This Swiss Chalet is located about a major block north of Dixie and Eglinton on the east side in a strip mall that shares with a Greek buffet, some sort of nightclub and a Yuk Yuks comedy club to name but a few businesses.
Just like any other Swiss Chalet the food is just about the same as any other. Because of this fact there's a few things that differentiate one restaurant from another in my books.
One that is obvious is how the place is laid out and how comfortable it feels. This place seems more spacious and has a more friendly design than some of the others say like the the one I go to most often on the Queensway or the one on Dixon road by highway 27. This one just seems brighter and for the dining room the bar seems to be the center piece and it breaks the monotony of making the place feel like an eat in diner at the now defunct Zellers.
The place looks better than the average Swiss Chalets I'd go to so that's a plus there. The facility appears to be clean unlike the horrifying experience I had at the Dixon location.
The next thing I can look at is the service. The service here is just about the same as the others which is friendly and fast. I did notice that these days I suppose the finger bowls are a thing of the past. I get it and it's cool to not necessarily bring those to the table anymore. Since I had ordered ribs and wings I was at the very least given more napkins and wet naps to use for afterwards.
My wife wanted to try the rotisserie beef on a kaiser bun. This whole rotisserie beef thing appears that it's here to stay. I've had it before in the dinner plate version and I did like it. It's savory and the meat definitely is unmistakable as cooked beef. It's heavy, hearty and it'll fill you up because it's a solid meal. With the addition of beef, Swiss Chalet now offers all 3 main meats, chicken as the staple, pork in the form of ribs either side or back and now this rotisserie beef as well... something for everybody that is if you're a meat eater like me.
The last time I went to another Swiss Chalet was just a couple weeks ago in Vaughan and I had asked for the wings to be that Nashville hot and I didn't get that but here in Mississauga I did. So the last two times I went off board for what I usually do whenever I go to "Swish" which is to simply get the half chicken with fries. Both times I went with the exact same dish at two different locations which was half a rack of back ribs with 5 wings sauced.
For 20 bucks I don't know if I'd get this dish again. For some reason and I guess it's the way they butcher but I only got 5 ribs (5 bones) for these "half racks". Now while I get it can be 10 to 13 bones for a rack 10 is the low side and 5 bones would be the lowest possible "half" you can get. That's what I received here. Now the thing is the curved part of the rack (where the bones get smaller and the rib rack actually narrows) is what I received here. So what I received was the absolute minimum number of what could be considered an acceptable "half rack" of pork back ribs but also the smaller, less meaty "half" of the rack with the significantly shorter and less meaty bones. Suffice it to say I don't necessarily want to receive the least possible amount of value for my money.
Secondly the wings... ok so this batch had the proper sauce but generally speaking they don't taste like they're freshly made as they're just not "hot" enough. When I say hot I mean heat hot, not spicy hot. They simply seemed reheated so that's sort of a turn off.
I suppose the best thing to do when I go to Swish is to go with what I know which is the half chicken dinner. It's roughly about 12 bucks before tax and it's probably just as filling and it's always made fresh no matter what Swish we seem to go do it's a staple and they're always pumping out chicken so the odds it's not as fresh just seem less likely.
Besides the shortcomings on the ribs and wings, the chicken is pretty much always good to the point that I can't complain about it. I do like the beef too and the beef on a kaiser is rich and good. The dipping sauce lubes it nicely and it goes down well.
I may considering making this my new go to Swiss Chalet going forward because it is also close to home just west on the Mississauga side as opposed to the Queensway location on the Etobicoke side but rather south east of where I live.