Ok well I haven't been out with the girls in sometime. My friend chose this place for her birthday price fixed menu served family style. Apps - calamari, pizza and salad. Calamari was excellent, pizza was ok and the salad I make the same at home. Main chicken with potatoes and zucchini and salmon with bok choy. Both were ok although the piece of chicken I took was not cooked through. Dessert - panna cotta - was good until the bottom there was a layer of gelatin that was not mixed properly. Prosecco was a nice touch but I saw what they picked and it's about a $12 bottle at the LCBO so it's not like they splurge on it.
There was 8 of us bill came to over $600 - with maybe 4-5 bottles of water. Someone spent $80 on a bottle of wine. On the phone my friend was told we could stay at the table after dinner for the club portion of their night. Lo and behold we were rushed through dinner and told we could stay but would have to stand at the bar that our table was booked for others at 9:30 (our reservation was for 7:30).
Thankfully one of our party was able to convince someone we needed a table. So we did get one. Ordered drinks there - took forever. One ordered a Cosmo - worst one ever. Bathrooms were a mess and need to be fixed in a place charging that much for dinner and drinks...I would expect more than a sliding bolt to lock the broken original locks. Not sure why they have an attendant - she just stood there all night looking miserable. What really made my night was looking at the $4000 bottle of wine...really?!?! Not in this place. Not ever. The bar stools vinyl was rubbing off, the place looks ok under the nightclub lights but full lighting...you see where the deficiencies are. Staff who greet you and look you up and down when you walk in...really?! You all have nothing to be snotty about - your resto/lounge isn't all that great! It was disappointing and a reminder of why going downtown to the 'cool' places are not something I do anymore. Too much money and not enough that you get with it. Sorry guys - I'll stick to my small east end places with cheap good quality food, craft beer and live music. I guess my club girl is gone in favour of being surrounded by real people instead of the lipstick and heels crowd. Not coming back. Maybe the one in Montreal is better.