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| - Dinner at Byblos last night was a wonderful intro to Toronto. Upstairs room was great, with comfortable seating. Cocktails were perfect. Food was terrific: crispy baby artichokes with labneh, eggplant kibbeh, spinach bread, hand-rolled cous cous, fattouche, branzino, and lamb. Ice creams are unusual and well done. All plates are family style. Problem was that, for a party of four, servings were small. We thought the restaurant should have offered to increase portions; for example, lamb came with three ribs, but there were four of us. We would have paid for an extra rib. Rice servings are much larger than cous cous; had the waiter told us more, we would have ordered differently. And the waiter, knowing my husband is allergic to tree nuts, didn't tell us which plates had nuts. We were told only as the plates were set on the table. Complaints aside, the meal was wonderful.
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