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| - I am nearly ashamed to admit this:
I had never tried a restaurant on the Danforth until this month!
Thanks to a TeamBuy deal, it finally happened though and we went to Avli for dinner.
Let me start this with mentioning that I give them 3.5 stars.
Avli is a smaller restaurant with a rustic touch that makes it quite cozy.
Our dinner party consisted of 4 adults and a toddler, so we were fine. But I think space could be an issue for larger dinner parties.
The service was friendly, however slow.
Upon arrival we were greeted friendly by an older guy who I think was the owner, then a waiter took over and we were seated immediately.
After that he could have been more attentive though.
Especially at the end.
I was waiting quite a bit for the chance to notify someone that I'd like the bill. Our waiter was in the back chatting with 2 other staff members, while the "owner" (?) had disappeared. (When we left, I noticed that he had sat down at an outside table to watch the people on the street... Uhm, ok....)
Now to the more positive: The food was good.
They brought us free bread that came with some kind of spinach dip as a starter.
One of the waiters walked around holding a tray with different appetizers ($3 a plate) and we decided on one that appeared to be baked olives served with garlic mousse.
(On that note I have to give up Avli thumbs up for this idea.
I know, normally I would have never ordered any of the appetizers, but seeing them first made the difference.)
Now for the main courses we ordered the Salmon, the Stuffed Chicken Breast, the large Chicken Skewers, the Chicken Skewer on a Pita and a side order of fries.
The salmon was cooked with caper berry and in lemon sauce and came with sautéed arugula.
The fish was amazing! It was melting in your mouth.
The stuffed chicken breast was made with rice, dates, cashews, raisins and fresh apples, then topped with saffron cream and it also came with came with rice pilaf.
The chicken was very good. Moist and tender, the way you would expect a good chicken breast. Personally, I did not like the saffron taste, but my husband didn't seem to mind.
The large chicken skewers were served with baby new potatoes and rice pilaf.
I didn't get to try this dish. But my father-in-law loved it so I am sure they did a good job.
I had the chicken skewer on pita and it came with with fries.
It's kind of a simple dish, but I really enjoyed it.
The fries were great. Crispy and golden, just the way I like it.
We ordered some extra tzatziki on the side and that went very well with the meat and the pita.
All in all, the food was really nice and I have no complaints here.
We all left pretty stuffed and had no room for dessert. ;)
For me, Avli doesn't make it to 4 stars only because of the issue with the service. But nonetheless, I would definitely recommend this place.
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