Nice restaurant for someone looking for consistent and "stepped up" comfort food.
The ambiance is fairly rustic and warm with exposed brick, some local photography exposed on the walls.....overall it has a classic Leslieville restaurant feel.
The wine list is a little hard to navigate since the names are very familiar. Nonetheless, our waitress made some good suggestions.
There should be something to please everyone on the menu. Mains include slow cooked chicken (very good), Moroccan lamb shank (also good), beef short ribs, steamed mussels, steak with frites, ravioli and others.
Appetizers looked more adventurous. We had the dry ribs and a tomato peach salad - both good. I would have liked try the seared tuna and Asian slaw appetizer.
Prices are very reasonable considering quality and portion.
There is something that must be said for a kitchen that doesn't try too hard to add unnecessary pizazz to their plates.
Went to The East Ender after the Cirque du Soleil show since it is quite closeby and
we were glad...we had no problems making a same day reservation for 7pm. Noticed it got busier after 9pm.