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Garlic's Restaurant
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
5 reviews for Garlic's Restaurant
5 reviews in English
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Review from Karmen Y.
Mississauga, ON
1/5/2012
LOVE this place. It is my favourite gourmet place in London. I always go when it's a special date and when I feel like splurging. They have a really romantic, intimate setting and the servers have been quite nice (on non-busy nights).
AMAZING: I usually never order appetizers, but their garlic soup is too good to pass up (despite how odd that sounds). Also a sucker for their melted brie on bread (it comes with a homemade sauce that makes the combo irresistible).
They make their own bread and butter, so fresh, so light. I am a bread eater so getting a chance to eat fresh homemade bread is like heaven. Plus whipped butter. Yummy. However, as a result, my taste buds have upgraded as I found it difficult to swallow down hard baguette and commercial butter at another restaurant.
The food never disappoints! I like that they change up the menu often to incorporate more local ingredients in their dishes. Compared to other gourmet places, I think the portions here actually fill you up quite well. -
Review from L S.
6/2/2011
Ate there thrice.
Loved it thrice! -
Review from Angela M.
8/30/2010
It was actually more of a 2.5. Off the bat, one thing I have to say is that, I love how they are really into free-range, organic things, and it does transition in their food. Going in for dinner on a Monday night, it was pretty empty. Due to this fact, our waitress was very attentive and very helpful. I started off with the butternutsquash soup with maple syrup, while my boyfriend opted for eating the bread. Actually, he was quite traumatized by the fact that this Garlic restaurant didn't serve his favorite garlic dish of all time, garlic bread. I have to admit, I wept a little inside too, knowing they didn't even have a garlic spread option.
My soup was delicious, and it went very nicely with the oat bread with molasses that came in the bread basket. However, for the white bread offered, there was too much salt in it, making you reach for the water glass a bit too many times during dinner.
I got this handmade pasta with chicken and shiitake mushrooms, while BF opted for the mac'n cheese. My pasta was perfect, and the chicken in it was absolutely delicious. The little bits of roasted corn = amazing. And the roasted garlic pieces that were tossed in was mushy and delicious. I am a BIG fan of garlic, it was perfect.
My BF's mac'n cheese however... Instead of macaroni noodles, they attempted the hand-make them, which just translated to thick pieces of undercooked dough that was chewy. Chewy macaroni = not cool.
Still hungry from his disaster on a plate, he wanted to give dessert a try. He isn't much of a health food nut, so the least offensive thing for him on the menu was a flourless chocolate cake. When I saw Garlic ice cream, I somehow managed to push down my delicious pasta dish and make room.
The flourless chocolate cake was a let down for him, but I have to admit, one of the better flourless cakes I have had. My Garlic Ice cream was delicious, with the the right amount of garlic blended in for a perfect mixture of vanilla and Garlic. What would have been better, if they toasted the garlic pieces until they were crunchy, and sprinkled them over the ice cream. The roasted garlic bulbs on the ice cream was a little overwhelming, especially for dessert.
I would have given my food a solid 4-4.5 star, while my BF had to give is a 1. This was technically average the stars out to a 2, but because of the great service, I bumped it up a star. I would definitely return, BF definitely won't -
Review from Alan K.
London, ON
1/11/2012
Solid upscale restaurant located on Richmond row. I tried their brie and garlic toast as my appetizer, their tagliatelle as my main, and their creme brulee as my dessert. The brie and garlic toast was fine as was my tagliatelle although the latter was kind of ordinary tasting for my palate. The highlight of my meal was the creme brulee as both the texture and the flavour were spot on. The service was perhaps the best part of my experience at Garlics as our server was very polite, friendly, and efficient so no complaints there. Overall however, there was nothing about my overall visit that justified paying such high prices, at least for me. I'm not saying I had a negative experience or anything like that but I can't see myself returning to shell out so much money. If you've got the cash though, I can see why this place is popular.
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Review from Cindy I.
5/7/2009
Just had dinner here and the brown sugar chicken was very flavorful. The only downside for me was the green beans were basically raw but maybe that was planned.
The atmosphere was upscale casual but very cool with leaving the exposed brick walls and painted ventilation ducts. If there is a big show in town you may need a reservation. On an off night they have plenty of seats. My waitress was very genuine and friendly which is especially nice when dining alone.
