I have many friends across Canada that tell me the food at this chain is not bad at all. Unfortunately, that's not the case at this location. Food and Nipigon is hard to come by as it is but this place shouldn't even be on your list. The service was terrible and the food rivaled that. We wouldn't return even late at night when everything else is closed. This is unfortunate as this place is open 24/7 but as bad as the food was we can't stomach another round.
I started with the homemade soup of the day and nothing in it resembled anything that was homemade. It tastes worse than something from the grocery store that's been sitting in a can for three years. Let's get back to the service. Our server had a terrible attitude and didn't know the menu at all. Even with the restaurant not being crowded it was a chore to get her to refill a drink or even crack a smile. In fact 20 minutes after we finished our meal I walked up to the counter and asked if I could pay the bill since our wonderful waitress never came back.
Let's talk about the King of the Road Burger, which is supposed to be one of their signature items. I visited with a guy that's six-foot-seven and 350 pounds. He lives off stuff like McDonald's. The burger was so bad he struggled to eat it. It tasted like a frozen patty with absolutely no flavor at all. Even ketchup couldn't cure the taste. The french fries were just as bad.
Personally, I went with the hamburger steak and I couldn't have picked a more poor item. This steak had absolutely zero flavor to it and the mushrooms that were in the gravy tasted like they were five years old. Terrible quality when it comes to food.
We knew that the food here wasn't going to be good period but we did expect it to the edible and it wasn't. We ate as much as we could and drove down the road to Timmy's to grab a few snacks instead before going fishing. The food and the service was that bad. read more