Best Restaurants in Toronto

[syn]

my thoughts

vietnamese - i recommend 'pho hung' on the west side of spadina north of dundas. they can also be found on bloor, west of avenue road.

chinese - not the fanciest decor, but great food - swatow on spadina north of dundas. they are open ridiculously late as well.

italian - i adore romagna mia, near the st. lawrence market.

thai - young thailand is fabulous for a dinner. green mango makes great quick and reasonably priced lunches.

indian - babur on queen (excellent lunch buffet). i love sheree punjab on the danforth (east of broadview). it is a great little family run restaraunt with great food.

syn

 

[rolo514]

part2

hey all
forgot a couple worth menitoning:
BIFFS-classy bistro 4 Front St E(These are same guys as jump, and Auberge)
SPLENDIDO- 88 Harbord st
BAR ITALIA 582 College-some hate it, I always enjoy it
RODNEYS OYSTER HOUSE-Adelaide(I think they are moving)
Bon appetit
Rolo
ps anyone need recommendations for Montreal-if you ever get out of the clubs!

 

[syn]

rodney's

rodney's moved to the theatre district ...

syn

 

[Hollywoodladies.ca]

Terra

Pussywillow, I believe that Terra was around before North 44, I remember my husband took me there for dinner for my birthday the 1st year we were dating... back in 1996.... I remember the food was great! Definately worth mentioning in this thread...

Steph

 

[Captain Bly]

Appropriate to this Board is the Kit Kat Club on King, a fun place, food variable, but fun squeezing past the gals at the bar!!!

 

[Hepcat]

Bigliardi's on Church Street south of Wellesley not only has superb and relatively reasonably priced steaks but the vichysoisse is splendid there as well! Seniors on Yonge Street south of St. Clair is also great for steaks. I'd also recommend the surprisingly inexpensive Cornish game hens at the Astoria on Danforth Avenue at Chester in addition to the rest of the Astoria's traditional Greek cuisine. Both the sole and the gniocchi at the Colosseum Restaurant on Yonge Street north of Dundas and at Michelangelo's on Gerrard Street just west of Woodbine are very fine!

 

[Fine Wine]

My Toronto favourite is....

....Pastis on Yonge just opposite the Davisville LCBO store. Georges Gurnon is an amazing host from the south of France that is famous for the licorice liqueur Pastis. Not for the 'thin wallets' but a wonderful romantic spot with your wife or mistress (but not at the same time!).

Strong runners up would be:

Biagio (King Street East) - best risotto in TO!

Barbarians - Harry's gone but they still produce the best steak in town.

North 44 - not the best value but the foie gras is to die for!

Scramouche - best view, very romantic!

Trappers (south elevation of Hog's Hollow) - was there Monday evening and it is one of the best kept secrets around for value and quality.

Fred's Not Here (King West) - most eclectic menu!

Auberge du Pommier - mentioned by others and have to agree about the list of FINE WINE!!! Great atmosphere.

Nevadas (The Beach) - The name would scare most people off but it remains one of my favourite Beach eateries with consistant food at a reasonable price.

Lastly, if you win the Lotto, try THE FIFTH on Richmond West for an unbelievable experience!

I should also add, for those members who I know are heading down to Vegas shortly, you must try Commodore's Palace across from Bellagio. It's the same Commodore's from New Orleans that gave the world Paul Pruhdomme and Emeril Lagasse. Best Bannas Foster you've ever tasted.


Enjoy and remember, if you include FINE WINE in your dining plans, you will not be disappointed (RSVP...!)

 

[Captain Bly]

Good news about the gniocch, it's not a common dish in most so-called Italian restaurants.i

 

[jelloman]

Fine Wine has produced a most agreeable list but what caught my attention was Captain Kirk's misplaced accolades for "Mama Martinos on the Queensway" Like women and wine, food taste is very subjective. However, to put this place on a best Italian list in Toronto is disrespectful to at least 500 Italian restaurants who make better pasta. Don't get me wrong, I like the place, have been their a dozen or more times since the beginning when it was a 1 room 12 table pizzeria. Nice, lively atmosphere and great pizza! But most everything else on the menu is non-edible. They use tomato paste and sugar in their tomato sauce. Even something as simple as a green salad is offensive . . . chopped head lettuce and all garlic. Perhaps it could be listed in a "best pizzeria listing" but it is nothing short of misleading to suggest it is among the best Italian restaurants in Toronto . . . subjective or otherwise.

If you want a real bowl of pasta try Sotto Sotto, Prego, Giancarlos, or Grazie . . . for more reasonable prices try Pazza on Eglinton, or Ferro and La Bruschetta on St. Clair, or even down the street from Mama's, a great bowl of pasta can be had at Posticino.

I might add my vote for best steak: The Black Angus.

Jelloman

 

[syn]

curious ...

anyone been to il posto (near the 4 seasons) since it changed hands?

is it even in existence still?

and i LOVE biagio ...

syn

 

[SamanthaJones]

I was very fortunate this past week and went to Sotto Sotto and Scaramouche , both for the first time. Both were very romantic, the first in a cosy cave-like way, the latter in a sleek, modern way with an amazing view of the skyline.
But most of all the company was superb.

 

[james t kirk]

Jelloman,

I have been to several italian restaurants all over the city.

While i hear you on your comments re mama martinos, i like it alot.

It's simple and straight forward. It's an italian restaurant that still serves spegetti and meatballs if you want them. Nothing fancy, at a very reasonable cost. Always clean, quick service, and great looking waitresses.

I have taken many many of my friends there, including some of the most pretentuous souls you will ever meet. (My one friend loves Myth on the Danforth, she will spend 50 bucks because it has that eurotrash atmosphere. Me, i just want to hit swiss chalet on the way home because i am still hungry.) They all liked it.

In fact, it's usually a line up to get in the place on the weekends, which i know doesn't necessarily mean that a restaurant is great, but, if a restaurant is empty, it generally means something too.

I like to try a lot of places, but can be a creature of habit as well.

For me, a restaurant can be great without being over the top expensive.

I guess restaurants are like women.....one man's beauty.....

cheers

jtk

 

[Cave Carson]

Jelloman!

The Great Spaghetti Factory on the Esplanade probably serves more spaghetti than any other place in town! How would you rank its spaghetti relative to that of the more pretentious Italian restaurants? (Personally I've found that I like sugar in spaghetti sauce! When there's none added, I wonder why the sauce is somehow unsatisfying. Blame it on Chef Boy-Ar-Dee and Ragu!)

 

[torex]

Latinas(queensway by HOL),,,Splendidos,,,Portafinos,,,Hy's awsome prime rib,,,Ruths in the Sheraton,,,awsome prime rib!!
Oreganos,,,,and one of my regular restraunts Mad Apples,,,bloor and runnymede

 

[Fine Wine]

Almost forgot...!

to mention Lotitas Lust on The Danforth. The name says it all and there is no more romantic place then on their back patio on a hot summer evening. The juices are flowing and then some...!


FINE WINE

 

[was_siobhan]

Monsoon...

If you love Martinis...Monsoon has the best around imho.

Siobhan

 

[Duke]

Top restaurant

Susur and Avalon are on my top lists.

The Fifth are very good too.

can anyone recommend any good Pub in T.O?

 

[fiasco]

Good Pub

If you are downtown ... Irish Embassy is pretty decent pub(yonge/wellington) .... Beir Market and Fin McCools on esplanade also nice with a lot more women.

 

[wty]

There's this hot dog cart on Front St, near the dome...nevermind

 

[Mr. Downtown]

Guys, guys, guys. All these places you are mentioning are fine and well established. But if you really want something that's really in and happening (where the babes make for major shwinging) go to GUS as I mentioned some time back. Its on Bay at St. Joseph (in the Polo II bldg, ground level). Ooooh the mix.