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| - This is not "fine dining", it's more like a Ruth's Chris type experience. The menu is set, as in rigid plastic printing bound in pleather, so I'd imagine it's quite predictable but with no variation for years. That said, it offers a wide selection and comes across as a kitchen that makes some effort to put out food worth coming back for. I had the chicken Carbonara and it was pretty good, not great, and h-u-g-e. Easily a dinner you can split with your petite wife, then enjoy salad or dessert. The wine list is extensive but rather expensive - though I found this to be the case everywhere in Toronto. On Tuesdays after 5pm you can order their sparkling bottles at half-price so that's what I did - a Prosseco to pair with a creamy sauce, not terrible. The waiter was very kind and happily talked to me about buying retail wines in Toronto and giving me some good tips and directions. The atmosphere is a bit on the loud side, perhaps catering more to the business and younger (= 30-something) crowds. Not a great value - prices are high for the quality - but not a bad value either. If you are thinking you are scared off by the noise, there is a section upstairs with about eight tables that is somewhat blocked off from the rest of the restaurant and is noticeably quieter, and has a nice view. It's a perfectly acceptable place for a business dinner with any size party.
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