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| - F'Amelia gets 3 stars mostly for the ambience which I liked. The food get a solid "meh" . I really wanted to like this place but sadly I will likely not go back. It will be F'orgetable for me.
Located on a quiet side street (ie Amelia) in cabbage town, the resto is casual, open and sunny. It got a lot of hype from Toronto Life magazine but like others on yelp, I don't get it.
$23 got me a "large" eggplant ravioli with artichokes and ricotta. Sounded amazing. It came fast, nicely plated in a simple dish. Too bad that's all it was..."a simple dish". No wow, not even a "hmmm, interesting". There were 5 moon shaped pieces which were smallish about the size of a slice of apple. Well cooked, al dente, but lacking. For $23 I expected more.
We also ordered the 3 fungi pizza. Which was literally 3 smallish clumps of mushrooms. If I didn't know it, I would have thought I ordered a tomato and cheese pizza. Nice za overall, but in Toronto where options for thin crust, wood oven zas are growing, F'amelia has got to step it up.
Service, I felt slightly ignored. Server smiled when signaled to come over but nothing special, and like another Yelper mentioned, no real personal touch.
In summary, the only thing clever about this place is the name and the ambience/location. Sorry F'amelia, I really wanted to like you.
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