Hidden away in Toronto east, I was hoping that Le Papillon would be a gem that I could use to try to lure my friends into dining in my area. The restaurant is beautiful, the atmosphere and setup were just gorgeous. It is unfortunate that the food and service was not up to par.
I booked the reservation through Open Table and came here with a group of 6. The bread and whipped butter was tasty and went well with the French onion soup that I had. The French onion soup was delicious and tasted a bit like a gravy, but not too salty like my other French onion soup experiences. The entrees were not fantasic. I had a dish that was layered baked vegetable and it was flavourless and tasted under-cooked.
Seeing the unimpressed expression on my friend's face as well, I asked if she wanted to trade. She had a brothy meat dish that was interesting in the number of ingredients but was also not impressive. As we continued to pass around our bland dishes, the only one that was good was the salmon with quinoa but even that wasn't anything fancy. It was a disappointing experience overall with the servers that took forever to bring out the bill.
Really disappointing, and even more so since it is pricey. I wish we had gone to The Keg instead.