Reviews of Waters Edge Restaurant (Winery)

Suzette Germano dos Santos

Very nice lakeside dock patio. Really good sangrias. Tasty dockside appetizers and fast pleasant service.

Celia Zhen

Beautiful view. Excellent mojito!

Susan Ficek

limited lunch menu but the food and service were fantastic but maybe more fish options would be nice

James Scott Law

Hmm

Holly Hohban

Amazing restaurant - love the atmosphere and staff. Had the AYCE ribs and loved every moment of it. Staff was very nice and friendly. Would recommend this place if you're in the area.

Fadi Semaan

Love the tiered patio overlooking the water and the dining lounge had windows galore with lovely views in every direction. 4 of us ordered the burgers off the bar menu and I swear they were 2" thick and perfectly done. Such a great place!

Tyler Sarry

Service was very slow, and food was not worth the pricing. I give it 3 stars because the staff were very kind and drink service was pretty fast. Food pricing was that of a high end restaurant but the quality was similar to a turtle Jack's or Kelsey's. Would recommend only for drinks and nice staff.

Hannah C

Great setting, menu is good, and service is decent. Definitely going back

Bryn Collier

Thursday late afternoon on the bar deck is fun. many cottagers hang out on Thursday around 6 pm.

Darren

Excellent food!

Cathy Scholz

Best tenderloin I've ever had. Water front patio is the stunning. Incredible service. Shout out to Jordan. Great experience

Chris Leabeter

The food was good but it is disgusting to think that a restaurant being this reputable would expect their customers to eat in the scorching sun with vertually no umbrellas . No apologies- not able to move because most tables were under the same situation and the VERY limited tables that had an umbrella were not about to move or rush their lunch which I would not expect them too. I don’t know if this could be a health department issue due to possible heat stroke but perhaps it should be.

Jonathan Roos

Great view with creative chefs

Fed Flan-ders

Great choices of wines appetizers and main courses. Beautiful patio setup over looking Lake Joseph (boat access restaurant).

Bob Drizis

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A D

This is a very nive looking place with a great view. It was little confusing for me since it looks like a fine dining but the service was like a regular pub level. May be evening it is different. Having said that waitress was very nice and polite. One big issue for me, when I went to my table, there were pieces of food left from the previous customer on the table (you can even see it in one of the images and this is not acceptable in a normal time but during Covid, it is horrible. This shows that they are not following the rules of. Sanitizing between customer. This is the reason for 3 stars, otherwise 3.5 to 4 stars can be given. Another thing I don't like was individually packaged condiments, may be it is for pandemic purposes but it still degrades the service. Food was really good. Amazing fries and great burger, I would definitely recommend. Burger was $22 if I am not wrong. It is above the range of this level of service I might say. Alcohol was expensive, they have a great wine list, really expensive stuuf too. This is the. Point I got confused, I would expect a little higher end service at a place with this kind of prices. Set up is great, indoor dining room look good and decent bathrooms. As I mentioned earlier location and view is perfect. I would consider going again but I not absolutely sure. I hope they Pay attention to this and start wiping the tables ☺

Bob RLC

The absolute BEST steak in Muskoka!

J Bartlett

Such a beautiful spot to eat on the water and the service was equally as great!

Dr. Anita Onofre

Super slow.... not worth it

David Greenfield

Heaven!

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Waiting in line was a bit frustrating since the host allowed walk ins who have ni reservations ahead of those waiting in line. As for the service, it was very good. The food on the other hand was average. Some of.it was over salty.

Ted Pease

Nice view and awesome service. A little bit pricy but not surprising for an area full of people with private jets ????

Gregory Light

Complete disaster. Insects, hair in the drink, under cooked steak, inattentive waiters… I’ll stop here. Just my God… how…

Elizabeth Harden

Great atmosphere .... food rivals all I've had in 17 years in muskoka!!! Can't say enough about the service and staff! Well worth the drive!

the Bro Gamer

Great food and fantastic, professional service from Brooklynn.

Benjamin Schoene

Outstanding, high quality food. The presentation was amazing. So much attention to detail. I can recommend the Waters Edge to anyone looking for a fine dinning experience.

Eric Dingman

Love the food, the view and the sevice

Ethan Pirnia

The worst service I've ever had. The place was a horror show. Chad's and Becky's galore who couldn't serve one table collectively to save their lives. More interested in chatting with each other than serving people willing to pay 18$ for a ceasar not even made correctly. The food was good and the view was beautiful but the service was worth not recommending or ever going back. So dissatisfied. Menu posted online isn't even correct. Never heard of a restaurant having meals available in secret only if you ask for them. Completely separate from menu given. Waste. Of. Time.

HAND oVer FIST

My wife and I decided to give this place a shot for her birthday dinner, and we weren't disappointed. The food was great, atmosphere and location were perfect, and the service was awesome as well. One of my drinks was made incorrectly, and our server didn't wait a second to make things right - she even hopped behind the bar to remake it herself so I didn't have to wait. My only regret it's that we didn't tip Katie more. I've seen others complain that service is slow here, and I guess I can understand that, but I can't help but wonder if those same people bothered to mention this in the moment to speed up their visit, or if they just waited to complain online. Sure, it's not the fastest place, but I'd rather not feel rushed along after paying this much for a steak. A steak that was delicious and cooked perfectly. As somebody who's not overly affluent, and didn't expect to be hitting a nice restaurant during our stay at the cottage, I was concerned I might be shunned for wearing Crocs and looking like I'd slept in a ditch for a week. Nevertheless, no judgement was cast and I didn't have to defend my wardrobe choice to all the rich folk in the parking lot. We booked our table for 6:15p and had no wait despite it being quite busy. The restaurant was less busy a little later, so I'd consider 7:30 to get a spot on the patio next time. Now, if only we could abandon this ridiculous idea that wearing a mask as you walk through the resto, and then removing it to eat, is keeping people safe. Do y'all actually believe this? Like REALLY, TRULY believe this with your natural institution, NOT what has been parroted by the media for nearly 2yrs now? Fortunately, it looks like most of the other patrons do n't believe this nonsense either - which was refreshing to say the least... Eat your veggies, drink lots of clean water, spend time outdoors, and enjoy your life.

Wade Finegan

Nice place overlooking lake Joseph. They have a great deck and a nice outdoor bar with draft beer.

Gary Mitchell

Service was incredibly slow and unskilled. We waited over an hour for our food and then meals and items were missing/forgotten. Not worth the wait or the price.

Anthony Greissland

I can concur with another reviewer regarding the lack of enforcement with social distancing on the patio. I've visited various patios in multiple jurisdictions that require patrons to wear masks at any time they are not seated at their dining table, i.e. when in transit to & from. This was not the case here. It was a little unnerving, actually. Seemed a bit negligent on the restaurants part and we felt numerous times that we were at risk, as people were not respecting our space and were not wearing masks. I had the farfalle, which was okay. The rosemary creme sauce had a magnificent texture, but was very bland. I couldn't discern any rosemary at all to the flavour, flavourless, really. Was glad for the sundried tomatoes in it, for the occasional punch of flavour. Patio is staggered from the waterfront & a lot of docking takes away from lakefront ambience, airflow was also lacking. I think they have some things to work on, but it's hard to be overly critical of a waterfront patio in Muskoka. We'll return, but not during Covid, not a chance!

Megan Bastian

Absolutely delicious, great service and view.

D. Ash

Good food, fantastic view on the patio

Julie Anderson

Expensive

Mark Tilley

We have been here several times for lunch many years ago and had a wonderful experience, but made the mistake of coming here for dinner for the first time a few nights ago and couldn’t believe how overpriced the dinner menu was. Some of the portion sizes were small and a few of us were still hungry afterwards. The food was mediocre and the service was extremely slow - we had to wait almost an hour to get our food.

Tyson Eidt

Excellent effort in a difficult environment. Great improvement over prior years

Griffin Maxwell

Would have been better if its opening hours had coincided with those posted online. Beautiful spot but closed when all about were open.

Janice Rouse

The reviews on Google give it a good recommendation. I agree the food was excellent the location was very enjoyable

Jonathan Finlay

Very overpriced and mediocre food. Very long wait for service. Nice atmosphere.

sandra w

Excellent food, great view of the lake and friendly waiter!

Mike Witzing

Great views and great food. Order a bellini and thank me later haha

Liz

Absolutely disgusting… no other words can describe this place. Thank god we never had the opportunity to eat. I had ordered a beer which was warm and flat.. We were sitting on the dock and I need to find the washroom, I ended up going through the back entrance by accident and into the wrong door which lead me into the staff bathroom/ kitchen. It was the dirtiest stinkiest restaurant cooking quarters I’ve ever witnessed. There were bugs on the baseboards on the wall, also on the ceiling and lights. The smell was horrid and the floor was extremely greasy and dirty. Staff was super rude and dry, prices are waaaaay out to lunch. I don’t mind paying for good food but this was no better then a McDonald’s meal. I can’t believe people with money choose to eat here. Think twice before coming here.

Kyle Gallagher

Great location - such a shame... staff was great. Food was awful and so expensive. Has so much potential and every summer we get sucked into trying it out but we are consistently disappointed. Wont be returning.

John Keen

Good menu and food prep, friendly staff and of course a great cinema

David S

Awesome patio

Alex Kemp

Love this place, can't beat the location.

Russ Watson

Food, Views and Service!! Awesome Experience.

Debesh Chaudhury

AJ not only crushed the advise on the food but also was extremely hospitable and attentive. I’d come back for sure.

Ken H

Beautiful spot on the water. Great patio and good selection of beers. Lots of dock space for boats. One of the best restaurants in Muskoka for dining on the water.