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| - Drop by the other day to try this restaurant out from a recommendation, and unfortunately was quite disappointed in the whole experience. Was nicely greeted at the door by either the manager or the host of the restaurant and even tho we had no resos we were still able to grab a table. As soon as we sat it kinda went a bit downhill from here. We recieved our menus but our waitress was nowhere to be seen for about 15ish mins, eventually she did show up, but there was no introduction of herself, no apologies, no asking us if it's our first time here, lackluster to say so far. I am personally not too familiar with the menu so we went on a limb and order some of her recommendations which included
-The Onion Soup
Pretty standard, more heavy on the beef concentrate, with barely any flavor of caramelised onions, the cheese and croutons were good but I've had better at Morton's.
-Escargot in Puff Pastry
Extremely disappointing, pastry was not fluffy but kind of stale, sauce was extremely runny, escargot was overdone, and it just was extremely bland. I would skip this in a heartbeat.
-Grilled Hanger Steak with Caramelized Shallots
Hanger Steak was a bit bland, barely had a crust, and the meat itself wasn't that much different from what you can get at The Keg or Baton Rouge. But the frites itself was quite salty so I don't know what happened there. The alcohol they caramelized the shallots with took away the complete flavor of the shallots and literally had an unappetizing strong alcohol orange rind taste to it, regardless we just left it on the side.
-Fillet Mignon with Green Peppercorn Sauce with Brandy and Cream
As I am aware Fillet Mignon is one of the most blandest cut of meat, but it's no excuse for it to taste the equivalent to a romp roast. As mentioned before under-seasoned, no crust, and my greatest suggestion is to PLEASE have the sauce on the side as I had requested. The sauce itself is very heavy of brandy and I find it takes away almost all the flavor of the beef. In my opinion if the sauce was applied on top it honestly would taste like a roast beef with gravy and not a steak. Disappointed
We had skipped dessert as from the entire meal it was a lot left to be desired, disappointment in how all the dishes were done we didn't bother about desserts. Also the neighboring table had ordered a mousse and it was extremely droopy which they had sent back, that alone discouraged me about how the meal was going to go. The complimentary bread was not warm or at least toasted, so we didn't bother with it. Sparkling water was Perrier...might as well drink soda water, Orange Juice was sour. Server didn't really seem interested about taking care of us, the bus boy however I will congratulate worked quite hard and made sure our table was setup nicely for the next meal.
Bill for 2 came up to $130ish dollar with a 15% tip post-tax.
Unfortunately the inconvenient location and the mediocre food and experience I'll probably not be returning. Toronto has a lot of other better options in that area and this one as I mentioned before isn't one. There's just so much competition I thought at least Le Select would step thier game up but just like when we left there was no goodbyes or thank you on the way out, so sadly I won't be saying hello to this restaurant again.
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