Problem: Came to Magpie with great expectations but no reservation. Time was around 6 PM the restaurant was relatively empty, even so, we were sent to the bar. Several minutes later after I had received my thimble size glass of wine for $9.50, another couple came in who had no reservations--yet were seated at a table in the relatively open restaurant. I removed 2 stars just for the ineffective table management (yes, I know it's always best to have a reservation) Pizza - was delivered fairly promptly with tasty sauce. There is nothing like a true Wood-fire oven for Pizza, and Magpie has one. I chose the margarita pizza with added anchovies and a handful of rocket greens on top. the pizza was good but the crust was not quite as good as what I found at Bottega - in little Italy. The hipster setting of Mile End is what it is and the staff were nice. For me still, the best real- Italian pizza experience is at Bottega. I find them to be the winner. Value for Money was not there with Magpie. Wine / cocktails were way over priced for what you get, however the mixed cocktails were well put together.
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Problem: I have been to Sushi on Tropicana many times over the years. I live nearby, and it is convenient. The sushi is good, and the price is right. However, the last few times that I've been there, the service has been so excruciatingly slow, that I am going to start looking for a new favorite sushi place. The other night, it was over an hour between the time we sat down, and the time the first round of sushi arrived. After we finished that, I actually got up and walked over to the waitress station to grab our server to take our second order. That took about 45 minutes to arrive. Meanwhile, the table next to us had taken out a portable DVD player to entertain their children, and was blasting some action flick through tinny speakers. I mentioned it to the wait-staff, who did nothing. The food is good, but it is not worth the wait or the aggravation.
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Problem: Place was not good. Food taste bland and it is way over priced for what you get. Orange chicken was nasty and so was the fried rice. Won't be coming back here.
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Problem: Went on a Friday. The price board at the register said $14.99 dinner, but they rang us up at $16.99. Excuse me? I pointed this out to the cashier and she explained that it is a seafood feast on Fridays, so the price is higher. Okay, but couldn't you maybe get special $8 signs made up for your cash registers explaining this? I mean, it's a minor expense, compared to the millions of dollars you dupe your "customers" out of at the machines every month! Alrighty... you want to charge me more than you're telling me you charge, yet you offer me unlimited crab legs? You fools! Now I get even. Seriously, AYCE snow crab legs. Of course, they're on ice when you get them, and if you want to get them warmed up you have to go all the way to the other end of the buffet to the Asian area where they have a steam box. The set up of the place has changed in the past 8 years since I first ate there, and it is most definitely NOT for the better. Dessert selections, while tasty, are nowhere near as plentiful or accessible as they used to be. Now you have to wait in line while someone behind the counter reaches into a display case to get your portion-controlled desserts. Previously, they were all out in easily accessed choose-your-own-size glorious presentation. Service here was marginal at best. The foods other than the crab legs were mediocre. This place has seriously gone to hell in the past few years.
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