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| - I went to the Yonge location for Winterlicious dinner with my friend. First time here and the restaurant looked very trendy and hipster. There was a complimentary appetizer of bread with olive oil, which is a classic Italian appetizer. However, I found the crust of the bread to be a bit too hard. The appetizers we ordered were the kale salad with fennel, radish, red onion and ricotta salata. I found the kale to be very oily, but I liked the cheese that was sprinkled on top of the salad and the radish and fennel went well with the kale. As for our main courses, I had trofie pasta with kale, pesto and pecorino. The pasta was in bite sizes rather than a long string of pasta. Never had this kind of pasta in my life. My friend ordered osso buco with red wine risotto. I thought it was delicious. For dessert, I ordered caramelo chocolate mud pie and my friend ordered apple crumble with creme Anglais. I thought they were wonderful desserts, tasted as good as I expected. I would give that five stars and the main courses and appetizers four stars.
As for service however, I felt there was a lack of, but I wouldn't say they were unfriendly. Rather aloof and unattentive. Didn't even introduce themselves when first taking our order and didn't really check on us. Never poured water for us, we did it for ourselves. There was more than one waiter serving us, so I didn't even know who I was tipping exactly. In a way it wasn't too big of a deal 'cause if my dining partner and I have a lot to talk about, I'd prefer service to bother us less.. but not completely no service either if you know what I mean. I'd go again in the future, wonder if the Queen location is better.
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