The Blue Lobster is in Stellarton NS…read more We had a fun night out with food and drinks. The mac and cheese was delicious. Enjoyed the Painted Boat (beer). They sell merch including some very nice sweat shirts! Service was great.

This is definitely a place for drinks on the patio in the summer, but it's trendy so expect long…read morewaits if you're not really in a hurry. We came in the early afternoon and it wasn't overly busy. Two servers didn't look overly interested in being there and were slow as slugs. There was a bartender mixing drinks who looked annoyed and a cook in the food truck who was the only one actually invested in what he was doing. Seating is flimsy and grinds on the concrete floors when you try to move. Tables were crammed quite close together because a musician eventually came in to set up. The space just generally looks poorly used. Our server took a long time coming over to bring us a pitcher of beer and then again to take our food order. The glassware was dirty so she apologized and brought new glasses. By the time we poured the beer, we noticed the pitcher was even filthier. Not sure if they ever wash them. The food is just ok. Nothing to write home about. Portions are on the smaller side. $14 was the Super Bowl special for a small bacon cheeseburger with nothing else, no side. $19 for fish and chips is a bit of a better deal because the fish is big but it's quite greasy. Fries were hard and stale and not really a generous portion - don't opt to pay $4 for them as a side! We watched the cook push out orders and wait around for the servers to pick them up. He'd look out trying to get their attention and seemed completely unimpressed with them. Other than brining our drinks and food, the server didn't bother to come by once in the hour + we sat at the table. When she finally came for us to pay, she seemed terrified to have to talk to a human. Overall, just a weird vibe for a place like this. This could be a great spot but it didn't leave a great first impression. Might give it one more shot next time we're in town, but we won't be ordering food. We'll see how long it takes to get an (overpriced) cocktail.

Food was AMAZING, big portions and tons of flavour. Our…read morewaitress was very friendly, offered her opinion when we were stuck on multiple dishes. My husband and I loved the atmosphere, the comics on the wall and the decor was great. 10/10 would definitely come back the next time we are back in NS

Service and food are way above average here. They go out of their way to customize your meal if you…read moredesire. The wait staff are friendly and make breakfast, lunch or dinner a pleasant experience. I highly recommend this restaurant.

The chowder was robust and very tasty broth with a great chunk of garlic bread. Full of fish,…read more scallops, and mussels. Fish and chips were blazing hot -and they had malt vinegar! Nice atmosphere!! I'm full!!

Good foods, particularly the octopus, the beef tartare & rabbit risotto are also excellent.read more

Had lunch at this diner in New Glasgow NS…read more The diner is not fancy but the staff are friendly and the food is fresh. I enjoyed the pan fried haddock with coleslaw, veggies and fries. There are daily lunch specials and daily dinner specials. There is free parking in front of the restaurant.

The big breakfast is magnificent. Any food of theirs is a great choice. My parents and I go every…read moretime they visit me. The people make you feel like family and always go above and beyond while serving you. There is always more than enough seating but on a busy day even they are worth waiting for a table , I promise. It's a very comfortable and friendly place to eat. Afforardable too.

Cleanest oysters we've ever had - super fresh and briny. Focaccia was good but not great. Steak…read morefrites - perfect medium rare (x2). Tagliatelle- perfect al dente, light, lemony. Burger and fries - cooked medium rare as ordered with hand cut fries. Staff was very friendly and welcoming.

We were driving back from the Cabot Trail on our 40th wedding anniversary and we pretty sure our…read moredinner was not going to be a highlight of the day, when we stumbled on this place. Does not look great from the outside, but inside it had a more polished vibe starting with a beautiful bar. The menu was short but well thought out and included vegetarian option(that I did see people ordering). I have the steak frites and my husband had a burger. We were a bit dehydrated from hiking so we didn't try the cocktails but they looked good. The crowd is a mix of regulars and travelers like us. It was pretty busy on a Sunday...also a testament to their food.

I tried this place recently for dinner during my trip to the area. Parking spot is limited so we…read moreended up have to park across the street. The restaurant is nicely decorated. Service here was okay but food had hits and misses. We ordered bread, grilled salmon, cod fillet, Caesar salad, jambalaya and seafood pasta. Of all the dishes we've ordered, I liked the flavourful Caesar salad. Seafood pasta was alright too. However, the bread, salmon and Tuscan chicken all tasted very dry. So did the jambalaya, flavourless and not spicy at all. Overall, the vibe and service are okay but food is mediocre.

It's easy to be curious about new restaurants in a small town, as you quickly get well-acquainted…read morewith the existing ones. This goes double for a restaurant consistently has a packed parking lot every day that it's open, which was the case for Tilly's Kitchen. I'd never been inside the restaurant(s?) that preceded Tilly's at their stately accomodations on Stellarton Road, and am worse off for it. The interior has character galore, with wooden arches and door frames, stained glass and more, although light stains for the woods and neutral paint colours keep it from being dark, dreary and dated. For appetizers, the table started with an order of their crispy dumplings ($15) and mussels ($16). The deep fried dumplings strayed far from their Asian origins, with pulled pork, lime and ginger creme fraiche, and pea shoots, but were a tasty start to the meal nonetheless. I focused on the mussels, mainly leaving the dumplings to my seafood-adverse wife. They were wonderfully tender, without a hint of overcooked rubberiness. The smoked tomato sauce didn't have a lot of smoke to it, but a hint of spice and herbs kept it from being bland. My wife's chicken and chorizo pasta ($23 + $2 GF noodle), was a savoury and hearty dish, with a hit of spice from the chorizo and a lovely red pepper and Dijon sauce that clung to each piece of pasta. The paella I ordered for my main ($32) may have been missing out on the crispy edges of the less fancy, more traditional version, but it would be hard to drum up any other complaint about this iteration. The plentiful seafood (*deep inhale* scallops, haddock, shrimp, squid, salmon and mussels) was cooked to tender perfection, while the chorizo, tomato and saffron broth added a layered and rich flavour to the whole dish. We finished the meal with a shared dessert, the truffles and port. A steal at just $12, it comes with two shots of the classic fortified wine, along with four house-made truffles, which were spectacularly smooth and rich and would satisfy any chocolate lover. Tilly's Kitchen is checking all the right boxes - beautiful atmosphere, great service and food that's bringing new flavours to Pictou County in well-executed, stylishly-plated dishes.

For my 40th birthday dinner, we tried out New Glasgow's newest dining hotspot, Little Gull Bistro…read more Taking over the space of the more concisely-named The Bistro, new proprietors Tom and Willow are breathing some fresh air into the county's dining scene. Their new fall menu features bistro classics like French onion soup, oysters and steak, but gives them a more upscale structure and puts regional farmers front and centre. Little Gull's house-made pastas also feature prominently, something that will be sure to make them stand out once word spreads. Once you go fresh, pasta is never the same again! We started out our meal with a dish that's ubiquitous at up-casual restaurants - mushroom toast. Buttery mushrooms on fresh bread - what's not to like? Unless you're one of those babies that doesn't like mushrooms. Yeah, I said it! Little Gull's house-made focaccia was airy, moist and thickly cut to support its load of savoury goodness. Creme fraiche tied the decadently hearty fungi together with its lightly tart creaminess, while some generous shavings of Grana Padano added saltiness and doubled down on the umami. For my milestone meal main (MMM), I was enticed away from the pasta by one particular ingredient on one particular dish - the black garlic cream sauce on the chicken fricassee. Black garlic is garlic which has been cooked at very low temperatures for a very long time (two weeks, when I made it once), but it's well worth the wait! What you get in the end is incredibly rich, complex and of course, still recognizable as garlic. You could eat this stuff like candy, or at least I could. I'm not normally one to get the chicken dish at a restaurant, as my wife isn't big on red meat and I like to diversify our order, but this was far from a consolation prize. Every part of it was perfectly executed - ultra-crisp fingerling potatoes; tender chicken breast, whose skin was bubbly and super crisp; and that black garlic cream sauce...Amped up with some more Porter River Farms 'shrooms, it was everything I hoped it would be. Some seasonal veg rounded out the dish, and was certainly head and shoulders above your forgettable steamed/boiled veg at old school places around the county, but the aforementioned stars of the dish certainly out shone them. My wife's main was the pork cotoletta, which while Italian in its name, was very German in its execution. A bone-in cut of pork gets the schnitzel treatment and gets paired up with braised red cabbage, fingerling potatoes and apple butter. It was a hefty plate and I gladly did my husbandly duties and finished off  what my wife couldn't/was strategically leaving room for dessert. I liked that the pork was from a more flavourful cut than the traditional tenderloin that's used in schnitzel, and it was deftly cooked, as its tenderness was hardly any different from that prime cut. The breading was fantastically crisp and golden brown. I'm of two minds that the bone-in factor isn't mentioned on the menu. A little heads up would be nice, although in theory you're not just picking it up with your hands and chowing down - your knife and fork are going to let you know what you can and can't eat. On the other hand, too many people these days are babies about any meat that isn't steak that has a bone in it, so Little Gull may not want to put people off from even trying a great dish. In the end, I think they chose the right path, although I wouldn't be surprised if I just over-thought the whole situation For dessert, we went with Little Gull's apple sundae. This seasonal delight has apple ice cream that they make in-house, combined with sauteed apples, oatcakes, whipped cream and warm, salted caramel sauce that will satisfy your sweet tooth without putting you at risk of a diabetic coma. Service was easy going and attentive, with GM and co-owner Tom impressively recognizing me from social media and checking on us (as he did everyone). While my first visit to Little Gull was for a big day, their food is too damn good to wait for another special occasion, and I look forward to diving deeper into their menu in the near future!

Great food, atmosphere and service. French onion soup and Pasta dishes were excellent. All locally…read moresourced ingredients.

Booked solid! We got in the nick of time…read more Typical Canadian charm, unflustered and polite. The chowder did not disappoint. Super homey - loved the poetry.

Ambiance felt like an amazing small town fishing village restaurant. The food was amazing -…read moreeverything so fresh and perfectly cooked with love. We had the chicken fries with the works. It included breast white chicken, mozzarella cheese, dressing, peas, and onions. The fries were so crispy and freshly done. The gravy was exceptionally tasty, and the dressing was home made. There is an excellent variety of local craft beers that add to the experience. The wait staff is friendly down east true home people that regularly check in and make sure you are good. The food came quickly and never felt rushed or pushy. Definitely a place we will be back at!

It's been closed for a long time. Apparently this did not get updated regularly. Best to be double…read morechecking listings

Great service, biggest lobster roll that the wife has had yet in Nova Scotia…read more My pan fried haddock serving was large and cooked beautifully. The combination of great service and good food will have us return for lunch again before we leave Nova Scotia.

Best fish and chips in Antigonish county. Go 15 min north on 345 towards Malignant Cove and you'll…read moresee a food stand on your right. The fish is ungodly fresh and the rosemary fries delicious. Well worth the drive if you are a tourist. Head north to the beach or for a spectacular drive around Cape George. This food holds up anywhere.