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| - This is a long overdue review, as I came here with a few girlfriends over the Christmas holidays for dinner.
The food was pretty decent with some tasty dishes, but many other restaurants could offer similar quality at their price points. Service was good as one of our friends had dietary restrictions and the restaurant accommodated as best as they could.
We enjoyed a visually pleasing drink (think it was the Royal Garden at $14) which was refreshing and not too strong. It came with an ice cube with a flower inside.
We tried the following dishes:
- Wild Yeast Sourdough and Cristal Bread with hand butter ($4) - The bread was quite delicious, with a doughy texture inside, and a nice crunch on the outside. But yeah, bread is not free here.
- Patatas Bravas ($8) - The potatoes were cooked nicely with an exterior crust, yet it was soft inside. It came with spiced tomatos, topped with a creamy aioli. This was quite a delicious snack, but many other tapas restaurants would be able to serve this staple with similar quality.
- Grilled Octopus ($24) - The octopus was cooked well with a nice char. However, there wasn't anything exciting about the flavours and at $24, it was a bit on the pricey side as the dish only came with 2 average sized tentacles.
- Meatballs ($18) - Similar to the grilled octopus, this dish only came with 3 meatballs, so it's definitely on the pricey side. Although the meatballs were moist and flavourful, there wasn't any twist or wow factor, so didn't feel it was worth $18. We didn't do this intentionally, but a lot of the dishes we ordered had tomato sauce, so the flavour profiles started to taste similar.
- Smoked Venison Tartare ($21) - The flavours were good, although I don't recall any smokiness. I enjoyed the pickled egg on the side, it was quite unique and the acid complemented well with the tartare.
- Oxtail Gnocchi ($19) - I like my gnocchi soft, with that ever so slight resistance when I chew into it. The gnocchi served here was too soft for my liking, there was no resistance at all and the oxtail gravy wasn't anything exciting. The way the oxtail was prepared and incorporated into the gravy made it taste just like regular beef brisket. Again, this dish was quite pricey for the portion served.
Overall, the food isn't bad. However, there wasn't anything memorable enough to draw me back again, especially as these price points. There are just too many great restaurants in Toronto to try out and repeat visits are rare unless something really impresses!
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