I got a Dealfind coupon for 5th Element for Christmas and finally went on a Friday night just before it expired.
At 7:30 on a Friday there were only 2 other tables of patrons. I hope they do some decent delivery or they won't do nearly enough business to stick around in the competitive Queen St neighbourhood. The upside: service was very fast.
We started with the mixed appetizer platter and shrimp pakora. Half of the appetizer platter was alright (the beef) but the shrimp pakora were a miss. Just boring battered and fried shrimp.
For our mains we had butter chicken and a lobster curry. Both were decent. The presentation is a little more "high end" than most Indian restaurants if that's what your into, personally it doesn't do much for me.
For dessert we had mango cheesecake. It was okay (it's hard to screw up dessert in my books), but tasted like they had just pulled it out of the freezer. Definitely not freshly made.
It wasn't a bad meal, but I probably won't be back anytime soon - there are just too many Indian food options that are equally as good or better.
Oh, and the washrooms are disgusting. Avoid them if you can.