Buster's Sea Cove - St. Lawrence Market — Restaurant in Toronto

A expensive disappointment. This would be our third time visiting Buster's at The St Lawrence Market, and sadly it just keeps getting worse and worse each time time we come to eat from here.

We tried their Famous Lobster rolls the first time, and that was joyless, unseasoned, and mediocre. The second time, we brought out-of-town visitors and had the Famous Fish-and-Chips, and sadly, that too was joyless, bland and over-seasoned in the wrong areas, with the wrong seasonings.. forget the chips, as the oil was burnt and bitter, and the potatoes were overcooked, and yet soggy.

So, today at around 1pm, after avoiding Buster's for a while since our last visits, we thought, "Why not give them another chance.." The lines looked promising, the food seemed good.. ?.. bad choice.

We had the Coconut Shrimp, Haddock and Chips, Calamari, Onion Rings and Side Fries, and two waters. Total with 10% tip came out to $81. Yea. Ouch.

The food? Haddock was dry and the batter was over-seasoned and salty, rendering my wife to PEEL the coating off the tiny pieces of fish, just so she can maybe get food in her. The Coconut Shrimp showed promise, but cooked in old burnt oil so that's all you can taste: Burnt, Old, oil, plus the overcooked coconut shrimps. The sauce was overly sweet, which maybe offset any burnt oil flavour. Even the lemon wedges were uninspired btw.. what maybe looked like used wedges, reformed to resemble new slices... gross..

You can imagine how the onion rings and fries were with that oil.

Don't bother wasting your money, unfortunately. Buster's needs to reassess and get their &(0 together. What we saw today was gross and disappointing, and a shame, really. they have the clientele, the space, the foot-traffic.. and that overall fish and chip truck shop look that is nostalgic of visits to the sea, but boy do their foods, suck.

Luckily, there are other food vendors nearby with better quality servings, at...

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This was our very first adventure into St. Lawrence market And we had no idea where to eat. After passing endless eateries and aisles of fantastic foods, we came upon Buster's sea cove in the corner. There appeared to be a lot of people at this eatery Compared to the other places, so we went for it. We ordered the halibut, fish-and-chips And the crab cakes. We did not have to wait very long for our food to arrive. There is city nearby and we had to share a table with somebody because it was too busy. One special note about the seating area is that it did not appear to be very clean. We really enjoyed the fish and chips. To me, they had a lot of batter on the fish. But the batter what's delicious. My friend thought that they had very little batter on the fish And she really enjoyed it too. The crab cakes were superb and the flavor was stupendous. We really enjoyed the spicy Mayo too. And we wanted more. But keep in mind, they charged an extra ninety nine cents four more spicy mayo. Make sure you're hungry for fries 🍟 Because they give you a ton. So we were pleasantly surprised to have found this eatery. I would totally recommend that. You try it if you are ever in saint lawrence market in toronto. We left with...