Hooded Merganser Restaurant

The Hooded Merganser is an excellent restaurant! I highly recommend!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Really enjoyed the Hood’s new Happy Hour menu tonight. Everything Was delicious and the service from our server, Leah, was impeccable ❤️❤️❤️

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Excellent food and great views from every seat. Absolutely beautiful! The service was exceptional. Too busy enjoying to take photos while dining. however it was a bit too pricy for me for just a dinner. Should go here if it is very special dinner. We did find the portions too small even for an upscale restaurant.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Love the view had great drinks really good food & good service as well , would totally come back 😝

Great place in Penticton, right on Okanagan Lake. The fresh pasta was perfect as was the sauce. Good wine selection of local wineries 🍷

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great food and service!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Very nice atmosphere with attentive, friendly service.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

To me, this is the best restaurant of the entire Okanagan region. It's combination of location, food, service, interior & crowd is hardly beatable! Will be coming again!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

5 star atmosphere. 5 star service.
1 star food.

Location, atmosphere, decor, view are all world class. Service from Wendy was top-notch. Unfortunately the food was probably some of the worst we've had anywhere in the Okanagan.

Everything was very underseasoned and bland.

For appetizers we had the octopus and the lemon pepper ribs. Octopus was cooked nicely but under seasoned. Served on a weird carrot puree that tasted like baby food. Ribs were fall off the bone tender but the only flavor profile on them was lemon so we had to add a lot of salt and pepper to make them palatable.

For entrees, I wanted to order the lamb but was told they were all out (at 6pm on a Tuesday) so had the mushroom canneloni and my wife ordered the braised chuck flat with ratatouille. Chuck flat was dry and had zero seasoning - just tasted like boiled beef. Sauce was not ratatouille at all but just pureed tomato with chunks of carrot and zucchini. No eggplant, no peppers, no spices, no garlic, no vinegar, nothing resembling a ratatouille and worst of all, no flavor other than stewed tomato.
Mushroom canneloni was small, and very bland with the filling just minced dried mushrooms and ricotta. Again no spices, garlic, or flavor. Wife was so put off by her dish that she sent it back after 2 bites. I was hungry so ate my canneloni anyway after adding salt and pepper to make it somewhat edible.

What a terrible shame to have such a beautiful gem of a restaurant with world class location, view, and ambience, yet to have food prepared this poorly. A good chef in a place like this should have a better understanding of flavor profiles and depth.

It's also telling that they never seem to reply to any of their reviews (at least not any recent ones)... makes one wonder if they really even care?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 5

Great Lake view with delicious food made with fresh ingredients.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Perfect place hidden off the side of the Hotel, great food!! Employee's were fantastic, kitchen staff amazing on time with the food,

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Gorgeous dinner with friends!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great food!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Amazing view, service, and food. I ordered the lamb medium rare; it was amazing, cooked to perfection, it was tender and so flavorful. You can really taste the fresh herbs and zest. Highly recommend getting this beautiful dish.

My husband ordered the salmon. He said it was good.

Overall we enjoyed our experience.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Yes please

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5