Canyon Creek

Canyon Creek is a very popular family style restaurant located across the street from Scarborough Town Centre that offers great seafood and meaty dishes during the lunch and dinner hours.  The prices are reasonable, the staff is often quite courteous and the food is remarkably pretty good.  If one is looking for a great dining experience and an area where they can host a huge party, then Canyon Creek could be a good choice for you.  In the summer time, they also open up the patio so that one can enjoy a fantastic meal outdoors.

Being here many times in the past, I truly enjoy their full rack Baby Back Ribs ($29.95).  This very juicy full rack of ribs where the meat literally falls of the bone and is backed by their sensational barbeque sauce is one of the best dishes here at this restaurant.  Come to think of it, I think every time I come into this restaurant, it's practically the only thing I ever order from here.  The baby back ribs also comes with 2 sides of your choice which includes salads, french fries or mashed potatoes.  The meat was very tender and very well seasoned and what I liked the most was that it was uniformed from start to finish.

BBQ Baby Back Ribs

The Prime Rib ($27.95) was huge to say the least.  I think we ordered a smaller prime rib and somehow got the biggest one in the kitchen.  The prime rib was asked to be made to medium rare however the edges of the prime rib were a tad well done.  Still the prime rib too was juicy and the combination of the gravy and black pepper sauce really enlightened the meat.  The potato was also something that was nothing to sneeze at.  It was fully loaded with cheese and bacon bits and again was gigantic.  The dish also came with a horseradish sour cream for one's potato or meat.  This meal was truly built for someone who has a huge appetite because once one was finished with this meal, one would not want to move another inch.

12 Ounce Prime Rib

For dessert, the Molten Chocolate Cake came highly recommended ($7.95).  This is supposedly a beautiful chocolate ganache filled cake with a scoop of ice cream on the outside.  Unfortunately somewhere along the way, the dessert although ordered later in the evening was somehow forgotten in the back.  It never arrived but luckily after we brought it to the attention of the waiter, the manager appeared and gave us two very hot Molten Chocolate Cakes for the price of one.  He apologized for the oversight and made everyone happy at the table.  The cake itself was very sweet and very rich in chocolate.  It was steaming hot when one sliced it open and it was quite delicious.  The vanilla ice cream on the side was actually not even as sweet as the chocolate cake.  The chocolate was quite creamy and thick on the inside but flowed very well when cut into two.  The chefs did not disappoint, that was for sure.

Molten Chocolate Cake

Overall, it was a good experience nonetheless.  I hadn't been back for quite some time and the food was still exceptionally well done.  The ribs were a treat and the atmosphere was pleasant.  The manager certainly got bonus points for delivering an extra dessert to us for lost dessert.  That is what one would call good customer service and that was something that everyone at the table will not forget.  Despite having so much competition all around them, they still deliver on good quality food.  Overall I give them a 4 out of 5.

Canyon Creek
430 Progress Avenue
Scarborough, Ontario

416-296-1400