Rating - 3.0/5.0
Copetin is the latest restaurant venture opened up by celebrity chef Claudio Aprile whom you may recognize as one of the judges on Masterchef Canada as well as for his previous restaurants like Origin and Colborne Lane.
This restaurant features a main dining area with a central open kitchen concept as well as a bar and outside patio - all of which have their own separate menu offerings.
At first glance, the main dining menu generally focused on Canadian cuisine but it also incorporated diverse cooking methods and ingredients from various ethnic foods.
A great example here would be the tea smoked squab dish which uses a traditional cooking method found in some Asian cuisines. In terms of the dish, the meat itself was well prepared, juicy and tender. However, we thought the price of this dish was quite steep for what it is and not really fitting as an entree due to its minuscule portion wise - it's a 3.5* for me.
I would say this entree is still one of their better dishes as we also tried the lamb which was quite underwhelming and would definitely not recommended - it's a 2.5* for me.
The service was friendly and you can tell that they have been properly trained to provide a more elevated experience but the main entrees came out 20-25 mins after we had finished our appetizers which is longer than expected. Overall, we were expecting top notch food and kitchen service at their price point but that was not the case unfortunately.