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| - Came here on a Tuesday evening and the place was hopping, I've been to Cactus Club many times in BC, but the Toronto location definitely has an umph that the BC chain did not (likely because of the location, much like Earl's). We showed up for our 6:30pm reservation to see two lines the one for reservations and the one for walk-ins, the wait time for walk-ins was about an hour. There are a line of hostesses waiting to seat parties, but they still told us that it would be about 10-15 minutes for our table to be ready...usually when I make a reservation I expect to be seated within 5 to 10 minutes of my reservation, but we didn't get seated until almost 20 minutes later.
The place was loud and busy, bustling with the first round of afterwork crowd. Our server was kind, and consistently filled our waters and checked in on us a good amount. I ordered the jalepeno margarita (just add jalepenos and cilantro to your margarita and you've recreated it, but the smoked salt on the side was way toooo overpowering, it's all you can smell, and subsequently taste, when you have this drink). My friend got the fawlty tower, which was tasty and fresh, but definitely a sweeter drink.
We ordered the chargrilled steak (done well to a nice medium rare albeit quite tough, with buttery mash, and perfectly done asparagus...the asparagus was the best part of the dish!!!) and the squash ravioli with prawns (ahem....shrimps...I've legitimately had shrimps that were bigger than my prawns, they weren't overcooked which was nice, but the pasta was too doughy and not cooked properly, so i could still taste the doughy-ness and the whole dish just tastes like butter...everything is just pure butter - which is nice if you're partial to pasta with butter, but that was not my childhood)....
The cheesecake at the table next to us looked delicious, so I think I'd come back for that and the cocktails and service are good (once you are seated). Being a Toronto "hot spot" I'm sure I'll be back, but it definitely isn't my first choice.
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