Watts Restaurant

The one star is for the service only.
If I could, I would have given minus three stars.
My sister and I decided to eat dinner here last Monday as we were in Eglinton Square and didn’t want «fast food» from the food court.
Huge mistake!
First of all, we waited over 30 minutes for our food. Many people who arrived after us were getting their food before us. «Okay» we figured, «It’s going to be really good and worth the wait». WRONG! My toasted club only had butter on one piece of toast, the bacon was off (smelled sour) and it was so poorly put together it didn’t even look appetizing. The «home fries were just as bad. Dry and bland. Our server was very apologetic and offered to take it back, but we had waited so long and were sooo hungry we didn’t want to wait again (plus my sister thinks if you send food back, they will do awful things to it)
I pulled it apart and only ate the turkey, some of the toast and the tomatoes. We would have left but we were both starving by this time.
My sister’s Hot Hamburger was just as bad. The gravy was way over salted and the peas were frozen peas and over cooked. She did like the potatoes and only ate most of those.
I will say the prices were fairly cheap (Maybe that’s why the food was so bad)
Save yourself the disappointment and eat at the food court. The food will have more flavor, the wait won’t be as long and you won’t (hopefully) get food that’s gone bad

I am surprised we have not heard of Watts before. I had the chicken pie and now want to test the others on the menu. I think they have daily pie specials. My grandson always peeks under the tables in new to us restaurants and yesterday was no different. He exclaimed «it’s so clean under here!, no gum! «Super cute, so they decided to take me to Watts for the mothers day dinner special. This is a secret, comfortable family restaurant with great food and clean tables. Lol

Don’t bother with this place. It’s just the epitome of mediocre. Ordered chicken fajitas and the salmon, both were super bland and just blah. The salmon came with a salad, which was straight out of a bagged salad from the grocery store, we could tell. Like literally, a dole bagged salad they just poured out onto the plate for us. We sent that back and asked for the soup instead. Minestrone was decent.
The salmon was bland — so bland. No sauce or anything on it. Looked like it had been seasoned, but it sure didn’t taste like it. It was also pretty dry. The baked potato was sufficient and the vegetables looked like they were frozen before being cooked.
The chicken fajitas showed up with lettuce to go inside them — which was also the Dole bagged salad. We sent that back again and asked for fresh lettuce. A few minutes later we got that — imagine what they can do when they put their minds to it over there? Lol fresh, chopped iceberg lettuce! We lucked out. Anyway, the fajitas were OK. I mean, there was chicken and it was cooked and covered in some sauce, but none of it really had much flavor so I killed it with hot sauce and called it a day.
It’s not that this place is horrible, it’s just painfully mediocre. I won’t go again. Rubys in the food court is miles better than this place for ¼ the price.

I’d give this place a second try if you ate at the previous location. It has upgraded a lot since then. Great food and such a large selection. Food comes out pretty fast (most of the time) and hot. My new fav local restaurant!

Ate here for lunch with friends on a cold, overcast Saturday in December. We picked it because they live in the area and we didn’t want to drive far, nor eat at a chain. The place was mostly empty when we arrived around noon. When you come in the entranceway, there’s a room to the left and a room to the right. We picked the right. Large bar with about a dozen tables per side? Standard family style restaurant, with wooden tables & booths, some nice lights, very clean, recently renovated. Straightforward, simple service. I actually ordered Eggs Florentine off their all day breakfast menu and liked it a lot. The hollandaise tasted extra buttery, where I find lots of places it’s too bland. I don’t see it on their online menu but think it was around $ 10, so definitely worth it. The roasted home fries were a tad dry and could’ve used some more seasoning, but good enough. My partner found his big breakfast (9.95 for 3 eggs, ham, bacon, toast & home fries) was great for the price. Although there’s nothing special about this place, I’d go back any time if someone wanted to.