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Oscar's Restaurant
Categories: Restaurants French Restaurants Italian French, Italian
52B Bayfield StreetBarrie, ON L4M 3A5
(705) 737-0522
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Dressy
- Good for Groups:
- No
- Good for Kids:
- No
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
4 reviews for Oscar's Restaurant
4 reviews in English
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Review from Genevieve R.
Toronto, ON
1/11/2012
I loved my experience at Oscar's. The food was good, the ambiance relaxed and casual, the service perfect, the place very clean. I went there on a Sunday evening after doing some outdoor activities and was happy to find out that they had a Sunday special menu: 33$ for a 3 course lobster dinner. The appetizer and the main entree were delicious. They were served in a timely manner, with not too much waiting, but just enough to enjoy the place and the ambiance, giving the opportunity to chat over a good meal, but not starve to death before getting our food. The only reason why I am giving this place a 4 stars instead of a 5 stars is that their desserts were not to my expectation... I was a little disappointed in the taste and quality of what I ordered, but maybe I just picked the wrong item on the menu. Parking on the street is free after 5 PM and Sunday all day, so it was not an issue for me. I would definitively go back, and thought that their Sunday deal was great! Lots of people had reservation, so I'm assuming that Saturday evenings are more busy than Sundays'....
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Review from Chris W.
7/13/2010 1 Check-in Here
We decided to go here instead of Crazy Fox for the Barrielicious event because the menu seemed more interesting. While I think it probably was more creative, the execution of the meal suffered under the weight of staff inexperience.
First off, the entryway to the restaurant was dingy and unswept. Not a pleasant first impression. We arrived early for our reservation, and had every intention of waiting at the bar. After fumbling around trying to cobble a table together for us, the flustered hostess finally agreed to our suggestion that we wait at the bar. While there, nobody offered us a drink, bar menu, or appetizer. We were ignored. We were then offered to be put at a table in the bar area, but then another table cleared up and we were seated by the window instead.
Jeremy, our server, was pleasant and told us of the soup and wine specials, plus pointed out the $7 supplement on the sirloin entree. Water was poured into all our glasses, and our server left us for a few minutes to decide. We were given two lunch menus and two dinner menus, so he had to go and get the correct ones for two of us. While looking at the menu, we noticed dirty (poorly washed) plates, and had to replace some of them when he returned.
Upon returning, he took our orders:
Appetizers: two sweet potato soups, one salad, and one pork belly and gnocchi.
Entrees: three pork w/ goat cheese citrus polenta and spiced apple chutney (with one red wine) and one chicken ravioli
Dessert: one pavlova, two coconut cream pies, and one chocolate torte.
We were served focaccia bread with balsamic vinegar, Parmesan, and olive oil. The bread was warmed, but seemed stale and tasteless. We asked for fresh bread, which he brought back un-warmed, but it was still hard (stale) and tasteless, despite (apparently) being cooked that morning. Just a very bad bread recipe.
Appetizers: All were tasty enough, though the soup was a little watery. Half of the pork belly (with the gnocchi) was firm, the other half juicy. I don't know how they managed to cook it to two different degrees of doneness, but they did. The salad was OK.
Entrees: The ravioli were undercooked and hard. Besides that, they were just OK.
The pork was super-dry and over-cooked, and I felt bad for the pig that it had been so maltreated. The goat cheese citrus polenta and spiced apple chutney, while a valiant attempt, failed. The flavour combination was mismatched and unpleasant. Unfortunately, the only way to get the pork some moisture was to eat it with the chutney.
Dessert: The Pavlova got good reviews. The torte was very dense and rich. The pie was actually pretty good.
It was a warm evening, and yet we were only offered water once. I drained my glass within a few minutes, and although our waiter came to our table several times, he failed to notice it near the edge of the table and refill it.
It's nice to see Barrie with a restaurant that tries something creative, but I've definitely experienced much better. Meals like this one remind me of some of the spectacular meals for the same price that I've enjoyed in Toronto, San Francisco, and New York - not because it's up to the same standard, but because it makes me wish that this had been one of those meals instead. -
Review from Julian D.
Barrie, ON
5/14/2009
I've been to Oscar's many (more than 10) times in the past year, and was only disappointed once (an overcooked steak when chef/owner Randy Feltis was out for the night). Their $30 three-course meal is delicious and varied, with offerings changing from day to day and season to season.
The staff at Oscar's created Barrielicious, which has been a wild success for all local restaurants that participate, and they ran a great promotion during the entire month of March: pay what you want! You were given the standard $30 prix fixe menu, and at the end asked what you thought the meal was worth. I paid $25 on the visit with the overcooked steak (an anomaly, as I mentioned), and $35 on my second visit that month.
If you have room in your stomach and a whole evening to while away, try their $60 tasting menu/chef's table -- an absolute steal!
The wait staff are fabulous and attentive, and the food is scrumptious. -
Review from Yvonne Y.
10/4/2008
Had the 3-course prix fixe meal: Crabcake, duck breast and plum/peach crumble. crabcake, not much taste of crab. Duck breast, it was chewy. Best part was dessert. When I overheard my waiter providing recommendations to the other table, he didn't recommend either of those two dishes.
