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| - Overall: food was mediocre, only 1 or 2 stars especially for the price. Service was great - so service was like 4-5 stars, but I consider the food to be the most important part . We had dinner on Sept. 10, 2011.
I had been to Fire on the East side before for brunch awhile ago, and it was great. So when I saw a groupon ($25 for $50 worth of food), I snapped it up. But, sadly I was disappointed and I won't be back.
Pros:
- Our server was friendly and attentive - we always had drink top ups and he was friendly and joked around with us.
- Got a seat on the patio on a Saturday night without too much trouble, good atmosphere
- Drinks - they have an extensive drink list that is reasonably priced
Cons:
The food!
- I ordered the fish special - it was halibut and probably one of the most bland meals I've ever eaten. I rarely add salt or pepper to food, but in this case it was necessary. The only good part of the food was the beets, but the fish and rice were meh. And at around $25 I expect to have something more edible than what I got
- My friend has health issues related to certain types of foods and has a pretty severe reaction to anything with cheese or butter. She ordered the pasta special which was in a white wine sauce with smoked salmon and capers. She asked about cheese and butter, the server said they could do it without cheese and he would check on the butter. Since he never came back we assumed it could be done with little to no butter. But there definitely was a lot of butter. She couldn't eat more than a few bites. I tasted it, and it was ridiculously salty, even for me and I like spice in my food. All you tasted was salt rather than any of the food. So it seems the food was way bland or way over-salted, neither is ideal. And I felt extra bad because this friend just moved to Toronto and this was her dinner out experience.
- My other friend had the jambalaya which he said was decent, but nothing special.
The general consensus at the table was 'thank god we had a groupon' because the food was mediocre and (we felt) overpriced for what we got. So if we had paid full price we probably would have been quite annoyed. With so many great places in Toronto to get good cheap eats when you're spending around $20 a plate, you expect it to be decent. Don't get me wrong I will drop $40+ on dinner if the food is amazing, but this was not even close.
It's a shame because the patio is great and the service was stellar, but since food is the most important ingredient of eating out, I won't be back to Fire on the East Side.
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