Canoe & Children

Jan · 04-05-2006, 03:07 PM

I think you are way off base with this one Lillith. Just because you don't agree with a review does not make it dishonest. Canoe is considered by many to be one of the finest restaurants in the area, why is it so hard to believe that some would give it positive reviews?

I've reread the Canoe threads and I honestly can't see what you're talking about. There are negative as well as positive comments here. Even JDeere acknowledges that:

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Originally Posted by JDeere

Seems that there have been numerous service related complaints.

For the record, Canoe is also one of our favorites and most people I know agree. If you don't like it that's fine but I think the reviews here are balanced and informative. Canoe has been criticised as well as praised.

If you have a review, negative or positive, I'm sure we'd all like to read it. I just think it's wrong to accuse others of being dishonest just because they like Canoe.

shooter · 04-06-2006, 08:22 PM

it seems aparant to me some folks have it out for the cannoe,so hey if you dont like it go somewere else and good luck to you , ill be savering the fantastic food myself .cherio

BBS2 · 04-07-2006, 09:00 AM

Anyplace that will adapt a dish for a veg, like the folks at Canoe did for me are OK in my book!!

Good food, good service, nice atmosphere. What more could you want? We go at lunchtime.. maybe its different later on.

Newbiesaukee · 04-07-2006, 09:42 AM

We have been to Canoe over twenty times in the past few years, split between lunch and dinner, usually just a party of two, on a few occasions with small children. The menu is creative, the service very good and the preparation has been consistent. Not all has been perfect at all meals, however, and criticism does not have to be attributed to competitors ( I have no relationship to anyone at Canoe or competitors). I would and will go back. The consistently negative aspect, and it is a real turnoff, is the less than friendly greeting by the older hostess ( a little older than I). She may be a perfectly lovely person, BUT she should not be the first greeter in the restaurant. I am a bit of a curmudgeon and know I should not be doing that kind of job. I believe that many of the complaints about some of the policies at Canoe ( such as the children issue, which is real) are attributable to the hostesses attitude in implementing or explaining the policy. I must state emphatically that I have nothing against her personally just trying to make sense out of some of the criticism and put it into perspective. Dealing with the public is a tremendously difficult job and not everyone can handle it in a pressure situation.

I am sure we all have had the experience of going to a restaurant for the first time with 6 people and half loved it and half hated it. Restaurant reviews are helpful to others only when people can state specifically what they liked or didn't like and why.
Taking it personally if someone disagrees about a restaurant is not helpful.

Nadia · 04-07-2006, 10:27 AM

Went to Canoe when they first opened. The only thing I didn't like was my date

Speaking of Canoe's, did anybody read about that guy that got arrested for paddling a canoe drunk? He got a BWI!

jeffk · 04-07-2006, 09:10 PM

We have been to Canoe many times, including a wedding rehersal party, and have had an enjoyable time and good food. We would probably go more often but it is usually busy and we don't like long waits for dinner so we tend to go to places where we can get reservations and drop into Canoe during the off seasons. Occasionally we have gotten service that was less than optimal but never a serious enough problem to detract from the meal. More like "I wish they had brought our next round of drinks a bit sooner".

To be honest, I can't think of a restaurant that I have been to repeatedly that hasn't had an off night now and then. I only get concerned when I get a repetitive pattern of problems. If that happens I usually take a break from that restaurant for a while and give it another try later on. If the problems persist I take my business elsewhere.

We had an example of a "bad day" at Uno's last week. We like to eat lunch there and for some reason the kitchen was REALLY slow with our food. The waitress, realizing the food was late, was moving quickly to deliver it and almost ran over another customer, spectacularly dropping our order on the floor. The manager and the waitress both came over and apologized and they put in a rush replacement order. We got free desserts that day

so all's well that ends well.

04-06-2006, 08:22 PM	#2
shooter Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: north eastern ma Posts: 27 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	ok go to micky ds it seems aparant to me some folks have it out for the cannoe,so hey if you dont like it go somewere else and good luck to you , ill be savering the fantastic food myself .cherio

04-07-2006, 09:00 AM	#3
BBS2 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 88 Thanks: 11 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Canoe Anyplace that will adapt a dish for a veg, like the folks at Canoe did for me are OK in my book!! Good food, good service, nice atmosphere. What more could you want? We go at lunchtime.. maybe its different later on.

04-07-2006, 10:27 AM	#5
Nadia Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Laconia/Vegas/Florida Posts: 160 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 24 Thanked 19 Times in 10 Posts	Yikes! Went to Canoe when they first opened. The only thing I didn't like was my date Speaking of Canoe's, did anybody read about that guy that got arrested for paddling a canoe drunk? He got a BWI!

04-07-2006, 09:10 PM	#6
jeffk Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Center Harbor Posts: 1,172 Thanks: 206 Thanked 437 Times in 253 Posts	Canoe OK by me We have been to Canoe many times, including a wedding rehersal party, and have had an enjoyable time and good food. We would probably go more often but it is usually busy and we don't like long waits for dinner so we tend to go to places where we can get reservations and drop into Canoe during the off seasons. Occasionally we have gotten service that was less than optimal but never a serious enough problem to detract from the meal. More like "I wish they had brought our next round of drinks a bit sooner". To be honest, I can't think of a restaurant that I have been to repeatedly that hasn't had an off night now and then. I only get concerned when I get a repetitive pattern of problems. If that happens I usually take a break from that restaurant for a while and give it another try later on. If the problems persist I take my business elsewhere. We had an example of a "bad day" at Uno's last week. We like to eat lunch there and for some reason the kitchen was REALLY slow with our food. The waitress, realizing the food was late, was moving quickly to deliver it and almost ran over another customer, spectacularly dropping our order on the floor. The manager and the waitress both came over and apologized and they put in a rush replacement order. We got free desserts that day so all's well that ends well.

04-07-2006, 09:42 AM	#4
Newbiesaukee Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Coral Gables, winter; Long Island, summer Posts: 1,354 Thanks: 948 Thanked 573 Times in 298 Posts	We have been to Canoe over twenty times in the past few years, split between lunch and dinner, usually just a party of two, on a few occasions with small children. The menu is creative, the service very good and the preparation has been consistent. Not all has been perfect at all meals, however, and criticism does not have to be attributed to competitors ( I have no relationship to anyone at Canoe or competitors). I would and will go back. The consistently negative aspect, and it is a real turnoff, is the less than friendly greeting by the older hostess ( a little older than I). She may be a perfectly lovely person, BUT she should not be the first greeter in the restaurant. I am a bit of a curmudgeon and know I should not be doing that kind of job. I believe that many of the complaints about some of the policies at Canoe ( such as the children issue, which is real) are attributable to the hostesses attitude in implementing or explaining the policy. I must state emphatically that I have nothing against her personally just trying to make sense out of some of the criticism and put it into perspective. Dealing with the public is a tremendously difficult job and not everyone can handle it in a pressure situation. I am sure we all have had the experience of going to a restaurant for the first time with 6 people and half loved it and half hated it. Restaurant reviews are helpful to others only when people can state specifically what they liked or didn't like and why. Taking it personally if someone disagrees about a restaurant is not helpful.