Restaurant le vieux four — Restaurant in Mont-Tremblant

I had researched for restaurants to eat at and saw that this one was quite highly recommended. Unfortunately, that was not our experience.

We were seated promptly by friendly staff. It took a while for our server to come by but he was quite friendly also. We asked for a cocktail menu which he promptly brought by and then left for an extended period of time. By the time he returned, we were ready to order our cocktails, appetizers and mains.

We ordered the Parmesan fondue which was absolutely delicious and quite enjoyable. But then we waited yet again. But we didn’t really mind, it was very busy there and it was a Saturday night. So we enjoyed our cocktails and chatted.

When our food came out, my partners looked delicious. But mine was wrong. I had ordered the filet mignon with garlic shrimp but the wrong steak was brought out. The waiter was very apologetic but was surprised when I said I had ordered the filet. He checked his notepad and it did indeed say filet. He took the food back and then came out and asked if I would like the filet cut in half in order for it to cook faster. No, of course not.

My partner ate his food which was quite tasty while I sat and watched. I had ordered a coke and some more water which was not brought to the table. Finally when my food was brought back out, I ordered the coke and water yet again and it again took an extended time for it to be brought to the table. I had ordered my filet medium well and I guess they were trying to re-fire it so quickly that it was very much well done and actually burnt. I was very disappointed as not only was my steak completely overdone and very thin for a filet (I’m glad I didn’t have it cut in half as the server suggested!) but the rest of my meal had been sitting under a heat lamp that whole time! So it was all very cold compared to my steak! The gravy was congealed, the shrimp were cold as were the veggies and fries. But at this point, what was the point in complaining as my partner had long finished his meal and I was very, very disappointed. I did not finish anything on my plate.

What shocked me even more was that when the bill was brought to us, there was nothing done to apologize for our inconvenience and the server’s mistakes. I paid full price for a very disappointing meal and experience. This was our first time here and we...

Avoid at all costs

They pretend to be “hip” by blasting pop music outside, but once you go in, the staff completely ignore you. Then when you finally manage to wave one down, they treat you like you’re a bunch of hobos for daring to ask to be seated and given menus. Once that’s over, good luck getting them to come over once again because all of the staff will deliberately avoid all eye contact and beeline for the other tables that are ready to pay. (We discovered the reason for this when it was our turn: they’ve got handheld card-readers which force you to choose between 15%, 18%, and 20% tip. And the waitstaff literally hover over you like the vultures they are while you are selecting these options.)

Every dish that our horrid waitress Chantal set down was either spilled over because she slammed it down (even spilling onto one of our phones) or just shoved onto our table with no regard for the other items already there. Chantal did not answer our questions before or after ordering, nor come to check up on us at any point. Even getting her to come for the bill was a chore.

Food was actually surprisingly decent if you consider excessive salt a serviceable substitute for all other actual flavors. I guess it’s about the same level as Olive Garden, if Olive Garden was a lot more stingy on portion size. The one star is for that and for the food being quick to arrive, though once again, I’m pretty sure that was because Chantal regarded us as pests to be gotten rid of as soon as humanly possible.

I’ve attached the receipt for 3 reasons: to prove that we were in fact unfortunate patrons of this fraudulent establishment to name and shame our particularly hostile waitress Chantal to show that we did in fact spend quite a lot, especially on the undeserved tip

Good luck and godspeed to anyone unfortunate enough to be contemplating entering much less deigning to fill their stomachs at this...

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