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| - I've been meaning to check out the restaurant for a while since I've walked past the area before and thought the view would be great. I went for a lazy walk today and arrived there for brunch just after 11 without any reservations. Here's how it went....
My Meal - 2 stars
To be clear, it's not the best spot for breakfast fare. The menu only had 3 breakfast items (and I'm not counting 4th which is oatmeal because who the heck gets that when you go out).
1. I had the beachside breakfast bowl is a cool combination out of all fantastic breakffast items. I'm surprised that it didn't come with a salsa since it also came with beans and flour tortillas.. but it was a cool break from the typical bacon and eggs or meat eater breakfasts. The menu says that it comes with grilled tomato but in retrospect, I think my plate was missing mine.
2. My girlfriend had the french toast.. which arrived with the edges burned to a crisp. It came with farmer's market sausage which was melt in your mouth.. but not in a good way. It seemed like the sausage disintegrated into a powder in my mouth.
Service - 2 stars
Waitress took forever to come with our drinks and food took a long time. She also never came back so that we could order the $4 Caesers that were the special today that she also didn't advise us of but which we had to read about in the menu.
The View - 5 stars
You won't get too many views of this in Toronto. On a good day, you'll forget that you're minutes from the downtown core. Unfortunately, today our view was blocked by a couple of large ships but that's no fault of the restaurant.
Their Patio Policy - 2 stars
We arrived just after 11 and were advised that only "sun" was available. I thought ok that's fine, they must be busy. When we were guided to our table, we were right next to an umbrella, but it was covering a table for 4 that was "reserved". I thought, ok that's fine, I understand that they should take care of people who made reservations, which we had not. But the table for 4 didn't show during my whole meal there! I understand that it gets awkward because the wait staff can't predict if I'm going to be long and the other party will show up early or whatever - but given the service that we had received with food, I wouldn't be surprised if the reservation was for 1pm.
How much I paid - $45 after tax and tip for 2 breakfast entrees, 1 coffee and 1 beer
Free tip - If you're going to sit on the patio on a hot day, make reservations and ask for an umbrella!
Good for - Someone with low expectations and/or is a bit more pro-active about getting better service (unfortunately, I am neither as I prefer not to create a fuss). But more seriously, if you're looking to have a lazy day and to stay in the city but get a great view of Lake Ontario and the Toronto islands, this is your spot. You need a lazy day for the slow service. And low expectations because the food is meh. I would only bring tourists if their preference was for a place with a great view rather than a place with great food.
Will I go back? Maybe... I live pretty close so I might swing by on a nice day... but only if it was lazy day and I had no better plans... But it's certainly not a "go to" destination for me nor somewhere that would be my regular rotation of brunch spots.
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