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  • Foccacia is located in the Yonge and Bloor area. Upon first entering the restaurant, you feel a little bit like it's a candidate for the show 'Restaurant Makeover' - the space is small and the decor is quite plain and a bit on the worn side. However, I'm not going to judge a place based solely on decor. When we arrived the restaurant, it was about 60% full (maybe 15 people). There was one waiter - Larry who was looking after all the tables. Larry was quite the character like previous reviewers have described - he was talkative, friendly and seemed to know a few of the customers. However, he was quite unhappy with the number of Groupon customers in the establishment and wasn't shy about letting people know. Clearly the restaurant had oversold on Groupons and even though it knew about the number of customers, they did not bother to have more than one waiter on staff. We waited quite a while for menus, drinks and it was hard to get Larry's attention because he was looking after so many tables. A nearby table did not have a Groupon voucher and they appeared to get bigger portions and more attention from the waiter. Clearly is the restaurant was not going to use the opportunity to use Groupon as a way of attracting new customers. The food itself was nothing to write home about. I ordered the Penne Pollo and my friend ordered Spaghetti aglio e olio. Sadly the portions were no bigger than something you'd get a food court establishment like Piazza Manna and not even close to being better. There were a few pieces of chicken in my bowl and my friend received about 5 thin slices of sausage on his. The kicker was that they seemed to be using dry pasta and the Parmesan cheese we were offered wasn't fresh - think of the stuff from Kraft you buy in the pasta isle at a supermarket. The flavours of our dishes were bland - no detectable spices or flavours to make the dishes interesting. I doubt very much I will be returning to Foccacia, I just can't find a reason to. There are other places in the city that are adequately staffed and serve better (tastier) foods. Heck, Jack Astors up the street has a pasta dishes for the same price, the portions are bigger and they're rarely short staffed.
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