Simonholt Restaurant

Exceptional service and food!

Food +service good. Reasonable sizes priced reasonably.

What a weird place. Identity crisis, is it a bar, is it a restaurant? It's dated atmosphere is tinged with sadness. Families having a meal next to the "stage" TV's everywhere showing the sports games, just not a great vibe. Server was super friendly and attentive, no complaints there. Food was pretty dismal, weird combinations, greasy fish and chips. The most depressing thing was after we finished our meal we realized that most of the patrons were semi drunk middle aged men that clearly are regularly hanging out at the bar, each alone, but congregated, desperately trying to flirt with servers 30 years too young.

Been there 3 times, mostly on work events. Waitstaff were not remotely interested in their jobs, and mistakes made each time I went (requested for a modification to dodge a food sensitivity but found it in the entrée, wrong drink, wrong bill). Pricing also very high for the quality of service and food portions. The dining area is very dark and the floor plan has no surfaces to absorb sound, so the more full the restaurant is, the more people are yelling to be heard. Every time I have been here I see waitstaff serving alcohol to excess and not keeping up with water and cutting people off - last time someone was getting sick in the women's washroom. Feels more like a dive bar than a restaurant.