Came here on a weeknight with my husband for his birthday. I had made reservations but needed to change the time but they had told me there was no reservations made for me, disappointed about the mishap but was able to remake second reservations.
The restaurant was very spacious and big with comfortable seating. The ambience was quite nice considering for Markham vs your trendy incomparable downtown Toronto restaurants.
Our server was nice, green though and lacked in service when we made conversations with him asking him about who Diana the owner was and he unsocially and awkwardly didn't give much of an answer?
I give the food a mere 3 stars:
1) seafood platter for 2: the scallops were fresh and tasty, the rice pilaf were extremely bland and I mean it didn't even have any taste, the crab legs were overcooked, grilled octopus was good at first but became very chewy only after few minutes or so, lobster was chewy, shrimps were fairly large in size and good in flavour but this dish definitely did not meet expectations especially given the price point.
2) shrimp tagliatelle: flavourful and very rich in cream and shrimps were good sizes but tagliatelle overcooked. My personal preference is al dente a MUST for pasta.
3) trio oysters: unsuspected and unexpectedly delicious as we aren't big fans of raw oysters so this appetizer was a great alternative as they are cooked.
4) fried calamari: very disappointing in the portion as it was way way way too little. In the photo I posted there seemed to be about 10-12 pieces? Come on?!?!
It was something different and our first time coming here because we were sick of the heavily populated Asian restaurants in Markham; however, this definitely failed to satisfy the palate and we won't be returning.