There are lots of pricey, upscale restaurants in Toronto that cost a lot but deliver delicious food.
Unfortunately, I'd have to say Fire on the East Side is not one of them.
The layout of the restaurant is nice - a big upstairs area and a place you can rent out for parties. The downstairs has a large main room with a big open wall that opens up to a patio on the street. There are also some side tables and the restaurant is connected to Fly nightclub for those who feel like getting down after they chow down.
The food is a sort of a mish-mash of spicy deep south USA cooking. A lot of Louisiana-style meals like jambalya and blackened chicken are on the menu. As I was on kind of a budget, I ordered their spinach salad for $11. I have to say I was pretty disappointed with it. It came with bacon, green beans. onions, peppers, feat cheese and mushrooms.
But when it arrived at the table, it literally looked like they had just thrown some bacon on some spinach from a container. There were hardly any toppings and the salad was pretty small. For $11 I would have expected a little more food and some added flavour - I could have made that exact same salad at home for a 1/4 of the price.
For the price and service, I wouldn't recommend going here for dinner.