Chez Josie

Frank

2.0

Nice place from afar. Reserved for a single person at 5h45 pm on a Tuesday evening & got outdoor seating as asked - evening starts off great.

Sat at 5h50 pm & the waiter doesn't come back until 6h20 pm to get my order. I order the lasagna bites, the fried chicken & steak + hoeegarden. They're out of lasagna bites & chicken. Great start. Let's opt for the Arancini instead of the 2 former appetizers. I ask for the Arancini to come out first & then the steak.

The waitress comes back outside 10 mins later, seemingly because she was there to formally take orders. Not sure what's going on. I repeat the order & ask for the Hoeegarden. The waitress says they're out of that as well. Fantastic, we're 3/3 strikes for disappointment so far.

I opt out of a drink, having been told they're out of so many choices available on the menu. No mentions of shortages of menu items on their end before asking for a customer's order. That's... Yeah.

6h45, no updates. Time passes, I can't stay past 7h30pm. I ask for the waitress to get the steak & Arancini out at the same time & she says she'll try as she punched both on seperate services for me. I understand, at least they listened to my earlier request.

10 mins later, it's 6h55 pm & I get my Arancini. It's not bad. I ask to know when my steak order should be out as I won't have all evening to stay unfortunately. It's 7h05 pm, I initially intended on leaving at 7h30 pm.

Steak comes at 7h15pm. It's underseasoned, fat cap is unrendered, however the steak has a nice sear & the pepper sauce is decent. The quality on the steak is below average with some connective tissues here & there. I asked for medium rare & got an uneven rare finish, as if the steak was cold before searing. I ask for a steak knife & I get a serrated bread knife. At least I can cut the connective tissues.

Fries are stale, slightly salty to my taste.

The waitress excuses herself & says they were busy inside. At most, I saw 5 tables of 4-6 people tops. Those tables didn't fill 25% of their whole capacity inside. We were maybe 20% in occupied capacity outside. Slow Tuesday, slower service I guess.

I go right for the bill after throwing chunks of the connective tissues & fat cap of the steak, tip 10% because of the whole ordeal & ask the waitress if she wants to know why I intentionally left lower tips.

She says no & wishes me a good evening.

4/10, I'm not sure I'll come back for the food or the service. Maybe a drink, if they have enough stock.

Amin

5.0

I Loved the food (schnitzel) , service was great , drinks were strong & the DJs were fantastic on Saturday night , shoutout to Nickolas!

Coralie

5.0

Food & drinks were great. The staff is very friendly, would definitely recommend !

Monika

5.0

Delicious food & drinks. Great ambiance. Very kind staff... all amazing.

Frank

5.0

Great food with an Italian flare & nice terrace.
We were there during Happy hour & drinks we well made.
Friendly service & attentive.
Great place before tennis tournament for dinner or drinks !

Debbie

5.0

Great option to reserve for a group. Communication is quick, clear & friendly. Also, the food is very good! They also offered us the drink ticket option & it was great & super easy to organize. Highly recommend.

Scott

4.0

I liked it. It's a bit young & trendy so a bit of attitude is to be expected. The food was really good & the drinks were standard. Was expecting the louder music so that didn't bother me. At times staff was a bit too involved in their own social lives, but it's holiday time & it is a bar. I'd go again for a snack & a drink with someone I wouldn't want to sit with for a long multi-course meal 😁

Khiara

5.0

La musique & l'ambiance etait bonne. Les drinks etaient bons & arrivaient rapidement

via Other

1 Review

3.5

Belle petite place dans le quartier Villeray, terrasse agréable. Manque d'ambiance musicale (même pas forte, de la musique aurait été agréable!) alors qu'à l'intérieur, la musique était très (trop?!) forte.
Très bonne nourriture, mais petites portions!
Belles découvertes de drinks & de vin rosé pétillant!
Service TRÈS long, aucune compensation.

via Other

1 Review

5.0

Super endroit c'est tellement cosy, les plats sont super bon, drink excellent & le staff est tellement gentil, surtout Alex le serveur toppppp je recommande à 2000%