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4 Comments September 02, 2010 | By Jonathan

glowbal I have grown so accustomed to excellent cocktails in Gastown and the impeccable bar service at the Diamond, L’Abbatoir, Boneta, the Pourhouse and others that I was literally shocked at Glowbal in Yaletown. I expect douchbaggery at such places, but with such inflated prices and attitude, I was offended when the bartender was too busy flirting with the wait staff to notice his customers and when white wine was poured with such contempt that it had head. Indelicate cocktails were being thrown together and poured over huge quantities of horrible ice and served with straws and I shuddered at seeing whip cream being used to obscure shot glass monstrosities. Glowbal bills their restaurant the essential Yaletown experience and I am not one to disagree. See you guys in Gastown.

tags: bartenders, cocktails, douchebaggery, yaletown

4 Comments

September 02, 2010

Jonathan said,

In Glowbal’s defense, I love the way they hang their meat on display. I didn’t try the food… someone else is going to have to write that review since I’ll be at L’Abbatoir.
September 14, 2010

Edwina said,

i have basically boycotted the glowbal group after being charged 32 dollars for a single ceaser and baileys, Kahlua and coffee. 3 ounces of booze. Not only that the server tried to make it sound like I was an idiot for not knowing it would cost me a meal to “make up my own drink”. If she were one of my bar staff she would be fired.
October 21, 2010

MizzJ said,

Ugh I so agree with this review! The smell of douchebaggery is extremely high in this place and if I wanted to be somewhere so loud I couldn’t hear the person beside me, I’d go to a club.
November 26, 2010

sarah said,

If only I had a pic of you drinking a glass of frothed up wine with a disgusted look on your face. Classic.

Ten years in Vancouver, and I never went to Glowbal. Now that’s some instinct!

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