Reviews Victor Rooftop At Le Germain Mercer

Victor is one of our favorites in Toronto's Entertainment District. The service is great, and the food is consistently excellent. The steak frites are among the best we've had anywhere.

I maybe "slightly" biased - but the redesign is amazing and so is the new menu. Longue vie à Victor!

Great atmosphere and even better food. Friendly and courteous staff

Nourriture excellente ! Service excellent ! ���

I had an excellent time at victor. It's beautiful and classy. Pricing is very reasonable for such a fantastic place. They served us an appetizer on the house to begin. I highly recommend the poutine and the ceasar salad

VICTOR Restaurant Bar is located inside the chic Hotel Le Germain ; tucked away on Mercer Street, it is literally a “hidden gem.”  I imagine many celebrities who want some privacy would love to dine here. For me, I just enjoy the relaxing atmosphere, attentive service and delicious food that former Top Chef Canada competitor David Chrystian churns out of the kitchen.  While he didn’t ultimately take home the prize – his dishes are winners for me. The ambiance is laid back but sophisticated as giant “lampshade” fixtures loom over each table and large windows with tucked draping makes for great people watching.  There’s also a bar if you just want to grab a drink. Chrystian’s tasting menu pays hommage to the many ethnic neighbourhoods and streets that call Toronto home.  Each dish on the tasting menu is $14 which is a bargain for the top notch dishes offered.  There are no preset number of courses, which makes this one of the most versatile tasting menus in Toronto (it’s pretty much à la

Set in a scratch-built old converted brick building in the theatre district, Victor hides as a simple hotel restaurant inside Le Germain.  What a surprise then, when

Our first meal in Toronto consisted of a ‘quick bite’ from Victor Restaurant, located in Le Germain, a boutique hotel we were staying at during the course of Taste of Toronto. You may recognize Chef David Chrystian, the Executive Chef and co-owner of Victor as a Top Chef Canada finalist and one of his signature desserts – foie gras ice cream sandwich (which, by the way they no longer make at the restaurant). Starting August 23, Victor will offer brunch, and we were lucky enough to have a taste of the new menu: Poached Eggs and Meatball Gratin (tomato sauce, crisp bacon and pecorino cheese) – a nice dish. Lobster Poutine (cheese curds, Hollandaise) – poutine is definitely very popular here on the East Coast, it would only make sense they’d serve it with another East Coast staple – lobster. No picture taken unfortunately! Tourtiere with HV sauce, wild arugula and fried onion salad. Tourtiere is usually served during Christmas in Quebec – it’s repurposed here for brunch. It could hit a lo

Toronto is pretty spoiled when it comes to brunch offerings, that is for certain. We can go just about anywhere and get anything we want for brunch. We will even wait in lineups (ridiculous ones at that) just for a mediocre cup of joe, some eggs and bacon.

But Chef David Chrystian of Hotel Le Germain’s Victor Restaurant & Lounge wants to change the way us Torontonians look at brunch. His view? Let’s stop getting so frustrated from lineups and bad service and let’s make brunch a classier affair again, a meal that everyone looks forward to.

Victor Restaurant’s new brunch menu has offerings inspired by Toronto, in name and in spirit. Chef David has created his dishes with sharing in mind, as brunch is best done with friends. On the menu, he has created an “On The Table” set of offerings where 2-3 dishes are recommended for ordering alongside your regular mains. We decided to partake in a brunch classic like the Rosti Potato ($22, stuffed with black trumpet mushrooms, smoked salmon, dill sour cream and cloudberry compote) but then also decided to test out the Lobster Poutine ($22) for something a little different. The offerings were light and sophisticated.

However, it was the main Toronto inspired brunch menu that really stole the show. The dishes offer a little bit of something for everyone: salty, sweet and savoury. That day we decided to explore three different brunch neighbourhoods Little Italy ($16, herb frittata, crispy prosciutto and shaved melon), the Kensington ($14, fried eggs, avocado, refried beans, pico de gallo, corn tortilla) and the Roncesvalles ($18, potato and white cheddar perogies, fried onions, bacon, farmers sausage, eggs and crème fraîche). Each dish was playful and exciting offering up comfort classic brunch dishes with a twist. It was a playful approach to a delicious brunch offering. 

Chef David Chrystian is taking a bold approach to the way brunch is done in the city and we for one are on board. If you want a restaurant you can make brunch reservations at and can still get high-quality food at a good price, then Victor Restaurant is the place to visit. Also: save room for the sticky buns! You won’t be disappointed.

Located in the Hotel Le Germain, this one is easy to miss. Not far from King and Spadina, I went here with friends for a birthday brunch. Atmosphere, service, and food were all spectacular.

To drink I had their specialty Caesar, which is made with an IPA instead of vodka. I loved it. Their food menu is small, but gives you the option of enjoying your own dish, or family style plates for the table. We did both. I had the Kensington dish, which was a mexican-style breakfast with refried beans, guac, and pico de gallo. It was great, but the real winners were the family style plates.

We had some sticky buns brought out before the rest of the food arrived. They were tasty, but a bit dry. Next came the potato rosti with smoked salmon. This one was my fave. But the meatball and egg gratin was excellent as well. I couldn't help but help myself to an extra spoonful. :)