The Open Cork

This is one of my favourite Italian eatery. There are two sides to Open Cork, there is the dine in and then the lounge in the other room. I've only been to the eatery side and it's beautiful. Food was amazing as usual. I had the jambalaya, mussels, and fried calamari. Jambalaya - Pasta is cooked Al Dante, sauce was flavourful and they don't skimp on their protein. Mussels - tasted great, sauce very yummy and can use it as dipping sauce for bread. Fried Calamari - I always make sure I get the fried calamari when I'm here. It has a nice light crunch from the batter and I like the thickness of them. Looking forward to dropping by the lounge area next time I come by.

This place was pretty good. I ordered the bruschetta with feta which was 👌 and the fried calamari. The bowl of calamari was huge and was cooked to perfection. The server was nice and the restaurant appeared to be new and well taken care of. This was the first place I've eaten in Canada and I was very pleased.

We went there in a group of friends. Only One person had their vaccine status checked. Later the person who checked the vaccines was walking around without a mask. Very inconsiderate these days. The noise level was very high and it was quite impossible to talk. We had to leave early. The waitress was ver friendly and caring and the food quite delicious. Just follow the rules please.

If you like waiting this place might be for you. The food is very tasty and worth the wait. The service not so much! Grumpy inattentive and in violation of many Covid rules. In the pictures you can my sad water glass that it seems can only be filled once despite requesting. All in all the tasty food and reasonable price out weight the poor service, but it would be nice to have both.

I’d give it zero stars if I could. The service was abysmal… we had to wait a long time for the waitress to come around and give us water, never mind for her to come around again and take the order. She seemed very impatient while my mother and grandmother were deciding what to get. While we were eating she did not bother to check on us or ask if we wanted to get anything else for the table. We ran out of water while eating the main course, not once did she come around to check. Flagging her down was also difficult, she seemed to lack spatial awareness. I ordered the pork tenderloin and it did not taste palatable (I’ve had many pork tenderloins in my day, this was the first one that did not taste like pork), my grandmother picked up on this and quickly requested to get a new item for me. The waitress did not immediately take away my plate of barely eaten pork tenderloin after we mentioned it tasted “off”. In fact, when she came back around, she asked if I wanted a box to take it home with me… take home the meal that we clearly stated was not good. I told her to please take the dish away. She piled up my fork, knife and side plate on top of the main plate (while it was still in front of me) and took it away very briskly, almost as if my request was a chore. I ended up ordering something else, by the time the bill came around she charged us for the pork tenderloin, I barely touched it! My grandmother got into a confrontation with the waitress and the waitress actually snapped back at us saying we should have a “valid reason” for them voiding the meal charge… as she mentioned, only if the meal was “too spicy or had too much salt” as an example. The pork tasting like dish soap clearly wasn’t valid. My grandmother asked to speak with the manager and the manager never came around. I’m not even certain she spoke with him or her… Overall, the waitress was very rude and had an attitude. How dare she snap back at us when we the paying customers had a complaint. Very disappointing and I shall never return.

My boyfriend and I have been coming here for years, even before we knew each other! The girls are super friendly, the food is good and consistent in quality, and prices are great. There are some menu items that are just okay, but the rest are awesome. Prices are extremely fair. Even when you want to McGuiver a dish they will do that for you. Service beats everything. It’s nice that they are conveniently located close by. This place is a hidden gem.