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Probably by advising you to save your money.
This is not a steak house...or anything above a shoeless Joe's type restaurant.
The most amazing head scratching part of my Brock House experience is seeing all of the positive reviews.
Double date with a combined bill of 250...if we went to McDonalds we would have been more satisfied.
Let's get the good out of the way.
The building and location are above average.
The patio is nice....would be great if the fly problem could be controlled. Sure your outside....but the amount of flies tells me the garbage area needs a good cleaning (speculation - not seen).
The building and patio I would give a 4/5.
Now the restaurant business that the building is filled with...ouch...1/5 is hard earned.
Ceasars for the table. 7.50 a drink and it was less appealing then the Motts canned version. Would have been happier if I did receive a canned Motts over what we did get.
A gin drink was also ordered...was good.
Drinks 2/5. That gin drink made all the difference.
2 apps ordered for the table.
Calamari and a cheese and meat spread.
Calamari was good. They have the tenticle and the tube pieces with a side sauce. Serving size was adiquate and sauce was different but good.
The meat and cheese spread was a fancier version of a childs lunch able snack pack.
Soggy brittle, kraft spiced cheese / cheddar cheese slices, cream cheese, prepackaged deli meats, a sweet jelly, a powerful grainy mustard, olives and 8 servings of crusty crackers drizzled with a balsamic reduction.... (I believe). I nvr toured the kitchen but I know my food...and that's what we ate.
Serving size was great for 4 people to pick at.
Apps cost to quality is where this is a fail.
2.5/5.
For the mains our tables order was:
lobster linguini
16 Oz prime rib
10 Oz prime rib
Fish and chips
Lobster pasta came in around 23 a plate. Serving size good.
Was bland. Very heavy cream sauce and generic. Looked good. Had some lobster. Made my female bloated and ill as the night progressed.
1/5 hard earned. No food should make one ill or bloated without over eating.
Fish and chips.
Hard to screw this up...fish and chips can be made and sold from a van on the side of a highway.
The fish and chips here was on par with that level of quality.
3/5....I expected more.
Now for the GRAAAAAND attraction.
The BEEF!
Sadly there was no grand attraction here.
Ordered a 16 and a 10 Oz both med rare. Mine with all the fixings.
Good cuts. NOT a massive chunk of fat with little meat.
Both sent back twice because they were well done. No pink, no blood. The crust on the outside was...not a crust. More like a sprinkle and lite lite sear. The fixings were under done (grilled for color but not carmalized) The jus was waaaay heavy on the oily side. As in you could visibly see the depth of oil before the jus. Jus was tasty.
Mashed potatoes good. Seasonal veg...small serving...was decent. Yorkshire pudding was stuffed with horseradish...so who's gonna enjoy that. Neat idea...but give your clients one not stuffed to eat.
Presentation was nice but difficult. All of this is layered. Making your feeding experience a project of deconstruction with a chance of mess.
1/5. I only ended up eating one or two veg...a mouth full of mash and 4 Oz (ish) of prime rib...combined from the 2 attempts at medium rare.
The other person that ordered the 10 Oz ate less then myself.
I, like my female....became bloated and sick as the night progressed.
Service.
Was decent. Seemed almost inconvenienced by having patrons. Server tried to explain that prime rib well done is prime rib med rare. I myself have ran 3 restaurant kitchens, farmed, butchered and have a YouTube cooking channel. The explanation was a bad attempt at recovering some dignity for the kitchen. However, our server did scratch the 16 Oz from the bill....not the 10oz though.
3/5 for the service....just because I'm looking for a ray of light here.
Over all.
This is not a steak house.
This is not good bang for your buck.
Aside from the company and building, not an enjoyable dining experience.
Sad to say...take your money to the Keg in Ajax.
Whitby deserves a better Brock House.
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