Whitehall

The décor is fabulous, the food and service, awful. I have cooked all my life and expect when dining out, that the food would at least taste a little better then what can be made at home. Beef cheeks with turnips, I think, none were discernable. Trout, over salted and swimming in butter. The best part was receiving the bill. We were charged for 3 glasses of wine when only two were ordered and then charged again for another glass of wine that was more then listed on their menu. We asked for more bread and without advising us, we were charged an additional $ 6 for our extra slice of bread. Were they hoping we wouldn’t notice?

A thoroughly underwhelming experience. I appreciate that they’d like to serve their meat very rare, but the meat for our entrees that our table received was cold in the middle as it was so undercooked. In addition to a significant chunk of my meal being undercooked and inedible, the service was abysmal: waiter didn’t take our drink order for a very lengthy time after arriving, brought wrong drinks, and left the bill at our table for over a half hour while we sat there waiting to pay. If you want to eat here, I suggest going soon as I don’t see how this place will stay in business long with their half hearted attempt at fine dining.

A friend and I take each other out for a ridiculous meal every year for Christmas — she pays for me and I pay for her… It works. We have been to some great places and thinking Whitehall is in the lead for sure!
Went when the location was still Il Sogno and they have done a great job working with the space to make it light and airy. The décor is just awesome and you can spend ages checking out everything in the bookcase style wall.
One thing I did notice is that all the items on the chef’s tasting menu were on the regular menu — and the tasting menu cost $ 5 per person than if you just ordered those items off the menu. Just saying.
Anyway we ordered off the menu to maximize getting to taste as much as possible. You start off with a little cheese biscuit that comes in the cutest tin. Oh man! If this is how it starts let me tell you it only gets better! The house-​made bread that follow is a delight — couple slices of white bread and a nut bread were outstanding. They also give you butter and whipped pork drippings butter which blew my mind. Next time we may just come and eat bread. But seriously though!
For starters we shared the foie gras & chicken liver parfait pâté — large portion that comes with frozen shaved pâté on the top). Also tried the Bison tartar — which was very tasty and unusual in the fact that the pieces of meat were larger diced cubes.
For mains my girlfriend had the Walleye fish dish which came with spiced onion bhaji, butternut and a salad. So moist and flavourful, and not fishy at all. Good size piece, if you are a heavy meat eater you will have space for dessert.
I had the pork belly which came with turnip, grren apple slices, spinach and a small piece of black pudding drizzeled in gravy. Pork wasn’t too fatty at all, they had done a great job of trimming it down. Black pudding wasn’t overpowering. Gravy just added to an already great flavour.
We were so full at this point that we had to order dessert… no idea where we found the space, but shared a warm ice wine soaked sponge cake with honey ice cream. Had shaved frozen ice wine on the side of the plate almost as a sorbet. So tasty. Really well soaked with wine — no idea how many oz per portion.
Will I be back? Lets go right now! Want to impress someone? This is the spot. What a great celebration spot? Yes indeed. Just looking for an unbelievably tasty meal? You have found it!
Would love to go back again for some wine and the cheese board, with enough space to try some of the heavier desserts. Oh man now I’m hungry just thinking about it…

We came here as a group of 8 for a friend’s birthday. My husband and I looked at their online menu ahead of time and were excited to try their chestnut honey glazed duck breast. However it was not on their menu at the restaurant. I ended sharing with my husband the Alberta Beef for Two with aged striploin, dripping chips, marrowbone, anchovy & radish salad for $ 75 and the birthday girl had the poached cod. Another friend ordered the (off menu) risotto option. The restaurant started the table with complimentary Stilton biscuits encrusted with sesame seeds and a bread basket with two kinds of spreads: butter and pork drippings. The biscuits and spreads were quite tasty. We were disappointed with the entrees though. Before ordering, we asked how big the portion was and the server said the striploin was 16 ounces. When it came out, we were disappointed to see it was much smaller than 16 ounces. It was barely 10 ounces and was supposed to feed two people. The «dripping chips» were very crispy on the outside and soft on the inside but their purpose was rendered useless since our striploin was virtually drippings/​juice-​less. The marrow was melt in my mouth and the Cole slaw was okay and had a hint of fennel. My tablemates were not impressed with their dishes. The poached cod was flavorless and the restaurant forgot to bring out the risotto until our server was flagged down about the error. When the risotto did come out, the portion was the size of an appetizer for $ 21. We were able to overlook this since they did not charge gratuity, and the service was good in general. Oddly enough, the menu the server gave us to order dessert from (which was the whole entire restaurant menu) listed the aforementioned duck entrée. It’s odd that the second menu would list the duck but the first one did. At the end of the meal, I was not overly full and luckily I ate an instant noodles cup an hour before the reservation in case the portions were small. Unfortunately my prediction was correct. Overall, Whitehall tries its best but the experience was underwhelming for the entire table due to the flavorless dishes, the small portion sizes for a high price, and the uncreative sides for a $ 75 meal. I can get deep fried potatoes at McDonald’s.

Fabulous dining experience, service was great. Appropriate time between courses, prices appropriate for this style of dining. The cheese soufflé is to die for. Our party of seven had a wonderful dining experience. Fish, steak and fries and duck were all great. The Ice Wine dessert was simply superb. My new best place, would highly recommend.

This place is going to be fabulous!
The service was warm and friendly.
The prices were reasonable. The portions were appropriate. The new décor is fantastic.
We had the beef cheeks and the duck and they were excellent. The cheese soufflé was killer! It spread beautifully on the homemade bread. The Sable wrapped Egg was divine, not something I would normally go for, but the waiter was confident on how good it was, and he was right!
This place was elegant and casual with great food.