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| - I had the chance to try out the new trump tower restaurant the other day and as far as food goes I was blown away. There was a special even going on that took up the entire bottom floor of the restaurant but we were seated on the second floor overlooking the lower area and it did help in lowering the volume a bit.
Food:
The food quality, I had the 12 ounce Filet Mignon and it is probably in the top 5 steaks I have ever had in my life. I ordered it medium-rare and it was lightly charred on the outside and hot pink from the centre to the edge. Exactly how a steak should be done. As far as quality steaks in Toronto go, this beat out the filet I had at both barbarian and harbour 60.
My buddy ordered the beef short ribs. They were fall off the bone tender in an amazing sauce.
We started with the charcuterie board. Nothing too new that you can't find at the hoof, and a tad pricey for the size but very good nonetheless.
As sides we got the frites and asparagus. the asparagus was fairly standard but the frites were excellent, a bit salty, but that's how I prefer them anyways.
For dessert we had the chocolate cart. Due to the event we did not get to choose of the cart instead our server brought us a broad selection of different things on a board. Nothing was disappointing but the peanut butter truffle, the dark chocolate caramel truffle, the milk chocolate bark with peanuts and caramel, and the honey and caramel covered almonds definitely stood out as excellent.
Service:
From what I have heard from others the service can be hit or miss here. However for us it was pretty good, but I'm pretty sure this had to do with the event downstairs, since they had 6 different people covering the 10 tables upstairs. We were served fairly quickly and finished our 3 course meal in just under 2 hours, pretty standard pace, not too slow and didn't feel rushed.
Ambiance:
The view was excellent from that second floor balcony overlooking the rest of the restaurant. behind us was a nice view down bay street to the water and to our other side was a nice view of the other Toronto skyscrapers. The lighting is generally dim and for dessert we started using our phones to light the menu, but after the waiter noticed this the lights were turned up. It was fairly noisy but then again there was a pretty big event on the main floor of the restaurant.
Summary:
I really enjoyed it. The quality of food more than made up for any little flaw that I noticed. The steak and dessert are what earned the 5-star review. I definitely want to go back to try the other items and definitely have more of the fantastic dessert.
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