I first saw Otto's Bierhall show up on my instagram (the one time ad targeting worked!) about a week before my husband and I came out to Toronto. I was wowed by the amazing looking platters of goodness and immediately went to Yelp to bookmark it. When my husband and I were figuring out where to eat for brunch I immediately shouted "OTTO'S!" We were not disappointed.
We obviously had to get one of the platters, even though they said they feed 3-4 and there were only two of us. We love a good challenge, though. Every platter looked amazing, from some of the meat heavier options with brats and such, but we I love a salty/sweet combo so we got the schnitzel and waffles platter. It came with 6 poached eggs with hollandaise, a salad, waffles, maple syrup and gravy for dipping and 3 different types of schnitzel of your choosing. We did pork, chicken and halloumi cheese--all three were outstanding. The cheese was a nice surprise of salty goodness.
Most of the seating is communal and they save a lot of the big tables for larger parties. Despite there being plenty of tables we did have to wait a bit since there wasn't a two top available for just the pair of us. Finally a larger group sat down and had two seats at the end available so we got a seat. The wait wasn't a big deal, though, as we sat at the bar and got some coffee to start. We could have enjoyed our entire meal there as well but we thought the platter might be easier if we sat across from each other vs. side by side. This ended up being a good choice.
The beer options here are ridiculous. My husband was nursing a bit of a headache so he didn't opt for one and lamented the decision the rest of the day. He wants to come back for the beer list alone. I'd definitely come back for brunch again and the dinner menu looked just as amazing as brunch. Maybe we'll just post up here all day and eat and drink from brunch to dinner!