The Open Cork Eatery & Lounge

It is one of my most favorite places around this area. Food is wonderful, staff are well trained and very friendly. Dishes are served within a reasonable time, any issues we ever had they resolved in seconds.
We are regular guests there :) Favorite meals: blackened chicken Caesar salad, fried calamari, seafood platter and chicken parmigiana)) Lots of parking and very cozy summer patio :)
This location is great for any celebration, for example we rented their back room for a 25^th birthday party.

Came here for a birthday with 8 close friends.
I had made reservations prior, so when we showed up the table was ready and we were seated quickly, although Reservations have been tough to make before (I come here often). They have also renovated recently, bar area is really nice.
The food here is good, it’s not amazing, mouth watering, let’s write a cook book about it, but for the price you pay and the serving size you receive, it’s great.
I show up hungry, always leave full and my wallet leaves happy. Keep it up!

This restaurant has so much promise but inconsistent with Service. My Food was very good. but steak ordered beside me had a lot or Grisel.
Ordered Guinness which wasn’t poured properly and served in a Budweiser glass. Moved from the restaurant to the bar and stood at the bar for over 5 minutes before being served.
Will try again soon to see if this was just an off night.

Friendly service, great cooking skill on seafood. Noisy at times. A must visit for foodies !!

The word that comes to mind is average… everything about this restaurant could be summed up as average. There was nothing that stuck out as overly terrible or great. We went here for a business lunch, service was friendly, décor was nice, and the restaurant itself was at a decent location in correlation to where my company was.
The food was a bit lackluster. We ordered a couple of appetizers to start off with, some fried and grilled calamari. Straight off the bat, there were a couple of issues with texture, size and seasoning-​lacking in each department a bit. The grilled ones were abundantly notable with the under seasoning. The char marks left the meat of the calamari bitter and the lack of salt did not help to balance out the taste of the acidity of the tomato sauce and the bitterness. The bruschetta lacked the freshness and zest of the traditional dish, instead we got a heavy bread dish baked in cheese.
Moving onto the entrees, I ordered the Lamb chop, requested medium rare. Instead I received an under-​seasoned platter of medium-​well to well done lamb morsels. I would have loved a large piece rather than the 8 pieces of mini chops as those are notoriously difficult to cook to the right doneness. I was a little off putting that beyond the overcook and under seasoning, there was a slight (what I could only describe as-​for lack of a better word) «fishy» aftertaste. This seems to be the consensus of my fellow diners when it came to the red meats — both for their lamb and steak dishes.
I did not-​could not-​enjoy the dessert and drink menu as I was quite stuffed (bordering dangerous itis territory-​not a state I would voluntarily put myself in since there was half a work day left to conquer). The coffee and desserts offered, through testimonials, I heard were great and presentable.
The overall experience was not terrible. Service was great and relatively fast-​they were quick to accommodate for our needs. The waitress and hostess were friendly and quite professional. Prices were reasonable for the setting. It’s by no means a culinary must-​try but it’s a nice place to conduct corporate lunches and dinners due to their large variety of offerings.

I went to Open Cork on Valentine’s Day for the first time. The restaurant décor was beautiful, server was very cheerful and helpful and prices were very affordable. Unfortunately the food was a bit disappointing. It came with good portion but they used fake crab meat for the seafood pasta dish, caesar salad was lack of flavours and steak was kind of tough and lack of flavours.

The veal is terrible!
It tasted like cardboard. I couldn’t finish it. It might of been the bread crumbs.
The breaded chicken wasn’t good either. It wasn’t fully cooked, and again the breaded layer (bread crumbs) didn’t taste fresh.
The calamari is delicious. Prices are great! Good portions!

Let me just start off by saying I really enjoyed my time at Open Cork during our work Christmas dinner. Service was good. Forgot the name of our waiter but he was courteous and funny as hell. It felt authentically Italian. I ordered the seafood antipasta and lamb provencia; The portion sizes were generous and that’s putting it lightly! Only qualm the whole night was the seating arrangement as we were a big group of 20. They could have arranged and combined two tables together.

I came here a few years ago with family and I remembered the pasta being really good and the seafood portion being generous. My cousin decided to have her birthday dinner here and everyone was rubbing their bellies with satisfaction. My mother ordered the penne Gorgonzola which she enjoyed. I ordered the mussels in a white wine sauce, a side of pasta in a cream sauce and the house blush wine. It was perfect. I would not change a thing. They renovated the resturant and it has a very trendy lounge feel to it. This place is perfect for family dinners, drinks and conversations or date night.

Was awkwardly standing at the entrance, made eye contact with at least one waiter and wasn’t even acknowledged so me and my boyfriend ended up leaving after a few minutes because we just got the vibe that we weren’t welcome. Interesting customer service

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My first time here and I was pleasantly surprised. It is now one of my favorite restaurants in Mississauga. And I can’t wait to go back. Want the fine-​dining or lounge-​ey feel without having to pay, say, Cagney’s high prices? This is it. I want to try everything from their menu, but here’s what we did order:
Meat Cannelloni: Don’t be fooled by the size. This is such a share-​able portion! And absolutely delicious. I was craving cannelloni and #noregrets after this one.
Also, ordered one of the veal dishes. Cooked perfectly.
Margarita Rating: ⁵⁄₅ (Massive, rimmed with a ton of salt, just the way I like it)
Can’t wait to go back. If you want to try something new in Mississauga, this is it. Because chances are, you haven’t heard of it. Such a hideaway!

Good environment and food, if you get away without any problem or crossing the owner, will be fine, otherwise your night will be screwed. Never back again!!!

This place has so much potential. The food is pretty good and well priced. I really like the atmosphere; it has the feel of a downtown bar but in the suburbs. Here is my beef: if you’re going to spend the kind of money that you did renovating the place, spend a few bucks on training the servers. While the servers seem nice enough, they just seem to be lacking in knowledge and customer service. This happens every time I go there, which signals a problem with the management rather than the servers themselves. It’s too bad, cause this place could be a 5 star with a few tweaks.

I love this place they have great live entertainment, a great patio scene in the summer. Decent wine selection and food is great. I love the grilled calamari as well as the pizza’s r yummy. Nice modern décor, very clean. If you can get a seat by the fire place

My husband and I went for our anniversary. It was weird at first because wait two minutes before we were seated even though al of the staff were available. We made a reservation but no one asked for our names. We were lucky but this was a problem for other people as the dining area was booked with parties. Some people were frustrated because the dining area wasn’t available even though they requested it.
Our server was very nice. She provided suggestions and great recommendations.
We ordered bruchetta, soup and shrimp to start. Shared linguine sambuca. The food was really good. Honestly I usually don’t order pasta and I loved it. Good size portions and house bread was good. We got the Mango cheesecake to go.
It was reasonably priced. I’ve spent more at local chain restaurants.
I loved the décor. May have a bday there or something.

Finally came here with some friends to try out the food and was not disappointed!
I was a little apprehensive because some reviewers mentioned the service aspect but I found it was fine. The servers were pretty attentive and the food came reasonably fast.
For starters we had the Bruschetta, grilled calamari, steamed mussels in white wine and an arugula salad. (see my pics!)
My wife totally enjoyed the salad. Although we did find the mussels pretty small… the wine sauce was nice.
For mains, we had the seafood platter for 2, steak and a lobster pasta.
The seafood platter was huge! We ended taking about half of it home!
The steak was nicely done and so was the lobster pasta.
Finished up with a couple of shared cakes.
Overall a nice meal and nice atmosphere and a reasonable price.
I will be back!

It was ok, food good, waiter a bit curt, nice décor. If you are hungry, have a snack before you come to this place, it may be a while before they bring the main course. All in all I likely won’t return.

My friends have been raving about The Open Cork for years so I finally decided to join them for dinner just prior to Christmas. Let me tell you, this place did not disappoint. The restaurant itself is just beautiful inside. Nice tables with comfortable seating and super clean bathrooms. The service was outstanding and the owner came around and greeted everyone. They had a huge wine and mixed drink selection and even had Keiths on tap. It was hopping inside with a couple of big groups but mostly tables of four. Great value too.
The Poseidon Calamari was exceptional — good size serving, fresh, crisp, tasty and a delectable dipping sauce. I had the Orange Roughy and it was so fresh and prepared to perfection. The rice was al dente and it came with a nice variety of perfectly grilled vegetables like squash, baby bok choy and zucchini. My only complaint was that the king crab on top was the fake crab but they made up for it with lots of big, fresh shrimp on top. Two of my friends ordered the Linguine of the Sea and the other ordered Penne Gorgonzola and they all enjoyed their meals.
I plan to return next month with my husband and another couple!

Excellent food, good ambiance, good prices, but god awful service extraordinaire… andhas been like that for years. This place would be a knock out if they could get their service in order.

OMG THIS PLACE !!!
I can not stress to anyone how amazing this place is ! I love everything about it !
the staff is unbelievably perfect ! super nice, super attentive, gold stars for everyone !
The bathrooms were clean, everything was spotless. the food was delicious and very affordable, drinks were amazing as well, ive tried almost everything on the menu and I love it all ! I would definitely come back :)