Boulevard — Restaurant in Sint-Martens-Latem

So we were looking for a nice place to eat out with a couple of friends. It seemed a bit on the pricier side, but since it had been a while since we went out, why not? And the place had a pretty good score.

We arrived early.. One of the first tables. We started with some drinks, had small bite and then a main course.

The drink tasted very watery. The bite was fairly expensive for such a small serving. The steak just made me sad. I ordered a medium rare tenderloin (filet pure). I received a fairly cold piece of seared raw, tough meat. Adding to the disappointment was the fact that despite our early arrival, we waited quite a long time for the main course. Most of the other tables were already having coffee or dessert.

Oh well.. I ordered an Irish coffee to cheer me up. It tasted like they forgot the whisky though.

When we asked for the ticket, we noticed several mistakes in the pricing. Some drinks were more expensive on the ticket than on the menu. The friendly lady went to sort things out for us after apologizing and scrapped one of the drinks as compensation. The new ticked had the correct numbers, but no scrapped drink to be seen. After inquiring with her co-worker, we got nothing but mockery and some eye rolling.

Long story short, no tips here. This was my first restaurant visit where I paid the exact amount shown on the ticket. They won't...

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