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| - Three things come to mind when I read the reviews of this place here on Yelp.
1-) The better the place, the less they need to sell vouchers
2-) Most of the better reviews are from members who had vouchers.
3-) It is a known fact people are more forgiving on a locale when their bill has been subsidized. I mean, in the end, why can you not forgive issue 'XYZ'? It's not like you are paying full price for it, no?
Like a few of you, when you first pass by you think to yourself, "Mmm, that place looks huge, expensive, exclusive and interesting!" Unfortunately, like cow tipping, Peridot sounds a lot more interesting than it actually is.
Let's see, even though Peridot is right next to Yonge and Bloor which is the center of Toronto, the place is always empty. I went there twice to find information regarding possibly booking a party and the place was deserted, with maybe 6 customers in the entire locale.
Honestly, I was left wondering of how exactly do they pay their rent because there is no way they would do that with the clientele I saw. When I asked them, they said "by booking a lot of corporate events." Okay. Fair. Still for such a large two-story venue to be empty during the day, well, something did not quite sit right with me.
Now, I ended up booking my Christmas party there last year since it was centrally located, however I must admit it was a mistake. As someone mentioned before, they try to be a Resto during the day and a lounge at night. However, I think Peridot flops at both.
The place is modern looking to the point of coming off as sterile, and it does not welcome one to sit down and eat. Maybe more for a drink or two.
Now as far as the lounge part, they DO NOT have a DJ, even though they triumph their lounge at the back to be a great place to dance. Well, it is not when the music is coming out off weak speakers AND a local radio station and thus limited to well, coming out of a local radio station. You want music, you have to bring your own DJ. So this place is not so much a lounge but a large room for you to book parties at. There is a difference. I would not have cared so much if they had not assured me that music would not be a problem. When in the end it was.
Also, in a move of great douchebaginess, they do/claim to have the policy to only serve you draft beer until 10:00pm, after that, they will only sell you beer by the bottle which goes for about the same price as a pint. Not only it is a blatant & classless attempt at upping their profit margin but it would have been extremely helpful to share this during my FAQ with them and before I booked my party of 40 people.
Luckily for me, we still ended up having a great time, even if we didn't dance much and were against the cheap hinjinks this locale was throwing at us with their subpar service.
Having said that, I keep telling myself that I should drop by, you know, to just get a pint and check this place out on my own, just sit at their bar and get a 2nd feel for it, however, I can't seem to muster up the desire to give them any of my money.
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