hotel saskatchewan dining room

mother's day brunch. what a delightfully delicious surprise! the atmosphere was grand and elegant. the maitre d, and serving staff were very friendly and accommodating while remaining professional. the food! my goodness! thefoodwas all fantastic. several selections instead of the traditional scrambled eggs and bacon. eggs benedict was absolutely the best i've ever eaten. right up there was also the tender herb smothered chicken. and the shrimp bisque with green apple and lemon grass. outstanding. they have the beat creme caramel i've had the pleasure of eating and i consider myself a creme carmel connoisseur. also enjoyable was the light and fluffy lemon poppy seed cheesecake. again, great service, pleasant staff, and wonderfully tasting food.

i've been impressed every time i've been. lunch buffet is excellent with lots of choices.

special dinner event: thefoodwas absolutely fantastic.

one of my favourites.

one word to describe my experience with dining and staying at this hotel would be disappointing. it wasn't for the lack of atmosphere, but rather the service staff that really made the experience unusually awful.

as me and my partner checked out of our hotel, we decided to try out the hotel restaurant before we went on with our journey. the restaurant was about 1/2 empty, and appeared to be fully staffed. we were shown our seats fairly quickly and ordered our drinks in a timely manner. our waiter left a dirty rag that he had used to wipe down the table after he spilt the coffee he was serving, which isn't a big deal. the issue here was that he forgot about it for half an hour.

thefoodat this restaurant is reasonably good. my eggs benedict had a very rich hollandaise and had the perfect yoke. in all, i don't have any complaints with regards to the food.

however, after finishing our meal, it took approximately 30 mins for someone to notice that we were done and another 30 mins to get our bill. when i spoke to a waitress with regards to getting our bill and the wait, she made a pretty rude comment under her breath and was very dismissixe with no apologies regarding our situation. i apologize if customers are the bain of her existence, but i'm sure she has better prospects in life as a middle aged server.

i'm not one to yell or be confrontational with situations like this. someone more arrogant may have dressed this lady down and would've gotten a manager involved. luckily neither happened, and she still has a job at this establishment.

thefoodwas excellent. the service was excellent. the hotel sask dining room has to be the fine dining spot in regina. the ambiance and decor has no match in regina. i just hope the new owners dont wreck this fine dining spot.

are the new owners ruining the hotels reputation?. i am a regular patron and have always had a high opinion of the hotel, the staff and thefoodservice. in many ways this historic hotel is the reputational anchor for high class hospitality in the city and province.
do the new owners appreciate that.?do they wish to maintain it's high standards? are they attempting to squeeze maximum revenues from operations by reducing the quality of service? is skimping on supplies and labor and staff time a way to please the shareholders and irritate regular guests? according to some it would seem so.

is the province's premiere hotel now being run by a bunch of skin flints wanting to squeeze every buck out of operations by reducing the quality of service, food, cleanliness and housekeeping so they can please the shareholders? how does it maintain it's standards if the staff are demoralized and frustrated by cutbacks?


-----25 mar, 2014-----

consistently first class.. my first choice for brunch, lunch and happy hour since the early seventies.foodand service has always been top notch, the long term staff are the best in the city, the dining areas are aesthetically beautiful, and the value for money is very reasonable.
the hotel has always treated their staff well and it shows in terms of how they treat their patrons.

very disappointed in the lunch buffet we had today. their website said they were serving a turkey dinner buffet. i called last night to inquire and front desk also said so, so we reserved a table. thefoodtasted terrible and everything was lukewarm and dried out. there was no sour cream for the perogies and the cabbage rolls were made with beef that tasted like it came from taco time. way over priced for what we received. we basically paid for the ambiance of the beautiful hotel. we will never return to this establishment again!

reputation would lead one to expect better. upon arrival we were greeted by staff, we were on time for our reservation, we gave the staff our info and then the restaurant phone rang, we were ignored for another minute, a second staff came to assist us but was rudely interrupted by the first girl when she hung up the phone. we were further ignored until the second staff person just walked away then the first girl looked at is again and said "reservation?"
once seated the service wasn't awesome and thefoodwas fairly unspectacular. what was spectacular however was the bill, two adults, one 6 year old and one three year old... $108
ouch!
i do not recommend hotel saskatchewan radisson for brunch.

best in many ways but not truly outstanding. i agree with another reviewer who wrote that hotel saskatchewan offers the best sunday brunch in town. it also probably offers the best special occasion (i.e., christmas dinner, mother's day, easter) buffet dining in town. that said, all other brunch buffets that i have visited in the city have been extremely disappointing and so the bar is not set very high for being the best. this review pertains mostly to the special occasion dining and their sunday brunch (it's been a while since i've been there for dinner but i have seen the dinner menu which did not strike me as particularly innovative although i heard that their chef is good).

the environment is elegant and clean. service often leaves a lot too be desired on special occasions (but is usually very good during regular sunday brunch). that is, on special occasions, they get busy and service can be sloppy at times withfooditems running out. one year, i had turkey there that was still bloody. another year, they lost my credit card (they located it eventually but they were looking for it for a while). some of the buffetfooditems are good (e.g., there is nice shrimp) and the range of options is satisfactory but many of the items are quite ordinary (both in execution and in type; perogies, cabbage rolls---i guess this is what many people want but i would expect more from a four diamond hotel). their desserts and breads (while plentiful and with good variety) leave a lot to be desired, in my opinion.
hotel saskatchewan is also one of the few places in town where high tea service is offered on weekends (technically, afternoon tea is considered low tea in britain but this is another story for another time). i have been there for high tea a few times (requires advance reservations) and have quite enjoyed it. one thing that i did not like was that their high tea trays were already on the table and covered with plastic wrap when we arrived. there was a recent article on the newspaper that they were improving their high tea service and so i hope that the plastic wrap issue has been resolved. regardless and despite some of my negative comments, i always enjoy hotel sask dining; its probably the beautiful environment and elegance rather than thefooditself but thefoodis, generally, good enough.

great brunch, the best in town. need to make a reservation, the seats fill up really fast. wide variety of food, refillfoodvery fast. love the omelet, roast beef and the desserts. it is 27 plus tax per person, can't go every weekend, but can try it once in a while.

we arrived and was asked d we wanted to sit in the lounge, we said sure but there was no seating so had to go to the back of the line and ask to be seated again, we were seated i waited for a server to get a tea but no one came so i went and got a plate from the buffet, continued to wait for a tea but still none, we had four dirty dishes on our table, as we left i informed the host we could have just eat and not paid, inspite of that the only reason i would go back is because he took care of our lunch for us. and thefoodcould have been slightly hotter

good for this city.... regina has yet to prove itself as a foodie destination. although this spot isn't the best and doesn't even compare to places in vancouver, kelowna, calgary, or edmonton even, it is goodfoodfor this city at the moment. really impeccable service and the brunch buffet is a good option for omelettes cooked to your liking in front of you and fresh/hot food.

expensive but worth it!!!!!. my wife and i wanted a buffet style sunday breakfast. the previouse sunday we went to perkins and waited. at hotel sask we basically walked right in. our server was great, and thefoodwas amazing. they had an omlette bar and a great variety of food, desert, and beverages. the coffee was very good. the only complaint i had was that the glasses for juice were tiny and the orange juice which may have been freshly squeezed, tasted kinda funny. i expected a big bill for the two of us, can't do it every sunday but i would if it was cheaper. it costs around $25 a person.

great brunch selection. the brunch buffet has a great lunch selection and the hotfoodis hot. lots of juices to choose from.