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| - I really wanted to like this place, and maybe the morning I came they were just having an off day. This place is east EAST Toronto, and it delivers the quiet, quaint atmosphere of the area. The owners/staff are incredibly kind, and the service is great! Everything does feel personal, and it has a great family-friendly feel! Coffee and conversation flow freely in the space.
The food however was what disappointed me. I ordered the loco moco and my friend ordered the berry pancakes. NOTE: I will admit that my personal biases a probably in part to blame for how I felt about the food, so keep that in mind.
None of the food tasted super hot or fresh. Having always had loco moco in Hawaii (where it was born), I was excited to find it here; but the rice was not fresh and felt mushy and hard (a paradox rice seems to accomplish a lot), the gravy tasted canned, and the whole dish fell pretty flat. The pancakes were way too dense and because of the fact that they were not hot, they felt stale.
Would I come back? Maybe to see if they could do better, because the reviews are all raves, but based on my experience, I don't know if it's wort the trek.
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