This is always a good deal, and always part of our summer effort to get around and eat out a bit…read more Good food, friendly family atmosphere, and truly Cape Breton all the way.

Great service! 4 of us got the all you can eat sides of mussels and seafood chowder with lobster…read moreand snow crab. Seafood chowder is a bit light, not creamy enough for our tastes. The strip loin was a bit tough and the salmon was on the dry side, a bit overcooked for our tastes. We finished off the meal with the coconut cream pie and the the strawberry rhubarb crisp. Both desserts were good, the crisp was a bit Not sure when they close but they are open at 4pm every day. We got there early so didn't have to wait, but there was a wait at 6 when we left, so be warned! Definitely a must try if you're in the area.

We had a prefixed meal as part of a tour. Chicken, potatoes, mixed veg and a salad and drink. Food…read morewas really good as well as the atmosphere. Right on the side of the lake which the name infers. Beautiful setting. Service was great.

We had some good food at the freight shed, but also had our order come out wrong. The wait took a…read morewhile, and in the end, we weren't sure it was worth it. I ordered the seafood fettuccine with no peppers, but it came with peppers anyway. The waiter remembered putting the order in without peppers, but the kitchen had messed up. They remade it, but when it came back out it had a very different presentation and seemed smaller. It no longer was served with bread, and it had less seafood. It was just odd. I had to sit there while the rest of my party had their food, just waiting for a long time. But the remade version did taste better, so I appreciated it. With the mixup, we found it very strange that the waiter did not apologize or offer to discount the meal or make it up in any way. The prices for the crab cakes also seemed very high! Compared to the other things we got, we were quite surprised with the small serving for the price. It was served with a smaller version of the house salad that I ordered as a side. The salad was good, but not worth the price, especially as the only thing paired with the crab cakes. Overall, I'd skip going here again. We appreciated that the outdoor seating was dog-friendly, but that was the only perk.

Great place to eat all around. The staff are the best, especially Michelle! SO appreciative of…read morehaving a nice place to eat year round!

These folks really know and love their coffee, which is roasted on site and is excellent. You can…read moreenjoy it there (lots of seating) or take it away (several different blends are available, whole beans or ground to order). Lots of baked goods, too, although no pastries. We tried the oatmeal chocolate chunk cookies, which were pretty good.

The Halifax coffee recommendation from these guys was Espresso 46 on the North End…read more A GREAT recommendation. Wonderful coffee and a small, beautifully curated Farmer's Market/shop built in/next door with THE best selection of the most beautiful produce we've seen in all of the Maritimes!!!

It is pre-season, so we were seated right away. The waitress immediately took our order, which was…read morea lobster roll with salad, lobster club with fries, wine and beer. Both sandwiches were great - I preferred the club, hubby preferred the roll. We both agree the salad, fries, and presentation were all great. We have had 3 lobster rolls in 2 days locally, and all were good in their own way, and a little different. The service was excellent, the restaurant had a nice atmosphere, and we would definitely eat here again.

We needed a no hassle place with good food and good service. This hit the spot! Enjoyed our…read morerelaxing dinner with prompt and courteous service and well prepared food.

The rice there should be a crime. Massively over cooked, soggy mush with stale bacon hard as rocks…read more This place was the highest rated in Baddeck and thats not fair to what I assume is every other restaurant in the town. I don't normally leave reviews but I feel personally deceived and offended by the rating this place has.

Server was nice. Air conditioning was minimal (during a heat wave). Food was sad. Biscuits were the…read moreworst I have ever seen. (Do they not have access to the internet to find a proper recipe?) The chickpea ratatouille was made like Chinese fried rice with the rice all mixed in. Yuck. I ended up sending it back. My boyfriend's pork was dry. I don't recommend this place if you know anything about food.

Simple place for a meal at an affordable price. The portions are filling and good. The seafood clam…read morechowder was hot and full of seafood such as lobster, scallops, and clams. The place was filled with locals and had a casual atmosphere. Plenty of seating indoors. Service was friendly.

Not to sound like a snob or to put this place down in any way at all but, is this a date night…read moredestination - no. Is it a place that has a fantastic Seafood Chowder - Yes! The Seafood Basket with (fried) Haddock, Clams, Scallops and Coconut Shrimp with crispy fries was also a hit. Fancy dishes for the coleslaw, tartare sauce, ketchup and cocktail sauce - nope. Did I care - nope ! This unassuming restaurant attached to a garden shop was crowded the entire time we were there. It was around 2:30 in the afternoon on a Tuesday when we arrived and almost every table was taken the entire time. We were all full and couldn't eat dessert so we bought 3 different ones to take with us to have later. (This is later - the Bucket of Mud, the Coconut Cream Pie and the Chocolate Cake were all good to very good) If nearby, give it a try.

Great little spot for a stop on a drive around the Cabot Trail, however quite pricy but some really…read morenice merchandise if you have some extra bucks, you can also grab an ice cream while there and play some mini golf

I got the fish cakes & beans and loved the dish. The house made beans were tasty and sweetened with…read moremolasses. The only negative was the small serving of chow. It was so good I wanted more.

Food and service were spectacular! Got their fish and chips and a mojito too! They were a bit busy…read morebut I got in quick

Not a good experience at all. I ordered strip loin steak…read more BNo baked potato. Half the plate was taken up by a swirl of sweet potato which I did not order. The presentation tried to be artsy but failed miserably. Too much grizzle and fat on the steak. When I did eat a steak only piece it was good. But not med rare. Closer to blue. I ordered a lemonade. When the waitress served my steak she did not notice my empty glass and I had to ask another waiter to bring a refill. For the rating this restaurant had on Yelp, it was totally undeserved.

Our first clue to avoid this place, which is inside Inverary Resorts, should have been that it…read morelooks like it's straight out of 1957. Some of the food also tastes like it's been sitting around since 1957. The lobster dinner was on special for $20, which makes it overpriced by about $30. Clearly caught sometime last year, it bordered on slightly rotten and had a somewhat dead flavor. We also made the mistake of ordering the wild mushroom risotto, which was wildly overcooked. The beet salad appetizer was OK but was drizzled with some kind of sugary glop that passed for dressing. The dinner rolls were sugary, cheap, institutional, old-fashioned sludge, the kind that thankfully went out of style long ago, and haven't appeared in most places since the 70s or the 80s. I should add that the wait staff was very nice. It's not their fault. But the nicest service in the world can't improve the food. We rate based on food. We're at the restaurant to eat. Also, we ate breakfast here because we're staying at the hotel and had a voucher for breakfast. The breakfast buffet was tolerable, with decent scrambled eggs, though some things were stale. I'll be generous and assume that's because we showed up past 9:30. Also, they served a decent brand of green tea, not Lipton, so that counts for something. And again, the staff was very nice and sweet, plus at breakfast, we could see the view, which was impressive. But that's not enough to raise it above one star overall. We're not at the restaurant for the view. We can get that on the Cabot Trail. There are people on another website who have given this place decent reviews, but I suspect their taste buds are decrepit and failing (there is a lot of elderly clientele here) and they are basing their ratings on service and the view. Also, some may assume because they're paying a lot, that the food must be good, even though they can't taste it. Human psychology! This breakfast not worth $14 which was the wildly exorbitant rate that another group was paying per person Just pass this place and go to the convenience store and get some chips. Or plan ahead, and before you ever get near Cape Breton Island, stock up on provisions. Be warned, if approaching from Routes 104 and 105 from the west, no supermarkets are visible from the highway beyond roughly Antigonish or so. Maybe there's one in Port Hawkesbury or so? Good luck.