I find it difficult to locate a good kosher meal in Toronto, which is odd given the large Jewish community. Montreal, in comparison, is a kosher bonanza!
My favourite part of Yitz's are the doors - when you walk in you're greeted by a sausage door handle. I mean come on! Can you get more awesome than that?!
I have only ever come here for gefilte fish and matzoh ball soup. The gefilte fish seems pretty standard issue and they give you a GYNORMOUS chunk of it. The matzoh ball soup is perfect for a winter day, and the chunk of matzoh is huge - but my complaint is about the soup, which tasted like they just used some Knorr soup mix. Prices were not exorbitant, but they were probably 15-20% higher than they needed to be.
We came here on a Saturday evening around 8PM, there were a ton of seats. The staff were attentive, but where we were sitting (at the back of the restaurant) was super cold.
I suspect that Yitz's is now just coasting on their reputation as the go-to kosher place in North Toronto despite not having great quality food - it looks like there is some room for a tastier challenger.