The service was very good, got the beef ribs but I got food poisoning. Used to go here frequently but will not be going back.
Food: 1
Service: 5
Kory Perreault
Food was ok the dessert was amazing as well as the service but the blackening spice and there steak is just not as good as it once was. I feel like they really try hard to make the food fancy but smother the flavours of some of there food I tried the baked oysters and the bone marrow escargot and I think it could have been better as for the sides that come with the prime rib are just very bland could have used butter for my baked potatoe which was not offered and the yorkshire pudding was bland my mom's growing up is way better.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Banana Split
Brian Cole
Went for a Sunday "brunch" that was not a brunch. A selection of set breakfast items ordered from a menu, with a desert bar. The set items were good, disappointed as this is not the old Smugglers brunch. Two eggs benny with country fries for $33. You would be better off somewhere else. I will find a and actual brunch and not return.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Sarah Ingram
Always has fabulous food, but our last visit there also had the best service I’ve ever had in any restaurant. Our server, Vlad, was incredibly attentive without being overwhelming. He even somehow noticed that I have a huge need for water when I eat, and my cup didn’t get empty even once; all without even saying a word about it. I realize this sounds like a small useless thing, but it made a world of difference to my enjoyment of my meal. He was absolutely phenomenal.Go for the prime rib, keep going for the great service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kiersten Galloway
Smugglers was the go to for all families birthdays for many years. Our favorites were the soup and salad bar paired with the 20oz Prime Rib stake and finishing with their mud pie.Once we went to the new opening, it was a disappointment to what it was. The prices have doubled, and the food is now mediocre at best.The restaurant and the Staff are still wonderful as I would one day like to work in such an environment. It however, will no longer be the place we can brag about, to family and friends that are from out of town, to stop in for a meal worth their money.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 4
Random Kiersten
Was a Huge fan of SmugglersWe celebrated our family birthdays for 10 years for sureRecommend to others who became fans / regulars . Would also go often for lunches as well. Salad bar was excellent, soups were favourites. 20oz Prime rib and mud pie desert yum!2 years new mgmtNice modernPrices doubledTried 2xFood just ok, lots of money for nicer presentationKept nothing of value that the Smugglers name meant to usGone to The Keg 130ave for better meals.Guess we just do not do well with change, so we changeJoe
mike pf
Went to smugglers for brunch because I had been to the buffet in the past and loved it.They charge 33 for all breakfasts on the menu. To me this seemed over priced for the portion size. Had the traditional breakfast and was not impressed it was sub par.Atmosphere has changed since the renovation, feels more like a Moxies now.Sad to see the quality go down and no buffet. Won't be going back for brunch again.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 3
Tiffany
My fiancé took me here on Valentine’s Day as a special night out, and I was rather disappointed. Our waitress was very kind, but there was clearly some sort of disorganization going on because it took 3 hours and we didn’t even receive our dessert. It wasn’t just our table either-no one received their meals in a timely manner. We just left because we had work the next morning. The food was ok-we ordered duck and it seemed a bit over-cooked to me. I didn’t get a good first impression at all, but I will go back and try it again because I have heard good things.
Emily Knippelberg
Food and service was good. Smaller portions and everything over priced. Won't be returning.
Jess
Smugglers is a unique venue with delicious food, the prices are fair for quality and quantity of food you get. We had the salmon and ribs but their plank meal looks amazing! I would definitely bring my family and friends here for a nice quiet meal. I would recommend booking a table as it can get busy quickly and they can accommodate larger groups if you need too. Would totally recommend!
Amazing food and drinks. Hoping Julie (great server) wants to come to karaoke
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tiffany Melnyk
Food was delicious, the eggs Benny was good but the Hollandaise sauce was vinegary and was separating but the smoked salmon was fresh and delish. The dessert buffet was the main event. All the tarts were exceptional fruit was fresh and coffee was tasty. Service was quick and friendly.
Jasmine M
I would not recommend going here, the drinks are mediocre, the service was extremely slow with a wait time of 1 hour for calamari as an appetizer (which was your average calamari but very oily) and we waited an hour and half for our steaks - which I would say were good however not worth waiting an hour and half for. We had to ask the server a few times about how long the dishes would take as there was no sense of urgency to bring the food out in a timely manner. We considered getting up and paying for our drinks to go eat elsewhere with how slow things were. Overall, I will not be returning to this restaurant.. save your money.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
Wadenn Feihle
On Valentine’s Day we waited an hour for our appetizer and over another hour for our main course over the 2 some hours we sat there we were checked up on maybe 2-3 times by our server and manager came out and apologized for the for the wait and offered us a complimentary drink on the house which we just declined because we didn’t want to wait anymore so she then said she would take two of our drinks off.. which did not happen when we finally got the bill. What a great Valentine’s night…. Definitely wasn’t worth the money we spent..
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Sonia Bakhtiar
The waitress could not keep a track of our orders. We were a group of 15. Lost the bill of one of the girls'order. That was unprofessional. Otherwise it was good.
The service was very good, got the beef ribs but I got food poisoning. Used to go here frequently but will not be going back.
Food: 1
Service: 5
Food was ok the dessert was amazing as well as the service but the blackening spice and there steak is just not as good as it once was. I feel like they really try hard to make the food fancy but smother the flavours of some of there food I tried the baked oysters and the bone marrow escargot and I think it could have been better as for the sides that come with the prime rib are just very bland could have used butter for my baked potatoe which was not offered and the yorkshire pudding was bland my mom's growing up is way better.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Banana Split
Went for a Sunday "brunch" that was not a brunch. A selection of set breakfast items ordered from a menu, with a desert bar. The set items were good, disappointed as this is not the old Smugglers brunch. Two eggs benny with country fries for $33. You would be better off somewhere else. I will find a and actual brunch and not return.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Always has fabulous food, but our last visit there also had the best service I’ve ever had in any restaurant. Our server, Vlad, was incredibly attentive without being overwhelming. He even somehow noticed that I have a huge need for water when I eat, and my cup didn’t get empty even once; all without even saying a word about it. I realize this sounds like a small useless thing, but it made a world of difference to my enjoyment of my meal. He was absolutely phenomenal.Go for the prime rib, keep going for the great service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Smugglers was the go to for all families birthdays for many years. Our favorites were the soup and salad bar paired with the 20oz Prime Rib stake and finishing with their mud pie.Once we went to the new opening, it was a disappointment to what it was. The prices have doubled, and the food is now mediocre at best.The restaurant and the Staff are still wonderful as I would one day like to work in such an environment. It however, will no longer be the place we can brag about, to family and friends that are from out of town, to stop in for a meal worth their money.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 4
Was a Huge fan of SmugglersWe celebrated our family birthdays for 10 years for sureRecommend to others who became fans / regulars . Would also go often for lunches as well. Salad bar was excellent, soups were favourites. 20oz Prime rib and mud pie desert yum!2 years new mgmtNice modernPrices doubledTried 2xFood just ok, lots of money for nicer presentationKept nothing of value that the Smugglers name meant to usGone to The Keg 130ave for better meals.Guess we just do not do well with change, so we changeJoe
Went to smugglers for brunch because I had been to the buffet in the past and loved it.They charge 33 for all breakfasts on the menu. To me this seemed over priced for the portion size. Had the traditional breakfast and was not impressed it was sub par.Atmosphere has changed since the renovation, feels more like a Moxies now.Sad to see the quality go down and no buffet. Won't be going back for brunch again.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 3
My fiancé took me here on Valentine’s Day as a special night out, and I was rather disappointed. Our waitress was very kind, but there was clearly some sort of disorganization going on because it took 3 hours and we didn’t even receive our dessert. It wasn’t just our table either-no one received their meals in a timely manner. We just left because we had work the next morning. The food was ok-we ordered duck and it seemed a bit over-cooked to me. I didn’t get a good first impression at all, but I will go back and try it again because I have heard good things.
Food and service was good. Smaller portions and everything over priced. Won't be returning.
Smugglers is a unique venue with delicious food, the prices are fair for quality and quantity of food you get. We had the salmon and ribs but their plank meal looks amazing! I would definitely bring my family and friends here for a nice quiet meal. I would recommend booking a table as it can get busy quickly and they can accommodate larger groups if you need too. Would totally recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ribs
Restaurantji Recommends
Amazing food and drinks. Hoping Julie (great server) wants to come to karaoke
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food was delicious, the eggs Benny was good but the Hollandaise sauce was vinegary and was separating but the smoked salmon was fresh and delish. The dessert buffet was the main event. All the tarts were exceptional fruit was fresh and coffee was tasty. Service was quick and friendly.
I would not recommend going here, the drinks are mediocre, the service was extremely slow with a wait time of 1 hour for calamari as an appetizer (which was your average calamari but very oily) and we waited an hour and half for our steaks - which I would say were good however not worth waiting an hour and half for. We had to ask the server a few times about how long the dishes would take as there was no sense of urgency to bring the food out in a timely manner. We considered getting up and paying for our drinks to go eat elsewhere with how slow things were. Overall, I will not be returning to this restaurant.. save your money.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
On Valentine’s Day we waited an hour for our appetizer and over another hour for our main course over the 2 some hours we sat there we were checked up on maybe 2-3 times by our server and manager came out and apologized for the for the wait and offered us a complimentary drink on the house which we just declined because we didn’t want to wait anymore so she then said she would take two of our drinks off.. which did not happen when we finally got the bill. What a great Valentine’s night…. Definitely wasn’t worth the money we spent..
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
The waitress could not keep a track of our orders. We were a group of 15. Lost the bill of one of the girls'order. That was unprofessional. Otherwise it was good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3