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Didier Restaurant & Catering
Category: Restaurants French French [Edit]
1496 Yonge StToronto, ON M4T 1Z6
Neighbourhoods: Yonge and St. Clair, Deer Park
(416) 925-8588
- Hours:
Tue-Fri 11:30 am - 2 pm
Tue-Sat 6 pm - 10 pm
Sun 11 am - 2 pm
- Attire:
- Dressy
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Price Range:
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$$$
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- No
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- No
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good For:
- Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
8 reviews for Didier Restaurant & Catering
8 reviews in English
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Review from Lucas B.
Toronto, ON
11/25/2011
Hands down the best French restaurant in the city. The service is excellent and for the quality of food you're receiving the price is fantastic. Make sure and try the oeufs en cocotte Diane, it's a special treat you won't find anywhere else.
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Review from James W.
Toronto, ON
1/25/2012
The restaurant is lovely. It was a Saturday night but it was only half full. Which suited us just fine as we had a little alcove to ourselves.
I'd read some reviews stating really bad service but for us it was impeccable. From Didier himself greeting us at the door to All the wait staff, friendly, prompt & knowledgeable.
We started off with 2 glasses of Cuvée Catherine which I highly recommend.
We each had escargot to start which was the best dish of the night; rich and delicious and surprisingly plentiful.
'A' had the arctic char and I had the steak frites. Both were good. My steak was done perfectly but it was just good. A said the same thing about the fish; good but we weren't blown away by either. We finished with the souffle and coffee/tea.
At this price point, my expectations are very high and the food just didn't do it for us. It was a special occasion for us and we were in a great mood and had a fantastic night but the food was not near the top of the list of reasons.
Wonderful service and atmosphere but ultimately not worth the price. -
Review from Roma E.
Toronto, ON
2/3/2012
Yelp doesn't actually let you give zero stars...
You know when you read negative reviews about a critically acclaimed restaurant and think 'well they must have been having an off night' or 'The service can't be THAT bad'?
Well tonight I learned to listen to them.
Didier was the most insulting restaurant experience I have ever had the misfortune of having.
The long story short - we waited 40+ minutes for someone to even take our order, were completely ignored despite the restaurant not being terribly busy, and finally left without eating a thing. When I did try to voice a complaint, the 'manager' basically tried to tell me it was our fault. It wasn't- we were there on time (I was early in fact) and just sat there with menus, trying to make eye contact while every other table was served course after course.
The best part was when my husband asked the server, she didn't even bother to apologize, just said to him 'Here, take your tip back and we'll call it even'.
Worst.Service.Ever. -
Review from helen y.
Toronto, ON
12/17/2010 1 Check-in Here
Major Food Comma
amazing food...
I had escargot= melts in ur mouth, it's also make with bone marrow
rack of lamb in pastry which was beyond perfect..
tried little steak tartar and fritz... was great..
love the space, very warm and cozy..
service was good, wasn't top notch, but was good enough and besides, food made up for any mistakes or imperfection they have
warning!! if u have liver condition or have hard time digesting heavy food, go easy.... i wish i didn't eat so much as i'm sitting here and writing this 4 hours later -
Review from Rosie S.
1/6/2011
So... maybe I am of the ignorant masses, but I HATE a runny omelet. It makes my tongue and throat itch. It feels nasty in my mouth. It looks nasty on the plate. Is that authentic French preparation? If it is, I don't like it. I like my eggs puffy.
I like veggies. I do not like, however, raw green beans in my omelet, whether runny, fluffy, or otherwise.
The service is stuffy but impeccable. Our waiter's French accent was TOTALLY fake and exaggerated... Just kidding. It was thick and Parisian. But I bet they have to go through some sort of French accent authenticity training as part of their application process! I could barely understand the guy! But that's authentic, isn't it? ;)
Atmosphere is FANTASTIC. It could *almost* be a Paris Bistro... almost. The feel is wrong, but the look is right.
There were also halved new potatoes IN my omelet. weird. Everything instantly fell apart - very messy. NOT the thing to order at a business lunch.
Anyhow, I was so grossed out by/busy trying to eat my omelet that I didn't even notice what anyone else ordered.
Sorry... but I love me some Biff's omelet action, if we're talking upscale lunch styles. And if we're talking NOT upscale lunch/brunch egg dishes, I'm gonna go to a local diner instead. Sorry, all you snobby Frenchies.
Didier is probably better at dinner... I would give it a chance!Listed in: Business Lunches
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Review from Catherine K.
12/1/2010
Didier Restaurant is one of my very-favorites. Oooh-lala! Gorgeous French food, carefully, lovingly prepared by super-accomplished Chef Didier Leroy, for a low price. It's neither intimidating the way French food can be, nor is the resto itself pretentious. Quite the opposite.
My first visit this past summer, I enjoyed the super-great value of Didier's prix fixe. My appetizer was a seasonal Salade de Betterace, Orange, Fromage De Chevre, a delicately-flavoured beet salad with tiny medallions of snowy goat cheese and orange segments, and topped with Ontario greens. The beets were sliced paper-thin and were tender but not floppy, the fork prongs easily impaling their moist, sweet flesh. The goat cheese was, thankfully, not fridge-cold, but just the right temperature for swirling along the beets & greens, or spreading onto the beautifully crusty baguette side with the succulent, juicy citrus fruit. I could've downed another plate of this luscious, jewel-like salad, really, but I was happy the first course -along with the others -were proportioned accordingly, with absolutely no weird food architecture.
Second course was a luscious Duck Confit. It came with a gorgeously-charred sweet potato taht was half tucked beneath the meat. Duck confit is one of those dishes I have once a year (if that), owing to its extreme caloric content. But.... goodness me, Chef's handling made me want it every day! It was, quite simply, the best duck confit I've ever had. Moist, amazingly un-greasy morsels of tender, flavorfull meat, in a beautiful, rich-but-thin sauce that encircled the plate (with a just-so tender side of greens), and with perfectly crackling skin. Each bite provided a pure, real connection to the bird and to the skill that so lovingly prepared it this way. Swoooon.
Dessert was Trilogie De Chocolat Valrhona -or a chocolate trilogy, which consisted of layers of moist, ebullient bittersweet darkness. Valrhona is a posh sort of chocolate that, if you know how to use it, makes for a very heavenly finish to a meal. Well... durr. Runny, solid, soft -all the textures and flavours of this special, luscious treat were nestled together in one gorgeously posh, small portion. The level of detail was truly impresssive, with a lovely, subtle presentation and again, a just-right portion.
The dessert -with a full-mouth flavour of rich cocoa, but without any cloying sugary qualities -paired beautifully with the 2005 Penfolds Grange wine I enjoyed that visit. Didier has a truly impressive wine list, and sommelier Tory is only too happy to help find what's right for you.
Between friendly, prompt, informative service, top-notch ingredients, and loving, poetic cooking, Didier is a fantastic food experience, one I can't recommend highly enough. ALLEZ! -
Review from Jeff S.
Toronto, ON
1/10/2011
Finest traditional French in Toronto. Chef Didier is classically trained. The upside: you get French food as envisioned by their creators. The downside: Didier will not compromise; if you don't want it his way, go elsewhere!
Had dinner last night and dine there regularly. The new menu is a welcome upgrade.
I had the oeff cocottes to start, beef Rossini main course and soufflé. As usual a wonderful meal. Our party also ordered the loupe, and don't miss the boule de neige as another dessert option. An absolute party in your mouth!
With cocktails and wine it's not an inexpensive restaurant. However, if it's great, I mean the best, French food that you want, you'll be hard pressed to do better than Didier. -
Review from Jenna Marie W.
Toronto, ON
7/31/2009
We went as a group of four for summerlicious last month. It had never participated before and it was only my list as a must try. The space is romantic and dark, wear your best shoes.
This was the best prix fixe I have ever had. The service was courteous (despite our being the youngest patrons and the only ones drinking the 5 dollar bottles of beer) and well paced. Usually for summerlicious you are rushed out quickly but we spent more than two and a half hours from start to desert.
The tartar is the house specialty and well worth the distinction. I wasn't sure I could handle a whole plate of raw meat but it was delicious and perfectly seasoned. I started with a duck and foie salad and to finish we shared each of their desert offerings. I usually find this a low point, but all were excellent, despite the unending jokes that the snowball meringues elicited.
The hostess told us they have a 58 dollar prix fixe on the menu year-round. Worth a splurge if you love french food done right.
