The Canteen on Portland - Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Great lunch with a very delicious difference from the usual meals in Nova Scotia. The soup of the day was a Thai peanut, excellent flavor. Special day with asparagus. Waited 15 minutes for a table, well worth it👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Went back next day for dinner! Seafood chowder and carrot cake.

Food and cocktail were good, and a service was perfect! 👌 But if the restaurant supposed to be as French & Italian cuisine.. Please, Italian restaurant must have an espresso machine! And one more small advise - on every table or with a bill - there should be toothpicks as well.😏 Anyway, thank ... you for this wonderful place! ❤️ It's a bit different from the other local restaurants! It was enjoyable! Will come back when they will have an espresso machine! 😉 Read more

Stopped here for out first dinner of our vacation in Nova Scotia. Had heard great things about the crobster roll. It was indeed delicious, tender and satisfying. Fries were good. Husband had the scallop risotto which was great according to him. Friendly service, super cute ... atmosphere. Read more

Amazing food & drinks. Service was excellent and atmosphere was very nice. Our waiter was super friendly and had a great sense of humour. He was very knowledgeable about the menu. I ordered the Crobster Roll with fries, as I’ve heard great things about it and it’s currently in season! My partner ... ordered Ricotta Gnocchi, which is only on the menu for a limited time. Everything was delicious. The seafood on my roll was super fresh and my fries nice and crispy, and lightly seasoned. My partner also really loved her gnocchi (I had a taste and can agree that it was fantastic). For drinks, I ordered the Portland Street Paloma and my partner ordered a featured Margarita. Both drinks were amazing and we were very satisfied. We didn’t order dessert because we got full, but will definitely visit again. Read more

After our first taste of the soup of the day and seafood, we asked for a bottle of Prosecco because we were not going to rush the experience. Our dishes were amazing. The lobster roll was probably amazing too. I don't know because my wife ate it all. We had ... the pleasure of being tended to by Michael, who was gracious and welcoming. We will miss Halifax because of places just like this. Read more