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(Review ID: 17)
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Worth the trip but try finding a night thats not as busy., Oct 3, 2007
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Reviewer: Canada Food Critic from Moncton
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Canada Food Critic
saw things this way
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Value For Money
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Atmosphere
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Food Quality
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Service
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Pros:
Good food and service.
Cons:
They pack too many people in too small a space, its not at all pleasent.
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One evening for supper J., another friend, and I dropped by the igloo for some pub fair. It was a Friday evening and the place was packed with a line at the door. Good thing my friend showed up first, I did not have to wait in line! My first impression was WOW, this place is packed too tight. Indeed this was the case because on my way to my friends table at the back I felt I had to be particularly careful not to bump into one of the other patrons.Immediately after being seated someone from the bar came over to take my drink order and only a few minutes later the waitress was over to take our orders. On this occasion I went for the fish and chips. After all I have to start filling up the fish and chips page on our website!!. Considering how busy this joint was our food arrived quickly. I was very worried about my fish when I saw it because it was not your typical beer batter but rather the lightly dusted type of batter. To be honest, its not my idea of fish and chips. My hopes of finding tasty fish and chips was busted. However, hey pulled this one off. Though they used, in my opinion, a crappy style of batter they pulled it off. The fish was not bad. I am not convinced it was haddock but it was good. For strike number 2 the tarter sauce was very bad. It was green with relish. When I tasted it, all I could really taste was relish. I enjoy tartar sauce with my fish so to have this little dish of catastrophe on had was very unpleasant. It sat there as a nagging reminder that some decent tartar sauce would be good. The fries where spiced up a bit and were very tasty. The slaw, though not the best I have ever had, was very good.The service here was pretty good. Actually, considering how busy this place was the service was great. The waitress was pretty much on top of things and she was pleasant and paid attention.
Price wise, my meal was basically on par with any 3 piece fish and chips in Moncton. My rating of this place is lowered by the excessive cramming of tables into a small space, bad tartar sauce, and (IMHO) the wrong kind of batter on their fish!!
For this visit I give the Igloo 3.5/5.
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