The Blue Sail Seafood Market & Restaurant — Restaurant in Ontario

Friendly atmosphere as described in Blue Sails website, is not what you will receive...Let me tell you how despicably my Wife was treated yesterday, by a women who works their with dark hair...Just a note: This is NOT HOW YOU TREAT PEOPLE... I phoned yesterday a few times during open hours no one answered, so we decided to drive into Picton to the restaurant. My wife walked in, stood at the main entrance where the host asked from across the restaurant can I help you? My wife walked up to her and asked if there was any possibility of three people getting in for dinner? "She said not at this time but if you come back in half an hour and depending on the weather", (to allow for people on the patio to come in, if it rained). So.we walked around for half an hour and when we returned, she flatley denied us any type of service, and said we can't get you in. We were told that we could not ve accommodated inside or outside, as the patio was also closed and had a sign indicating so... As we we're rudely refused we left the restaurant my wife noticed another couple trying to get into the restaurant, who told us they didn't have a reservation. This couple and my family all walked away. As we drove by the restaurant we noticed the same couple previously being seated on the patio when it was supposedly closed. After seeing this my wife was justifiably quite upset. So my wife went back into the restaurant and confronted the host asking "Why they were seated and we weren't"? She told us they weren't there to eat they were only having drinks and oysters my wife asked are oysters not food? She had no answer. So here is our question to the owner and anybody reading this review why did we get discriminated by and why was the other couple, let in to have drinks and mussels, and we were so RUDELY DENIED? Keep in mind, we also had our 11 year old Daughter with us when this all occurred. I would like the Owner to explain how another couple that arrived an hour or so after us (With no reservation), were able to sit at the closed patio, to have Oysters and drinks and we were denied any type of Service? I think this will be quite hard to answer, and just a recommendation, you treat people the same, and don't chose one couple...

A solid three stars. Sadly, for PEC, I'd say there are better options if you have to spend $30-40 on a dish.

TLDR: The portion sizes were small, the presentation was not appealing/creative, and taste was quite basic.

The tartar sauce/fish and chips wasn't flavourful at all. It was strangely bland. Side Cesar salad was about 3 forks' worth and we were charged $9 for that - can't imagine how much I would have gotten if I'd ordered the $20 version!

Our guests had the sea bowl (didn't complain) and the lobster roll. The lobster roll tasted like it was slathered in mayo, on an upscale hotdog bun. It wasn't what we expected and taste was not satisfying. They didn't end up finishing it :/

We also ordered the salmon which was cooked in a very generic way with a scoop of veg on the side... nothing much different than you'd get at a mom and pop diner. (A solid 3 stars but for the competitive market in PEC we expected more.) And sadly my partner said one of the side potatoes (just one of them) tasted rotten or mouldy and he had to spit it out.

The server came and asked how the food was, and I tipped my head to say "so-so" and she walked away without saying a word 🤷‍♀️

Overall we ended up paying about $160 per couple (including oysters to start, and drinks) which is sad because for that amount we should have gone to a nicer restaurant. It was a little embarrassing taking our guests here and them not enjoying the best PEC offers.

However, I did enjoy the fries though, and our guests really enjoyed the oysters and the flavour options that came with the oysters were most interesting and diverse! 5 stars for the oysters.

Having written all this I've read past reviews and the owners/PR team seems quite nasty and disrespectful to guest reviews (which, I'd imagine is not an endearing when hoping for repeat customers) so we will see how this...

Stumbled on the website while browsing for fresh 'dry' scallops. Chanced a 35 minute drive on Thursday afternoon. The website indicated fresh deliveries were made after 3 p.m., so I made sure to arrive a shortly after.

I was not disappointed. The scallops were indeed, 'dry'; fresh and not packed in the STP solution that is found at most seafood counters. PSA: (STP is Sodium Triphosphate. It's in that milky-looking, white liquid that makes your scallops gain up to 40% more weight by absorbing the chemically-treated water and when cooking, will boil your scallops instead of allowing them to sear properly.)

The expected size was U 12-15 (pieces per pound) and Jeff, the owner and I had a frank discussion about value versus size. He was honest in his assessment that larger scallops like U 8-10 were priced at a premium he could not justify to his clients. Hence his reason for carrying the 12/15's. Later, when I split the package, I had exactly 12 in each half. So the scallops were all U 12's with none of them on the small end of the range.

Fresh arctic char, jumbo tiger shrimp, Chilean Sea Bass, beet-cured smoked salmon (like sushi!), an artisan smoked char spread and a handmade garlic and chive butter were among some of the other things I stocked up on pre-Holidays.

Jeff, the chef and proprietor, was there and personally assisted with my selections. He graciously explained preparation methods and even shared a video showing the proper way to cook the char I picked.

As a seafood aficionado, I really appreciated finding an outlet closer than Toronto for real scallops and fresh, top-quality seafood. Might be advisable to call/order ahead for quantity or specialites.

This was a good find.

Edit: Added a photo of the beet cured smoked salmon....