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| - A super-old-school Steakhouse with a gentleman's club meets Catholic Church type of environment, with lots of wood paneling and stained glass, plus solid service and food quality, however I feel the price point promises more than the experience ultimately delivers.
I've been here several times now and there's never been anything wrong. I always have good food and good service, but it always feels like everything is just not quite impressive or worth bragging about, considering Octagon's fine dining aspirations and price point.
I love the old school garlic bread, and the pickle, olive and pepperoncini platter, and the prime rib in particular is usually very good. But price, and portion, and overall experience, all certainly fall a few steps behind steak houses in Toronto.
The Octagon is simply not in the same league with Tier 1 steak houses in Toronto like Harbour Sixty or Jacob and Co. And I would suggest that it lands in the lower end of the Tier 2 places, delivering a more upscale environment, but similar food quality, to a place like Smith Brothers in Scarborough.
So in the end, I've always had a solid meal, with solid service, and I've enjoyed repeatedly devouring huge baskets of garlic bread, plus a ton of olives and skinny hot peppers, so I typically leave feeling satisfied, but like things didn't quite manage to live up to the price I paid.
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