Bon Temps – July 2019

Went to Bon Temps for my birthday as they have one of my fav appy’s in the city – Some Like it Raw, a combination of beef carpaccio and 3 fresh oysters on the half shell. Well, I wish I hadn’t gone.

To start the night, I asked the server why I didn’t receive my birthday gift certificate (in fact, I have never received anything via email from them, and I signed up for their rewards program when they opened). She didn’t really have an answer, wasn’t really interested in finding one, but, said she’d honour $15 off. I thought this was great!

So to summarize what happened next:
Appies ordered, we ordered oysters 12 – 6 of each kind. The waitress didn’t write anything down, and asked out of our table of 4, 2 of the appy orders over again. Not a deal breaker, but we were worried she didn’t get our order right.
oysters came out only the one variety, and I know my oysters, they were old. No oyster juice, still sellable, but old. I said we had asked for half and half, she seemed a little annoyed or maybe she was stressed when I asked, and they brought out 3… (the BC Ship Points were much better)
the Piggy Bank dish we ordered was inedible, they doused it with the habanero sauce (it was supposed to be brushed on) and my poor partner didn’t want to wreck my night from complaining so he ate it.
I never got my $15 off (I didn’t know until my partner told me after the fact as I didn’t pay the bill)
They never took my rewards card (Even though she had it) to give me points for the fairly large bill we just had.

Pros:
Great atmosphere, someone was having a boil there so it was nice.
Drinks were tasty! We also had oyster shots – very cool!

For the record, yes – you can in fact have incredible oysters in the middle of Saskatchewan and I do have high standards as I have had many in this province that are beautifully fresh. They were obviously capable as the BC ones were great.

Overall, I was fairly disappointed, thank goodness for good company!