acanadianrose's Profile
A kid who loves mussels
i would go to Hot House on a Sunday - their buffet includes great mussels ven though there isn't a lot of selection, and it's extremely kid friendly.
If you want to go somewhere in the evening, i'd really recommend the fat belgian. not so sure why they got bad reviews, i'm actually pretty surprised - their selection of mussel dishes is great and absolutely delicious (i love, love, love mussels and eat them wherever possible). Oddly enough, i also had fabulous mussels at Il Sorriso in little italy on College a couple weeks back. go figure.
if you really want to go to either beer bistro or bier markt with a child, i'd say beer bistro - it's less of a meat market than bier markt on a friday night, especially now that the weather's not great, you won't be able to escape the afterwork crowd in bier markt.
beer bistro only cooks their mussels in beer - not sure if that's okay for a kid?
good luck in your search!
Lee (Susur's New Place)
Ate there last night -
It was possibly the worst service I've had in Toronto.
It all started off really well - they were extremely accomodating with my gluten allergy and let me know what items i could have. the vibe in there was very lively and susur even came out when we were waiting for our drinks.
This, however, is when it got bad -
My girflriends ordered dirty martinis. 20 minutes later, two regular martinis were plopped on our table. We were told that was how we ordered them. A few minutes later, a second waitress arrived to tell us they were out of olive juice so that's why they weren't dirty. The drinks were removed. And returned 5 minutes later with olive juice in them. Apparently there were olives in the restaurant.
Despite this mix up, we had a fabulous tasting menu of the pineapple avocado salad (unbelievable flavours!), the tofu, the tarot cakes, and the chinese greens. we had ordered the scallop as our only shared main.
And then -
We waited 30 minutes between having our other dishes arrive and consumed before asking where our main was - we were told they were busy and it was coming right up. 10 minutes later, we asked again - we were told our waitress didn't know what the hold up was and would go inquire. she returned to say it was just being "put up". 10 minutes after that, we were pretty irritated. She returned to say it was "just being put up". Um - you said that 10 minutes ago... it's a scallop. it takes approximately 1 minute to cook and probably a few more to plate...
we asked the waitress if the food was even coming - she got very defensive, did not apologize, and told us that because our order came in late (What?), it was now behind all the other orderes in the restaurant.
i think we can all agree that that is crazy - we asked her why it wasn't being made "on the fly" - she did not reply. instead, she got more defensive and walked away.
needless to say, our shared "main" arrived an entire hour after our appetizers. our waitress got someone else to deliver it. she then came by 10 minutes later to ask if we wanted dessert. no. coffee? no. anything else? no. then she quickly apologized as she handed us our bill. it was definitely a cry for a tip.
despite the great food, we won't be going back - there are enough "it" restaurants in toronto so we don't have to put up with the ones that think the customer always comes last.
