Tyrone t (56 King St. N. Waterloo) is one fine restaurant. I have been there for lunch and dinner. The decor is chic, modern and roomy. A stage or DJ station splits the bar/lounge area from the dining area; the music being played at both visits was not too loud and was very pleasant. One of the owners is the former franchise holder of Kitchener's Rude Native restaurant; the food at Tyrone t is better than at Rude Native. I think Tyrone t is as good as King Street Trio on University. Friday, February 5th dinner we started with T's signature salad - maple/sesame Dijon vinaigrette on tossed mixed greens topped with blue cheese & toasted pecans - the greens fresh and the flavour combination appealing; the pecans added a crisp note. A very pleasant beginning to the meal. My wife had a 6 oz Angus tenderloin grilled exactly the way she requested, served with a Shiraz dark jus sauce and very good (though not as good as New York fries) thin cut fries. I had the schnitzel stack - herbed breaded stack of pork cutlets layered with melted Oka, served over purple braised preserved cabbage and spatzli. Tyrone t's schnitzel has my vote for the best in the Region. We finished with a chai-flavoured creme brule (the chef creates a daily special creme brule). It was very good, though not as good as the creme brule at the Oban Inn in Niagara-on-the-Lake. The way the wine list was laid out, grouping the lighter and heavier wines, helped in making a choice. The selection of wines was good, but a wider choice of light beers would have been appreciated. The service was friendly and efficient. The bill, not including tip but including a Waterloo Dark and a 9-oz Mount Oakden Shiraz, was just a few cents over $75.00. Very reasonable.
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I went with a friend for drinks. I was really disappointed. The gin & tonics were obviously very watered down and another patron complained too that his rye & Coke was also watery. It’s pretty obvious when a gin & tonic has no gin in it… We sent two back and were surprised when we saw it them on the bill. The bathrooms are very cheaply done. It’s meant to look high end but has a lot of flaws (eg bathroom doors that don’t line up properly…) They could at least peel off the white UPC labels on their PVC plumbing so you’re not looking at it through their glass sinks that are right tight together. It really does look like someone new to renovations completed the work. I had high hopes for a higher end bar/lounge that Uptown Waterloo has been needing but was very much disappointed.
A group of 8 of us went there last weekend and we were extrememly disappointed with the service. We are not picky people, are extremely polite, and we were just out to have a few drinks and appetizers. The service (or lack of service) we received from the get-go was appalling. Even though it was 9:30 when we got there, we were discouraged from getting a table until the “dinner-rush” was over. The hostess failed to write our name down so other parties were seated before us. My friend ordered food that arrived an hour and a half later. Obviously the order was never placed but she asked at least 3 servers in the interim about it. No-one seemed in the least concerned. It honestly felt like it was run by kids in high school. The food was excellent however, so kudos to the chef. In fairness, as two in our company are restaurant owners, we gave them every opportunity to make it right and we did not receive even so much as a sorry when my friend’s order arrived. In short, try it out for lunch or dinner, stay away from it at night. Major fail and we will not be going back.
We are new to the KW area and we are sampling restaurants around the area. We stopped in at Tyrone t thinking it would be a great venue seeing as the aesthetic style of the place is rather pleasing.
It became very obvious that more effort is put in to the aesthetics than the actual quality of the food. I too ordered a Gin & Tonic and couldn’t finish the Tonic I was served. The appetizers we had were Chips and Dips and the Croustade. The dips were ok at best and the serving of chips was over-sized. Further to that, they were out of wanton chips. The croustade was good, but the pastry was extremely greasy.
For the dinner menu, we ordered the Haddock special and the Chicken Supreme with a bottle of Pinot Grigio to compliment the meal. Our server returned to us to inform us that they opened their last bottle of Pinot Grigio at lunch. They offered to sell us this opened bottled at slightly more than half the price of a closed bottle of wine. The Haddock special was a combination of flavours that did not compliment each other and left me thinking that the chef was trying finish off ingredients rather than putting together a nice plate. Deep fried haddock on spaghetti noodles drenched in a spicy pesto cream sauce? The dry chicken was served on a bed of rice and was lost in an oil slick. The dinner did not make the grade for us.
We were offered dessert, although we did not bother ordering a dessert we were informed they were out of two or three offerings on their menu.
The dinnerware was awkward. The over-sized bowls made it difficult to place the fork and knife anywhere on the bowl(plate?).
Anyway, you get the picture. We are not going back to this restaurant.