Whitesides Terrace Grille

One of the worst meal experiences ever. I understand it’s March Break. Dinner was $ 25/​person: that included a miniature hamburger that was the size of a baby puck. The puck looked like it had been sitting for a very long time… in road salt; It had taken on the colour of a grey puck. The salad was served wilted, miniature chicken thighs that were tasteless, rock hard buns. You know it’s bad when a 6 year old proclaims in a loud voice «the cookie almost broke my tooth!» 15 percent discount from the manager does not compensate for that atrocity. Yuck. I will never be back and we have been many times.

We have been coming for many years. Sometimes it can be very quiet. This time we went for the thanksgiving brunch and there were quite a lot of ppl! Juices and tea/​coffe included. Delish food! Fresh seafood including lobsters crab legs oysters. No sashimi though. Special thanksgiving mains including turkey… so juicy… how do they make it so juicy… I ate a ton of that. Desserts were a bit weak but I didn’t have room left anyways. Miss the pasta station though, it was one of my fave parts of the buffet. Free parking. Had a lovely time here, was so stuffed though.

I wish I could say something better about Whitesides. I know, it’s a restaurant in a hotel, what can you expect?
Quite a lot, actually. Unfortunately, it didn’t really hold up. I will say that the staff were all, without exception, extremely friendly and courteous.
The breakfasts here are pretty standard, with a selection of buffet items like pancakes, French toast, bacon, sausage, cereals and breads/​bagels/​muffins, fruits, an omelet station, etc. Everything was just about as expected. Meaning, if you’ve been to a breakfast buffet at another mid-​level hotel, this will all look quite familiar.
I ate dinner here once, ordering the special for that day. It was a 10 oz. NY Strip that came with a salad, veggies, and french fries. The steak was cooked to an exact medium well, which would have been great except for the fact that I had ordered it medium rare. The vegetables (sliced carrot, broccoli, and cauliflower) were okay but a little undercooked, and the fries were… just… fries. Oddly, they had put down a bed of french fries on the plate and then kind of just tossed the steak on top of it.
When all is said and done, I can say that nothing that I had here was outright bad. It just didn’t hold up to the pricing ($ 26 for the dinner, $ 20 each day for the breakfast; thankfully the breakfasts were included in my quote for the room).

Sometimes I wish I can just survive on beer alone! But I need food, so I ended up ordering and eating mediocre food instead of The Boss (64 oz Jug of Beer) at Whitesides Terrace Grill inside Delta Toronto East.
Burger with Fries ($ 12) is not overly expensive for a hotel restaurant. It looks ok. but the patty tasted bland… like eating cardboard… The garnish tasted much better than the burger itself.
Now I know I should just order the beer. at least I would be happier and have the Jug to take home!!!