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| - I'm basing this review solely on the lasagna special that they offer from 4-6pm on the weeknights.
When I read Wesley N's review, I should have ran for the hills but Lenny's is located in The Kingsway (a very established neighborhood in Etobicoke) so I couldn't quite understand how it could be open for years, have that customer base and be that dirty. In any event, my husband had been bugging me to make lasagna for weeks but I convinced him to let's just try this place.
If you chose to go for the lasagna special, be sure to go closer to 4-5pm, as the parking lot is a little tricky to maneuver around when it gets busy. However, the patrons were all very courteous and everybody waited their turn to get in and out. It's a small, take-out restaurant that appeared to be very, very clean. Contrary to the "not recommended" reviews on Yelp, I thought the customer service was excellent; they were friendly and I was in and out within five minutes.
All right, now for the lasagna itself. Pros: noodles were cooked perfectly and it was hot and well packaged. Cons: the noodle to meat sauce ratio was 75% (noodles) to 25% meat sauce; meat sauce had no flavor; lasagna did not hold its form due to no binding, such as cheese; there was just a little bit of some very low-grade mozzarella on top.
Toronto is a very expensive city and I felt extremely ripped off. My bad though for just assuming that it would be layers of tasty meat sauce, ricotta, parmesan and mozzarella. It wasn't uneatable but we certainly didn't have second helpings - it was basically assembly line lasagna.
I can't really justify giving them one star because I reserve that for restaurants with zero customer service and food that is repulsive. However, I think they should be ashamed of themselves to offer such poor quality food and intentionally rob customers of their money. The way they make those lasagnas in bulk, it probably cost them less than $1.00 for one - just because of all the low-grade and little ingredients it offered. Will never return - consider my two stars generous.
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