Red Tomato

The Red Tomato came to our attention from our Canadian friends. Our first experience was several years ago and now it has become a tradition every time we come down! The staff makes the dining experience so much fun! Bill always comes to join us for a chat and we always share a new joke! The food is excellent value and good home cooked dishes always meet our expectations. It's like going back in time when we look at the walls, read the menu and listen to the music. The chicken and dumplings are to die for and the lamb... well it's the best in the world! We are so excited to see the new location and our mouths are watering at the arrival of poutine in the US. Montreal has the best restaurants per capita and it's no surprise the french onion soup to come will blow every one elses out of the water.... ask Bill about it!

Friends and I have eaten there for years and we love it in all respects. The lamb is delicious, the predinner rolls to die for. We do not go there for an epicurean repast.

I went here twice. Once in 2004 while staying with friends who raved about this place. The food then was horrible and the service lousy - felt like I was in upstate New York and someone was trying to get home.
I gave this place a second chance in 2009 after someone else raved about this place. So here's the deal: Three of us went. One had the lasagna - dry and tasteless. I had a pasta dish - the pasta was over cooked to the point where it did not hold its shape - a plate of mush. There were canned blacked olives on the pasta, the same you get on pizza. My other friend had the lamb that was over cooked and the vegetables were boiled to death. None of us finished our meals. When the waiter took the plates he said 'wow you didn't touch your meals' then took off, and didn't bother to ask why!
I understand that the owner is a vet and real estate agent, because the walls are pasted with real estate advertisements and war pictures. He should be out of the restaurant business.