The Terrace on Front Street — Restaurant in City of Hamilton

My sister and I ended up at this bar & restaurant because it was the first restaurant we ran across that was still open on front street late night on a Tuesday.

It took almost 10 minutes before someone saw us waiting to be seated. When we finally were seated it was in a little corner behind the register, where waiter and waitresses frequented throughout the night.

So we were seated and given menus and asked if we wanted drinks. We asked for a little time to look at the menu, which seemed to irritate the waitress. 10 minutes went by and no one returned until we flagged them down. We ordered drinks and another 20 minutes or so went by before we received the drinks. They basically dropped the drinks off and disappeared for what felt like another 20 minutes. At that point we were trying to wave down who we thought was our waiter has he noticeably pretended not to see us. He eventually came to us and I asked him if he was our waiter and his reply was “I can be”. After that he spent the rest of the time avoiding us and preoccupied with whatever was on his phone. We placed the order and asked for water. He never came back with water. We asked the previously annoyed waitress for water, who replied sure absolutely and never came back with water. We asked a third waitress for water who also smiled and said sure but never returned with water. And mind you we were seated right behind the register so they all passed us by several times after our initial ask.

Eventually the food came and they dropped it off and was done with us until we had to harass them for a check, which again annoyed them. Unfortunately the gratuity was included and obviously they didn’t get any more than that.

The food itself was okay. My sister liked her meal. I ordered The rockfish and it was fresh but had very little flavor. I don’t even remember the quality of the drinks because at that point it could’ve been rocks for all I care.

Never going back and I do not recommend it for tourist. Locals seem to have a...

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