*3.5 stars*
To the point: Good food & atmosphere but slow and sometimes hard to get service.
This place opened a bit before I left Toronto so I was excited to finally check it out (I missed those Yelp events...*sad*). Anyway, I came by here for dinner with a few friends on a weeknight. It was quiet and never more than a quarter full of diners.
The ambiance is typical downtown-exposed brick (which I really like) and dim lit dining. Our first server was hard to get a hold of - we had to wait about 15 minutes and then occasionally waving our hand to try to get his attention before we were able to put in our order. It looked as though he was too busy at the bar chatting. Service was like that right up to when we tried to flag him down for the bill. Oh well, at least it gave me ample time to catch up with my friends.
So onward to the food:
Deep Fried Calamari (off the tapas menu) - it came with a roasted pepper aioli which was good but tasted a bit on the generic side. The batter they used for the calamari wasn't very good or maybe they just didn't fry it long enough as the batter was a bit on the soft/non-crispy side. I would pass on this next time.
Fusili Pasta - sun dried tomatoes, mushrooms and sauteed beef in garlic balsamic oil. This was pretty good and it had a different spin on pasta since it's not the standard tomato or cream sauce. There was just enough balsamic oil to coat the pasta so it wasn't dry and the beef was tender. I liked it.
Overall, it was good but I docked half a star for the lackluster service.