My company held it's annual summer party here last week. The check-in procedure was pretty seamless as the social committee had everyone's room keys and info all organized before we got there. The rooms are nice. A little nicer than your standard hotel room. They have the basic amenities but the linens and towels are a little more plush. The rooms open up to a central courtyard that has a grassy area, a patio, lake access, and a dock. The courtyard area is well maintained and is generally very appealing. The only downside of my experience here was the food. The appetizers during the cocktail hour were generally pretty good. Specifically the "shots" of soup were tasty. Unfortunately dinner did not match up to the apps. It was an island themed dinner. Most of the dishes were unrecognizable but most tasted ok, not great, but not terrible either. read more

The Gananoque Spa - Day Spas Near Me - Gananoque, Ontario

The Inn has gone through a ton of changes. Long ago was the time that if you said that you were going to the Inn, it might have meant that you'd be returning after the end of the night with a few less teeth than when you left. Thankfully, the Inn has changed that image now, much to the dismay to the orthodontist community in Gananoque. The Inn has cleaned up, to the point it is now an official member of the Ontario Inns Association. The rooms are quaint, the kitchen brings out great fresh food and you can still get a decent pint there. I had the chicken pesto burger which came on a Ciabatta which impressed me with its flavour and the freshness of the accompanying salad of garden greens. Probably the best thing about the Inn is the view. Dining on the bar patio or in the main dining hall, you're able to take in the St. Lawrence River, the docks where the boat cruises lanch from, and a few of the islands in the area. It's a fantastic sight especially when the sun sets and reflects on the river. Worth the price of admission alone. read more

This leg of our vacation was taking us from Montreal through to Niagara Falls and we planned to stop in Gananoque for one night and to do a boat cruise whilst here. After being on the road for over 5 hours we were all pretty hungry and our first choice of restaurant was closed on Mondays. We had asked our boat captain for some restaurant recommendations and he recommend this inn. Not quite sure whether he recommended it because he knows the owners or because he's actually been there and had the food. The way he recommended it lacked confidence. Nonetheless we went to this restaurant and it was wing night! 0.45c a wing and we based our meals around this. Multiple flavours of sauces for the wings were available and we tried all the "interesting" ones as the normal flavours we can get back in Melbourne. Based on the look and feel of the place I didn't expect the quality of service and food that we received. I'd recommend eating here if you're after a warm tasty meal. Our waitress was friendly too, she asked us plenty of question and even explains ice hockey to us. read more

Turned down first room, had no balcony. Second room ok. Kept dogs leashed on porch. The could run around freely at times which is why I didn't give them 1 star. Window AC Noisy upstairs Nice garden and grounds Good parking Free breakfast. Poor service. No utensils had to get our own. No water. When I arrived, and was unloading my gear, they shoved my brand new Sail bag on the asphalt and wore a hole in it. I was right there loading my car and would have moved it if asked. I had to climb around to the other side of the car to pick it up. It was not in anyone way and easy to walk around it. Had a small dock area, which I used to launch my Sunfish. read more

The views were great, the service was good, but both my and my partner's entrees were waaaay overcooked. Like, hard to chew. But otherwise, they had the right idea. read more

We stopped in for a drink and a light bite. Definitely underwhelming. The salad dressing for the wedge salad was unquestionably watered down. The sauce on the chicken skewers was clearly from a bottle and that bottle must have been left out in the sun for some hours. Service was very slow. Oh - the wifi they so proudly advertise was only available if you stood off in one particular spot. We shan't be back. read more

We went to the Watermark restaurant which is the higher end of the two on site restaurants. Two of us had the tasting menu with the trout bouillabaisse which turned out to be absolutely awful. The trout was dry and bitter and nothing similar to a bouillabaisse. We also had the salmon on risotto which was bland and tasteless. The server was marvelous but management never saw fit to see us after we sent back a dish and did not offer to comp the dish. An expensive disappointment. read more

Food took over an hour to come and wasn't overly impressive for the price. Ordered a bottle of wine and a glass broke with a full glass of wine and it wasn't replaced. Not impressed. read more

Had dinner at the Watermark Restaurant, their "fine" dining versus their burger and frys alternative. Had their fixed price menu from which my wife ordered the pan-fried pickerel and I the 6 ounce (!) filet. We waited nearly an hour to be served a green salad and soup, having inquired twice in the as to when we'd likely see our appetizers--there were less than two dozen patrons and perhaps 10 empty tables. The salad finally arrived sans soup at which point we were informed they'd run out of their "signature" clam chowder which we had watched being served to a larger party that had been seated after our arrival. My wife settled for their so-called "tomato and roasted pepper" soup which tasted like a watery marinara sauce. I ordered the steal filet medium rare which came well done (a similar complaint lodged by the couple sitting near us) and my wife ordered the pan-fried pickerel with beurre blanc sauce which came dry, largely unseasoned, with little to no sauce, accompanied by some chewy cold minute rice-like substance. Our waitress was a darling girl who kept trying to deflect us when we complained (I have to assume she is someway related to someone in authority/management there since this went way beyond "all Canadians are unfailingly polite" and had asked an older waitress that we complained to to return to her station while we were still talking to her and then served water to everyone around us while unsuccessfully avoiding eye contact with us...yes Chelsea, YOU.) She failed to offer us tea or coffee which was supposedly included but did take an allowance off the bill for the appetizer round (the desserts were meh too.) I applaud her "chin up and persevere" attitude but it largely served to irritate me and simply infuriated my wife who marched into the concierge to lodge formal complaint. In all, I half expected Gordon Ramsay to walk in and announce we were participating in a Kitchen Nightmares episode... lovely place on the water though. read more

Went to the restaurant...really can't tell you if the service sucked or not because 3 or 4 waiters passed by and never asked if we needed anything..after 15 mins we got up and left. How do we rate someone a minus or where is the "suck a** service" button? read more

My husband booked a room for my birthday this past weekend with a package that included our dinner and breakfast. First impressions of the Inn were decent, but nothing too impressive. Our room was not ready when we arrived so we walked around the property and found some nice muskoka chairs by the water. The location of the Inn is probably the best thing about it - if you want to be right by the water this is pretty much your only option. That being said, once we got our room keys it went downhill from there. Anyone booking a room at the main Inn should be aware that there is NO elevator so pack lightly if you have a suite on the 3rd floor as we did! I'd say the average age of patrons at the Inn was about 60 so I'm guessing they may want to know things like that in advance. Once we got to our room there was a laminated note warning of a local bug infestation and asking guests not to open their windows for fear the flying "no-see-ums" would invade (not a comforting thought!). The room itself was underwhelming, with an old A/C unit in the window that did not adequetely cool the room and we woke up with very stuffy noses the next morning. The bathroom was standard but again, a sign posted warned that "water temperatures fluctuate". My husband took a shower before dinner and had to turn the hot water almost completely off as it was scalding hot every few seconds, and then it would become freezing cold. The bed linens were probably the roughest I'd ever slept on (pillow cases scratch your face their so hard) and the we kept smelling some kind of electrical burn smell which could have been either the electric fireplace, or as my husband discovered, perhaps the hair dryer which he tried to use to dry his hair and about thirty seconds into use it no longer worked! We headed to the dining room for our dinner reservation and within about ten minutes we heard several other patrons complaining about the slow service and saw quite a few of them actually get up and walk out - we soon found out why. Our appetizers, which were only garlic bread, took 30 minutes to arrive and our main course arrived a few minutes later, leaving us not much room to eat them. My steak was like chewing leather, although my husband enjoyed the prawns/scallops dish he ordered. Dessert was enjoyable (fried ice cream), but it definitely looked like they were understaffed. Unfortunately, the next morning we saw more of the same at breakfast - several angry patrons taking their frustrations out on the waitresses as they had forgotten to serve some of them and others complaining of the long wait for a simple breakfast dish. All in all, it was a very mediocre experience - the location itself can't be beat if you're going on the 1000 islands cruise it is a 60 second walk to the pier and I didn't see any other accommodations anywhere nearby. But if you are looking for high quality service, food, and room accommodations I would stear clear and I honestly have no idea how they got membership to "Ontario's Finest Inns". read more