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| - Realistically I'd go 3.5, but I settled on 4 for my awesome meal.
Ambiance - This has a very swank modern-meets-traditional Asian-fusion interior and a decent sized, comfy looking patio. It used to house a more alcohol-based establishment prior judging by the expansive, impressive-looking bar. As is common with many Toronto eateries the facilities were downstairs - one of the swankest and cleanest restrooms I've ever seen. They had what sounded like Asian choral singers doing English, ambient covers of random pop and rock music, like Teenage Dirt Bag and Shake it Out by Florence and the Machine. It was awesome.
Food - The vegetable dumpling app my bf and I split was excellent - fresh, perfectly steamed, great dippping sauce, reasonable price. I scoured the menu for an entree I hadn't seen elsewhere and there were quite a few options. I settled on the fish flavored eggplant, a dish I had never even heard of, and substituted the white rice for "fried noodles." It came out as a gigantic plate that was half perfectly seasoned vegetable lo mein and half Japanese eggplant (distinctive for its bright, almost neon purple color) stir fried with a mix of other tender veggies, in an amazing sweet but savory , slightly spicy brown sauce. I was incredibly pleased with the portion, quality of vegetables/noodles and the complex flavor of their respective sauces. My date was less than thrilled with his MUCH smaller portions (he got a roasted pork dish with fried rice, and he literally received half the food I did, for the same price or even a tad more). He was pleased with the quality, but not the value for the money.
Drinks - They have a very interesting Asian-fusion drink menu, along with wine and beer. After some consideration I got a green tea mixed drink. It featured it's name-sake ingredient, along with apple juice, melon liquer, apple liquor of some fashion (vodka?) and another ingredient that now escapes me. It came out tasting like nothing but tea and melon liquer. I asked the waitress for more apple juice and she took it back. It returned 10 minutes later and was then drinkable. Nothing to write home about, especially for nearly $8. She also clearly had no idea how to make the drink in the first place - another waitress explained it to her, but then didn't supervise. There is no actual bartender, at least not at the time we went, despite a fairly extensive alcohol list.
Service - They completely lose a star for service, and only the awesomeness of my food keeps it from losing two. The portions being, well, disproportianate and the just okay drink weren't major let downs, but the service was terrible. Zombie-like, disappearing for huge amounts of time, blank-faced and slow when any request was made, repeatedly went in the back for no apparent reason. Before someone makes the inevitable comment about a language barrier, the waitress' first langauage was clearly Enlgish. Oh and...there was one waitress for the whole place most of the time, and she couldn't handle the measly 6 people who were there (who all came in and ordered at different times, so she wouldn't have had to strain herself keeping up ). Another waitress popped in at some point, to tell mine how to make my drink, bu then was never really seen again. No idea what she was doing. It took forever for our's to take our order, fill our drinks, bring our check or take our check. When my bf finally just went up to the bar to pay, as we were sick of waiting, she handed HIM the wireless credit card machine and walked off again. When I had no idea how to use it (you have to punch the tip in, instead of writing it on your receipt) she acted like I was a total idiot and got huffy with me about helping. Fire these people. Then hire three waitresses who want jobs and make sure at least one is on the floor at all times - when customers came in, didn't get greeted and saw no staff around, they walked back out. Their dinner would have paid an extra waitress' wages.
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