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 Recommended for: 5 to 7/Happy Hour, Brunch, Group Parties, Kids, Late Night Snack, Live Music, Notable Wine List, Outdoor Dining, Private Parties, Romantic Ambience, Scenic View, Trendy Hot Spot, Vibrant Bar Scene

It is a great restaurant! That has repeatedly impressed me with their service, extensive menu, great tasting food, and wonderful atmosphere.

 Recommended for: Notable Wine List, Romantic Ambience, Trendy Hot Spot

Food here is excellent. our server was very knowledgeable and personable until...a mis-calculation on our part had us tipping only 16%. which is fine really but i usually tipp a lot, usually 25-30%.

the server then pointed out our tipp to us, actually said 'thats it?' and became the rudest person i have ever met.

we were shocked and embarrased and i contacted the manager the following day and he said to come in for a discounted meal, but i have been put off by the service. which is too bad because everything on the menu was devine.

 Recommended for: Brunch, Group Parties, Kids, Notable Wine List, Private Parties, Romantic Ambience, Scenic View, Trendy Hot Spot

After reading the only other review on this website about the Doctor's House I just had to make an account!

The Doctor's House is amazing. the Food is incredible. We thoroughly enjoyed everything from the appatizer to the dessert. My Fience and I ordered very different meals and sampled eachother's and we were blown away by the quality of the meat and the fullness of flavours.

We were so impressed with our Meal that we booked our wedding there.

The staff there are very good, and they seem to have a high service standard compared to other fine dining restaurants i have been to. They are accomidating and very knowledgable of the menu.

After our meal we asked the server about the wedding halls and we were immediatly shown around all the halls and the chaple.

whoever wrote the other review must have either no taste or be in competition with the Doctor's House.

 Recommended for: Group Parties, Notable Wine List, Outdoor Dining, Private Parties

Visited Vagabondo after walking by it so many times and not trying it. Had a business lunch on the patio and was very impressed. They have a really nice patio and we loved the booth seating. The bruschetta tasted authentic and fresh. Food was good and service was attentive. Great spot for lunch and I noticed a lot of large groups.Will be back!!!

 Recommended for: Group Parties, Notable Wine List, Outdoor Dining, Private Parties, Scenic View, Trendy Hot Spot, Vibrant Bar Scene

Had my birthday at Vagabondo on Saturday. We were a group of 20 on the patio. They told us ahead of time that they couldn't split bills on a busy night, but went ahead and accommodate splitting bills by table!!!! The food was really fresh and portions size were amazing. They had their DJ spinning and that was a really nice touch to the ambiance!!! I had the Capellini Termine, really nice fresh pasta with goat cheese, it was delicious. The service was good, they were really busy, but the waitress managed to keep us happy and tend to us very well. Overall had a fantastic evening and would recommend Vagabondo to anyone celebrating with a large group!!! Will be back for sure!!!

This place is a joke and has to be the worst restaurant in klienburg.

the quality of food is horrible and no creativity, what's so ever! it was just fish on a platter with no taste.

The Service started out weird, and schechy!

The server was running like he was just trying to save his job, and sweating all over my plate.

Way to over priced!

One thing that I noticed as well is the cleanliness. . The placed needs to be cleaned

So If you plan on attending, do your reasearch before you spend $300 like we did, and get screwed .

Worst service ever: We got appetizers before our first round of drinks got there. Some never got their appetizers, some got their main 15 minutes after everyone else. Watresses had to be contantly reminded of missed drink/food orders.

Other negatives: beggars asking for money on the patio, canned tuna on the tuna pizza, over-sauced/swimming pastas, 15% autograd for bad service.

Posityives: Fast to provide umbrellas when it started to rain.

All that was offered in appology: 1 round of shots...

A small group of friends and I had just spent a weekend at a local conference in Toronto and on our first night (May 27th) wanted to begin our weekend with a nice group dinner. Arriving, we were seated promptly. The young lady who was assigned to our area (Juanita), I found was very cold and in some ways curt as we asked a few questions about the menu before deciding.
Before beginning to place our order, I asked to have the bills separated (there would have been 4 bills) - WELL, her response was a little surprising, as I am in the hotel and restaurant business. "Oh, we don't separate bills. I can bring you one bill and you can separate it yourselves" ???????
I asked "whynot?" The response was merely, "we just don't do that". By this time it is late and most restaurants in this area are closing, so we placed our order, received the food and were presented with ONE bill totalling almost $300.
It then took two of us almost 20 minutes to sort out the bills, without as much as any assistance from anyone -or even the offer of a calculator. We were all appauled at this.

And when looking through the bill, noticed that it was an AUTOMATIC 17% gratuity placed on the bill - unbelievable to assume - but then again, for good service, I would typically give 20-25%.
Upon going to the waiters station to settle the bills ALL INDIVIDUALLY, I expressed my dis-satisfaction to Juanita, who then said, I'm sorry, our computer doesn't allow us to do that and to please not to take it out of her but I should talk to the manager standing behind me.

I turned around and another young lady asked me what the problem was and I proceeded to explain that it was unacceptable for customers to have to divide out their own bills - I mean what would have been the difference if we had been seated at different tables...but that wasn't even offered. Her response further amazed me - "I'm sorry sir, our computers are VERY COMPLICATED" and she turned and walked away! How condescending!

 Recommended for: Group Parties, Kids

This was a very bad pick for a special evening celebration with my wife. This is NOT a jazz lounge, but more like family dining place. Noisy, crowded with parties and the music is more like a high school dance. The seafood here, recommended by the staff, was the worse I have ever tasted.

They should be FORCED to change the restaurant description.

This is not an Italian restaurant: There are so many more amazing places just around the corner (terroni for example).

It sounds authentic, but I buy the same pastas at Metro down the street. Way overpriced for what it is.

 Recommended for: Romantic Ambience

From a pretty inauspicious start a few years ago with a ridiculously inaccurate, biased and highly critical review from Amy Pitaki of the Toronto Star, Balsam as other reviewers have said, has turned around into an authentic European-esque bistro, which delivers great food, low key friendly and informed service as well as a good ambiance.

The chef proprietor - David Salter, exhibits a deft hand in the kitchen, turning out some real bistro classics - like sumptuous steak tartare, delicious robust bistro foods befitting a Canadian winter, as well as some lovely melt in the mouth desserts.

Service, once described as snooty and shambolic, is now right on the money - with the right degree of friendliness, professionalism - and the wine advice is top notch.

Take last Tuesday for example - we turned up for an early evening dinner, asked front of house to pair a couple of wines for both courses, and hey presto - a perfect bistro meal which was great value for money - under $90.00.

The Beach cries out for places like Balsam. A stroller-free zone for the most part, an adult ambience for a night away from the kids, cool jazz through the speakers - and 2 patios primed for summer bistro socializing, and I believe it is a winner.

Look up and down Queen Street, and with one or two exceptions from Woodbine to Victoria Park, unless you are a wings, burger or pizza afficionado, you'd starve to death! Balsam brings something much needed to "Prime Beach" - a good value Bistro, with a well put together menu and a small but perfectly adequate wine-list.

Improvements? Of course - the bread served with home made dip is not the best - needs improvement, and as someone else said, you might need a flashlight to read the menu at times. Other than that, Balsam is one I would now recommend without hesitation.

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