I had planned a 10am brunch on a Saturday, which doesn't leave a lot of options in Toronto. After reaching out on Twitter people had told me that Edward Levesque's was good but the chef was crusty. That doesn't bother me at all, a lot of people are really nice but that doesn't mean I'll pay to eat their food.
I was also told that the wait staff were very nice. And this is true, our waitress was very nice and always over to refill water and coffee.
The food was...meh...
I ordered the sage polenta topped with a poached egg and a side of portobello mushrooms. Overall the dish was underseasoned, and I would have given them leeway thinking some people are adverse to salt and pepper but the portobello mushrooms were so bland.
A friend ordered sliced tomatoes with herbs but the tomato was so overripe we couldn't eat it. The person slicing it had to know. To our waitresses credit she asked us why we hadn't eaten it and when we told her it was too mushy she took it off the bill.
My other friend ordered the pancakes which were supposed to come with some sides that never appeared. Overall she said it was okay.
It was a decent meal but none of us will come back. Perhaps the dinner is better and that is why it gets such rave reviews? I'll never know.