After reading reviews about this restaurant's "globally inspired menu" we stopped here for lunch after a day of exploring. Our first impression was poor: the hostess was disinterested and a bit clueless - seems we interrupted her day? She walked away after asking us "how many?" then neglected to tell us to follow her...she walked away from where the stacked menus were kept, so we had no idea where she was going.

Sooooo, it didn't start well and got a bit worse....took a while to get a waitress, there were ?2-3 there from what we could tell. The soup of the day was "Thai Red Curry with Shrimp" but what came out was just broth with a few slices of basil & onion. Zero shrimp. I've made this soup before and if it says "with shrimp" then it's because you add some before serving. When we asked our waitress, her reply was "well yes it should have shrimp, I mean it's says 'with shrimp'... let me check" then came out later to tell us "it doesn't have shrimp but it's made with shrimp sauce." WTH? That's a lot of money to charge for broth....

Our entrees were better: The Montreal Burger (which was one of the specials) & Carne Asada Tacos. Hubby asked for the mushroom fries because several reviews recommended them, however the waitress said those were unavailable for almost a year....ok... Then please update your menus!?! Our entrees were tasty. Not over the top delicious but pretty good though the steak in the tacos was a little tough. Our waitress checked on us and said "how's your entrees? good? better than the soup right? you actually have beef in your hamburger hahaha."

We skipped dessert because the moldy smell was getting too overbearing. The restaurant is outdated, dark and smells moldy. The carpeting is stained & dirty, it's definitely in need of replacement or an upgrade to wood flooring. Dirt & stains on the walls. We wouldn't say that cleanliness and first impressions are high on their priority list. They have an outdoor patio but everytime the wait staff go through the door, it doesn't close right and hot air comes in so this place isn't temperature controlled. The constant 'in & out' also allows a lot of bugs to get in, so lucky me! Three new mosquito bites while having lunch here!

Overall, we'd give this restaurant a B-. Not awful but not awesome. Our bill was $41 and we left $60 to include a nice tip, because these flaws are not the wait staff's errors.

We wouldn't say it's very globally inspired but that might be perspective since we're from metropolitan upbringings, are culturally diverse (I an Asian, hubby is German) & we've been lucky to travel quite a bit.