Red House — Restaurant in Ontario

My husband and I are passing through town and needed a place to eat dinner. I glanced through yelp and decided on this place. We managed to get a table outside. The waiter was very attentive and knew the menu and drink list. We both ordered beer, the wheat beer was good. My husband had a darker red beer and liked it. This restaurant has amazing food and even better service! My review is splitting hairs because it was that good.

We started with the house smoked meat and cheese the meat was smoked well and delicious. The cheese was sharp and buttery. The grainy mustard was a perfect compliment to the meat and cheese.

For dinner I had the duck breast. It was a little over cooked. I prefer my duck to be medium rare or medium. Rosy pink on the inside and this was more well. The outside was crispy and seasoned well, which made up for it. The wilted spinach, mushrooms, and onions were a great addition, earthy. The beets were a little too much. The cut up ones were good with the goat cheese, but the spiraled ones were too much. I would have pickled one of them to have contrasting flavors. The bowl was also not a great choice. It was hard to eat.

My husband's meal was good, but small. He had the jerk chicken leg with polenta. He would have liked 1 legs instead of one. The jerk rub was good and the chicken was juicy. The polenta was perfect, crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.

Overall we would definitely come back to this place! Delicious food, great service, and to make it even sweeter, they give out soft fleece blankets for the patio if...

We had a pretty awful experience here. I suggested this restaurant to the group of friends I was going out to dinner with as it had been recommended to me. We were a group of five. We were sat right at our reservation time—7pm. It took about 10 minutes for a server to come to the table, and about another ten to get our first round of drinks — but they were decently busy at this point so it was understandable. However, all the food took extremely long to come to our table. Our apps took about 45 minutes. And we received our mains at a few minutes before 8:30. Our server apologized about an hour into the wait for the long times. To be honest for it being that brutal we were expecting a manager to touch the table but no one ever did. Our apps were good. But the mains were pretty awful. The halloumi in my sandwich was almost entirely burnt black on one side and completely cold. The sandwich was supposed to have other toppings, but instead it only came with one slice of tomato that covered about half the bun. No one asked if it was okay to completely forgo the other toppings or if I wanted to sub them out if they were unavailable. Overall it was fairly gnarly. I feel pretty confident that they must have just been having an off night, as I’ve heard good things about the restaurant. They took our app and one of our two rounds of drinks off of the bill, which was very kind. But leaving having still paid over 60 bucks (for myself and my husband) was brutal for the service and...

In town and visiting friends, we were drawn to the downtown area to visit the marina, the outdoor market and the Kingston Buskerfest taking place that weekend. My friend insisted we had to visit Red House and try their crispy buttermilk chicken bites. Indeed, she divulged that she's never ordered anything else - because she finds them so delicious that she can't bring herself to try anything else.

We dropped in on a Saturday at 2 pm and were immediately seated. The waiter was attentive and happily answered any questions we had. I admit that I did not have the crispy buttermilk chicken bites (although my friend did) as I was drawn to the fried chicken version, which uses the same recipe for the coating. The chicken came on a buttermilk biscuit and was dressed with a delicious honey mustard and crispy, tangy pickles. I ordered fries as a side and was not disappointed to find that they were crispy and everything you could wish a French fry to be.

If you have never tried a Liefman's Fruitesse, you really should. It's a popular item on the beer menu, sells out regularly at the beer store, and tastes absolutely wonderful - essentially like heaven in a glass.

All-in-all, a wonderful dining experience with delicious food, an enjoyable atmosphere and attentive service. We will definitely be back again to visit...