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| - After a long day at the zoo, I wanted a nice dinner that was family friendly and not filled with more screaming kids. Fabbrica showed up on my yelp as a potential and had early reservations opening on OpenTable. I quickly booked my table and off we went. Parking was super easy in the parkade and wasn't too busy for a Sunday early evening. Though we arrived before a normal dinner time and the light shown into the whole place, you can tell it would be a nice atmosphere at night with it's trendy woods, modern atmosphere, and comfortable seating. It would not be out of place to see this restaurant in downtown Toronto... the only difference is that Fabbrica actually has space between the tables!
The hostess was perfectly friendly and accommodated easily a request to be seated near a window. We ended up getting a cozy 4 top that is secluded and separate from most of the dining area. It's a nice table as it had leather comfortable chairs and the table top was actually stone. The sun shone through a filtered screen and was a nice area.
The menu had a lot of variety and what did surprise me a bit was the price point. It rivaled some of the downtown prices and yet here it was in DVP and Don Mills area. I guess the Mark McEwan brand is a premium even in the middle of suburbia. We ended up getting 2 non alcoholic drink (OJ for $5!! and a mint lemonade for $7), one main to split (salmon), 2 sides (fries and rapini), and 2 desserts (seasonal rhubarb pavlova and chocolate torte). All this came up to nearly $100 ... thats right. $100 for 1 adult and 1 small child. Don't get me wrong, nothing was wrong with the food... it was good but for that price, I'm expecting creative food, top shelf ingredients, gorgeous plating, and top end service that I've had recently in Toronto. It doesn't help I also went to argueably the best restaurant in TO the previous day (Grey Gardens... just mind blowing amazing).
The service was good but relaxed and perfectly suitable for a low key enjoyable slow paced family meal. It wasn't attentive and yet cool to fit a price point like this. I really thought the service was thoughtful though as he did offer the little one to try the punch first before ordering a full sized. I liked that.
I did like the food ... salmon was well cooked as it kept the translucent peachy middle. Fries were generous with the cheese but not as crispy to be great. The rapini was laughable small as it only maybe had 9 small branches for $10. The bread offering was nice ... you don't see that too often. The drinks and side prices are definitely more expensive than places in downtown Toronto.
If the meal came to $80 including tip... I would say it's more fair to be a solid 4 stars but sitting at $100, it just makes me question if it worth it and not try other places first. Overall, not a bad place if you don't care what your bill is at the end of the night.
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