I dined at Smash with a group of friends last night.
The decor is pretty modern for a restaurant in a strip mall in Markham. The place reminds me of a Milestones.
The service was okay, but the servers struck me as inexperienced. We had one mess up on the food order after a lengthy conversation about the omission of a certain ingredient, and I was treated rudely when I tried to move out of the way when one of us was served an appetizer.
I ordered the portobello and quinoa salad which was okay. My husband had the Americano pizza which was good. Overall, the food was good but not great.
The prices are okay and there's lots of parking. The plating was modern and well done. The portion sizes were sufficient.
They didn't automatically charge us a gratuity because we were a large group which was a huge plus.
All in all, I would only come back if one of my friends really wanted to eat here.