Had the roast chicken and squash and my guest had the fish on toast. Both were very good. Coffee was also fresh and delicious. Took longer than expected to get seated.
The food is really nice and slick, and the ambience is upmarket. The service is decent while the staff is friendly and knowledgable. A good place to go to. I prefer the grill over here as compared to the Italian food.
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This visit to Oliver & Bonachini marks the induction to 2017 Winterlicious! 🤗 The restaurant was filled upon my arrival! Super busy! The restaurant had a happy ambience. Very festive and playful! May be because it was Chinese New Year and I was feeling joyful? Perhaps!😄
The Winterlicious meal at Oliver & Bonachini reminded me if a picnic lunch! Beginning with the appetizers and ending with the desserts, our sections were as follow: seafood chowder, warm pancentta & fontina gougeres. Mains: poached true north, and classic reuben. Dessert: carmelized custard tart and banana tarte tatin. What a colorful picnic palette I must say! 🎨😄
I really enjoyed the seafood chowder! There was an intense seafood aroma the second the bowl of soup landed on the table. I loved the creamy texture and the spoonfuls of seafood. The warm pancentta & fontina gougeres was a bit disappointing. It really didn't taste like anything? 😯 It was merely a small ball of pastry with the absence of any flavor?🤔 The poached true north was quite good. The soft boiled egg was perfect with the salmon! The reuben was satisfying. The meat was piled sky high with hints of sauerkrant. I also quite enjoyed the colorful fried chips ans slaw that accompanied the sandwich. Between the two desserts I easily preferred the banana tarte tatin!😋 I love bananas! The warm banana puree and flakey tart was sinful with the dollop of cream on top! The carmelized custard tart was okay. But to be honest I'm not very huge fan of custard!😄
I really enjoyed my picnic afternoon at Oliver & Bonachini! Our hostess was lovey, attentive and warm despite of how busy the restaurant was. I will now continue on with my journey! Exploring other delicacies found in Winterlicious 2017! 🤗🍛🍽🍳🍮
Great service and great food. The mushroom soup is the bomb and they also have different specials from Monday to Friday.
Some of the prices are a little too overpriced however their dessert is the bomb especially the cheesecake with phyllo pastry. A must have!!!!
Like the interior as well and as the ambience in the restaurant. great place for brunch or just to have a nice drink.
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Bayview Village isn't a place I would typically go to as the upper-middle class stores are way over my student budget. However, I have been eyeing this restaurant for a while and finally decided to try it out during summerlicious. We went for the 3-course summerlicious lunch. It was quite busy and packed at lunchtime Saturday, although this may be due to the summerlicious rush. As a result, service was slow for us given how packed they were, but otherwise staff were super friendly and responsive.
In terms of the food, I was quite impressed by both the appetizers and main dishes. My partner and myself each tried a different item from the menu, so I got to try several dishes. I really enjoyed the crabcake and the salmon niçoise, both which were light and refreshing. For dessert, we got the popcorn ice cream and lemon cake. This is where I felt it fell a bit short. The ice cream reminded me more of smores ice cream and was not anything special. The cake, while having a good cake base and berry compote, was heavy on the cream cheese frosting, which was overly sweet and had a granular texture from the sugar not properly mixing.
Besides the relatively mediocre desserts, my experience here was fantastic. Maybe I'll come back to Bayview Village more often!
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I love a breakfast place with a beautiful decor and original recipes. Makes it worth spending the money for eggs and toast.
From the moment you are walking toward the resto it makes you wish it was a beautiful day and you could sit on the patio (even tho it looks out on the mall parking lot). This place is beautifully decorated like a mix between Pinterest and Jamie Oliver. Perfect for a classy, comfy brunch. The staff are also very relaxed trendy in their dark blue checkered shirts and navy Dockers. All Very friendly and welcoming, our waiter was particularly knowledgeable, and not afraid to recommend items on the menu.
Items on the menu have a modern twist to traditional breakfast ingredients and all sound very interesting an delicious. Makes it hard to choose just one item.
We shared the chicken and French toast in waffle batter and a tomato sauce poached egg served in its Le Creuset dish. The breakfast was very delicious and would definitely recommend to those looking for a non traditional breakfast place. The fried chicken was over cooked and with the 3cm thick French toast, was very dry. Did not enjoy as much, but I can imagine that if not over cooked, would have interesting flavors with the caramel sauce and brandy maple syrup. The coffee was ok. The price tag...about $20pp.
Would definitely recommend for a cozy classy Sunday brunch.
I had a lovely brunch with my parents today. The service was friendly and the food was tasty. We didn't order anything extraordinary off the menu. My mom had the Rotisserie Chicken Clubhouse, my dad had the 2 Egg Breakfast, and I had the Crab and Cod Cakes.
The food has always been very consistent and is great for larger groups as it's quite spacious. The seating arrangement is very comfortable. This location is also very kid-friendly and the proof is when my little nephews actually request to come eat here.
We had been to this location of Oliver & Bonancini several years ago and enjoyed it. This evening it was just for dessert, for part two of our celebration for some 2015 success. SWMBO ordered the Seasonal Crème Brûlée, which is one of her current favourite desserts. I had the Double Chocolate Lava Cake (warm), with a raspberry sauce. A decadent way to finish off the evening.
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Oliver and Bonacini restaurants are quite popular for their delectable food. The cafe grill is a bit more laid back and casual environment compared to a few of their other higher end, classy restaurants.
Atmosphere:
I recommend making reservations so that you don't have to wait for a table. They seemed to be quite busy. The staff are well trained and are easy to talk to about the menu. The environment was relaxing.
Food:
I decided to try Sundar's Spicy Lamb Rolls which are crispy rolls filled with a spicy lamb and potato filling with a side sauce of coriander raita to dip it in. Since I have a Sri Lankan background, rolls is a very common dish in my culture and I didn't think this would be "spicy" compared to our traditional rolls. Yet, I was pleasantly surprised. These rolls were quite flavourful and spicy. The spice level was good for me, but for someone that can't handle the heat, I wouldn't recommend it. It tasted great with the dipping sauce and in the end, this dish was my favourite meal! My main entree was fetuccine bolognese which was basically homemade fetuccine pasta with a marinara sauce, ground beef and shaved parmesan on top. I enjoyed the texture of the freshly made pasta, but other than that the dish was a bit lacking. I found it to be a bit bland and not as flavourful as I had hoped. It could have been because I had eaten it after the very delicious rolls!
Overall, my experience was great and I would definitely go again! Check it out.
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O & B place is nothing too special. Their food is good but nothing has ever blown me away. Due to that lack of wow factor, this place isn't really that memorable. Once, I ordered their pasta with a bolognese sauce and it was salty, oily and subpar in general. Other menu items I have ordered fail to stand out in my mind.
This place is a crowd pleaser and meant to appeal to a wide range of people.
The desserts are their only saving grace.
I treated my sister here for an afternoon tea. It comes with either tea or coffee and the chef's dessert platter.
The chef's dessert platter came with carrot cake, s'mores brownie and white chocolate raspberry cheesecake. We ordered double cheesecake because they were all out of lemon squares.
The s'mores was their weakest link. The marshmallows on top were clearly store-bought.
The white chocolate cheese cake was delicious. I really enjoyed how all the flavours came through wonderfully.
Their carrot cake was topped with lemon gelato. It was a delicious flavour contrast and the lemon helped cut the sweet. I wasn't a fan of the grated carrot on top. It was a little difficult to eat and the lemon was overpowering with the lemon gelato.
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