Went for a weekday lunch, pre-TIFF, the restaurant far from full, but not empty and looking very airy and beautiful. We didn't visit the lounge/bar, which had more people and looked a kind of polished cozy.
When our server finally arrived to say hello she was polite and friendly, but very rushed. She took our drink order twice, but unfortunately got half of it wrong, though the error was quickly fixed. Our food arrived VERY quickly, with no break between courses, which is great for a business lunch. The spinach salad was lovely, the blueberry and goat cheese works well, the walnuts were yummy and there was plenty to share one order, nicely divided for us. The scallops melted in my mouth, seasoned and cooked perfectly, the chantrelle foam a surprisingly tasty touch, the salad delicious and quite filling for its size. I still wanted to lick my plate. The salmon was also cooked perfectly, the buerre blanc a lovely flavour paired well with the sunchoke-potato puree.
Desserts sounded good, but we had plans for Greg's ice-cream :)
Settling the bill seemed to take longer than it should have - the apparently solo server pretty busy. Seemed busy enough to have two servers working..... And that really was the only drawback - a lack of attention.
A nice Yorkville treat.
Nice, bright yellow bistro type of restaurant in the heart or Yorkville--one of the "it" places for celebrities and celebrity-watchers. Very good food and good service. Would return.
Reffered by Hotel consierge, went and returned a...
Reffered by Hotel consierge, went and returned a second time ( both business). Our American guests appreciated the food choices, quality, decor and service. Very attentive servers. No complaints
Bad food! Bad experience!
Went to Sassafraz for...
Bad food! Bad experience!
Went to Sassafraz for Valentine's day b/c of great word of mouth -and were horribly disappointed.
Waited over an hour to be seated! Our reservation was for a seating at 830pm, finally got a table at 945pm! We were standing in the doorway waiting for a table, along with 50 other patrons! Incredibly disappointed by poor organizational skills of the housestaff to allow that to happen.
The food, thereafter was bland! Started off by cold bread and cold butter, then luke warm and broth-like lobster bisque (with a half-piece of white sandwich bread toasted and put ontop), followed by ordinary spinach salad with toasted almonds - dressing had no flavour, entree of overcooked indian style prawns (2 of them with 2 scallops)- which despite appearing spiced, tasted like overcooked prawns and scallops, and ended with dry chocolate cake. For over $200 total, this was definitely a poor choice for dining out!
As my husband and I are foodies who simply enjoy good, well prepared food, we were unfortunately misled by the word of mouth that we had heard about Sassafraz..
We would never return!
We went there a couple of days ago to try their...
We went there a couple of days ago to try their winterlicious menu. The service was excellent. The Wine and food were very good too. We were seated at the bistro and not at the dining area, because it was full.
The fish we ordered was well done , and it was completed with an extraordinary dessert.
