Union Kitchen + Cocktails

This is one of the most underrated spots in Kingston for food. Their drink menu is unique and delicious but the food is even better. It’s obvious a lot of effort has gone into their menu and the flavour combinations are incredible. The presentation & quality of the food was amazing, definitely a must try!

Visited 3rd of December, 2022. My friends and I sat at the bar. The holiday seasonal cocktails were delicious: I had the Chai Martini and a second one called something like “Lemon Meringue”, I believe. I also had two of each of their four different market price oysters. Our bartenders were swamped but appeared so chill, which kept us at ease and left us in cool admiration of their skills. Thank you Union for ensuring our time in Kingston was memorable for all the right reasons!

This place was great. I loved the seating area and the drinks were amazing. The waiters were very kind and gave us great recommendations for what to try. This place even had the best burger I've ever had. If you ever go to Kingston you should definitely go to Union Kitchen + Cocktails.

Good service, the staff were nice and friendly. The wait for food was a bit long understaffed in the back that day, but the person at the door gave us that heads up so we were expecting it. Water was given immediately and constantly refilled. Very clean and well furnished inside. Good atmosphere with decent drinks. The food was good, one of the better burgers and fries I’ve had. equal to somewhere like Harpers or The Works.

We went here from brunch with so.e friends that were coming from out of town. My partner ordered the salmon benedict and I ordered the spinach benedit. The food was served quickly and it was very delicious. We will definitely be coming back and recommending this place to anyone else looking for a great brunch/dinner spot!

The food at the Union is extraordinary, and the staff is always so friendly. I love that they update their menu with the latest trendy dishes. I never leave here hungry!!

We heard they had the best oysters so we stopped in but had the mussels instead. We were not disappointed. The mussels were very fresh and smothered in a delicious sauce. It's so disappointing when one orders mussels and they stink like horse poo...but not at Union!

We had never been here before, just visiting family from out of town. We were looking for breakfast. The menu choices were limited for breakfast two choices-one regular breakfast choice and 4 variety of Benedict-counts as 1 “choice”. We get it, it’s Covid period-long weekend 2021, smaller menus. Because of the small menu we expected excellent food seemed fair. The size was good, not too big, the eggs were good/fair along with the meat. The potatoes were okay but the toast and English muffin were very dry, very little butter and extremely toasted. The fruit also didn’t seem overly fresh. The flavours were bland…and we weren’t offered salt and pepper, just ketchup. There was also no offer to refill our coffee or beer 11:30am-12:30pm Will not return.

This place has truly gone downhill over the last year or so. The food has remained consistently okay probably less quality now, but the service and personality of the staff have declined dramatically. There was a time when this was the go-to spot for my wife and me, and we loved to host our friends here constantly. Sadly we have decided to move on. The staff now are not remotely comparable to the staff they had a year or so back. We used to enjoy sitting at the bar, but now the bartenders don’t even acknowledge your existence or care to engage. For the past two summers, my wife and I enjoyed oysters and wine at the bar with the outgoing bar staff, who were knowledgeable and attentive. We would rave about the outstanding service. We used to walk past and make a decision to go in for a drink or a bite just based solely on the staff we saw working the bar. Our favourite bartenders were Connor and Kai sp?, who would remember our drinks of choice, and our names and just genuinely cared. We sadly have not seen them in a very long time. The manager, whose name escapes me, a young brunette, has been nothing short of unhelpful when we have had issues or feedback. Shows no interest in listening or rectifying a poor experience. Overall, if you are looking to feel welcomed at a local joint, this is not the place. Sad, but true.

Was really looking forward to this spot but unfortunately had a poor experience. Came for a Sunday brunch which is obviously a busy time, but our experience couldn't be excused to business alone. Wait time for 3 breakfast dishes was 50 minutes. When we asked our server for an update, we were met with hostility and attitude from the waitress, who said "oh nobody told you? our kitchen is backed up and it'll be another 20 minutes, this is normal for a Sunday morning". That is totally fine if this is what we can expect, but there was no need for the way she spoke to us and the attitude she had. A table of three next to us who sat down 15 minutes after us got their food before us. Once our food finally arrived, my eggs were cooked hard asked for over easy and my friend's eggs were lightly poached with a lot of runny egg white asked for poached soft. We decided at this point to speak to a manager but didn't want to send the plates back as we already waited so long for the food. Manager was very nice and reasonable and provided some discounts on our meals which we appreciated. Also, not exactly sure if related but my friends and I all experienced 2-3 days of sickness after this meal and it was the only thing we ate that day so we think its related. We had vomiting, fatigue, weakness, aches and fever : TLDR: Overall nice, busy atmosphere but with the issues we had, I wouldn't recommend. Manager was helpful and kind but the reality is we could have had a better breakfast experience at an old diner for half the price.

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