Stonesedge Kitchen: Hipster brunch in Whistler
Stonesedge Kitchen is a cute hipster restaurant inside Whistler village right next to Buffalo Bill’s. They opened in 2014 and offer locally sourced, casual plates. I make sure to grab brunch here each time I visit Whistler.
Interior
The restaurant interior is what I consider hipster rustic – wooden chairs and tables, antlers on the wall, food being served on wooden cutting boards, etc. They also have a nice outdoor patio.
Brunch beverages
When you look at the beverage section of the menu, you will notice that all of their drinks have alcohol in them – mimosa, caesar, ketel mule, espresso martini, etc. Don’t worry, you can order them without alcohol.
We ordered basic ice coffee.
Brunch food
Breakfast poutine ($18)
Stonesedge Kitchen’s brunch menu is seasonal so you will see different menu items depending on when you go, but one item that seems to remain on is the breakfast poutine.
The breakfast poutine comes with a potato medley, cheese curds, red pepper and onion relish, fresh spinach, 2 poached eggs and hollandaise sauce.
I find the potato medley to be delicious – they use different types of potatoes and sweet yams, giving it not only different colours, but different flavours too. The pepper and onion relish is sweet and sour and depending on what you mix your eggs and potatoes with, it can taste a little different each time.
Chicken benny ($17)
My boyfriend tries the chicken benny – fried chicken and corn relish on top of butternut milk waffle pieces. 2 soft poached eggs on top served with hot hollandaise sauce and a side of potato medley.
Now aesthetically, this is not the best plate of chicken & waffles I have seen. The chicken look like chicken tenders and the skin does not look crispy enough.
My boyfriend, however, really enjoys this dish and says it is better than the fried chicken and waffles he had when we ate at Jam Cafe. He likes the corn relish and the hot hollandaise sauce, which has a bit more spice than the usual (notice how his sauce is more red and mine is more yellow).
Related: Read our review of Jam Cafe, a brunch place in Kitsilano with a 1 hour wait.
Final thoughts
Our total bill came to $55 for 2 ice coffees and 2 brunch items.
I still love Stonesedge Kitchen’s brunch and I’ve actually heard good reviews about their dinner service, specifically the ribs, so perhaps I will try their dinner menu next time. Service can feel a little slow but the staff are still kind and helpful. Substitutions are usually allowed. One time I ate here, another person at my table wanted to replace the spinach in the breakfast poutine to something else and they easily changed it to arugula for her.
One thing I saw on their brunch menu before is a breakfast charcuterie board. I haven’t seen it since but the next time I see it, I will definitely order it.