The place was empty except for our party of 12, but it was Super Bowl Sunday so I'll assume most restaurants are fairly empty on this day. I wouldn't be surprised if it was this empty all the time though, because this is essentially an overpriced tourist trap with crappy food. I guess its to be expected that the restaurants in Unionville are tourist traps, as Main St is a mini Niagara on the Lake wannabe.
I ordered the $30 prix fixe course, with roasted portobello, chicken valdostana and tiramisu.
First, the bread. The bread came out cold and tasted like a cheap baguette from No Frills. The garlic butter that it came with was nothing to write home about. I've had much yummier warm bread with delicious spreads from many Italian places, so this was a big disappointment.
The portobello was a meh...a little bit dry, OK flavour, vegetables on the side a bit overcooked. I've made much better portobello myself.
The chicken was just nasty and unappetizing with some overly salty "wine sauce" that tasted like soya sauce and made the dish difficult to consume. The chicken valdostana is essentially a piece of chicken with a ham on top coated with cheese, so you can imagine the saltiness of ham + soya "wine" sauce = really salty. The dish was served with the same wilted overcooked veggies and a couple of tasteless crumbling slices of potatoes.
The tiramisu was the worst part of the meal, as it tasted like some stale dessert I would find at a cheap Chinese buffet rather than an "upscale" restaurant. I love tiramisu, and usually eat everything, but I could just not bring myself to finish dessert.
The overall mood after consumption from the rest of my party was "unimpressed", so it probably wasn't just me.
Like a previous reviewer stated, I really felt like this was next on the list for Kitchen Nightmares. The owner tries hard to entertain and was very hospitable, but the food is simply horrible and there are much better options for the prices they demand.