I don't really know pickering or the burb restaurants so when i met my mom and brother for lunch he recommended the Port.
I loved the location and view. Since it's the winter we only gazed out upon the icy Frenchman Bay, but come summer with that patio over the water it would certainly feel like Muskoka in the City.
It wasn't overly busy on a Friday at noon, and we choose a table in the bar area. I looked at the other dining area at the front and it's too chain restaurant boring decor was a turn off. The bar area is all windows and bright and funky (if your into brown). The view is the winner here.
The order:
Calamari grilled in spicy tomato sauce
Savory Cheesecake (herbed goat cheese with garlic toast)
Bouillabaisse
Chicken Brie Panini x 2
Steak Sandwich
Ploughman Lunch
The savory Cheesecake app is excellent it looks like a piece of dessert with crusty base. The goat cheese is herb and the base is a carmalized onion tart of sort it's served with pear compote and garlic toast all goes well together. The Calamari although could have been perfect was a bit overdone and chewy.
The Chiken Brie Panini's were good and huge they come with fries or kettle chips and my mom had French Onion Soup with hers for an extra $2, I ate the soup since my ploughman lunch was a let down.
The bouillabaisse and Steak Sandwich were flavourful and good portions.
The dissapointment was the Ploughman's Lunch served on a carving board, It consisted of homeade Terrine wrapped in bacon that was very dry, 2 hunks of smoked ham good but not great. 4 slices of white country bread. 3 huge hunks of artisan cheese all the same not an assortment. Big downfall was the out of season tomatoes, bib lettuce and overly chunky slices of red onion. 3 small teaspoons of onions and pickled garden vegg & one small half of a deviled egg (which was the tastiest on the platter) could have had one more. This platter is $16.75 for lunch. I would be embarrassed as a chef to serve this. I brought almost it all home. A bit discouraging that the server didn't ask why it was barely touched.
I will go back in the summer and try again. The view is nice and would stick with a few apps and wine.
bill $134.92 (2 coffees, 2 pops & 2 bottles of pellagrino added)
5 people