Belmont

10 Reviews on “Belmont”

• Joel Sherlock

  In short: an awkward dining experience.A member of my party had made a reservation three weeks earlier for four. We were there celebrating a birthday of which the restaurant was aware. My wife and I entered the restaurant on-time and stated that we had a 5:45pm reservation for four under the name of my friend. The restaurant was not busy, there was one other table occupied. The server that greeted us did not check any kind of reservation book and told us to sit anywhere with two chairs. We said that it was actually a reservation for four and the server promptly guided us to a table with four chairs. Not five minutes after (still on-time), the other two people in our party arrived and they too stated that they had a reservation under the same name. Again, the server did not check any reservation book and somehow did not clue in that they were part of our party. Unprofessional, disorganized staff was the first impression. Unfortunately, the first impression held up for the rest of the evening.We started with a 2-meat, 3-cheese charcuterie board. It was presented beautifully with salami, capocollo, aged cheddar, blue cheese, and brie. After we had finished that, the server didnt come back for ages. After waiting too long, we finally made our entre orders. We ordered an elk salad dish, an order of jerk chicken, and two orders of chipotle lime pork, in addition to some beef and cabbage dumplings. After we placed our order, the server explained that the restaurant does not try to have a tables food come out at the same time, and that food comes out as its ready. We were fine with that idea. One entre came out very quickly; however, the other three came out about 45 minutes later. No matter the philosophy on how a restaurant is run, that is way too long for one to wait for food after another has already been served. We noticed that other guests who arrived after us were being served before us. No acknowledgement or apologies for this, by the way. What is worse is that the two people that were served last had to speed eat so that we could make our movie at 7:30. So they could not even take their time to savour and enjoy the food.In the end, Belmont ultimately disappointed and ruined the birthday party we had planned. We arrived at 5:40 and didnt leave until 7:20pm. One hour and forty minutes. We didnt make it to our movie and had to get our tickets exchanged for an 11:00pm show. As for the food, my friends enjoyed the chicken and por. I had the elk. The elk was cooked beautifully, nice and tender, not gamey at all, but the rest of the dishbasically a cabbage saladwas absolutely disgusting. It was doused in this awful, vinegary dressing that made me pucker up like a character on a sour candy wrapper. I ended up eating it because I was hungryanything is palatable when youre hungry enough, and we had a movie to makebut any other night I would have sent it back. The dumplings were quite ordinary, and Ive certainly had better, more tasty dumplings at home. And for $12 you only get six dumplings.Now, I realize I am nitpicking here, but when Im spending $45 per head on food (alcohol not included), I expect service excellence. The Belmont did not deliver the service expected at that price point. I also feel like there is a tension in the atmosphere at The Belmont. The aesthetics, rustic dcor, and level of service suggest casual dining, but the restaurant name and pricing suggest finer dining. It cant decide what it wants to be. Whatever it is, its not working for me, and Im never going back. If youre looking for a casual dining spot, go to Kettlemans Bagels, if youre looking for finer dining, go to The Keg. Those restaurants never disappoint.

  August 29, 2020, 5:51 am

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• Thomas Epps

  We went for the dim sumdays (1/2 price dim sum on Sunday) and it was delicious. Food was ordered quickly and accurately by our server. Everything was spot on and we felt that we would have gladly paid full price for the dim sum on a regular day. Not the cheapest place but I find it easier to spend on great food. Not very big inside but it has a sit up bar and I like smaller places for the atmosphere. Call ahead for large group. We will be returning!

  April 8, 2020, 8:25 am

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• EuclidCrew

  The service was great. The small plates were nicely executed but all seemed to be on the acidic side. As a collection of small plates to share it was hard to find things on the menu that went together.

  October 15, 2016, 7:11 pm

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