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The tapas style dinner I had at The Atlantic a week ago was the best dinner I'd had in Toronto in awhile, I would definitely recommend it.
Food -
The food was yummy, interesting, and filling though we honestly had to ask about some of the items on the menu haha
The portions were actually a bit bigger than I expected for trendy tapas in Toronto, 4 dishes between 2 of us would have been plenty
Faves were probably the perogies and whitefish mmmm
Remember, it's tapas style so you should order and eat accordingly!
2 of us ordered 5 dishes, and shared them all as they came out - this is a great way to try some new and interesting food that you may not normally order
It also means the dishes come out one at a time as they're ready. The server explained this to us, so not sure why some people seem quite confused by this style of dining. This was great because it means every dish came out hot and you had the proper time to enjoy it without everything getting cold.
This would probably be hard to do with anymore than 4 people
Atmosphere/Price
Super cute and cozy, mostly tables of 2, great date spot
Make sure you like the person you're with, your meal will probably take at least 2 hours due to the tapas style. So maybe avoid having a 1st blind date here :) We actually joked during our meal that thank goodness we liked each other and we weren't on a date, or an awkward meet up.
Some people have said The Atlantic is expensive - for fresh, local food and great dishes I didn't think it was that expensive.
The smaller dishes/plates were $6-11 and the 'mains' (meat dishes) were around $16.
This is cheaper than appetizers in some greasy pubs, but yes when you order a few menu items it adds up
Drinks aren't the cheapest, but pretty standard. Glasses of wine $11+
We spent less than $50 each with tax, tip and drinks
Service
Great! The server was attentive, explained the best way to dine there, and even explained some of the ingredients or dishes we weren't as familiar with in a way that didn't make us feel silly.
Food Details:
The menu had a lot of interesting twists on classic dishes and it seems to changes fairly frequently, perhaps even daily. We got the gist of most dishes, but there were 1 or 2 we weren't 100% sure of all the ingredients, but thought why not try them since it's tapas style. If there's something you don't like as much you can just wait for the next dish. We opted to order 1 appetizer, 2 smaller plates and 2 'main' plates. We probably would have been just fine with 1 main plate, it was a lot of food.
Food
Black Chick Pea Hummus
Came out quickly, super yum and flavourful
Served with several slices fresh baguette
Potato Leek Perogies
These were amazing! Perfect crispiness, and I really liked the addition of leek and the cream was fab.
Pretty decent portion - 8-10 mini perogies
Hay Smoked Beets, Winter Veg, Gnudd Coated in Ash
This dish was not at all what we expected it to be, but we enjoyed it
We mistakenly thought the hay smoked beets were the main part of this dish, but it was actually the Gnudd aka gnudie
The gnudie and hay smoked beets
Someone other than our server placed it on our table calling it the gnudie, and we were quite confused. The gnudie coated in ash almost looked like mini potatoes, and we were expecting beets. We actually flagged down our server who explained that gnudie is like gnocchi but softer, and the beets were a secondary part of the dish. He didn't make us feel silly at all for being like "uhhh excuse me, are you sure this is ours? We ordered the beets." ha
Whitefish
This dish was awesome! The whitefish was cooked perfectly and had a perfect crispy coating. We both couldn't stop saying mmmmm
Quail with Sage Gravy, Whey and Barley
The sage gravy was so flavourful an awesome, I probably could have eaten spoonfuls of that and been happy haha
I'm not the biggest fan of quail and therefore didn't love the main part of the dish, but the gravy, whey and barley were all super yum.
This is the only dish I ordered that I may not have when I go back again
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