First this is a very expensive place to eat. Cost $100 for glass of wine, appetizer , salad, and main.Second,it was worth every cent. The shrimp cocktail was tasty, the tomato salad was incredibly fresh and delicious, the lobster bucatini was loaded with large pieces of actual lobster the lemon cheesecake was a great way to finish off the evening. A great place for a special occasion. Service was great, food delicious.
The staff is so nice and caring and the chilled seafood platter was delicious ? good place to sit back and chill with a cup of wine !!
I thoroughly enjoyed the vibe and the food here! We shared the scallop ceviche and the muscles! Both were yummy! It was perfect for a light meal. I will definitely go back to try other stuff! The service was also very good!
extremely loud music that is hard to talk over, slightly dingy interior, and subpar food for the price you pay.objectively, the food is priced too high for the quality that you receive. on sundays, the $2 per oyster deal is okay but we also tried some other dishes that were hit and miss. for example, for 6 tiny baked oysters slathered in salty cheese, we paid $34 plus tax and tip. these were the worst baked oysters i’ve ever had in my life because the cheese to oyster ratio was horrifically off and it tasted like you were just consuming baked cheese. this is probably the worst value dish i have ordered in 2022 so far. the chowder, however, i will recommend! it had scallops, baby shrimp, and salmon as well as nicely paired garnishes. in consideration of overall value and ambiance, i will not be returning.the service was also okay. some servers are more friendly than others. i watched our waitress take the oysters sauces platter straight from our table and plop it on the table next to ours without even pretending to sanitize or provide new spoons to the other patrons which was alarming. waiting for our bill also took a decent amount of time although the place was not that full.
In the city just overnight, we decided to try out The Whalebone based on the raving reviews and we were not disappointed! The service was great, our host (sadly didn't catch his name) was super friendly & attentive. As for the food itself it was scrumptious! Every bite is packed with flavor and you just want to go for more. The atmosphere is vibrant and lively, but without it being disruptive to your personal conversation. All in all we left super happy with the experience and definitely will back when Ottawa again. Highly recommend
It was a hot day and I was wondering whether to wear shorts to the restaurant. I looked at the prices on their online menu and decided this is no place for shorts. When we got there we were greeted by a server wearing shorts! This is a casual restaurant. We had the Lobster Bucatini, the Chinook Salmon and the Seasonal Vegetables. The Seasonal Vegetables included sauteed kale, green beans, carrots and broccoli. All items tasted great. The salmon had a nice sweet taste. It came on a bed of "farmer's veg" which were exactly the same as the Seasonal Vegetables side so keep that in mind. The lobster was a bit pricey for what it was in our opinion. Street parking is free after 5:30pm on weeknights.
WOW! Such impeccable service today, and amazing food too! We sat on the patio this afternoon to celebrate our anniversary. Our server Chris (as well as the rest of the Whalesbone staff) went above and beyond. Chris even took this great pic of my hubby and I! We ordered the steak tartare, 8oz sirloin as well as the scallops and pork belly for our meal. The lemon vanilla cheesecake we had for dessert was AWESOME (reallly awesome!) We’ll definitely be back, thanks everyone!
We had the beef tartare and tuna ahi for appetizer, scallops with pork belly X2, chocolate mousse cake and churros for dessert. Everything was excellent! The beef tartare and scallops were amazing, the latter, one of the best dishes I've ever had: the textures and flavours were outstanding. Great service as well, we'll be back for sure! Note: The churros is a large portion (6 churros)
Last year, I had tried takeout of Whalesbone on Kent, and was 100% impressed by their food. So this time we decided to try Whalesbone on Elgin.The experience was extremely disappointing.The scallop & pork belly consisted of 4 scallops and 1 pork belly. The scallop had no taste, and felt like rubber.As seen in the picture, half of the pork belly was fat, and eating it was too heavy and greasy.The steak striploin was cooked in a mediocre way, and was too burnt on the edge. It was 3 slices, very small.The mushrooms itself was worth $19, and it was a very plain typical mushroom.Their clam chowder was good.I’ve had high expectations of Whalesbone on Elgin, but the experience was almost a little insultingly bad. It was definitely not worth $150.The staffs were friendly and lively.
Definitely coming back for the $2 Sunday oysters - they were so fresh and delicious, really set the bar for the rest of the meal. Wagyu beef tartare was mindblowing, texture and taste were amazing, paired perfectly with the caviar and chips in the dish. The salmon, lobster pasta, and desserts were equally incredible. Service was also great and the timing of the various dishes arriving to our table couldn't have been better. The $78 14oz ribeye was really the only thing that felt slightly underwhelming about the entire meal.. seared to perfection so the texture was great, but the flavor wasn't equally distributed.. one side of the steak definitely tasted better than the other, and the whole thing felt underseasoned in general. I wouldn't recommend getting any steak sauce - completely drowned the flavor of the steak. Nonetheless, we had a great experience here, and will be back soon!