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Focaccia Restaurant
Category: Restaurants Italian Italian [Edit]
17 Hayden StToronto, ON M4Y 2P2
Neighbourhoods: Church-Wellesley Village, Downtown Core
(416) 323-0179
- Hours:
Mon-Fri 11:30 am - 2:30 pm
Tue-Sat 5 pm - 11 pm
- Price Range:
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$$
- Noise Level:
- Loud
5 reviews for Focaccia Restaurant
5 reviews in English
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Review from Xi Y.
Toronto, ON
2/3/2012
I love their lamb!! It tastes so good. But I don't like the fact that they serve minute mate orange juice...at least serve tropicana!.....
I think they have specials now on Thursdays and Fridays(buy one get one free, i think...) So try to go there on a friday:) -
Review from Natalie G.
Toronto, ON
10/7/2011
Went to this place with an offeron coupon and had a great time!
Friendly service by a very chatty waiter named Larry. He was super nice and I enjoyed his friendly conversation. He was helpful in regards to the menu and wine options.
We ordered the salmon and chicken supreme and both were great, my salmon was amazing. We were too full for dessert but i would've had one otherwise.
Overall a nice little restaurant with good food and great service! -
Review from Isabel R.
Toronto, ON
9/27/2010
The food at this place has always been great. Been there several times, and the food is always delicious...prepared by the tiny kitchen you can see from your table. Always really interesting soups and sides, and the mains are delicious as well. I'm not sure if it recently changed owners or management, but they've made some big changes sometime in the last few months that make me like this place even more.
Larry no longer works there, and while he was a nice guy, he was too talkative for my ideal dining service. I avoided going to this place because it was difficult to talk to my friends/family because Larry kept interjecting.
They also expanded their menu slightly, adding several pasta dishes, and fixed up the interior. It used to be kind of dark and gloomy, but they've really brightened the place up. It still has a small intimate feel, but no longer feels like a cave. -
Review from Vicky L.
North York, ON
7/29/2011
Foccacia is located in the Yonge and Bloor area. Upon first entering the restaurant, you feel a little bit like it's a candidate for the show 'Restaurant Makeover' - the space is small and the decor is quite plain and a bit on the worn side. However, I'm not going to judge a place based solely on decor.
When we arrived the restaurant, it was about 60% full (maybe 15 people). There was one waiter - Larry who was looking after all the tables. Larry was quite the character like previous reviewers have described - he was talkative, friendly and seemed to know a few of the customers. However, he was quite unhappy with the number of Groupon customers in the establishment and wasn't shy about letting people know. Clearly the restaurant had oversold on Groupons and even though it knew about the number of customers, they did not bother to have more than one waiter on staff. We waited quite a while for menus, drinks and it was hard to get Larry's attention because he was looking after so many tables. A nearby table did not have a Groupon voucher and they appeared to get bigger portions and more attention from the waiter. Clearly is the restaurant was not going to use the opportunity to use Groupon as a way of attracting new customers.
The food itself was nothing to write home about. I ordered the Penne Pollo and my friend ordered Spaghetti aglio e olio. Sadly the portions were no bigger than something you'd get a food court establishment like Piazza Manna and not even close to being better. There were a few pieces of chicken in my bowl and my friend received about 5 thin slices of sausage on his. The kicker was that they seemed to be using dry pasta and the Parmesan cheese we were offered wasn't fresh - think of the stuff from Kraft you buy in the pasta isle at a supermarket. The flavours of our dishes were bland - no detectable spices or flavours to make the dishes interesting.
I doubt very much I will be returning to Foccacia, I just can't find a reason to. There are other places in the city that are adequately staffed and serve better (tastier) foods. Heck, Jack Astors up the street has a pasta dishes for the same price, the portions are bigger and they're rarely short staffed. -
Review from Ramanan S.
Toronto, ON
10/26/2009
I've been to Focaccia several times now. (It's the sister restaurant to Bloom, another favourite place of mine.) The place is tucked away on Hayden St, in what looks to be an old house. The dining room is fairly small and cozy. (There is a larger dining area up stairs for private functions.) The service is great. The host is always (as far as I can tell) Larry, an (incredibly) friendly waiter. If you don't like having conversations with the wait staff at places you go, then this might be a place to avoid. The food is Latin American and sort of Italian in style. I've always been impressed with what i've had. The menu changes with some frequency. Prices are pretty reasonable for a place of this caliber. They also serve brunch, which is pretty fucking awesome. The place is probably worth going to if only to try brunch there. (Picadillo empanada Chilean style FTW!)
