For our last dinner in Montreal, we wanted to go for some authentic, delicious French food that wouldn't break the bank. After many hours searching on Yelp (seriously), we found Les Deus Gamins, which had great reviews, good pictures and a menu with foods we though we'd really enjoy. Unfortunately, our night was ruined by how slow the food came out and the fact that they were completely unapologetic about getting our order wrong, not once, but TWICE. \n\nThere was no wait on a Wednesday evening around 8pm we were seated almost immediately. There were 2 waiters serving about 8 tables, which didn't make us think it was overly busy. \n\nWe ordered a cheese plate to start and then each ordered an entr\u00e9e. I went for the salmon tartar, which comes with sweet potato fries and a salad, and my boyfriend picked the duck confit, something we were both so excited to try. \n\nThe cheese plate was nothing special. It had 3 different cheeses on it, but wasn't served with any crackers or bread. \n\n30 minutes after we finished the cheese plate, my salmon entr\u00e9e came out. We waited and waited...and waited for my bf's dish to come out so we could eat together, but another 30 minutes passed by before FINALLY they brought a dish out. It was clearly NOT duck. We flagged the server down and said we had ordered duck confit, NOT beef. He took a look at it, grabbed it, and brought it back into the kitchen without a word. At this point, my date and I were so hungry we decided we'd eat my dish together, then split his dish when it came. \n\nThe dish itself was decent. The salmon was fresh and seasoned well. The sweet potato fries were cut extra thick and made to be soggy. Though I'd never eaten fries made THIS soggy before, I learned to appreciate it. Probably because I was so hungry.\n\nAfter the salmon was eaten, another 20 minutes had passed by. Our server came out with a big plate of salad topped with duck. We quickly pointed out that this was not what we ordered (there was NO duck salad on the menu whatsoever, so not sure where our server got his inspiration to bring us a duck salad). \"We ordered duck confit! It's the only duck entr\u00e9e on the menu!\" \n\nOur waiter replied, \"This is duck.\" \n\"Yes, but it's on a salad. Is this duck confit? Is this what's on the menu?\"\n\"It is duck salad.\" \n\"Well, we ordered the duck confit.\"\n\"Ok...but if I change it now, it will take more time.\"\n\"We'd rather have what we ordered.\" \nWaiter grabs dish again and storms back into the kitchen. \n\nAt this point, I was stunned, upset, STARVING, dissatisfied and really just ready to up and leave. Either that, or take it up with the manager. However, my date and I decided this was our last night in Montreal, we wanted a romantic date night and didn't want to escalate things. \n\nFinally, the piping hot duck confit came out. Almost 2 hours after we placed our orders. We dived into the dish like two starving beasts. It was heavenly. The duck was absolutely delicious and the potatoes it came with were nothing short of perfect. \n\nWhen it came to paying, the waiter brought over their portable credit card payment system. He made NO apologies for all the multiple mistakes his team had made and didn't make any effort to compensate us for the terrible service we received. He then proceeds to ask, \"is 15% tip enough or would you like to tip more?\" If I could, I would have given NO tip. That was how bad the service was, instead, I sucked it up and said \"15% is fine.\" \n\nDespite the perfectly cooked duck, I will never EVER EVER return to Les Deux Gamin again. I am sure there are French restaurants with delicious duck that are more professional and can guarantee much better service than the experience here.
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