The Cannery Kitchen & Social at Hollis Hotel — Restaurant in Halifax

The location in downtown Halifax is great. Parking however, is a bit of a nightmare as with all restaurants downtown. The atmosphere of the restaurant was fine. We arrived at 5:15 PM and left at 6:45 PM and not a single additional customer came in. And that was a Friday evening! The service was fine, everything re: the atmosphere was good. Except, the food is really not great. I am not a picky person at all. The cauliflower bites were cold. And they’re just deep-fried cauliflower. Very, very disappointing. The crab and lobster dip was really pretty awful. And one of us had the salmon. The garlic mashed potatoes was cold. It wasn’t all bad, the fish tacos were not too bad. But when you get food at a restaurant charging the price as they do, your food should not be cold. Never! We should’ve sent it back. But we’re just not the sort of people...

Well I will start out with the good, the Seafood chowder was excellent, great flavor and inspiring flavour. We would ordering again in a heart beat. The fish and chips were average at best but I would not recommend them as it should be a key note to any east coast restaurant. We ordered beverages which were slow to come but not totally unreasonable but quite slow for how empty the restaurant was. I ordered a second drink just as food arrived, unfortunately I was completely finished dinner before the beverage finally arrived, i was certainly not impressed so we sent it back as it was not inline with our expectation. Not sure if I would return to this restaurant especially with the expectations that they are trying to allude from...

The breakfast at the Cannery was a pleasant surprise. Serena was our server and she was just perfect at her job as she seemed to anticipate our needs and wants. Right to the end of our breakfast she was there for us and we shared a few chuckles along the way. It is the warmth of the staff that I will remember more than the food however the food was perfection as well. Both my daughter and I have celiac disease and the kitchen accommodated our needs and the food was better than I make at home. Our breakfast was prepaid and the Manager quickly corrected the bill for us. We will miss the care, food and service when we go back home. Thank you for a lovely...