. "0"^^ . "2015-06-01T00:00:00"^^ . . . "0"^^ . "5"^^ . "1"^^ . "Epicure is absolutely fantastic for hosting large groups. \n\nI just organized a large 17 person dinner here this past weekend on a saturday evening and I could not have been more pleased with the quality of service and food. \n\nKey points:\n- Private Room: \nThey hosted us in an upstairs private room for no additional charge or minimum spend for a large group, set up the room with one large square table with everyone being able to face each other rather than being at a long skinny set up in many restaurants where you can only really talk to the people right beside you\n\n- No fixed menu: \nWe were able to create our own custom \"shortened\" menu from their full menu consisting of 8 appetizers and 7 entrees\n\n- Separate bills:\nFor all guests and this included multiple shares (sharing of wine, sharing of food amongst different people)\n\n- Everyone's food arrived at the same time and tasted great. (FYI the portion sizes are also huge for entrees that are between $16 - $20 and everything including steaks were cooked correctly which is a very difficult thing to do for such a large group) \n\nThe manager Nicole was so accomodating and kind, always responded back to emails promptly and attended to us the whole evening.\n\nTo plan this event I called/inquired to over 10 different locations along Queen adn King Street and chose Epicure because they were the only establishment to offer a non prix fixe menu, a private room and Nicole had been so kind at our inital meeting taking time to show me the room and even send a past photo of what it would look like once it was all set up and they 110% delivered on all these aspects. \n\nI will come back again for the food alone, but for anyone else looking to host a large party in a great central location I would 100% recommend Epicure :)"^^ .