As a family we really enjoyed our lunch time meals here. We ordered a fresh home made lemonade which turned out to be one of the best ones I have tasted this summer.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Richard L.
Fort Whyte has been a family favourite for 10+ years. We've seen the ownership/management changes at the café more than a few times. Our latest visit was somewhere between fine and disappointing.
Three breakfast items and one lunch item took 35 minutes. We could see that two of the breakfast items were ready a full 10 minutes before they were brought to our table. While we understand the staff may have wanted to send all 4 items at once, in the end they served the two breakfast items first, but they were already cold. (The lunch item and third breakfast item arrived within 5 minutes later, but somehow lukewarm rather than hot.)
The food itself was good, although two of the meals were cold and the other two were slightly above room temperature, as noted above. The staff is friendly and helpful. The location and ambience is unique and exceptional, of course.
We will hope for a better experience on our next visit.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Darren Seekings
Food was really good and also good portions
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lisa Stetina
Asked for refund for clubhouse sandwich and fries. It was cold and top was soggy due to pickle laying on top of bread (pickel normally doesn't go with a clubhouse). Also asked for gravy (lukewarm) on side, but it was on the fries which were luke warm as well. Didn't notice anyone disinfecting tables while we were there for at least an hour and it was steady with customers. Won't be back anytime soon...hope restaurant improves...its a nice area.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
Jairo Perdigão
Nice place nice food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Rebecca
Semi self serve cafeteria style eatery. A good place to grab a bite while enjoying a day of outdoor fun. Service is minimal but friendly. Dishes are simple, tasty and hit the spot.
**Celiacs: no options here. On the day I was in there was a basket of protein bars some of which were gluten free. Edit- see response below. Not only is there nothing on the menu board but there is no mention of gluten free options on ANY signage. Highly recommend the cafe amend this if they seriously offer safe gluten free options.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
Ian V
Always the best bowl of homemade soup on a cold day.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Linda Bunnik
I Love a great cup of coffee….but sorry, the coffee really sucked, almost like dirty dishwater…a hefty ish price too. A $1.00 coffee at ikea much much better. I asked another girl when we were in washroom what she thought of coffee….she only drank 1/2 cup as it was flavourless….so it wasn’t just me. Too bad, rest of menu looks decent but I need good coffee to go with it, esp for breakfast/brunch. Guess I won’t go back:(
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 4
Stephanie
Curry chickpea portion was very small and tasteless. I would like to see more plant-based options considering Fort Whyte is an ecologically focused organization.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 5
Melanie Gerodias
We really enjoyed our time at the café before heading out for a walk at FortWhyte. The soup is homemade and comforting. The staff were very friendly. The views from the café are breathtaking. This is our go to breakfast/ lunch place!
They offer several gluten free and vegetarian options. Amazing peaceful atmosphere
Vegetarian options: Vegetarian options available
Dietary restrictions: Gluten free options available
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Breakfast Sandwich
Michelle Corbett
Nice atmosphere but it was snowing and they didn't even have hot chocolate. No cream or sugar was out or offered with my coffee. Food menu looked good as did the desserts.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 3
Nicole Rebeck
Excellent soup for a cold day!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Taras Veryha
Pleasant atmosphere and tasty
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Steve Ens
Great venue for some decent breakfast. They ran out of hot coffee while we were there so only four stars. Watching the birds on the patio bumps up the atmosphere rating!
As a family we really enjoyed our lunch time meals here. We ordered a fresh home made lemonade which turned out to be one of the best ones I have tasted this summer.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Fort Whyte has been a family favourite for 10+ years. We've seen the ownership/management changes at the café more than a few times. Our latest visit was somewhere between fine and disappointing.
Three breakfast items and one lunch item took 35 minutes. We could see that two of the breakfast items were ready a full 10 minutes before they were brought to our table. While we understand the staff may have wanted to send all 4 items at once, in the end they served the two breakfast items first, but they were already cold. (The lunch item and third breakfast item arrived within 5 minutes later, but somehow lukewarm rather than hot.)
The food itself was good, although two of the meals were cold and the other two were slightly above room temperature, as noted above. The staff is friendly and helpful. The location and ambience is unique and exceptional, of course.
We will hope for a better experience on our next visit.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Food was really good and also good portions
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Asked for refund for clubhouse sandwich and fries. It was cold and top was soggy due to pickle laying on top of bread (pickel normally doesn't go with a clubhouse). Also asked for gravy (lukewarm) on side, but it was on the fries which were luke warm as well. Didn't notice anyone disinfecting tables while we were there for at least an hour and it was steady with customers. Won't be back anytime soon...hope restaurant improves...its a nice area.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
Nice place nice food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Semi self serve cafeteria style eatery. A good place to grab a bite while enjoying a day of outdoor fun. Service is minimal but friendly. Dishes are simple, tasty and hit the spot.
**Celiacs: no options here. On the day I was in there was a basket of protein bars some of which were gluten free.
Edit- see response below. Not only is there nothing on the menu board but there is no mention of gluten free options on ANY signage. Highly recommend the cafe amend this if they seriously offer safe gluten free options.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
Always the best bowl of homemade soup on a cold day.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I Love a great cup of coffee….but sorry, the coffee really sucked, almost like dirty dishwater…a hefty ish price too. A $1.00 coffee at ikea much much better. I asked another girl when we were in washroom what she thought of coffee….she only drank 1/2 cup as it was flavourless….so it wasn’t just me. Too bad, rest of menu looks decent but I need good coffee to go with it, esp for breakfast/brunch. Guess I won’t go back:(
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 4
Curry chickpea portion was very small and tasteless. I would like to see more plant-based options considering Fort Whyte is an ecologically focused organization.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 5
We really enjoyed our time at the café before heading out for a walk at FortWhyte. The soup is homemade and comforting. The staff were very friendly. The views from the café are breathtaking. This is our go to breakfast/ lunch place!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
They offer several gluten free and vegetarian options. Amazing peaceful atmosphere
Vegetarian options: Vegetarian options available
Dietary restrictions: Gluten free options available
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Breakfast Sandwich
Nice atmosphere but it was snowing and they didn't even have hot chocolate. No cream or sugar was out or offered with my coffee. Food menu looked good as did the desserts.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 3
Excellent soup for a cold day!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Pleasant atmosphere and tasty
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Great venue for some decent breakfast. They ran out of hot coffee while we were there so only four stars. Watching the birds on the patio bumps up the atmosphere rating!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 3
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