Tacos On Whyte — Restaurant in Greater Strathcona

I can not prove it, but I believe I was food poisoned here. Ate here last week with a friend. Within 24 hrs I was violently ill. Friend also became ill a day after me. He and I were both interfacing with a lot and the same people during this time. He and I were the only ones to be ill. A report has been filed with the Health Authority.

I don’t feel as bad but I’m still suffering stomach issues. Suggest avoiding.

Edit in response to owners response: I didn't anonymously review you as you claim. My name and identity are posted directly at the top of this review. Why did I wait a week, because for days (as stated) I was ill and wasn't really focused on anything except keeping my insides inside.

Proving that the responsibility is your restaurant is very difficult, however there are enough clues to lead to the conclusion. I was responsible and prefixed the entire review by saying I can't prove it, but that I do believe it was your place. Given this belief I think it's responsible to warn people including you that there is a potential issue.

Regarding the Health Authority, this may trigger a potentially necessary inspection.

Your baseless claim that no one else got sick is a little more off base than my claim that I did. How many people got sick and haven't reported the issue.

One has to wonder if you take the same care to storage and preparation as you do to customer reports that you may have poisoned at least two people.

If other customers are curious to see what kind of care the proprietor has to it's customers read the response...

I love the food here but had a bad customer experience last time I went. With all the crime on the rise in the city, I was uncomfortable leaving my expensive carbon fibre road bicyle outside, so seeing as the place was empty I took it inside with me to order. The man behind the counter, who I assume was the owner, angrily tells me that he can't allow me to take my bicycle in the store. Ok that's fine, I respect that. I ask if it's ok to just place my order and then wait outside, and he agrees. However, as I am placing my order, for the next full minute, the man proceeds to rage at me, yelling about bicycles and about a previous incident where some other cyclist broke his door. He was VERY angry and wouldn't stop raging, it was very uncomfortable. I am trying to smile and alleviate the situation somehow, to sympathize with hom about the incident he is referring to, but it's like a switch has been flipped in this guy's head and he was just going off. I had already agreed that I will take my bike back outside, and you agreed to let me place an order before I go wait outside, you really dont need to continue yelling at me in an uncomfortable and inappropriate way. It's like he was still angry about the incident where someone else broke his door, and he was taking the anger he has towards that person out on someone else.

I really hope the owner was just having a bad day or something, because he is usually friendly, but this was an unfortunate and...

Went for lunch at noon on a Monday. It said on Google they are open, but when we arrived the doors were closed and no sign of life inside. Lunchtime is too busy to waste time going to places that should be open and are not. We won't waste our time trying to come here again!!!

Update: this owner claims to be stranded, however he has the time to respond to my review when he should be swamped with all the customers he claims to have considering he is late and they must be lined-up around the corner.

From his prior comments to potential customers, I expected this unprofessional, low-class retort he has.

Psst.... no one care about your problems. We all had to get to work in the same weather, on the same streets and the same traffic as you. Here's a couple little tips buddy, I know you need many, but I have only time to give you two.

Get up earlier, leave earlier and arrive on time. And stop being rude and ignorant to your potential customers. I can't imagine how much business you've lost due to your rants on Google, but I'm glad I'm not your business partner. Oh, calm down before you post Google reviews. Your grammar and punctuation make it clear you are enraged by constructive criticism.....can't be truely successful if you can't take...