McCurdy's Dining Room — Restaurant in Baddeck

It's a small place. Pretty cosy, and a panoramic view of the lake. Their menu changes so check it out before you go there. I had three items, wonton nachos, pork tenderloin with maple bacon jam, and the maple pecan bread pudding. Everything was amazing.

I would also suggest getting a reservation before you come up. They only had three - four wait staff. Regardless, I sat down knowing I sat in the middle of a rush for them. And prepared mentally to wait. If you're in a rush in Cape Breton your gonna have a bad time.

That being said, five mins and I made my drink order\food order, 7 mins later drink arrived, 5 mins later starter arrived, 10 min later main arrived.

I feel everything was fairly priced, and was delicious. The nachos were crispy and spicy with a generous portion of chicken. Tenderloin was delicious with a hint of charcoal grill flavor wrapped with bacon and real Maple syrup. Fries were fresh and coated with herbs. I could have had a whole meal with either of the two honestly.

Will be back during...

Found the bad egg in Baddeck!

The dinner was absolutely horrendous. The seafood stew didn't provide any sauce, bouillon or other moisture, just dried up mussels, scallops and fish, either yesterday's or the cook threw out the stew and then heated it up. Served on a solid blob of rice, which wasn't mentioned on the menu. The menu said all dished were served with a choice fries, rice etc. But we were charged for the extra fries we had to order since the stew didn't mention the rice. For fear of intoxication, unable to eat it.

I got a fish and chips, which was fried a dark brown, no lemon slice, the sauce and side of mayonnaise was not good. Ate the fish as it appeared fresh. So that's one star, congrats.

The draft beer wasn't to our taste at all (sour, opaque, dark colored IPA). Maybe that's not the restaurant's problem but the they could advise.

Service...

Located in the Silver Dart Inn I really wanted to like this restaurant but I just couldn’t! We made reservations and had a wonderful table overlooking the lake. The view was spectacular. The Seafood chowder and biscuit was delicious but the spinach salad with chicken was horrible! My husband ordered a burger which th fries. The waiter brought Chicken Parmesan, when advised we didn’t order Chicken Parmesan he then put in the order for the burger and fries. But the time it arrived I had finished as much of the spinach salad as I could manage. When the bill came we had been charged for the Chicken Parmesan which was more than the burger! Yikes, call the waiter over again! The waiter felt bad and comped my husband’s burger but unfortunately the entire experience was very sadly lacking! We definitely won’t be returning to this...