I've never been a fan of the chain dining experience because I have never had a really good one. And the trend continues....
Two days prior to eating here, I had the opportunity to dine at Charcut and experience Chef Connie DeSousa's pork croquettes, which I might add were superb. We were delighted to see her croquettes on the Milestones seasonal menu as part of a cross promotion with Top Chef Canada so we jumped all over the chance to eat them again. What I would like to know is what Milestones did to turn something so delicious in its original form at Charcut into dreck at their restaurant?
I wasn't familiar with any of their main dishes so I ordered the portobello mushroom chicken which the menu stated was a "favourite with guests and staff alike". I guess that I am not drinking the Milestones koolaid because I thought it was one of the worst restaurant dishes I have had in quite some time. Salty dry chicken on a clump of capellini sitting in a pool of watery sauce is not worthy of a ringing endorsement. The best that the rest of my dining party could say about their own main courses was that they were "okay".
The service was adequate although 4 out of 5 members of our party received their entrees while the fifth sat idly by for more than 5 minutes until we caught the waitress' attention to get her to retrieve the errant food.
This meal is a primer on bastardizing good ingredients by a corporation. The price-point that Milestones charge should make this restaurant fall into the category of fine-dining but there wasn't much fine about it. For the money I would rather go to a "one of" restaurant.