I went yesterday with a group of professionals after I selected this establishment. I had high hopes for this restaurant. Sadly I was disappointed.
Location: At one end of Keningston Market, this place is easy to find and features outdoor setting. It's a great part of the city in my opinion with tons of eclectic buildings and people all around. So a pro just difficult to reach if you are driving!
The Interior: It's pretty however, very tight. If I stretched out my arm I could touch the bar and that wasn't very pleasant especially whenever a server passed by with drinks since they splashed all over one of my fellow diners.
The Food: Lackluster. The only good thing was the crab cake filling. The exterior was over fried and oily, the tomato provencale was tasted too make of oil, the aioli was subpar. I ordered the grilled salmon which was overcooked and the saffron rice was covered in an oily dressing which was unpleasant. Those who had the duck confit told me it was dry as was the rack of lamb. Dessert was a disaster of creme brulee custard cooked to scrambled eggs, bread pudding as hard as rock and chocolate cake that refused to slice!
The Service: If you are a server and you really hate your job I don't know what to tell you besides don't take it out on your customers. We were ignored for 30 minutes regardless of us requesting to be serviced. We would make eye contact or beckon to our waitress who promptly made a face and turned around and walked away. I was perched by the end of the night only receiving a water refill once that night and the glass was small! Waiting for the food was ridiculous. To get an appetizer: 30 minutes, a main: 45 minutes, dessert: 30 minutes. How the dining experience went on so long is based solely on poor service and bad food.
I would not recommend this restaurant unless you are famished and you don't want to wait a long line up for ice cream instead. And even then I would avoid.