Homestead Restaurant — Restaurant in Riverview

The food is decent, the bread is really good, but it's pricey for what you get. You have to pay extra for home fries and coffee. As for the home fries: they are skinned and boiled with the consistency of apples. Crunchy and unseasoned and non uniform pieces so they all have different states of being cooked. Maybe that's what the older crowd likes but I was not a fan. Husbands eggs were cold which he told me after.

I was hoping to tell the waitress about the fries but she never asked how the food was. She just brought the bill, said thanks for coming and rushed away. We went to pay the bill and stood in the formed line, when 2 old ladies cut us in line by just going to the other side of the cash where there wasn't a line. I am a physically disabled person that can't stand a lot so I was baffled when the hostess started processing their payment first. I told her "you know we were waiting here first" and she said she didn't know.

The payment system they have had an automatic 20% tip built in; probably to trick all the old people that go there. Be vigilant against this sort of thing when eating out. The food was already much higher than most diners I've been to in Halifax, with really no perk.

I was going to give 4 star until my interactions with staff at the end. I'm an out of towner so definitely won't be heading back here but want to warn other travellers. I'd try...

Been to this restaurant twice thus far. I knew from the first visit, with my lovely wife Pat, that this was a very homestyle eatery. Hospitality is fantastic while the service has been top shelf. Upon entering, noticing all the happy customer I could see this was a regular to many patrons, always a good sign. As my son pointed out, if there's a lot of older customers, it must be good because they wouldn't waste their money on a place with bad food nor terrible service. Both Pat and I enjoyed every morsel. During this last visit, neither of us ordered anything to drink other than water which was provided gratis. This combined savings allowed us to order their coconut pie. I had asked before hand if the pie was made within the restaurant. I was assured it was. I asked if it was actually made from scratch and was promised it was (I always dislike those packaged pie mixes). I must state that it was a superb coconut pie served with whipped cream topping (I did have the option of a meringue topping). I look forward to tasting all their many other deserts over our subsequent visits in future. The bread is also made in house and both Pat and I enjoyed the bread provided as well. We look forward to many years of future dining at this...

Our waitress was very very rude , will not return as feeling like you are bothering someone when your suppose to be walking into a nice little homemade food restaurant you’d think it’d be family geared and you’d be welcomed but instead as I walked in the door with my two little boys instead of a Hi , I got a “are you going to come in , or not” ( when the sign clearly states - “please wait to be seated “) If I wasn’t juggling both my kids by myself at that point and waiting for my father to meet up me , I would have turned round and walked out at that moment ! That same waitress was our waitress for the table and she was still very very rude and super unpleasant , I had said more then once I was waiting for another aldult and still was given only one menu , like seriously ? I had to get up and leave my children to get my own 2nd menu Our water wasn’t filled up , we weren’t asked how our food , she put everything on one bill and didn’t bother asking if they were suppose to be on the same bill , and if she HAD to talk it was like we were bothering her , it wasn’t that busy The food was...