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| - I've been here a few times for the breakfast buffet and one for dinner. Arriba is conveniently located in the Renaissance Hotel in the Rogers Centre.
Its the only place around here that has a breakfast buffet, and the only place in the city that has it for less than $20. At $16.95, its the best deal on the menu, and even includes a drink (coffee, tea, or juice regularly upto $4+).
Breakfast Buffet: Its your standard fare of fruits (that's a pass for me ... give me some protein), cereal, breads, pastries, waffles, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausages, homefries, egg & omelet station.
Breads: selection of mini croissants and sliced bread (I usually skip the bread, but there is an industrial toatser)
Pastries: mostly assorted danishes and muffins. Standard flavours and quality, blueberry, apple, cherry, cherry & cheese. Quite fresh.
Waffles: Belgian style. Unfortunately they are all pre-made and served in a warmer. This leads them to be soft instead of crunchy. Still tasty though, and there is fruit compote, whipped cream, and maple syrup for them.
Scrambled eggs: the name says it all.
Bacon: Not raw, but not crispy. Its in a warmer, but its pretty good for warmer bacon.
Homefries: Nice, semi crunchy potato seasoned potato cubes. Good flavour, not too salty. They add a fresh herb that i'm not used to and not really that into, but its not strong enough to stop my enjoyment.
Sausages: The star of the buffet. YUM YUM YUM. Typical breakfast sausage, perfectly cooked, not too salty.
Egg & Omelet station: Made to order eggs and omelets. Good eggs and omelets if the cook is there. I went one and didn't know they even had a station cuz i never say a guy there. I've never went there, but friends have and said the omelet was good.
Buffet summary: Good food, and lots of it. Less selection than some of the other buffets i have tried, but at half or one third the price, I'll take the basics any day.
Dinner:
Bread and hummus: free. Slight garlic flavour. Good if you like hummus.
Duck confit poutine: A surprising large portion for the price tag ($9 or $10). A little light on the toppings. But good flavour.
Sea bass: expected a skinless boneless fillet, received bone in with skin. chimichurri sauce tasted a bit sour.
Arriba burger: cheapest dinner option on the menu. thick and tasty. served with salad, soup or fries. would have gotten fries if we did not have the poutine. Corn chowder was ok, looked more like mushroom soup though.
Dinner summary: An OK dinner. The cheap suff was better than the expensive stuff .... but the waitress did say that the grilled stuff was the best of the menu ... our fault for not listening .
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