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| - Overall experience: 9.5/10
Food: 9/10
Atmosphere: 9/10
Service: 10/10
Going bananas for La Banane. Tried this new Ossington joint approximately 1 month after it had opened and it was void of any new restaurant woes. While it is on the pricier side, you get your value from excellent food, extremely attentive, knowledgeable, and friendly service, and hip atmosphere. What more could you ask for?
The food was great, and our server provided well thought out recommendations on what to pair with what, and the order in which we should enjoy the meal. It really helped create the experience. Started with cold seafood (mussles and king crab), cheese course (with complimentary brioche), eurobass en croute (the zig zag fish you see in all of the pics) with pommes aligot (essentially cheesy mashed potatoes - YUM), finishing off with duck confit and the frisee salad.
Cocktails were concocted well. There was a bit of a mixup when the wrong beer was ordered (mistakingly interpreted as the $36 one...) but was quickly resolved with no hesitation. Our server took it off our bill - no questions asked.
Aside from the above, it is a place you just WANT to eat at. Plush seats, a bar stretching across the length of the restaurant... it's intimate, trendy, Ossington-esque.
THE BOTTOM LINE: great food, great atmosphere, and even greater service rounding out a fantastic experience. Will be back!
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