The Observatory

Wow! Wow! And WOW! What a beautiful experience for dinner! We snow shoed several hours in fresh powder before dinner. The 3 course fondue was perfect for refuel with cheese fondue, protein with salmon, prawns and scallops, and chocolate for dessert! Lotti our server was exceptional! The views are worth a million! Great music, ambiance, and champagne were icing on the cake

So it's been years since we have been up to Grouse. I guess I am going to be the first to review the fondue menu. Here we go: first course cheese fondue with bread and fingerling potatoes. 4/5 stars could easily be 5/5 with more bread options and purple and gold potatoes. 2nd course. 2/5 here is where they lost a full star for me. The meat we had Beef, Scallops and Shrimp. Quality was good but everything had no seasoning. Veggies Broccoli, Carrots, and Bok Choy. The main issue with this course is the seasoning of the meats. Now the next issue. The broth...... sigh when you have meat and veggies that are unseasoned your broth needs to be way more seasoned and be the star. Unfortunately this failed. I asked for salt and added a lot! The other problem is you are give BBQ sauce and Terryaki sauce to mix in or use on your food I think it was Sweet Baby Rays bbq. A lot of help would be something to really spice the broth get creative here. 3rd course 5/5 chocolate fondue great waffles pineapple and marshmallows chocolate was good bitter just enough. Service good and prompt elevated a bit other servers talked more about how to do the fondue. I mentioned the issues with the broth and they only charged us for a 2 course meal. Handled well and hopefully the feedback is made to the manager and chef. Over all nice experience we love Grouse. It was a good experience we weren't expecting a superb meal but some improvements could be made to make this great or a tailed experience food wise but the view and service saved a two star review.

Spectacular location. Food presentation is as picturesque as the view from the restaurant itself. The service is similarly exceptional. Considering the amount of effort/time it takes to go for a meal here, it is quite disappointing that you cannot choose where you'll be seated -1 star). The whole point of this place is to sit at a window. We've been lucky enough to always get a good seat, but I feel bad for those that took all the time to come here, and didn't get a window. So, please let people choose their seats when they make the reservation. Have someone redesign the seating, perhaps having steps or something else to make all the tables have a good view out of the window.

The meal was acceptable however to be honest I've had butter steak at the The Keg for a much more reasonable price. The bread was admittedly (by their staff) heated frozen bread, and when our entrees took over an hour to arrive, our request for extra bread was fulfilled however we found out they had actually charged us for a section portion of bread! I included photos of our dishes; the grilled octopus, butter poached chicken, AAA beef tenderloin and ling cod. Altogether you're more paying for the view than the quality of the food, which was good but not great. The literal exact same view is acceptable from the bar next door which is much cheaper as well as it is free to walk on the deck.

It's all about the view but food is not too bad ..just a. Bit pricey Great option when you have a full family wanting to chillax and mingle at the top of tjeointain