The Garden Restaurant

1446 Queen St, Halifax
(902) 830-9341

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David (D)

Staff is great, food is supper goood!
They even have a swing indoors! Sounds crazy but check it out.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jahniel Lake

I found The Garden Retreat dueing dine around and fell in love with the kale salad. The service was excellent, the atmosphere was really like a retreat within downtown.

Ten out ten recommend!

Also, if you're not a big eater, take someone with you to help you out lol

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Tim Wehrle

We held a family reunion for ~60 people including bringing in a ceilidh band and dance caller. The manager and staff were superb. They were professional, polite, flexible and always tried their best to make our event a success - and it was!

We worked with the staff to reconfigure the room for the sit-down meal and then when the band was ready, we moved tables and the carpets to create a big dance floor. The staff were super helpful throughout. People ordered many different menu items and the kitchen got everything out on time and tasting good! I heard no complaints and many compliments.

The space and decor are visually interesting and inviting and fit our group size perfectly. People could go to different areas or sit near the bar yet still feel connected to the whole group. The kids love the swing seats and made that their headquarters. The staff helped with the setup for the band of the restaurant's Bose sound system which we also used later with our devices to play our own music. Everything worked great!

The staff were happy to let us continue celebrating late into the night and continued serving us with the same wonderful attentiveness. They deserve a lot of credit. All-in-all a superb experience and I would not hesitate to recommend the Garden Retreat for a similar event.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

SC

We really enjoyed the meal at the Garden. The steaks were delicious and the service was excellent.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Мария Кукольник

Worst experience ever.

I chose this restaurant for my 16th birthday and have booked a table for my family in advance. Everything seemed to be fine and I even received a message-reminder about the time I should come. But when I arrived, there was a private striptease party. After talking to the manager, he said my table was still valid and I can sit at the back. As a sensitive underage, I could not stand the loud noises and drunk people, so I have left the place and found another restaurant to spend my time at, which was a great choice.

The negligence of this place is off the charts, I advise you to find another place that is worth your time and money.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Daria Herashchenko

Big reservation issue. My gorgeous sister Mariia picked this spot for her birthday celebration 2 weeks in advance. She was so excited to go to this specific spot because she liked the decor and the food looked promising. I booked a table for us through Resy, got a confirmation and even received a 30 min reminder. However when we got there on Saturday night, all pumped and glammed up, turned out the spot was closed for a private drag show. I asked the manager about our reservation and he just replied “you can sit outside for just food and no show”. We left. And the next day I receive an email saying “rate your experience dining at this spot”, well it never happened. There was no communication and somehow our reservation still went through. Anyways we went to Sea Smoke and had a blast 💋😌💅

Aqsa Tariq

We had such a great experience with Nick. He helped us order our food and then provided us with the best dinning experience. 10/10

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Johnel Ngandu

We had our after-wedding dinner here in their Shiraz room and couldn’t have asked for a better experience. The food was delicious, the ambiance was perfect, and the staff went above and beyond to make us feel special. Thank you for helping us celebrate such a meaningful day!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mateo Orrantia

The star of our experience today was our server who was the lone front of house worker for the entire place during brunch. I dont know how he did it but he somehow made everything run on time in there. Deserves a raise for sure.

We had the chicken and waffles, and the retreat classic breakfast. The food itself was solid but nothing to really write home about. Decent mix of breakfast classics and more interesting stuff.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Zachary Butt

Attended a wedding here. Great food and a very pretty venue.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 3

Molly Sheehan

Such a nice resturant, so well decorated and unique! The food was all amazing and great portion sizes for the price. Menu had options for everyone with a lot of elevated classics. Service was spectacular, all the wait staff was so kind and knowledgeable about their items and drinks. Overall great experience and zero complaints

Michael

Very disappointing meal and service.

Evan Thompson

Great place went out for supper with my girlfriend here, awesome atmosphere, great staff, and delicious food!

Brittany Goodman

I came here for a private event. The restaurant was totally unprepared to handle the number of people that they had agreed to accommodate. They were “out” of many ingredients and bottles of wine they offered on the menu.

They brought us a $10 bottle of wine that wasn’t on the menu as a replacement for something we had intended to order and charged us a 600% mark up on it. They didn’t tell us the price of the bottle but we assumed they’d charge us for what we ordered. They didn’t. It was more expensive and they refused to do anything about the cost. I would never have ordered that wine (especially at that cost).

We were there for over two hours without receiving any food. After asking repeatedly about our food we were finally told that they had forgot to punch it in and they forgot what we had ordered.

Otherwise, the service was slow and bad. They brought the wrong cocktails out.

When we asked to speak to a manager they told us there was no manager onsite and that a manager would call us the next day. They never called.

We left after having 2 cocktails and a bottle of $10 wine and our bill was $100.

If I could give this place lower than 1/5, I would.

paul holley

Yummy cocktails!

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