I will definitely come here again.
This is a nondescript restaurant from the outside and in fact a bit out of the way to get to as it's on the quiet Elm Street off of Yonge. It's nice and cozy inside AND PACKED. It is evident that a lot of regulars come here and it is there secret place they don't want to share!
We were promptly brought tap water after sitting down and given ample time to review the wine and food menu without pressure. While I occasionally order bottled water, I hate how all the restaurants are pushing it nowadays - I want a glass of water right away when I sit down and I don't care if it's flat or sparkling!!! The wines were reasonably priced and so of course we had to start with some prosecco which was actually really good - I also finished off the evening with this.
The food was very good and the dishes were presented beautifully (my pictures don't do it justice due to the dim lighting and lazy angles I took them from). The Cornish hen was a beautiful dish with in season Brussels sprouts. The wild mushroom risotto as you can see only had bits of duck now as opposed to the whole duck you see in pictures - the waiter informed me the changed was made 2.5 months ago. Anyway I was a bit disappointed but the risotto was good but a bit too salty, there wasn't as much duck as I had hoped.
The dessert was a lemon pistachio pie/tart - it was the daily special. It was quite a generous sized dessert - I couldn't finish. There was a very strong lemon flavor which I loved and a generous portion of pistachio. The rum hot chocolate was also amazing. The waiter let's you smell the rum before pouring it in - very honest pour!
As I said at the beginning... I will be back!