Kates Kountry Kitchen — Restaurant in Markstay-Warren

This used to be a very good restaurant. We visited the area after being away 2 years, anxious for a quality meal and were very disappointed. The meal was mediocre - no better than anywhere else. I had a hot hamburger sandwich with mashed potatoes and gravy. The gravy was so thick that it just sat there like a soft lump on top of my food. And they served the sandwich open-faced so it wasn't actually a hot sandwich. Potatoes okay but not great. They grow their own vegetables which I always loved about them, but this time they were very unappealing on the plate (don't know why - some burnt maybe?). My husband ordered the special, which this time was roast beef. He always loved their specials because you got a nice generous plate of home cooking. This time, his beef was very thinly sliced and tough. The same gravy as mine was on his. They are known for their wonderful baking. Even though I was very disappointed with the meal and won't be going back, I remembered how good their baking was, so at the checkout I purchased 2 butter tarts. Later, we enjoyed them very much, so they've still stayed true to that. We discussed with our daughter later, who lives in the area and she said she doesn't eat there any more. As an aside and maybe this wouldn't bother others, but their new restaurant is much larger than their previous one and has a cement floor, so when there are a lot of people in there, it's VERY noisy! Last: the customer service was excellent. The servers were friendly, polite and attentive. The baking and service changed my rating...

Let’s start a movement for truck drivers on the road in desperate needs of safe parking space, restaurants that will provide take out foods, washroom and parking. We are in desperate need of that information across North America. Such information will help us plan our trip safer.

We are front line workers at high risk of infection. Yes we are alone in our trucks when we are heading to our destination but some of us are doing 5, 10, 15 and more deliveries per trip and are in contact with many people everywhere across the continent. Most of the warehouses, factories, shops and stores do not allow drivers to go in the building, witch is the write thing to do these days but we still need access to washrooms. Portable toilets could be provided in some places. Thanks to the government of Ontario for setting up portable toilets at plows turnaround on Hwy 17, The government of Quebec has opened up there rest area earlier than normal to accommodate truck drivers. It’s actions like these that makes a difference.

We need your help, we need your support.

Let’s start with the first post, ( maybe somebody smart out there can gather all the posts and start a web site or something with the informations). First one is Kates Kountry Kitchen restaurant on Ontario Hwy 17 just west of Warren. Beautiful place, great people, excellent food, lots of parking space and wash room available.

Let’s not forget those that are helping us today when things get back to...

Very noisey and hard to hear or talk, busy place surprisingly, or took a while to get service once sat, the server was amazing and food didn't take long once order taken.

The portions are reasonable sized for sure so a higher ranking there.

Gravy was too salty maybe just the day. It doesn't add to the meal when like that it over takes the hot sandwich & poutine taste and less enjoyable. The poutine was warm , not enough to melt curds and not much curds, I suggest the shredded cheese option? The hot sandwich was very hot, not as usual as normally warmed up then topped.

The special was just not my cup of tea. I was expecting a cheese sauce. Found out it was possible tumeric in the roux, not a well described special. Also the carrots were boiled with the turnip, so though not mashed tasted like turnip yuck for me. Again this dish maybe someone else would give a 5 star just not me. Sadly with it being a bake, the spices were in the chicken so you couldn't even scrap the sauce off and eat chicken, just not my night.

The stuffing was good and the loaded baked potatoe was a good size. Due to that I didn't go away hungry, just my choice of going with out protien as the waiter offered to get me something else but I knew I wouldn't finish it after the...