Solstice Restaurant & Wine Bar

Came here for my nieces baptism. Literally sitting here writing the review because everything was so amazing. Our server Isabelle was so attentive and personable. My whole family had a great time and food was 100/10. Some of the best food I’ve honestly ever had. Service was amazing, food was amazing, atmosphere was amazing. Great place. Whoever is giving less than 5 stars is crazy.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We celebrated my 75th birthday with 40 family and friends, and everything was handled beautifully. All the people involved at Solstice, from the food to service, created a warm welcoming environment. We highly recommend this restaurant.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We celebrated a friend’s birthday here, and it couldn’t have been a better experience! The staff went above and beyond to make us feel welcome and even took care of cutting and serving the cake, which was such a thoughtful touch. The food was outstanding, with each dish bursting with flavor and beautifully presented. The ambiance was perfect for a warm, inviting, and cozy. Highly recommend this spot and definitely will come back with my husband!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Wonderful food and service

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Mushroom Risotto with Goat Cheese

What a hidden gem! My wife and I stopped at Solstice Restaurant & Wine Bar to grab a quick drink and bite to eat before our flight out of Toronto and we were so glad we did. The food was excellent and the staff was so welcoming. Our server Dave was a lot of fun and gave us great recommendations from the menu plus the owners were kind enough to give us a sweet treat of Limoncello as a thank you for stopping by. A fantastic experience and highly recommend! Cheers!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I attended a private event at this establishment last night. The service, the staff & the food was all so amazing. This place is on their game. Highly recommend ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We have been a client of Solstice for many years and have never been disappointed. The level of service and the quality of food is always consistent and this is why there are still around in a very difficult industry.

The dinner was delicious, pasta is made fresh in-house. Had the gnocchi funghi, other company had the steak salad, salad with salmon and veal Parmiggiano. Started with the buffala cheese wrapped in prosciutto, it was amazing! Service was wonderful, they helped us get to an event we had planned even though we were late in arriving, so accommodating and such a great experience for first-time customers. Will visit again for sure!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

With a history spanning decades, this place truly is an institution. My family has dined at this restaurant for years and I honestly have nothing but praise.

The food and service is consistently excellent. Everything is fresh, simple, and elegant.

In particular, I would recommend their calamari and seafood paella.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Calamari Fritto, Char Grilled Spanish Octopus, Seafood Paella, Veal Parmigiano

From the time we walked in to the time we left the customer service was amazing. It was our first visit and they treated us the same as obvious revisiting clients. We ordered many dishes Beef carpaccio Caesar salad Crispy Brussel sprouts Fried calamari and jumbo shrimp Veal parmigiana Mushroom pizza Rigatoni a lá vodka Everything was perfect m tasty. The ambience was chill.. tables aren't squished together. Deuce tables are roomy. Food and wine Prices are so reasonable. The washroom was very clean, and that's what's important to me. If I was to be nit picky...i just didn't think the calibre of the washroom matched the restaurant. At the end of the day it didn't take away from our experience... just an observation.

Food is a joke?. I mean I asked for burger to be cooked medium, it was acknowledged yet cooked well done, I understand Canadian government requires well done but assumed I could sign waver for properly cooked burger. Also bun was twice the size of patty. My mother ordered salmon salad and salmon was garbage Atlantic farm raised and over cooked. My father got seared scallops which were lacking any sort of crust. Moral of the story is the chef is a bad cook, not a bad chef, a bad cook. Also my fries were limp and soft, they can’t even deep fry fries correctly. Best part was seeing two guys which I assume were manager and owner at the bar with identical haircuts. Moral of the story is you get a fake posh environment with garbage food and a restaurant set to 76 degrees. I mean cmon, imagine being so cheap you set your restaurant to 76?. I guess you can’t expect much from the owner/ manager who had identical hair cut. Seems they are still disoriented from Hanibal pillaging their southern Italian family. Regardless an absolute laugh that they put on fancy vibes while serving pillaged food?????

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 2

My family and I came here for the taste of Clarkson, it's always my go to restaurant. The food was excellent and the service was great! My server was very nice she always came to check up on us to make sure we were okay. I would definitely recommend this restaurant, I give it a 10/10.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Came here for date night and honestly the food was amazing; so fresh and with so much flavour. We loved the ambiance, the service and everything overall. Our waitress was super sweet and made sure we were fully taken care of even though it was busy. Will definitely come back again

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I had the chicken Paccata and it was absolutely delicious and would certainly recommend. My husband had the jumbo shrimp and cheese board which he enjoyed thoroughly. The white wine was top notch and our waiter David was excellent. Highly recommend this jewel in our lovely village of Clarkson.

I'm honestly very disappointed because Solstice is a very nice restaurant with good food and a nice ambiance, but unfortunately the only thing that has me shaken up was the waitress which ruined my outlook on the whole resturant.

The first impression a customer gets from its establishment is its workers, in this case waitress. Which is why im a firm believer in hiring good staff who enjoy what they do instead of people who dont have their heart in it. She was very cold to us and on top of that approached a situation very inappropriately when it could have been handled maturely without harassment.

We were greeted by a nice hostess who then directed us to our waitress. I been to many restaurants before and I've never been so uncomfortable with a waitress as being in the customer service industry myself but I felt extremely cold and taken aback all night.

First, she was not friendly, did not come by often, she had a tone, and had a crazy uncaring attitude. I even told my partner midway that I didn't feel comfortable and that is surprising for me because I usually don't feel this way. But I gave her the benefit of the doubt because maybe she was having a rough day.

Second, we were at the restaurant for two hours with only being given our apps n mains. Our main itself took more than 30 mins to arrive while we were debating on leaving. ( because firstly your waiter doesn't have an approachable kind attitude then secondly your food is taking beyond 30 mins to arrive which is ridiculous being a high end restaurant.) Altogether, we felt isolated and unattended to for the majority of the night.

Lastly, we were trying to get ahold of the waitress because we were frustrated and everything took a long time and just would rather have our desserts packed. We had to ask another gentleman to do this as our waitress was mainly MIA!!

Now when it came to paying, her attitude switched she suddenly started complimenting and engaging with us, but by that time it was too late because the service was not there what so ever all night, therefore , there was no reason to tip. Tips are for showing appreciation for good service and there was no service or nothing to appreciate by this waitress what so ever.

On our way out, at our car, the waitress followed us and confronted us regarding her service and tried to talk down on us and "educate" us about her job. This is harassment and this could have been approached in a million different other ways. Chasing us to our car is not only ridiculous and disrespectful but also gives off psychotic behavior.

To demand a tip is insane for service that was not even half of what my standard is, which is why we did not tip. If gratuity is mandatory it should have been said like most resturants do. But it is not and I am not obligated to tip when I don't even feel a common sense of respect between myself and a waiter. This is entitlement, u get what you give.

I was so shaken up and taken aback by being chased and confronted I did not handle this situation the way I wanted. I was scared the waitress could possibly take a further step and I did not want to be in such an altercation. I offered her a tip regardless because I felt harassed and disrespected and I just wanted her gone therefore in that moment I was willing. To add on I always tip, we never had a problem like this before. I love showing appreciation for someone's hard work and providing a tip, so this was the first time... so there's an obviously a valid reason it was against me this time around.

Please hire better. People go to resturants for the service as much as we go for the food. If I just wanted food I would have ate at home. Disturbed and very very disappointed. How can this be fixed?

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 1