We dropped in to Kamoosh Bistro tonight for dinner. We were pleasantly surprised. Shaq our waiter recommended some dishes and they were delicious. From cocktails, to starters to our main meal. Everything was presented beautifully and tasted wonderful. We will return for another amazing meal to try something different another night.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
J Goguen
Excellent food, wonderful service, and a lovely atmosphere. What more can you ask for ?
Thanks Matthew for the added shrimp tip.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Grey Jedi
Had the most incredible lunch today at Kamoosh. Right from my greeting to the food to the coffee everything was stellar!! Thank you for the royal treatment Kathy. You’re the best! 5*****. Will be back 💯.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ken and Maureen MacDonald
Fantastic food. Impeccable service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Paul
Amazing food great service!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Deborah Sellars
Great little gem in Waterdown! First class food,drink and ambience. Our party of 4 were seated quickly and service was excellent! Thanks Shaq-good job with the picky sister. You deserve a medal 🏅. Will certainly be back for round two
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Peter Fryters
If you haven't been at this restaurant you are missing something special. We had dinner there last night August 16, 2025 and were simply wowed. The food is positively amazing. They use local farmers and I have never had such a fantastic dinner ever. The garden salad was simply to die for and extremely fresh with a varied assortment of fresh tasty vegetables. Go check this out. You will also be impressed. Congrats to the chef and service staff. Very well done. Best, Peter Fryters P. S. We will be back soon.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ryan Aubuchon
Fantastic local spot.. staff are great and the food never disappoints.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Stephen Gunby
Food is amazing... Pricey though.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Markus Piro
The atmosphere was nice, especially a quiet patio, but food was unimpressive. I paid $40+ for six raviolis with a spoon full of lobster. Wife had a delicious hamburger but this isn’t exactly a place you go for burgers.
Food and service we're quite good. Food was expensive but honestly every restaurant is expensive these days with inflation. Service was excellent. My wife and I would love to go back but not at the current price. Maybe for a special occasion.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Marie Evangelista
Great food, friendly staff.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
George Yamine
Loved the food in this place. Some really tasty and unique dishes! All came out well presented and prepared just right.
I look forward to going back and trying more options
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Greg Vickers
A gem of a restaurant in Waterdown, Ontario. Can't recall the last time I had such an exemplary meal out! Every bite made me weak in the knees, and the cocktails were superb as well 😋 Friendly service, the owner/chef came by the table for a nice chat too. Unpretentious but seriously legit 5-star cuisine. Recommended!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
caitlin lee
I will start with the positives. We were seated promptly and the ambiance was beautiful. It is a lovely spot. We waited a little longer than normal for our drink order to be taken but as we were in no rush, we thought nothing of it. The Paloma I ordered was delicious. At this point however, things took a turn. We had to eventually flag down our server to place our order (mains only - two pear salads add chicken/steak, a pesto chicken pasta, and a child’s spaghetti and meatballs). We received the child’s order in a timely fashion however the adults waited 1 hour and 40 minutes exactly for our food. We had to flag down our server who seemingly forgot we even existed for each of the following: cutlery/napkins, drink refills (we had to eventually ask another server for a refill after 3 separate requests to our server went unfulfilled), a steak knife, and the bill. I asked the server if something was causing the delays (ie short staffed etc?) but was told “the kitchen is just really slow right now”. At no point was there any accountability or apologies which was very odd and made things extremely awkward. There was a senior couple at the table next to us that eventually gave up on waiting for their meals and left after their appetizers. The restaurant was maybe at 40% capacity so I simply do not understand the reasons for the staggering delays. When the food finally came - again, 1hr40mins later, the two salads consisted of no more than 2 cups of basic spring mix packaged salad with 4 paper thin slivers of mushy pear and no blue cheese as advertised. It also had the smallest portion of steak and chicken for the price being charged. When we questioned our server on whether he believed this was acceptable he agreed it was ridiculous and took one of the salads back. An appropriate serving size was then provided. I was so frustrated at this point I said don’t worry about mine (the salad with steak) as I was unwilling to wait a minute longer for more mediocrity. The server discounted my meal by 50% and told me “they are training a new guy and he doesn’t understand the portion sizes”. My husband and I paid over $80 for our two meals (excluding tip) for truly the worst dining experience either of us have ever had. Our guests paid the same for one adult entree and a child’s meal. There are no other words for this experience than sheer disappointment. I love Waterdown and always prefer to support local but there is simply no excuse for this astonishing lack of service or accountability, especially when other local establishments consistently go above and beyond to ensure a great experience. I wish I had read the reviews prior to making our reservation as this seems to be recurring feedback that clearly, no one there has taken seriously to address or correct. This restaurant was contacted directly before writing this as I do not like to put small businesses on blast however after zero response, I felt it was necessary. There are FAR superior restaurants in Waterdown.
We dropped in to Kamoosh Bistro tonight for dinner. We were pleasantly surprised. Shaq our waiter recommended some dishes and they were delicious. From cocktails, to starters to our main meal. Everything was presented beautifully and tasted wonderful. We will return for another amazing meal to try something different another night.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Excellent food, wonderful service, and a lovely atmosphere. What more can you ask for ?
Thanks Matthew for the added shrimp tip.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Had the most incredible lunch today at Kamoosh. Right from my greeting to the food to the coffee everything was stellar!! Thank you for the royal treatment Kathy. You’re the best! 5*****. Will be back 💯.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Fantastic food. Impeccable service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing food great service!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great little gem in Waterdown! First class food,drink and ambience. Our party of 4 were seated quickly and service was excellent! Thanks Shaq-good job with the picky sister. You deserve a medal 🏅. Will certainly be back for round two
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
If you haven't been at this restaurant you are missing something special. We had dinner there last night August 16, 2025 and were simply wowed. The food is positively amazing. They use local farmers and I have never had such a fantastic dinner ever. The garden salad was simply to die for and extremely fresh with a varied assortment of fresh tasty vegetables. Go check this out. You will also be impressed. Congrats to the chef and service staff. Very well done. Best, Peter Fryters
P. S. We will be back soon.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Fantastic local spot.. staff are great and the food never disappoints.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food is amazing...
Pricey though.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
The atmosphere was nice, especially a quiet patio, but food was unimpressive. I paid $40+ for six raviolis with a spoon full of lobster. Wife had a delicious hamburger but this isn’t exactly a place you go for burgers.
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Food and service we're quite good. Food was expensive but honestly every restaurant is expensive these days with inflation. Service was excellent. My wife and I would love to go back but not at the current price. Maybe for a special occasion.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Great food, friendly staff.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Loved the food in this place. Some really tasty and unique dishes! All came out well presented and prepared just right.
I look forward to going back and trying more options
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
A gem of a restaurant in Waterdown, Ontario. Can't recall the last time I had such an exemplary meal out! Every bite made me weak in the knees, and the cocktails were superb as well 😋 Friendly service, the owner/chef came by the table for a nice chat too. Unpretentious but seriously legit 5-star cuisine. Recommended!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
I will start with the positives. We were seated promptly and the ambiance was beautiful. It is a lovely spot. We waited a little longer than normal for our drink order to be taken but as we were in no rush, we thought nothing of it. The Paloma I ordered was delicious.
At this point however, things took a turn. We had to eventually flag down our server to place our order (mains only - two pear salads add chicken/steak, a pesto chicken pasta, and a child’s spaghetti and meatballs).
We received the child’s order in a timely fashion however the adults waited 1 hour and 40 minutes exactly for our food. We had to flag down our server who seemingly forgot we even existed for each of the following: cutlery/napkins, drink refills (we had to eventually ask another server for a refill after 3 separate requests to our server went unfulfilled), a steak knife, and the bill.
I asked the server if something was causing the delays (ie short staffed etc?) but was told “the kitchen is just really slow right now”.
At no point was there any accountability or apologies which was very odd and made things extremely awkward.
There was a senior couple at the table next to us that eventually gave up on waiting for their meals and left after their appetizers. The restaurant was maybe at 40% capacity so I simply do not understand the reasons for the staggering delays.
When the food finally came - again, 1hr40mins later, the two salads consisted of no more than 2 cups of basic spring mix packaged salad with 4 paper thin slivers of mushy pear and no blue cheese as advertised. It also had the smallest portion of steak and chicken for the price being charged.
When we questioned our server on whether he believed this was acceptable he agreed it was ridiculous and took one of the salads back. An appropriate serving size was then provided. I was so frustrated at this point I said don’t worry about mine (the salad with steak) as I was unwilling to wait a minute longer for more mediocrity. The server discounted my meal by 50% and told me “they are training a new guy and he doesn’t understand the portion sizes”.
My husband and I paid over $80 for our two meals (excluding tip) for truly the worst dining experience either of us have ever had. Our guests paid the same for one adult entree and a child’s meal.
There are no other words for this experience than sheer disappointment. I love Waterdown and always prefer to support local but there is simply no excuse for this astonishing lack of service or accountability, especially when other local establishments consistently go above and beyond to ensure a great experience.
I wish I had read the reviews prior to making our reservation as this seems to be recurring feedback that clearly, no one there has taken seriously to address or correct.
This restaurant was contacted directly before writing this as I do not like to put small businesses on blast however after zero response, I felt it was necessary. There are FAR superior restaurants in Waterdown.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
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