The Lake Grill est un établissement chaleureux. The Lake Grill est ouvert en soirée du mardi au samedi et en journée durant les fins de semaine. Vous pouvez payer par MasterCard, Visa et Interac.
At just 16 years old, Jose left home looking for adventure and life experience. Traveling through the United States, he worked kitchen jobs in California and Boston, progressing from washing dishes and prepping food to eventually cooking. Discovering his passion for food and cooking, Jose made it his goal to own a restaurant and become a chef. In 2006, he opened The Lake Grill in Whitby. “Since I started working in kitchens, I’ve wanted to own my own restaurant," says Jose. "This is a dream come true for me.”
Beyond The Lake Grill, Jose hosts a televised cooking show every month and he has even competed in some of Canada’s most prestigious televised cooking competitions. “I’m a social guy,” he says. “From the competitions and TV shows to every day interactions with my customers, I like being friendly and open.”
I never heard of this Restaurant. I saw them in my phone book and checked them out on this website, watched their video and wanted to try them out. The food was amazing! It tasted so fresh. I followed up with dessert and it was really, really yummy! I recommend this restaurant to anyone and I plan to eat there often.
I think some of the other reviewers went to a different "Lake Grill". We were quickly and warmly greeted at the door; the room is warmly decorated (too loud for an intimate dinner, but did not interfere with conversation); our servers were attentive and helpful; the meals are beautifully presented, hot, and delicious (it a little salty), with interesting sauces. This is a gem in the Durham Region.
The feast for the eyes is not in reference to its location or interior decor. The room is smallish, made to seem smaller and definitely noiser by the low ceiling. We actually had to shout our name at the host/server for her to hear our reservation. The place was hopping on a Saturday night, but its small size and the sheer noise was uncomfortable.
Sparking water arrived with ice cubes? Wine, the wrong bottle, arrived open after our apps and after we asked for it again...
The crab cakes were more like slightly flattened crab balls, I prefer the flatter cake variety to maximize the crispiness, but the crispy coating was excellent and the crab tasty. The baked goat cheese was just soft enough, another few seconds in the heat would have been perfect. The soggy "toasted" baguette brought the whole dish down. Toasted is supposed to mean browned and crispy - this was neither. Positioned on one side of the plate was the roasted garlic and on the other a mango? chutney, but why? The flavours do not work together at all. Weird.
The seafood fettucine was delicious! Chunks of seafood in a garlicky sauce that was not too creamy. The shrimp were huge and very tasty, but one of the scallops seemed to have some grit. Sadly, the red snapper dish was not at all delicious. While beautifully presented, therefore dug into in anticipation, the fish was flavourless and dry. The entire dish was bland, but the risotto cakes were horrible! They tasted like little fried starch pucks. The salsa was somehow dry - no juice in the fruit. Service was inadequate - no one came to check on us, just to pick up our plates. The wine was wrong and was never presented to us to correct.
Nevertheless, we will likely return - most of the food was pretty good! Plus, we overheard the table next to us who said they had tried almost everything on the menu and like everything - except the red snapper,
Note, we learned after eating this meal that American red snapper is another unsustainable fishery. So, it joins the list of fish like Chilean seabass, orange roughy, farmed salmon and bluefin tun, that are off our menu. Think about what you eat.
Today was my first time at The Lake Grill...Unfortunately I am moving out of Province and did not discover this hidden gem of a restaurant until today....Had a fabulous meal with my daughter and grandson....We will be back within the next two weeks for one more superb meal...Heather (Metro)
