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| - TIP: Come on a Sunday. Their Lobster Supper (normally $39) is only $25, and boy is it satisfying and good!
I brought my parents here during their visit to Toronto. They're used to low-quality American seafood chains, like Red Lobster. This was a big step. We generally enjoyed our experience, but there were a few issues:
The FOOD: First, off the lobster supper rocks. It is a large whole lobster + mashed potatoes + creamed spinach + bread. At the $25 special, it's a great deal. The only issue was that they serve the lobster 100% whole too hot to handle. We had to send it back to get them to slice it in half and provide some instruction to us newbies.
We also had the
--Lobster Mac & Cheese ($14): incredibly rich, a definite hit
--Lobster cappuccino ($6): hmm...not sure what they were going for here. Not much lobster involved.
Suggestion for 2: Order the lobster dinner + one other dish & share.
The DRINKS: We went for wines over cocktails. It turned out they were having lots of issues with their on-tap wines. This really delayed things (we're talking 30+ minutes), and they didn't really offer a very good substitute. They managed to rustle up some alternative bottles, but didn't offer us the lower prices. As much trouble as we had here, I honestly might have expected some sort of comp.
I saw the lobster caesar...kind of not my thing. I like caesars, I like lobster tails, but I'm not sure it enhances either to combine the two...weird.
The SERVICE: Our server was friendly, but rather harried. I wouldn't call the service good, nor bad. We definitely were ignored for quite a while, and there could have been a lot better service with the wine issues.
OVERALL, I think this is a great place to come for the lobster supper on a Sunday. I don't think I would pay that much any other day. The food was quite tasty, but there were definitely a few kinks that kept it away from the 5-star mark.
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