Food - kids had crepe and pancakes which they liked, nothing special. Meat omelette was ok. I did like the potatoes, not dry. Smoothie was good and refreshing. read more

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Not the best, but not the worst. Server only came once because we waived her down for more coffee. read more

Oh wow...I'm shocked by the reviews. I tried this place out and really enjoyed my experience here!! My bestie came here, loved it and wanted to bring me here. First off this place is really cute and quaint. There's lots of natural light, it's very bright and comfortable. It was pretty packed when I came in on a Saturday. Our waiter Sam was awesome! He was on the ball and was so polite. Great service! He got a fat tip from us. Lol Our food was so good! My vegetarian omelette was delicious. The potatos on the side we really delicious. I loved how they're scalloped rather than cubed. Yum! Cooked to perfection. I also ordered blueberry pancakes...omg! Sooo good! Theyre were so fluffy! I'll be back to oder these again! My bestie got the strawberry salted caramel waffles and was in heaven as well. I am definitely coming back to get an eggs benny or the bagel and lox...and of course...more panckes! read more

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It was a Saturday afternoon just before 1 pm and the first bad sign was the place was virtually empty. Anyways, we were seated and our waitress was not very good. Not very friendly and during our meal she did not come around once to see how things were. In fact, when we got our bill we had to flag down another waitress. Anyways we got the crab cake Benny and the Montreal Benny. They definitely don't go overboard on the hollondaise sauce because both plates were very dry. The crab, which my naivety I thought would be fresh were frozen Patties that looked like flattened chicken McNuggets. The eggs on both out plates were essentially hard boiled. Long story short, we won't be coming back. Not a good experience overall. Be warned!! read more

Why is the website such a mess. It is NOT current. it still has online ordering and you get 404 when you try to do that. There is NO MENU either. 95% of all restaurants have a menu posted on their websites. I will NEVER even look at this place as I drive by to go to Denny's or Tim Horton's read more

Reading the yelp reviews, I didn't have very high eggspectations for Eggspectation. I think it's an okay place for brunch in Richmond with friends or children. I wasn't a big fan of my order (the high rise pancake) - the sausages and pancakes were not that great, ham was okay. The best part were the fried potatoes. My friend gave me a piece of her French toast and that was good too. They serve Salt Spring coffee, so that was decent enough. The environment is pleasant and bright. Service was decent and attentive. Overall, didn't blow my mind, but I wouldn't be opposed to visiting again! read more

Eggspectation - High rise pancake with an extra slice of French toast and an extra side of multigrain toast. - Bars Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

Huge disappointment today...staff is disinterested and portions are small for price. Food is lacking in flavor and I think they found the smallest eggs in the world! Seems to be "kid friendly" with menu coloring stuff but din't think of butter or kid cutlery for pancakes. Sat with dirty dishes and never came to check up. Not coming back...with Denny's at least you know what you're getting and they don't disappoint~ read more

For a place with "Eggs" in its name I was kind of Eggspecting them to know at the very least how to make an omelette. Table of four, 2 omlettes ordered, both over cooked and rubbery! I can make them better myself Food presentation not great, menu seemed too large to cope with any degree of quality. And, not the restaurants fault, but the place had kids running around everywhere for some reason? My eggspectations were high, but didn't come close to being met. Won't be back. read more

We had reservations for 630 but our whole party didn't arrive till about 650. They asked us to order multiple times even though we said we wanted to wait for the whole party. Didn't even offer water while waiting. Ordered immediately once everyone was there and spent the next 30-40 minutes waiting for our food. There were only 4 other tables in the entire store. The burgers were decent. Patty slightly over done and bacon burnt on the edges. Fries were lukewarm and over done. The crab cake eggs benny came with dried out fruit as a garnish. The eggs were over done borderline hard boiled and the crab cakes were seconds from burnt. Lobster Mac and cheese and the steak and eggs were nice. read more

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DO NOT EAT HERE. MOULDY FRUIT. I wish I could give this restaurant 0 stars. This restaurant should NOT be open as no one knows what they're doing. Hopefully this isn't a representation of what guests experience in the east coast stores because this is completely unacceptable. Horrendous first impressions, have never seen such inexperience in a restaurant from a service perspective, the staff don't seem to have gone through any kind of training at all to be fit to work in a food service environment. The service is worse than the worst service I've ever received at any fast-food restaurant, anywhere in the world. My biggest complaint is with the host. Seriously what's up with him? Is he a volunteer? My girlfriend and I arrived at 11:10 to a crowded restaurant and was told it would be a mere 15-minute wait. Echoing previous reviews, the restaurant was half-empty with plenty of clean tables, yet no one was being seated. My biggest complaint is with the host who looked like one of the many managers (not wearing uniform), who was absolutely mindless and did nothing but casually stroll around the restaurant, literally looking out the windows and ignoring most of the guests. It looked like he's never had any experience being a host. The host tried prioritizing seating guests by their party size, but ended up seating groups of 3 or 4 that have literally been waiting 5-minutes or less. The atmosphere at the front of the restaurant was visibly sour, as several parties who had been waiting for more than 30-minutes were getting ignored. Eventually after waiting for 45-minutes, 30-minutes more than what we were quoted, we were STILL seated at a table with four chairs as he seemed to have given up trying to sit smaller parties at smaller tables. There was a party that literally bypassed the entire line without putting their name on the list and sat themselves at a table and was served promptly. WHAT?! So we could've been seated 30-minutes earlier... Our waitress was the sweetest lady and I did point out how poor our experience was with the host, she apologetically explained that there's still a lot of kinks to work out. I get it, it's a new restaurant on its second opening day but in this day and age, first impressions are everything and I will definitely not be returning until the reviews say otherwise. I'll be sticking to the tried and true Denny's and IHOP for my breakfast fix. The food here is not anything special enough to warrant such poor service. To the management of Eggspection: please train your staff and fix whatever system you're getting your host to use, because it's a complete failure and no one is going to eat here. Ps. Coffee tastes like it came out of a Keurig machine. read more

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First try here and was really disappointed! Menu: they really need to reword their menu descriptions !! Ordered the chicken and waffles and was really disappointed . The waffle itself was good but the GRILLED chicken was dry and not battered or deep fried :( Personally, I believe chicken and waffles needs deep fried battered chicken !! My brother in laws dish was good but again the description was completely off. Coffee was average Service: clearly understaffed. Took a while for our server to come by, as lots of tables in our section were searching for her. Lots of tables were Available but were not cleaned . Lots of people were lined up waiting to be seated but no visible host . I'll give this place one more chance but not holding my breath ... read more

Eggspectation - Non crispy chicken and waffles - Bars Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

Went there on a weekday they were busy but not jam packed full. I ordered the smoked salmon eggs benedict and was served cold. Not even a little bit warm. We tried to get our servers attention and she was nowhere to be seen for 20 minutes. I was hungry so I still ate half of it while my friend helped me wave down a server. A guy in a different kind of uniform noticed us, but didn't bother to come over. I got so upset that I asked a server who walked pass us to get us the manager. It was the guy in the different uniform! He came over, apologized, and offered me another one but at this point I didn't wanna wait anymore so we just asked for the bill. While we were waiting for the bill, a lady customer at our neighbor table came over and told us her egg benny was cold as well. She said she would never come back there. Well, Eggspectations have lost us as a customer as well. They ended up cancelling my order on the bill but that was kinda expected when you serve cold food which is supposed to be hot, at least the hollandaise sauce and eggs part. If I could give zero stars I would. read more

Good place to have breakfast if you're ever in the area. Great service and the menu has plenty of choices. read more

I wouldn't come back here. I ordered the lobster Benny.. it's was ok.The hollandaise sauce was decent, but the lobster was on the salty side and was a bit chewy. My hash browns were really dark which tells me they don't change there fryer oil often. (Dirty) My boyfriend got the classic eggs Benny but his hollandaise was so cold you could cut it. We told the waitress (whom was very nice and apologetic) that it was cold and we would like another but the hollandaise she brought was even colder then the first. We sent it back again and she said she would bring the manager out. Well, when the manager came out she just brought us warm hollandaise but by that time he had already finished his food. The manager said nothing to us except sorry about that and walked away. Wouldn't come back here don't recommend it to any one else. Trust the reviews unlike we did read more

Decor is great and provides the customer hope that the quality of food would be just the same. Sadly, the food was not up to standard. Mouldy fruits and very small portions. We ordered the smoked salmon benny and it came on a thin sliver of toast. The menu does say it is a multi grain toast they use in the dish, but definitely did not expect a thin small one at that. Partner ordered the fried chicken and waffles. Waffles were acceptable, but fried chicken was very bland (it was also chicken strips, not actual fried chicken like in Jethro's). No refill of water during our wait (which was lengthy, given that the establishment is still new). Would not return given that the quality does not meet the price point. read more

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Food was pretty good minus a couple egg shells in one of our dishes. Service was nothing to compain about and orange juice is freshly squeezed. Pretty nice layout in side and servers were really nice! read more

This visit was wonderful. Service was prompt and food was a bit different since this is a Montreal based company. The first time we tried it I wasn't impressed but this visit was good. I would go again read more

Eggspectation - Poached eggs on avocado with tomato sauce and cheddar and feta cheese with potatoes - Bars Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

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WORST SERVICE EVER!!! HAIR IN FOOD!! We wanted to give it a try despite all the negative reviews. We came day 2 of opening, Sunday afternoon and we were quoted 35 mins by the most hostile "manager"/ "hostess." During the wait time I needed to use the washroom and had walked through the restaurant and noticed there were roughly 30% of the tables left empty with dirty dishes. If the tables were cleaned and set up maybe the wait time would be less? Anyways, we waited surely enough 35 mins and got seated AFTER a group of 6 people came in and waited less than 5 mins?? Completely absurd. We were greeted by the waitress who was completely zoned out. We ordered our food, she walked away, came back and stated she had forgotten our order and asked if we could reorder again... We waited roughly 15 mins until the food arrived at our table. We ordered the classic eggs benny, chocolate banana Nutella crepe and the breakfast burger. My banana Nutella crepe came out first; I had asked for it to not have chocolate syrup added and to just have Nutella. They brought it out plain; just the crepe and banana. I then told the waitress right away and she literally brought it to the kitchen, slabbed some Nutella on and brought it out without any apology. Next came the eggs benny. It had a thick black piece of HAIR in the hollandaise sauce. I immediately flagged the main male hostess at the front and asked for the manager. Apparently he is the manager. He literally said "oh ok" and then took the plate and brought it to the back. There was no "sorry" or any apology. The waitress then saw me sitting there with no food while my bfs burger had come out. She approached and asked what's wrong. I stated there was hair in my food and the guy took the plate. She said "oh ok it should come out soon then." WITHOUT AN APOLOGY. The customer service here is one of the worst I've seen The food was mediocre. IHOP and Denny's is MUCH better. Please save your time and money and go eat elsewhere. I had such high hopes for this establishment because it's known east but this place needs some help with customer service and cleanliness. read more

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I have eaten at the one in Ottawa years ago. We just went this morning before work (Tuesday morning) we were seated right away. The service was great, our server always made sure our coffee was refilled. The food was amazing, I had the Yolk around the world (as pictured). Everything tasted fresh! So glad we finally have another great breakfast joint in Richmond! read more

Eggspectation - Bars Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

Nice and bright location. Very open layout. Breakfast not spectacular. Mediocre, somewhat above Smitty's food quality. Potato slices were good. Fruit slices, orange and honey dew, served with meal were dry. Ordered soft basted eggs, came hard. Sourdough toast was a little dry but still ok. Sausages and coffee were delightful though. Staff were pleasant. read more

Was here for brunch on a busy Sunday. Took about 20 min to get a table but it's fair amount of time normally for a Sunday brunch. Service was quite decent and the waitress is extremely helpful and friendly. I love the fact that you can add an egg to any burger with no extra charge. My friends ordered different dishes. The fried chicken waffle is a bit disappointing as it's chicken strips instead of fried chicken. The honey walnut Brie is delicious. I really like their egg Benny. Coffee is a light too watery to my taste of stronger coffee. Their omelette isn't fully scrambled together but I like it better like that. My favorite is probably their potatoes. Thin sliced and quite crispy. I will definitely come back again! read more

Horrible service, forgot my coffee, I told them that I do not eat pork products and they brought me a bacon crisps, the owner apologized but my food was mixed and I had no appetite. Too expensive for what??? read more

Everything was fantastic! And with in walking distance from my Hotel. Raveet our server was great! The poutine was incredible. And the place was very kids friendly read more