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I have had two experiences eating here so far. The first was a couple of months ago, a friend booked a birthday dinner with a set menu for about 15 people. There were several courses including a charcuterie board, salad, pasta and pizza for 50 dollars per person. Each course was generous in serving size and I was really impressed especially with the pizza and the pasta. This good experience really made me want to come back in the future.
I came again last Friday with my boyfriend, father and his girlfriend. We came at 7:45 with reservations and the restaurant was extremely busy. It stayed very busy and loud for the rest of the night. It was the night before Halloween and there was one table hosting a Halloween party and a couple other tables full with large groups of people, so it may possibly have been more full than usual.
We ordered the charcuterie board and a salad to share to start. Charcuterie board was good, my only suggestion would be that they add some more of the only cheese on the board (a very good ricotta) or add a couple different options of cheese as well. The toasted bread that came with the charcuterie board was excellent.
I ordered the 45 day aged steak and ordered it *very* rare, my dad's gf ordered the same medium rare. My father ordered spaghetti and a pizza with salami, mushrooms and requested anchovies on his, and my bf ordered spaghetti as well and a margerita pizza with prosciutto on top.The wait for our mains was long. Again, it was an extremely busy night so that was probably part of it, these things happen in the restaurant business so it's understandable.
The steaks came with a side of shoestring french fries and a nice little salad in a small side pot. The cut of steak was very nice, although the steak I requested as *very* rare definately came out as a medium rare. My dad's gf's steak which was ordered a medium rare came out a medium. We both agreed the steaks were good, just overcooked to our liking. Now, I find this is a problem in the vast majority of restaurants you eat at in Toronto....they always overcook your steak!! I think I will now have to start requesting it Blue to get a nice rare. Probably people complain about "raw steak, oh the horror" so most restaurants are overcooking it now to be safe...except a few best steakhouses in Toronto...but anyways....
My father's pizza came without the anchovies he requested. I think this is because the waitress took all of our orders including appetizers at once, not writing anything down. My father did not complain, but it probably would have been more helpful to her on such a busy night to have written the orders down!
Overall, my father and bf were happy with their pizzas and pasta. I think this place does a very nice crust.
When it came to dessert, they do not have a dessert menu. The waitress said this is because all the desserts are made in house and that the menu changes according to what they have. My father and his gf both ordered gelato and I ordered the "deconstructed cannoli cheesecake". My father and bf both ordered an espresso.
The desserts were slightly dissapointing. There could be more improvement here. My father and his gf's gelato was just one scoop, slightly small. Most restaurants will give you two or three scoops so this could have been improved. I was also undewhelmed by my dessert, which again, I thought was rather small. The deconstructed cannoli was just 3 small squares of filling on some crumbles or a cannoli shell with some pistachio on top. I would have rather just had a cannoli! Or the serving size could have been improved. Again, the waitress forgot my dad's espresso...he didn't say anything, but at least he was not charged for it.
So overall, our second experience was ok. Improvements could be made in the service, desserts, and how they are cooking the steaks. It was also a quite loud so I would not come here for a date on a Friday night. They seem to be doing very well and I would not rule out coming again in the future, maybe not on a Friday though.
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