Noce Review

Update:

After having a good experiencia at Noce.we went back on Jan 7 2023.

We arrived at Noce for our 8pm reservation.
It was winter and I had two rings (one a oval Diamond ring) in my coat pocket. I had put them there after I had put lotion on my hands in the car. My coat was taken and hung up at Noce along with my friend’s coat by a female (hostesses or server). In the middle of drinking cocktails and just after ordering dinner, I realized I didn’t have my rings on. I went to where my coat was hung up and searched the pockets. I only found one silver ring. The diamond ring was missing. I searched the pockets and my gloves that were in the pocket throughly. The Diamond ring was gone. I mentioned it to our server who responded with “ we’ve been in business twenty eight years…and none of our staff would steal”. Ok. But my ring is missing. She said they went and searched for the ring on the floor and on the sidewalk and came up empty. She also curiously said “is it silver, what kind of diamond shape?” Yes it was silver and a oval shape. Strange. Why would she ask if it was silver and not gold?

So while I’m ruminating about the loss of my ring and my friend is consoling me about it at our assigned tables, the “head chef” guy (none of these people identified themselves by name) who earlier talked to us about perogies because he said he was Polish showed up at our table again. He asks us what he can do for us because he heard we were missing a ring. After explaining how how the ring could have fallen out because of how the server/hostess was handling the coats, he asked “ what can I do for you?” Well can you find my ring? The answer was no. So I didn’t need his services. Again, I don’t know who these people are and the roles they play in the restaurant, but this guy hung around and kept asking what can he do for us. I felt antagonized. I had just lost my Diamond ring and Perogie guy kept bothering me about how he could make it right.

Then it dawned on me and my friend that perhaps he thought he we were trying to pull a fast one. We had only gotten cocktails and a salad, so how stupid were we if we hadn’t even eaten the main course yet to pull a missing ring stunt? No stupid! I was actually upset that I either lost my ring in between the car and the restaurant, or the ring fell out of my coat when the sever/hostess handled it. Either a patron or someone else may have picked it up. As I was relaying my ideas to him, this fool told me he was feeling “attacked”. So now I had to deal with his feelings and I asked him how often he felt attacked?

I thought he would be more EMPHATIC, but he was so immersed in looking for a way to “make it right” by asking the question over and over again that he couldn’t allow me to be upset. I had a right to feel upset over my missing ring and talk to my friend, but I couldn’t be upset with him being there because he was so sensitive. I didn’t ask for him to be there or for any favours.

My friend said we should leave, and I realized that was the best course of action. The mains hadn’t arrived yet, and I didn’t like how perogie boy was invalidating my feelings. As well, the female servers who were there before scattered and were hardly a footnote after I said my ring was missing from my pocket.

We went to get our overcoats and leave, but not before paying. One of the servers said “ oh no charge”. I said we wanted to pay for our drinks and salad. We didn’t want to be comped. We were not there to pull a fast one.

We paid and left. I hate Noce and won’t be back back!

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We had dinner at Noce in July 2022. We sat on the patio in front of the restaurant on a perfect summer’s day.

Brad was our host, but we had other servers. He was very attentive.and amusing.

These cocktails in the picture were strong and delicious, and recommended by Brad and us.. The
tuna tartare, Noce salad, Halibut, and Branzino were all delicious and flavourful as well.

The inside of this restaurant is also very nice. We’ll be back to check out the ambiance on the inside in the winter.