3.5/5
Came here for brunch with my girlfriend - initially we were supposed to go to the Wellington location but they recently closed that place :( we heard they had a location open inside Holt at Yorkdale so decided to try that place.
Service was nice but a bit slow - there weren't enough staff for all the tables and when we needed something it took a while to find the staff.
I ordered the Dungeness crab omelette and my friend ordered the chef's salad. The omelette was great! Large chunks of crabmeat and they also came with a Rosti and side salad... portions are a lot on this plate and I was quite stuffed!
My friend had the chef salad and really enjoyed it - ingredients are fresh, she didn't like blue cheese so they gave her a different dressing.
Coffee is well made and I had more than a few cups. We also had a side croissant - freshly baked and fluffy, and the fresh orange juice was nice!
We finished with a creme brûlée and it was great! I love the shallow dish so you get a lot of crusted sugar :) it was so nice of the manager to give it to us on the house, he wanted to put a little sign of congrats as my friend is about to have her baby and asked us to get another dessert on the house but since we were too full they took the creme brûlée off the bill!
It's a decent brunch place, but it is difficult that I have to go all the way into Holt just to get it. I'm still really sad the Thompson hotel location closed before I had a chance to actually try to eat there. Knowing how crazy