Abby's Wine Bar

283 Elgin St, Ottawa
(613) 421-4202

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Janice English

What a major disappointment! Terrible service. And I mean terrible. Had to repeatedly ask for everything from water to food. Starters were a one hour wait. No second drinks offered. Mains were mediocre at BEST. And the restaurant was absolutely FREEZING cold. Even the servers were cold. I guess it’s a good reason for the food being cold.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

Liam English

It kind of pains me to write this. I've been to Harmons several times before and it is a stand out as one of the best restaurants I've ever been to, from service to food to atmosphere. It's like they don't miss a beat on anything.

I brought my mother who was visiting from out of town to Abbeys wine bar. Our party was 4 people and we all arrived just after 7:15pm.

The server was kind but she seemed a little scattered. We've ordered one round of drinks and weren't offered a second round at all. We had to ask for the water refill, at least 4 times.
Appetizers took 53 minutes to arrive and were luke warm. After being given a time from of 3-5 minutes, and 15 minutes passed, we asked about the mushroom toast and salad ( appetizers) and were told " 2 more minutes" then our server skipped to the back and came up with our appetizers. We asked for a basket of bread and were given pullovers ( which aren't bread).

Another 45 minutes wait time for the mains to arrive. We were eating the main course at 8:55 after arriving at 7:15. 1h40 minutes for "bar side" to get 4 main courses to the table with only one round of drinks being offered.

The manager came over and asked if everything was OK. I responded " er, i guess but it was only OK"
He said " great, thanks for coming" and walked away.

My mother left and said " I guess we should have tried Als".

What a disappointing experience.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 2

Joshua Zeldin

Very good value with steak frites!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Jon Connelly

What a spot! Incredible value, fantastic food, service was some of the best I've had in years, and decor is perfect. Will be back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Rob Krantzberg

Went for lunch yesterday and had steak and frites, frites, frites. Not only was the steak melt in your mouth, the fries are the city’s best and it’s all you can eat fries!! My server Nick was attentive and a good sense of humour and Alexis guided me to the perfect wine pairing. Great experience!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Marcin Kaminski

Excellent wine list. Fast and attentive service. Ribs were amazing.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Maharini Rubini

The Saturday prime rib special was fabulous! Very relaxed restaurant and wine bar. Lovely atmosphere and service. We all had the special and totally enjoyed it.The manager even came over to check in with us. We’ll definitely return.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Michael Diduch

Super impressed. Went for the prime rib and was told they’d just run out and would take an hour. A bit long, but not too bad as we were a few friends out and it was a Saturday. Either way, the manager comped some of our bill and was amazing about it. Our server was also great. Food was nice and the wine list by the glass was well varied. We all loved the atmosphere. Will 100% go back anyday, even with the wait they knew exactly how to turn it into an amazing night out. I wish service standards were this high everywhere, it was above and beyond!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Az Matin

We had the best service last night, very classy team and attentive. The food was fantastic and the dessert life changing lol. Highly recommend.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mr Allan Miller

Great seafood platter and crème brûlée.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Trevor Allard

Great place. Food was awesome and reasonably priced. Would go back for sure.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Dougall Passmore

Alexis(cousin of miss tecumseh) is amazing. Ask her about corn(not strawberries) she's a wealth of knowledge.

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