Legends Nova Scotia Lounge - Enfield

I should be in Halifax airport half an hour before my flight to Deer Lake, NL. But we were an hour late to Toronto, so I missed my connecting flight and had a 2.5-hour waiting time for the next flight to Deer Lake. I had lunch in legends... it's the only restaurant if you're safe, so there's no great choice. There are VLTs in the restaurant if you are lucky. I ordered a club sandwich (minus of salad) with boiler chips. It was okay. I'm not a big fan of boiler chips, so most of them leave. Melinda was my server and she was quick and friendly.

There was a hair on our food, and the only good beer on the menu was unavailable. High prices, bad food.

For most of my life I haven't traveled a whole lot, but nonetheless it's still surprising that I've never been to Legends in all my years of air travel. It's only one of a couple options for adult beverages on the domestic departures side, so you think I would have popped in for refreshments, but no. I took the initiative on my most recent flight out of YHZ when I needed my breakfast fix but wasn't feeling like a Tim Horton's breakfast sandwich. It was still fairly empty when I arrived, as it was just after 10am, so there there only a couple other tables occupied. The VLTs weren't even on yet! I was greeted quickly, grabbing an OJ while I perused the menu. There were a handful of breakfast options, and I settled on the Nova Scotia Breakfast which comes with two eggs, a house made fish cake, home fries, toast and green tomato chow. My food came out extremely quick, and I soon saw why, as it appeared that the kitchen is all about cooking things on the highest heat possible to crank out food. The eggs and toast were immediately noticeable as being overcooked/burnt. The toast was only marginally salvageable because of the yolks of my eggs, but even then they still tasted burnt. As for the eggs, the bottom of them were dark brown and a tough, leathery mess. My home fries had a mildly herby seasoning on them, but in stark contrast to the toast and eggs, they could have used more time on the flat top to get some colour. The fish cake was thick and had a generous dose of fish inside, and while I prefer my fish cake with breading on the outside, this was still a perfectly fine fish cake. The cup of chow added some tangy sweetness to the dish. I also appreciated that the OJ was Minute Maid and not one of those tiny bottles of Fairlee that are a complete rip off. The service was quick and friendly, and I was in and out in about 30m. Legends seems to suffer from the mediocrity that all the restaurants at YHZ seem to have they're all managed by the same company that has the food service contract for the airport and there isn't the type of ownership of the business or competition to motivate these places to do well. Legends will do if you want a sit down meal or pre flight drink, but don't set the bar too high.

Not many options at the domestic terminal after security, not many options at this small airport at all but it meets your standard requirements of booze and TV. They have couple of TVs for the sports aspect of the name, and all your standard booze and beers for the bar portion. I had a Rickards White Ale and it was in the neighborhood of $8-9, not bad considering it is an airport bar in Halifax. The bartender was really nice and they even have outlets behind the bar so you can plug in and charge your stuff while you are drinking the time away. This is not fancy or pantsy, your average bar in an airport.

Legends Sports Bar is the only sit down full service option at the Halifax airport once you are upstairs waiting for a flight. The food is standard sports bar fare. I had a BBQ pizza that had too much cheese, but was otherwise decent. Expect rather institutional food that is edible, but not amazing. The cheesecake might have come from Costco, but it was good. Surprisingly, the service here is very good. While it may not be the norm, my server was excellent with everything from special requests to refills.