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| - This is a bit of an unconventional review, since I came to George for an intimate wedding, but I thought I'd put it out there that this was one of the best affordable upscale restaurants in Toronto, on top of the fact that it is a fantastic wedding venue.
There's a gorgeous courtyard in the back where our friends "walked down the aisle". On a hot summer day, it is shaded and perfect for cocktails and mingling about, though a warning for the ladies, stilettos do get stuck in cobblestones. The interior of the restaurant is warm, beautifully decorated and acoustically perfect. There was maybe 50 of us, and we all got the 5 course meal, which took just the right amount of time between speeches to come out.
I have a fuzzy memory of the dishes, but I do recall an excellent tenderloin, with an intricate fingerling potato chips side, and a very tasty halibut with jerusalem artichoke puree, as well as some scallops as a starter that were just divine!
Only complaint was that since the wedding was on a Sunday, the staff seemed more eager to leave and would take away our plates that weren't finished, or our drinks that weren't empty. As a result, a few unfinished cups of a really vintage scotch that my buddy saved for the special occasion was poured out.
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