Glow Fresh Grill

this is my second time at glow. my first experience was that the food took a long time to. come through and the service was subpar and slow. my impression was that this restaurant especially on weekends does not have enough wait staff. this was true again for this past friday.
the venue was busy but and alive… music was great the spanish band was incredible and surpringly enough my friends and i (a group of 4) did not have to wait to get a table. i would say that glow knows how to create ambiance and a great environment byt it lacks in staffing. i looked around a extrenely busy restaurant on a friday and saw barely any wait staff. it took a while to get menus and did not really even have a waitress approach us. until the front desk i believe her name wqs krishna was walking around and decided to take care of us because we promptedm if it was not for her attentive and friendly demeanor. i dont know if our order would have been taken. in my opinion she saved the day.

I was at Glow Fresh Grill on Saturday night on a double date. We wanted to go somewhere to enjoy drinks on a patio.
I have to say I love the outdoor space; the comfortable seating, beautiful banana trees, and the live music on Friday nights.
The drinks are nice too, especially the mixed drinks but not many (if any) beers on tap.
We ordered the grilled calamari, and though I’ve had it last summer with yummy capers and olives… This time the ingredients changed and my mouth was on fire because of the chilli sauce. We sent it back, and our waiter said that it had been happening a lot. Maybe time to change the recipe back?
The oysters were very fresh, I enjoyed them immensely. The presentation was beautiful too.
The service was also good.
This is my third time here, and I can say that I do not enjoy the food as much as the atmosphere. If you like to have drinks in a nice place try it out… But don’t come here if you’re looking to tickle your taste buds.

Horribly noisy even without any music. Don’t bring anyone that you want to talk to unless this place is empty. As for the rest, food and service: So, So.

The sharables were very small, not exactly sharable. Must order in quantity without the quality. Food came with great presentation. Instagram worthy， but not for real foodies.
Waitress also billed pricing not as ‘special‘ pricing. Didnt see the proper pricing of items until you paid, as they shove the machine to you faster then you can look at the listing. Beware and check your bill.

This was a mediocre visit with some positives and negatives
Positives
Great early dinner deal $ 15 for 3 course (small portions)
Complimentary bread and dip
Friendly service
The pork loin dish was sublime
Patio to sit in the warm evening
Negatives
service was slow, however we did notice several staff not assisting in the serving of customers as it seemed this part was not their job however it left a lot of people with terrible service
Bug in the salad — yuk
As I said the service was so slow that after 20 mins of waiting for something I ended up asking for the bill and leaving … They could have had more drinks from us and happily would have sat there most the evening spending money, instead we left for somewhere else that service wasn’t quite as bad
The poor girl that was looking after our tables was overwhelmed with the amount of work she had on and that’s a failure in management for not properly overlooking their business and reacting to the service requirements

Wow… I have never been to a decent restaurant with such bad quality of food. Geez. Feel like I wasted my stomach.
The hamburger. is just two pieces of over cooked super dry meat. The potatos on the side are chewy, not crunchy. No word to describe. Tooo greasy.
The smoke salmon Benedict is just disappointing.
The bruschetta is the worst I have ever had. Just taste like super light salsa on toasted bread.
Service: slow service and our waitress doesnt even come often. Hard to even get water. One of the waitresses was sweeping the floor beside us while we were eating.
Atmosphere: Thats the only good thing about this restaurant I’d say.

What?! $ 15 for a 3 course meal? I think i had to pay more last time i went to Mcdonald’s after supersizing. Seriously, the food ain’t bad. Roast Jerk Pork loin was much much muchhhhhh better than i could have made at home. wife had salmon which looked much better than the one shown in the pictures on Unilocal.Dinner reminded me of 6 o’clock dining on a cruise… a fond memory.

Great food, service and ambiance. Check out early dining deals if you are seated before 6. Great for movie goers at neighbouring Cineplex VIP.

Been here twice. Once dressed up on a Saturday night. Delicious meal and wine with cute date. Second time was this past weekend for lunch, again the food was amazing (not over loaded with oils, sauces and grease). I had the stuffed French toast very tasty. A side note I really appreciated that the restaurant has an elevator to the washrooms. Not only did this help me with my broken ankle but growing up with an uncle who is a quadriplegic I’ve noted that many places claim to be wheel chair accessible but that just means they can move a couple tables to «fit» someone in. Hope it’s a trend for all new restaurants.

This review is for the $ 15 3 course early bird special. It was great. Lots of selection and there’s something for everyone! We were 3 adults and 1 toddler. For the starter we had soups and salad. We each chose a different main and I think there were 4 to choose from. Dessert was a little shot glass cheesecake or mousse, and I believe there were 8 different choices. $ 5 Caesars on Sunday! The little guy had a cheesy flatbread and drink. Flavours were really good, and portion was sufficient but a bit smaller than what you’d usually get when dining out. Washrooms are clean but kind of a bummer that you have to go down a steep flight of stairs or take the very slow elevator.

Had dinner there a few days before Christmas. We had our baby with us and we were able to get a great seat with our huge stroller (the hostess made it work)
The service was great, with the exception of our server. She seem preoccupied, and also seem to rush us for our order (after shopping with a baby you want to relax… we took our time to order).
At the end of our meal we ordered our coffee from another server since our server seemed to be MIA.
I would say the food was OK, but my partner says he won’t go back.
I think I’ll be willing to try again. Hopefully we get a different server:)

This place is pretty horrible and I won’t be coming back. We hadn’t made reservations for a Saturday night and when we got to the restaurant, they told us the wait time was going to be 45 mins. It was raining outside so we didn’t want to go try other places in the area so we decided to wait. Big mistake! After a few minutes, we noticed the restaurant emptying out but they still wouldn’t give us a table. They didn’t seem to really care about giving us a table. After 20 minutes, we inquired about the empty tables even pointing out which ones were free and then they finally seated us.
The food came out fairly quick and we even got complimentary bread. The bruschetta we ordered was pretty good. I also ordered the shrimp linguine which was TERRIBLE and over priced. We had to keep asking the waitress to refill our water and drinks.
My friends had the grilled calamari, lobster Mac and cheese and the bun less burger– all of which were pretty below average.
Overall not a great experience.

I thoroughly enjoyed my experience here from great customer service to really decent quality food. I was there on their patio for their Early dinner specials — a 3 course meal for $ 15 that was well worth it. I had a salmon pasta and it tasted better than many higher end Italian restaurants. Our server was amazingly accommodating as well — there was a bee that landed at the mouth of my beer and she offered to grab me a new one right away. Overall the selection for that special dinner was quite extensive as well and I’ll definitely be back.

This place should really have better reviews than it does on here. The atmosphere is awesome, there’s lots of lightning, the patio is gorgeous and relaxing, friendly staff, and the restaurant is located in the perfect spot.
I ordered the special of the day which was a spicy spaghetti with muscles and my boyfriend got an 8oz sirloin steak with mashed potatoes. I loved my spaghetti, it was so delicious and had so much taste. I also love that you get complementary bread with three spreads to choose from — spinach, spicy carrot, and hummus. The bruschetta on flatbread we got as an appetizer was great as well. My boyfriend’s steak was good but not great (The Keg is still our favorite for steaks) but everything else was delicious. He also got the orange-​blueberry-​banana freshly squeezed drink which was also enjoyed.
Everything also came in a timely manner and we were seated right away. It was a Monday night so it wasn’t busy at all. I can only imagine it gets pretty busy on the weekends so I can’t comment about speed, or lack there of I should say.
I definitely plan on coming back here to try more things off the menu.

Friendly service, food was good and reasonable price. Live music was a plus but a tad too loud for the space.

Came with family for a Sunday brunch, and found them good but not great.
First, due to limited parking, we were planning to use the free valet parking, but no attendant was to be found on the first two passes. Of course he had arrived in station by the time I discharged the family around the corner and found parking nearby (luckily).
Service was good, most of us were doing buffet and there was a decent selection and no shortage of hot food.
However, the scrambled eggs did not appear to be real eggs, that or they were overly mixed and cooked. They were far too bright yellow and with no streaks of egg white, a common sign of powdered eggs.
I ordered a la carte, a Smoked Salmon Eggs Benedict. I had asked for a runny yolk, as poached eggs should naturally be (I was surprised to even be asked). However they were not cooked to my order, the yolks were solid. and crumbling, well over-​cooked.
All said I would try again, but would hope for a slightly better execution next time. Liked the atmosphere and views, the prices were not too outrageous.

Came here for my friends’ birthday party.
The service was okay — there was a mix up with our orders but our waiter was very nice about it. It’s a restaurant catered to families — the park in the middle had a bunch of children running around the place haha.
10OZ CENTER-​CUT RIBEYE
(Mashed potato and asparagus on the side)
Meeeeeeeeeh — they mixed up my order and it wasn’t that good lol I’ll give it ²⁄₅ stars. The asparagus was very old too.
My friends’ ordered other steaks as well (Grilled T-​bone & Top Sirloin etc.), we requested it to be cooked to medium-​rare but the steaks either came out blue (SUPER RARE) or cooked to the core (sooo hard to cut through, not juicy at all — all burnt on the outside).
Note that they charge a price for cake plating fee*
Will not return.

Came here on a cloudy cold Sunday for lunch.
Funny story — I’ve seen this place a few times while walking through shoppes at don’t mills and thought it was a spa. When my friend suggested we go there I thought she meant for facials. Haha
So when we walked up saw the picture of Rose Reisman, the lady whose healthy recipes are in the pickle barrel menus. Great! Those are my favourites there. WooHoo a full menu of these in one place!
Décor: Light wood, bright, classy, but comfortable. Both tables and booths.
There were only people at three other tables
Staff: OK. I wish every restaurant had staff like this. Everything was on point. I realise some of it was because only a few tables were occupied, but you can tell it would be just as great if there was a packed house.
Food: when we sat we got bread, nice warm fluffy bread with three different spreads, a beet, spinach, and olive one. My friend asked if there was gluten free and they brought some out. Nice.
I got the bunless turkey burger with sweet potatoes and asparagus. Delicious. I’d go back just for the sweet potatoes. They were sweet and cinnamony. Yum!
My friend got the chicken curry with salad. The chicken used was thighs, apparently the salad dressing was amazing. Going to try that next time!
Price: pretty good for the quality of food that they serve, and the service.
Will be coming back for sure!

This is a place where other restaurants can learn from service wise. Glow’s service is impeccable every time I have been here (at least 3 times). Prompt, very courtesy and they seem genuinely happy.
You start off with (free) some bread with some beautiful spreads — this time was a beet spread (so fresh and vibrant tasting), a asiago cheese and I think spinach… and another sweet potato one.
We tried a few appetizers — the creamy lobster mac ad cheese was just what i like — cheesy and you could actually see/​taste the lobster chunks. The other app we tried was the Korean short ribs. I inhaled those so fast… tender and delicious. I should have just ordered another round of those. It comes with a cucumber kimchee type of salad.
The main I had was some ahi tuna salad. It was ok… the tuna was fine. but on a bed of way too much lettuce… and well just not that exciting. But for $ 24 I ate it!
Overall don’t expect the best food, but you won’t be disappointed with the service. They do brunch here as well (not sure if they still have Sunday Jazz brunch still, but it’s nice to listen to live music while eating).

Came here for Sunday breakfast buffet. $ 18.99 per person plus $ 3 for tea or coffee.
The restaurant was packed. We actually made reservations but when we came in the part for brunch that was not necessary as it was usually only half full. We hasn’t visited n almost two years so I’m not sure when the budget menu was added but I think it seemed to be doing well as it was –30 outside and it was busy.
The buffet itself was okay. Scramble eggs and French toasts plus brisket and salmon two way, baked and smoked. Fruit platters, mini desserts, a veggie pasta dish, roasted potatoes and peameal bacon and turkey sausages. The bacon and sausages were cold and tough. We didn’t finish what we took. The baked salmon was cold, actually everything was cold even the French toast and roasted potatoes. The French toast was a whole grain bread, so it was good. The potatoes were tasty. The brisket was the winner! It was warm and very tasty, not salty and very tender.
The omelette station is what we enjoyed the most. There were about 8 items to choose from for your made to order omelette. The cook was good at managing all the orders but we waited and went there was no one there. I got mushrooms, ham and cheese omelette.
Service was good. Our waiter was friendly and attend give despite it being busy. We asked for a coffee refill and he was very pleasant, sometimes when a restaurant is busy the wait staff make you feel as though you’re inconviencing them, but not here.
For the amount you’re spending, $ 22 per person is not bad for the buffet. The food is good and I’m sure if we went earlier it would be better as it would be fresh.