Took my girlfriend out for her birthday and both of us were disappointed. We heard it was one of the best restaurants in Toronto but sounds like who ever comes up with these "best of" lists has been living under a rock for the last 5 years. Toronto has so much to offer when it comes to good quality food and its a shame we still have places like Nota Bene. Both service and food were overpriced and we wished we had gone somewhere else.
We started with caviche and octopus. Small pieces of Octopus were covered in fat/oil. It didn't even taste like octopus or had the texture of one. Caviche consisted of 5 pieces of fish covered in spices. It was way too citric and again I could barely taste the actual fish
I got pulled pork as my main course. $7 burrito at the corner shop tastes better. My girlfriend ordered a 12oz steak. $50 for a piece of meat That we had to wait for over an hour because they burned it first time. Too much fat and it was medium rear instead of medium well.
We wanted to leave right after but they insisted to give us a free desert since we had to wait for out entrees so long. Needless to say it was nothing to write home about.
We also had 2 cocktails which were the only 2 items we had no complaints about.
$200 and 2 hours later we were finally on our way home.
Big meh