Sometimes the grass is always greener...

Tuesday July 17th 2012

My great friend cindy and I always go out for food whenever its been "that" kind of day.  We would always go to a pub at runnymede and bloor and that was that.  We never really tried anywhere else, because we were happy going to that pub.  Just a block away sits this really cool looking place with lots of glass windows, I had always wanted to try it and now was the perfect time.

THE KENNEDY PUBLIC HOUSE is in the bloor west village, at 2199 Bloor St W. From the outside, looks very nice.

We (cindy and I ) decided to try this place and went when it was about supper hour.  There were a few people on the patio and inside looks busy.  We choose not to sit on the patio (cindy doesn't like outside and food together, don't ask) and we waited for the hostess to seat us. She said there would be a wait for a table and offered us a table outside, I said no, how about a booth.  She shook her head and said no, none were available.  I inquired about the booth at the very back which we could see was clearly empty beside the kitchen. She responded by telling me her manager was doing her paperwork there.  I said then what's the problem?  You are a restaurant no? we are customers here to eat?  She said oh, well I will see what I can do. The manager moved her papers, and was none to happy.  Come on it was dinner hour????  what's she doing paperwork when it's obviously your busy time.  Anyway we (cindy ) and I both looked at each other, and we knew what each other were thinking....."we're getting a bad feeling about this".

The stools (hightop's) have no place to put your feet, so my legs were dangling, after awhile I had to move to the bench with cindy because the back of my legs hurt.

The staff seemed always too busy to help us, either they were on us every two seconds for us to place our order or they walked around and ignored us.

The wine list was ok, but not great.

Our food was good, but not spectacular, which I was expecting by the look of the place.  (come on it is bloor west village).  Cindy will have nightmares for ever about the coleslaw which did have a really weird taste.  They told us it had apples and cinnamon in it but, I think there was something else there as well.

I was just checking google for the address for this review, and I saw a review from someone else on their web site.  It claims 81 % of the people like it, but I beg to differ.  Its the reviews like this one that gets me.

"I am not a restaurant critic, but I won't be coming back to this place"

My sediments exactly.   I am no restaurant critic, but this is a place I will never go back to.

Number 5 of 50

no smiley faces here only 1 sad face