Drift Kitchen + Bar — Restaurant in District Municipality of Muskoka

We recently stayed at Deerhurst Resort and decided to try the "Endless Grill" dinner at Eclipse.

STAY AWAY AT ALL COSTS!

I cannot express how extremely overpriced and completely underwhelming this "buffet" experience is!

While we had a very good waiter, so our service was good, the food itself was definitely not worth the cost.

Most of the food you get is pub style--chicken wings, dumplings, noodles and salads, and the only two menu items that could possibly justify the cost would be the shrimp and the sirloin skewers.

However, the shrimp need to be peeled of their outer skin, making it a messy dining option and after one or two skewers, you've had enough of getting your fingers dirty. The sirloin was overcooked slightly, so its tough to chew and there was very little seasoning on any of the food. The chicken was well cooked, but again, lacked seasoning.

Drinks are overpriced and not included in the cost of the meals.

At $45 per person over the age of 13 and $25 for those 12 and under, a dinner for a family of four (2 adults, 2 kids) is at least $140, not including drinks. For us, with one 13 year old and a 10 year old, we paid over $200, with drinks included.

We've gone to a fair number of restaurants, including some very expensive ones, like Bymark, Fabrica, O&B, Canoe, etc. and I am always happy to pay for a good meal.

This was so upsetting to be given such a poor meal for such an exorbitant price.

To the management of the resort, or the restaurant, I would just say that your concept here is a ripoff and will definitely ruin the reputation of your restaurant. Either reduce your price or improve your quality. As far as we are concerned, we wont ever partake in the getting "Endless...

Food served did not meet the menu description whatsoever and it was very overpriced.

I ordered a salmon entree that was supposed to come with wild rice risotto and edamame- it came with plain old white rice with exactly two beans in it. Decent piece of fish, but certainly not worth 34 dollars.

The black forest mousse cake, described as a brownie topped with cherry compote in a chocolate shell was instead a pre-made little chocolate sponge with a blob of ganache in the middle and a smear of caramel sauce. Not even close, and 13 dollars to boot.

Overall, extremely disappointing. Dinner for two (two entrees, one beer, two desserts and two coffees) was 150 dollars.

The service was also very slow, with the server even telling us "well you are in the corner it is hard to tell if you need anything". I know there is a staffing shortage in hospitality, but this was beyond that excuse.

Extremely disappointing, don't bother. Take the short drive into town and spend less money for a much...

Good dinner, but a few tips: Sit inside. While the view is spectacular outside, the live music they have playing is SUPER loud, and totally wrecks the ambiance. Found the service slow - this is consistent with all the other reviews. The wings on their menu had no “maple glaze”. So they were not good. The bread had no salt in it. Neither did the butter they served it with. The Caesar salad needed more dressing. Sausage was good. Veggies were good. Dumplings seemed pre-made. The dessert is to die for. Caramel sauce was just amazing. This restaurant is notorious for not picking up the phone. They could have their restaurant at capacity so much more if they picked up the phone to take group bookings. We went on a Saturday night and there were empty tables so I’m sure...