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| - The three stars is because I can't help but feel most of the staff care. I really want to like Whistlers, I've been coming here since my kids were little and there was a pool table. Now my girls tower over me and are finished or on their way to finishing high school. They used to have the best nachos in the city except Sneaky Dee's. It's not easy to be known for nacho's, there really isn't much too it. But they would sauté onions, peppers and other veg in just the right amount of oil and add just the right amount of cheese with salsa, guacamole and sour cream on the side. But at some point, possibly the 2007 recession, which saw a lot of restaurants take short cuts to save profits, (who could blame them?) The nacho's just became a large pile of chips, with a bit of cheese on top and nothing else. So you would just be eating dry nacho's and salsa it you choose to dip.
Their club sandwich has never been consistent. Sometimes the chicken is seasoned beautifully and I think it must be the best club ever. But I order it another day and it's dry, and tasteless.
After my love of the nacho's, and the club was lost, I would get a burger. But, like the club, it is hit and miss. But more miss than hit.
I then fell in love with the vegetarian pizza. Why keep coming back though? I live closer to the danforth and have 2 locals, that are closer and have consistently great food. The Gabby's Danforth burger is awesome!
But sometimes I need a change, want to get away from the Danforth and Whistlers is large, air conditioned and comfortable.
So, back to the veg pizza. I'm allergic to tomatoes and always look for a pasta or pizza dish that doesn't feature the highly popular fruit. The vegetarian pizza I had ordered for years, average dough, olive oil, asparagus, bell peppers, sautéed red onions and goat cheese, served with Parmesan and red pepper flakes. Awesome! Crave worthy'. Then one day I went in, ordered the pizza and it came with tomato sauce and mozzarella with goat cheese and the veg. I spoke to someone about it and specifically asked, if the specs for the pizza have changed, please let me know. I won't order it, if the specs have changed. I was assured the specs were the same but someone new was in the kitchen and they'll get me a new one. The second one came, still with mozzarella. I was told that they always put mozz on it but so little you can barely see. Ok fine, it's not on the menu and I can see an unappealing amount of mozz right now. But I don't want to be a pain. One bite tells me it's burnt to a crisp at the bottom. Forget it, I don't want to eat anymore. Staff were friendly, my meal and drinks were complementary. And I didn't return for months. But I really wanted that tasty pizza. The one I used to get all the time before that one incident. So I go back and order. After all, I was told the specs haven't changed. The pizza comes with tomato sauce and mozzarella, the goat chef drowning in the mozz. I send it back, explain that the specs have obviously changed, apologize, state I had tried to figure this out before... Yada yada. I was told, don't worry, we'll fix it, we'll make you anew one
It comes, looks awesome! But alas, the dough is raw. So this long tale and other reviews tell me that there is absolutely no quality control in the kitchen.
The service has always been fine, the staff do seem clueless about the menu, (is this a new recipe or not?) But, no one is checking the quality of the food. Not the kitchen staff, not the manager... The servers, yes they check, most of the time, but if they're unsure what the menu calls for, it's just not helpful. But it seems this restaurant doesn't care if customers like their food or not. And that bothers me. It's a pub. There won't be anything spectacular. But one should expect something decent. And it sucks because I like this place. But I won't be coming back because they just don't care. They must make enough off the venue upstairs.
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