I came in to Cafe Moutarde with my parents on Mother's Day for late brunch. If you can bear the fake French bistro thing, the place has kind of nice charm and is in a good location in park slope. The experience started out kind of weirdly as a waiter glanced up at us when we walked in, held up three fingers to ask ""party of 3?"", put menus down on the table, and walked away (no eye contact, no recognition that we were actually human). \r
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The ditzy blonde waitress who came to take our orders appeared to not really understand the menu and not care too much as long as she could go back to the bar and chat away with the bartender. In fact she was basically so incoherent I wondered whether she was under the influence of alcohol or narcotics. Every item that was brought to the table including drinks were dropped from several inches and made a nice loud clattering as it smacked down on the table. Her depth perception seemed incredibly compromised and every item we ordered required repetition and clarification.\r
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The most embarrasing moment in the meal though came when the entrees we ordered were delivered, not by our waitress but by another waiter, a male who basically brought our dishes and proceeded to set them down on the table, ignorant of which one belonged to which person. As he did so, we corrected him since he didn't seem to care, and he began exchanging them, but in an incredibly casual and frenetic manner that I was surprised the plates didn't tip over as they slammed down on the table. The whole time he had a scowl on his face and he looked disgusted to have to serve us food.This happened very quickly and once the plates were on the table he abruptly walked away.\r
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I can overlook the obnoxious accordian music and pretty bad food, but for the prices you pay even at brunch and the nightmarish service, I would stay away. I was so embarassed for my parents and had to apologize to them profusely afterwards. Save yourself the trouble. Stay away from this place.
Pros: in a good location
Cons: horrible service, bad food
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