I was fairly excited to have lunch here reading previous reviews. I cake for lunch and the place was dead. Maybe 2 other tables but they had left before I even had my mains. I ordered the lunch banquet so that I could try a little bit of everything.

Appies were great. Tasty and we'll seasoned. The mains took ages to makefor whatever reason (again, the restaurant was dead). so really there shouldn't have been a reason why it took the kitchen so long but I'll give them benefit of doubt that they were prepping for dinner time. The kitchen upstairs is very open so clients can look and directly see the chef's prepping the food. I sat Very close. I sat so close I could hear one of the chef's swearing at one of his co-workers. I was so shocked that firstly, that type of language was used and secondly that that type of behaviour is allowed in the work space. I felt so awful for the young man that was getting verbally bashed. As I was watching the chef who belittled his colleague, I saw him dip his finger into a sauce pan and taste it. Totally okay, you are doing what chef's do thinking hell wash his hands after..... Nope.... Didn't wash. Didn't even use a spoon. Just dipped that same licked up finger back in the pan and tasted it again . I understand that heat destroys germs but at the end of the day that is just point blank not allowed in a hospitality setting.

I will not support companies that : A. Allow unprofessional and misconduct behaviour towards each other B. Contaminate food

Because of this, I lost my appetite and did not enjoy the food at all. The food itself was eh. The main course was drenched in oil. Everything was smothered in oil. You got so full from just the oil that you actually weren't even able to eat the food. The pork in the sour stew was over cooked and rubbery.