The Secret Garden Restaurant

This was a delightful surprise for us in an area where the restaurants are seriously overpriced. The décor is a serious throwback to the Nineties in color and tchotchkes, but in a cute sort of way. We went there for lunch twice because it was relatively reasonably priced, the food was tasty, and portions were generous. The big salad lived up to its name and satisfied my husband. The BLT sandwich was generous with the bacon, and the croissant was rich and buttery. The chili was hearty and tasty. The price is still elevated from what I would normally expect to pay for a similar meal, but it was downright reasonable for the Niagara area.

View was excellent! Watched the falls while eating lunch. Food was good. Service was good. Portion size was average. Drinks were ok.

Everything was great. Dog friendly patio even dog options on the menu. They brought out even a water bowl for my dog. Super happy to have a place I could see the falls and sit outside with my dog. Surrounded by the garden. Just an overall great meal, filling and great taste.

This place checked all the boxes for me. Beautiful view, super friendly and attentive staff, and good hearty home style food. We ordered the pancakes with bacon, and ham &eggs breakfast with coffee. No complaints. A
Yoy can browse the gift shop while you wait for food (but service was really speedy).

The service was great. Our waitress was Alexa and she was very kind, friendly, and helpful! The outside of the restaurant has beautiful gardens and it was super fun to explore. The inside seemed kind of outdated but the outdoor tables had a slight view of the falls. I'd give the food a 3/10. Everything tasted like it was frozen/reheated. It was edible and not worth complaining about but mostly because I didn't feel convinced that they'd be able to provide anything fresh. The "Heinz" ketchup tasted like they put something else in a Heinz bottle. The cheese in the stuffed shells was super dry (like it had been frozen). It could be worth going here if you want something basic like a smoothie or something that doesn't require the food to be "made fresh."

The service was friendly and the view of the American Falls was nice, but the food was not good. Ordered the special a dry chicken breast slathered in Italian dressing with tomato soup they called gumbo. I guess it did have okra in it. There’s not much good food in Niagara Falls, but there has to be better food than this.

After a ton of walking around on both the American side and Canadian side of the Falls, we were super hungry and I (dramatically) decided I needed to eat before walking back over to America.
Service was a little slow, but overall the food was good and seemed decently priced. I had pouting fries, which the gravy was super yummy! though it seemed more like just shredded cheese than cheese curds but was still good 👍 my fiancé had a burger and loved it and the chicken fingers were good too! Conveniently right near the pedestrian Bridge across the border and the outside seating is a nice view of the American Falls.