Category: Dining Out

Restaurant Reviews

Jean Albert’s needs to work on their soul!

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Is Jean Albert’s Ottawa’s sole restaurant serving soul food? Jean Albert’s the place for food that’s got soul But don’t go there Friday’s, if speed is your goal! You really should try the sweet potato chips Even though they’ll go from your lips to your hips Overall verdict? Needs work, on the whole!!… I must confess …

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Don’t be chicken to eat at Swiss Chalet!

Don’t be chicken to eat at Swiss Chalet! Now, Swiss chalet has a certain family appeal, Especially Now with a GREAT Meal Deal! Your chicken comes with salad and blueberry pie; And to pay just $12.97 won’t make you cry! Some might even declare it a steal!!… Where we went: A good friend of ours …

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Mongolian Village – the Gloucester Centre’s best kept secret

The Mongolian Grill

You’ll eat your Fill from the Mongolian Grill At Mongolian Village you’ll always eat your fill Just pick what you like and it’s cooked on the grill. Lots of sauces and spices to add to the taste; You pay by the weight so none goes to waste! And at the end, there’s no shock with …

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Rockin’ Johnny’s doesn’t really rock!

Rockin' Jonny's St. Laurent, Ottawa

Rockin’ Johnny’s ? Rockin’ Johnny’s for breakfast just didn’t rock but,at least, at these prices, you won’t go in hock The service was slow and the food was quite plain So, another 2 years before we go there again Oh yes, there’s no parking; you must walk!!… Where we went: So here we were looking for a …

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Red Lobster is a great plaice to eat fish on Friday!

Red Lobster St. Laurent Ottawa

[ad#Google Adsense links 468×15] Is Red Lobster the best plaice in Ottawa? On Friday this week, it was Greg’s dearest wish,, that we go to Red Lobster to eat us some fish. But most of us ordered some type of shrimp; Lots of food came, they surely don’t skimp And the sum of our verdicts: …

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Between Willie and Juan’s and T’Basil it was a Thai

Seafood Shabu Shabu

Willie and Juan’s Thai’d by T’Basil It didn’t really seem like such a tall order, We just wanted food from South of the Border! Willie and Juan’s that’s where we were led But across the road at T’Basil is where we were fed Forty-Five minutes waiting is just sheer murder… The Supper Seven were all …

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Barley Mow in Orleans – much more than Pub Food

Barley Mow at Tenth Line in Orleans, Ottawa

The Diner’s Lament The Supper Seven have a weekly plight: Where do we eat of a Friday night? I know, said Debbie, just where to go: A place in Orleans called The Barley Mow And by gosh, do you know, she was right… Our choice of restaurant for the Supper Seven’s usual Friday night jaunt was …

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There’s no recession in East Syracuse at Joey’s

Turning Stone Resort & Casino

This week, I took a brief business trip South of the Border. About once a month or so, I meet up with my business partner, Mike,  who lives in Vermont. Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Upper New York State, is approximately halfway between our locations, so it is the place that we most often …

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Just down the road from the Pearl is a Ruby (King)

my plate of food

[ad#Google Adsense links 468×15] I have to start off this week by declaring my bias: I am not generally a fan of Chinese Buffets in general and especially not of RubyKing in particular. Every now and then, simply because it is a favourite of a majority of the Supper Seven, I have to allow my …

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The Pearl of India is a jewel in Orleans

Ottawa's East End offers a taste of the Orient!

I am happy to report that the Supper Seven had little difficulty deciding where to eat this Friday. The vote was almost unanimous! Perhaps it was the miserable weather that gave us a hankering for some hearty Indian food. We have yet to find a better example in Ottawa’s east end than Pearl of India. …

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