Claude Watson School for the Arts — Kid-friendly Storytime & Classes in Toronto, Ontario

What parents say

• HEARTBURN

  When I heard about the fine cuisine served at this place I was just dazzled at the suprise of all the chef's and waiters waiting to take my order. The service and the food is very good. The food I ordered was put on my table with the smells entered my nose. The delicacy they put into the food is gourmet. Although I was not able to eat inside the cafeteria at their VIP "lunch time tables" the outside patio is wonderful for eating as well. I usually went all around the season but the buffet is amazing. Food is never left alone and is all put into good use. Fantastic I would recommend to my 17 children but the restaurant only had tables for 16. So I left one of them into the car. However still wonderful experience.

• Nicole Cui

  Came here around a week ago in the afternoon with a few old friends to meet up and reconnect. The service was amazing, from the moment we walked in. The waiters and waitresses were extremely friendly, and we got a table quickly. The overall atmosphere was friendly, with quiet background music the entire time. We all ordered different meals, but my friends agreed with me that the food was amazing. However, my meal could have used a bit more flavouring, as it was a tiny bit bland. Our only concern was that the restrooms could have been cleaner. I would recommend Claude Watson to anyone who enjoys gourmet dishes that aren't too expensive. Overall, an amazing local restaurant that reflects the community well.

• Yiding Guo

  Have been here everyday for the past 5 years since 2017 and let me tell you the food has never let me down once. Serving all types of cuisines, I have come to love all the food they serve here. Although there have been some eh moments in the resturant, the wow moments outshine it and it's truly incredible. Can't wait to come back in the future. Don't forget to drop by!

• Sean Oh

  This restaurant was a tremendous place, the waiters there were extremely friendly, and helped me a lot, better than other restaurants in my opinion. They even served bananas, and uniquely enough some chicken butts. I have been eating at this restaurant ever since 2019. It was nothing like the other restaurants. There were also many other people who were dining who slowly became my friends and met them almost everyday in this restaurant. Sadly, 2 of really great waiters will sadly be retiring, one known for making us show work, mentioning a lot of cartoon characters, and many dad jokes which we all TOTALLY loved. And the other who is known to have a clues drama games, one I consider stranger danger asking them to stay 10 meters away from me which sadly is now probably more than 1km away from me now. Which I am upset about. The waiters here are marvelous and never seen any other waiters like them since they were that good, and will never forget them. Some getting other people who are dining to dance, sing, act, play instruments, do a live Picasso show for the rest of us. The diners there were quite odd sometimes asking for well done beef from the other diners or the waiters. Well I highly recommend ordering the Banana and chicken butt special, yes I know quite a weird name for a food item but highly recommend it. I would recommend this place as it is unique and have staffs who are really great at cooking their foods in the best way possible unlike other restaurants, and has years upon years of experience. -Student of 24 known as banana man or chicken butt person or person who made 2 waiters dance and one of them disliked themselves dancing (I am talking about the ones who retired) (also apologies if my writing skills are at the absolute bottom since I am currently sleep deprived)

• Niño Vil

  This is hands-down the best restaurant in the WORLD. I can't believe they even made something like this. The waiters were very kind, totally not targeting, and served the best food there was! I absolutely LOVED the service here. Some waiters would only serve us take-out, though. The only problem I had was that I upgraded my membership to tier 8, and I was still only able to go off premises on Fridays, even though LAST year, tier 8s were able to go off premises every day. I should have stayed in tier 7. Anyway, my favourite dishes were "Close Your Chromebook Alex", "Alex Are You Gaming", "I'm Checking GoGuardian", and "Alex, I am Sending This Screenshot To Your Parents". My favourite discount code was "Alt+Tab", which could give you 67% off of "Alex" dishes! They COULD work on the shelf sizes, though. My height would never let me reach the Cakes in the dessert section. I came to this restaurant every single day, and met some very nice people. That includes Badriek Friends, Sef Ztone, Cheydin Vung, Mickolis Finkerhutes, Ellisha Lublee, and Keylin Puhkel. (Love you guys!) Okay for real now. I really don't want to make a satire review of this school. It's fun, but I want to say goodbye to it properly. I could make a full 30-minute speech about how much I love this place, and I'm placing this review before I graduate so I won't feel bad at grad. Heh, that rhymes. Anyway, I can't make a full speech at my graduation, so I'm putting it here. Through the years of coming here every week has changed me as a person. I've learned not just arts and academics, but it has really disciplined me to stick to my craft and never let go of it. Applying to this school was confusing, and I didn't know what was ahead of me, but what came was some of the best friends, funny GCs, and the cutest hg ever 😉. Speaking for the full class of 26, we all made some good decisions and bad ones, but there is every reason to say that those decisions, good or bad, led up to some GREAT things. I mean, guys, I know grade 7 was hard, but it's a fun thing that I want to go back to, just for the thrill of it. I really hope we all have great lives after we graduate, and I love you guys with ALL my heart ❤️. btw this took 30 mins out of my time so thanks! By your best songwriter, Niño Vil