Royal Motor Yacht Club Toronto — Restaurant in Newcastle-Maitland

I cam in to this establishment 3 weeks approx ago after making a booking during the day with a non interested rude young lady. When our group of 4 arrived there was literally no one to greet us, we literally stood around for 5 minutes, glanced over at the glass window facing the lake & saw a spare table with nothing on it but a menu card. Therefore we went & sat down. We noticed there was no windows to let the fresh air in & it seemed as if the A/C was turned off. It was very hot inside. Another 5 minutes went by when this girl of maybe 20 years old approached us & said, "you can't sit here it's reserved. I said where is the reserve sign, to which she said it doesn't matter it's reserved & then rudely said you can sit over there pointing to a couple of tables. We went over there & there was no menu cards, so I asked for them & she went & got the only one at the table we had come from. I then asked for a drinks menu, to which she said, you can get drinks at the bar & proceeded to walk back into the kitchen. We waited another 5 minutes but nothing. There was maybe 12/15 in the whole restaurant. By this time I was furious, so we got up & left & went & had a meal at DeJa Vu in toronto. The service was impeccable, as good as the famous Italian Steak House in Sydney Bistecca. The food was only average. Maybe they had a bad night as it was completely packed. We will never set foot in the Yaucht Club again, what an utter disgrace. I blame management all the way. You are to blame 100%, & if you worked for me I would sack you on the spot!! I'll give it one star for...

I was 1of 4 ladies celebrating a birthday there last night. Could not find anybody in the restaurant to direct us to our table that we had pre-booked, so took a seat at the table set for 4 thinking it was ours after looking around and seeing there were no reserve tables. After waiting for someone to come and take our order finally worked out that you had to walk through the restaurant and a cafe to place your order. Is was then that we were told we were sitting at the wrong table and to move to the next table behind were we were sitting. Your server in the cafe/restaurant would not allow us to individually order and pay for our meals then and there but told us we could come back later and pay for them separately. When we return to the table we were sitting at we promptly moved to the table behind us unfortunately our glasses had left water marks on the paper tablecloth. When the server returned to the table we had been sitting at and discovered the watermarks on the paper even though she knew it was us and we were sitting right there she made us feel unwelcome for doing so and how people make her feel about this (apparently we were inconsiderate). We waited a good 40 minutes for our meals that where only average.... Unfortunately we won’t be returning which is a shame because it’s a beautiful restaurant overlooking the water. Also I feel your waitress needs to dress more age appropriately, skin tight jeans on a ageing lady never looks good with a...

There’s always a danger in giving good reviews. A place picks up too much business and you need to book months in advance to come back.

The yacht club has had a change in kitchen staff, which has resulted in some absolutely amazing food being served. Our attempt to try a few different dishes via the banquet menu, was greeted with some of the best food we’ve had, most certainly in all of Toronto. A recommendation would be to modify the dish sizes to a degustation size. Simply as would be doing your taste buds a disservice by not having multiple meals.

Unfortunately need to go to the bar in the next room to get your drinks, and the parking is limited near by. But certainly well worth the visit. Cannot wait to come again during summer to see the lake at sunset while enjoying another sensational meal. Date night Bandits recommendation is, it is well worth the detour into the region for the meal. Serving staff were wonderful too. Both bar...