Comfort Food Restaurants near Pickering, ON

“Our experience at this location is always superb! Mostly because of the excellent service from our regular server, Lynn. She is friendly, knows everything about the menu, efficient, and really makes the customer feel important. The food is great as well. The great experience really comes from Lynn. Highly recomended!“

“Great food and service every time!“

“Uodate 1/24/2026: the beef tenderloin sandwich is excellent here. Kenzie seated us and also showed us the dessert menu - gave us her recommendations. She was very warm and welcoming. Our server, Natalia, did an amazing job looking after us. She explained our options and was super cheerful with all her customers. We've been here before so we know Ella also, who works at the bar. They have such good staff here. Kudos to this team.
Older review:
The Wings are amazing here and their cheesy spinach dip is unbeatable. Really good cheesecake too! We had an awesome server (Hanna) who kept checking on us. She is so friendly and super efficient and made it a great experience for us.“

“KELSEY WAS THE BEST SERVER I HAVE EVER HAD. She was so honest down to earth and honestly all around best. She is very thoughtful as well. If you thinking about having Kelsey’s go for Kelsey (😊😊). Kelsey working at Kelsey’s means she meant to just be a manager or even and owner at this location. Best service ever. If Kelsey is working I will be in because like I said best service ever!!!!! Thank you Kelsey“

“Maria was an amazing server. We needed to be in and out quickly, and she was so accommodating. Our food was brought out promptly, and she checked on us often to make sure everything was to our liking. She even gave us a sweet christmas card. Will definitely come back again, highly recommend.“

“Huge shout-out to Josie, our server at Swiss Chalet! 🙌
She was an absolute superstar from start to finish. Friendly, funny, and incredibly on top of everything, Josie made us feel genuinely welcome the moment we sat down. Our drinks were never empty, our food was perfect, and she somehow managed to be everywhere at once - all with a smile and great energy.

You can tell when someone truly cares about their job, and Josie really does. She didn’t just serve us dinner, she made the whole experience better. Swiss Chalet is lucky to have her, and we left talking about how awesome our server was (which says a lot). Please give her the recognition she deserves - she absolutely earned it! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“

“We are a family with 3 celiacs. There are so many gluten free options. Staff are very knowledgeable about cross contact precautions. The food was absolutely delicious. We loved everything we ordered. The serving sizes were good. The staff were so kind and friendly. We will be back for sure. This place is a gem. Thank you.“

“Safia went above and beyond to make my Harvey's experience a great one. I told her that the last time I ordered poutine I was a bit disappointed and she made sure my poutine was the best I ever had. Safia is a gem and is the reason I would come back to this Morningside location. Protect her at all costs! 😊“

“We went to Symposium for our anniversary and what an amazing night! Our server Jaime was beyond amazing. Extremely welcoming and fantastic customer service. I recently came home from a trip in Bermuda and asked the bartender to make me a 'Bermudian Rum Swizzle' and Sawan did not disappoint! He nailed it right on the pin! The food was delicious and compliments to the chef! We also indulged in their tiramisu cake as our dessert and my goodness, the flavor! So fresh! All in all, an extremely wonderful night thanks to Jaime and Sawan!“

“Jim was our server and he was absolutely accomodating to our group of 30 people. He was patient with our orders and kept checking in on us to make sure food and beverages were flowing. He is a very hard worker and we appreciated his efforts.“

“Once again Soumela was wonderful .. an absolute joy coming to this location after many many years ... Perfect service everytime ... So attentive and always a beautiful smile ... Thank you very much Soumela for making out lunch enjoyable ... We will be coming back again !“

“The absolute worst customer service I have EVER experienced. Inadequately trained servers, the "manager" definitely could use some serious customer service training AND training with the payment system as he struggled with processing our bill. The food was served cold. We order a Chicken BLT wrap just before our meal ended To-Go and after waiting over 50 minutes for our takeout, we were told the takeout was busy with takeout orders for customers?? excuse me?? what are we?? We had just ordered 2 bar drinks, an appetizer and 2 main entres, so I guess we are not a customer. Unbelievable!! And then the manager proceeded to be combative with us when we began to rightfully complain. No apologies, no discount, nada! No surprise this place has a low rating...THEY'VE EARNED IT! 👎“