Come savor a delightful dish at Cook's Shop The Restaurant. This restaurant features a variety of pizzas and pasta for 11$ to 25$. You can get there by bicycle.
If anyone out there loves lamb like we do then this is the place to have it. Generous portions and melt in your mouth cuts! Husband had the rack (approx 6-7 chops) and I had the medallions (5) and they were delicious. Daughter had the filet mignon and it also was done to perfection.
As for the salad served with it....lettuce were full leaves so hard to handle and the frozen vegetables were overdone ...... the meal would of been much better maybe served with small roasted potatoes!!! Otherwise it was delicious! Thumbs up!
This place is a total gem in downtown Windsor. A rare find. Extremely reasonable prices, huge portions, and a fine-dining atmosphere (8-22$). I've been going here for years and always leave happy. Service is super efficient and professional.
Order a pasta appetizer, and your waiter cooks it right at the table. Jessica served me last time and was wonderful, super attentive and kind.
I had fond memories of Cook's Shop from when I lived in Windsor in the 80's, and read some good reviews here, so took my mother for a birthday dinner and we were all greatly disappointed.
The service was polite and attentive, but the food was not at all what we expected. My filet was excellent. that is where the quality ends unfortunately. Cook's shop was always known for their excellent pasta, and indeed they tout it's tableside preparation on the menu. Our party had both the carbonara and alfredo and neither were up to par. The carbonara was completely lacking in flavor, and there was no evidence of any bacon or egg in the dish, merely a bowl of spaghetti floating in a thin runny milky sauce. The fettucine alfredo managed to be both dry and tasteless and also floating in a thin, runny, flavorless sauce, which could have been the same concoction as the carbonara. It was impossible to tell them apart, since they both lacked any character. The rack of lamb was not like any we had ever seen. Extremely thin (less than 1/2" thick!) pieces of lamb cooked to an unappealing shade of gray. The filet mignon was the only high point of the meal and was cooked to perfection. Even the garlic bread and salad were sub par, with the bread being tiny pieces of squishy white bread with a garlic concoction, and the salad was also lackluster.
We had a reservation and arrived early and were the first patrons, so a busy kitchen was not the problem. Although our pasta was cooked (badly) tableside, Later patrons were not treated to the same. Their pasta was brought to the table in stainless steel bowls already prepared.
Bringing my group to the Cook's shop proved to be embarassing to me after having given it such a buildup. I have had better pasta at chain restaurants.
Side note: the wine list was straight from the 70's. when was the last time you saw Mateus, Casal Mendes, Maria Christina and Colli Albani all featured on the same menu?
My previous experiences were good. Last night wasnt so good. I have to agree with whats being said about the bald waiter. Stay away. His accent doesnt add nothing to the table. He appeared to be in a rush the whole time. It wasnt even busy.....a sunday night. Wasnt too impressed with the trout. I had much better. My dad had the salmon and he wasnt too impressed either.....small portions with no taste that jumped out at u...at least it didnt taste fishy. Maybe increase the prices and serve something that will fill u up. I recommend the pastas and meats.
Needed no reservation
A wonderful first impression place.
If you want to impress your date take her here.
Very reasonable prices. Service could not have been any better.
Romantic candle lit place where you and you loved one can dine and seem as your the only customers.
Pasta prices $12.95
Mussels $8.95
New york steak 22.95
Large Cesar Salad. (whole Head Almost)
I hate to say it but I will not go anywhere else for a night out with the misses. Thank you Cook shop.
