The Top 100 Places to Eat Near Bar Pompette
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Rank 1. Casa Paco
Spanish
A tiny west-end house running a tasting menu that somehow threads Spanish and Venetian flavors together without it feeling like a gimmick. The chef has serious international miles on him, and it shows in the confident, seafood-forward cooking. Sundays go family-style with paella, which is worth planning your trip around. The crowd tends toward people who've done their research and dressed just slightly nicer than they let on.
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Rank 2. DaNico
Fine Dining Italian
DaNico is a Michelin-starred Italian fine dining room inside a former bank, which sounds like a punchline but absolutely works. High ceilings, linen tablecloths, plush seating, and just enough irreverent art on the walls to remind you the team isn't precious about it. The cooking is Italian at its bones, refined and technically sharp, with local Ontario ingredients doing serious work. The kind of room where everyone's dressed up and very much aware of it.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- 50 Top Italy 2026 · #3 · The Best Italian Restaurants In The World
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
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Rank 3. Quetzal
Mexican
The centerpiece of this Michelin-starred upscale Mexican restaurant is a 10-metre open-fire grill that does the heavy lifting on almost every dish, giving the whole room a low smoky hum. The crowd is dressed-up-but-not-stuffy, the kind who've done their research. Tortillas are made fresh from heirloom corn ground in-house, and the agave cocktail list is serious without being precious about it.
- 50 Best #8 · North America's 50 Best Restaurants
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Canada's 100 Best 2026 · #4 · Best Restaurants
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A College Street trattoria with something genuinely unusual going on: the team weaves together Italian and Jewish culinary history into food that feels personal rather than conceptual. Fresh pasta, a charcoal grill, and hyper-seasonal Canadian ingredients tie it together. The room is warm and a little cinematic, and the crowd looks like people who read the menu twice. It landed on Canada's 100 Best for good reason.
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Rank 6. Linny’s
Jewish American Steakhouse
The Jewish American steakhouse is having a proper moment, and Linny's is the reason why. It's a fine dining take on the form, all golden light, white linen, and banquettes that actually hold you. The steaks are serious, the pastrami is housemade, and the cocktails are doing things with pickle brine that make the drinks list genuinely worth reading. The room feels like a celebration that's been going on for decades, even if it hasn't.
- Air Canada 2025 · Best Cocktail · Best New Restaurants
- Canada's 100 Best 2026 · #14 · Best Restaurants
- Air Canada 2025 · Finalist · Best New Restaurants
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Rank 7. DaiLo
New Asian/French
DaiLo is a College Street spot where New Asian and French cooking meet in ways that feel genuinely personal rather than gimmicky. The chef designs the menu around sharing, so bring people you actually like. The room fills with the kind of crowd that knows the difference between a good cocktail and a great one, and orders both. Whole fried fish, hand-folded dumplings, bold seasoning throughout. It's a proper night out.
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Rank 9. Conejo Negro
Caribbean
Conejo Negro is a cozy Caribbean-Creole spot on College Street where the food hits hard and the portions are built for sharing with a crew. Think fried chicken with smoked hot honey, braised beef with grits, and firecracker shrimp that earns the name. It's a Michelin Bib Gourmand pick, meaning the value is as good as the cooking. The backyard patio, all wood benches and warm lights, is exactly where you want to end up on a good night.
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Rank 10. Prime Seafood Palace
Steakhouse
Matty Matheson's steakhouse on Queen West is genuinely worth the splurge, a soaring wood-lined room with pink booths that looks like nothing else in the city. The early circus energy has settled, and serious diners have moved in, many of them chasing the wagyu and the caviar rather than a selfie. Go for a special occasion or just because it's Tuesday and you feel like it.
- Air Canada 2022 · Finalist · Best New Restaurants
- Canada's 100 Best 2026 · #41 · Best Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 11. Takja BBQ House
Korean Barbecue
Upscale Korean BBQ on College Street where the servers actually do the grilling for you, which sounds fancy until you realize it means the meat is always perfect. Dry-aged cuts from around the world get cooked over live fire tableside, and the banchan gets the same serious attention as everything else. The crowd is date-night couples and groups who wanted somewhere cooler than the usual spots. Cocktails lean Korean, wine list leans natural.
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Rank 12. Sunnys Chinese
Sichuan Chinese
Tucked down a hallway in Kensington Market that looks like it goes nowhere, Sunny's is a loud, packed Chinese spot earning its Michelin Bib Gourmand the honest way. The cooking runs from Sichuan to Guangdong and doesn't ask permission, leaning hard into chili, smoke, and char. The crowd is young and in groups, because this is the kind of place you want to argue about the menu with someone.
- Air Canada 2021 · Finalist · Best New Restaurants
- Canada's 100 Best 2026 · #94 · Best Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
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Rank 13. Edulis
Spanish Mediterranean
Edulis holds a Michelin star and earns every bit of it, though you'd never guess from the outside. It's a tasting-menu spot that moves at its own unhurried pace, the kind where the table is yours all night and the menu politely asks you to put your phone away. Seafood leads the way, rooted in Spanish and Mediterranean tradition, and the execution is quietly serious. The room feels like a cozy house party thrown by people who really know how to cook.
- 50 Best #25 · North America's 50 Best Restaurants
- Air Canada 2012 · #1 · Best New Restaurants
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
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Rank 14. Mhel
Japanese Fusion Korean
Mhel holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand and a spot on Canada's 100 Best, which tells you something, especially for a tiny, cozy spot tucked on a residential side street off Bloor West. The husband-and-wife team runs a rotating menu of Korean-Japanese small plates built around serious fish, rare imports, and seasonal ingredients. The sake list is genuinely good, and the crowd leans toward people who found this place on purpose.
- 50 Best #28 · North America's 50 Best Restaurants
- Air Canada 2024 · Top 10 · Best New Restaurants
- Canada's 100 Best 2026 · #30 · Best Restaurants
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Rank 15. Bar Raval
Spanish
A pinxto bar on College that does a convincing impression of San Sebastián, right down to the vermouth and the late hour. The room is genuinely stunning, all curved mahogany that makes you feel like you're inside a very elegant ship. You come for Spanish snacks and small bites, stay because the cocktail and sherry program keeps getting better, and leave considerably later than planned. Holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand.
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best International Restaurant Bar
- Canada's 100 Best 2026 · #10 · Best Bars
- Air Canada 2015 · Top 10 · Best New Restaurants
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Rank 16. Giulietta
Italian
Giulietta is the Italian neighbourhood restaurant that Dufferin Grove residents are quietly smug about, and honestly, fair enough. It's stylish without being precious, and the team makes everyone feel like a regular from table one. The pizza alone is worth the trip, charred and puffy in all the right ways, but the pasta holds its own too. First-daters and loyal locals share the room in a way that just works.
- Air Canada 2018 · Top 10 · Best New Restaurants
- Canada's 100 Best 2026 · #89 · Best Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 17. Dreyfus
French
Dreyfus is a tiny, dimly lit French bistro on Harbord that feels like someone's well-traveled living room, except the food is genuinely thrilling. The menu shifts constantly with the season and leans into indulgence without apology. Italo-disco hums in the background while regulars let the server pick their wines by the glass. Go with a group, sit elbow to elbow, and do not skip the crêpes Suzette.
- Air Canada 2019 · Top 10 · Best New Restaurants
- Canada's 100 Best 2026 · #19 · Best Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 18. Alo
Contemporary
Tucked on the third floor above Spadina, Alo is a Michelin-starred tasting menu restaurant that somehow avoids feeling precious about it. The dining room is plush and low-lit, full of people who booked months out and are visibly pleased with themselves for getting in. Sit at the chef's counter if you can swing it. The kitchen blends European and Asian ideas on a multi-course menu that keeps surprising you without ever showing off.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · North America's Best French Cuisine Restaurant
- Canada's 100 Best 2026 · #7 · Best Restaurants
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Rank 19. Restaurant Pompette
French/Italian
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Rank 20. Maven
Polish-Jewish Eastern European
Maven is a warm, sunlit neighborhood restaurant on Harbord where the chef turns her Polish-Jewish heritage into something genuinely moving without ever getting precious about it. The room has cheerful primary colors and her grandmother's knick-knacks on the shelves, and the crowd looks like people who came for a quick dinner and ended up staying way too long. Order the Pickletini, then let the rest of the menu do its thing.
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Rank 21. Bar Vendetta
Italian Cocktail Bar
A narrow Italian wine bar on Dundas West that somehow squeezes serious from-scratch pasta out of a kitchen the size of a coat closet. The retro tile and vintage posters draw a mix of actual diners and people who came purely to work through the long Italian wine list and never opened a menu. Both camps are equally right. The cacio e pepe-stuffed pasta coil is genuinely worth the trip.
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Rank 22. Grey Gardens
Contemporary
Grey Gardens is a lively, hip little restaurant on Augusta that earns its Michelin Bib Gourmand honestly, which is to say the food quietly overdelivers every time. The menu is short and shifts around, but the house-made pastas alone justify the trip. The wine list is genuinely good, the room is full of people who clearly come here a lot, and somehow it all feels effortless rather than try-hard.
- Air Canada 2017 · Finalist · Best New Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Foodism 2025 · Legendary Icon · ICON Awards · Jen Agg
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Rank 23. R&D
Fusion
Chinatown's most fun fusion spot, born from a MasterChef Canada mentorship that somehow actually worked. R&D throws dim sum in a blender with French, Korean, and whatever else the kitchen feels like that day, and the results are genuinely good rather than gimmicky. The crowd skews young and adventurous, the room has energy, and the Michelin Bib Gourmand means you won't feel robbed on the way out.
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Rank 24. Bar Eugenie
Filipino
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Rank 25. Bar Prima
Italian
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Rank 26. Bar Isabel
Spanish
Bar Isabel is a Spanish taverna on College Street that somehow manages to feel both lived-in and genuinely exciting. The room pulls everyone from date-nighters to big, loud groups, and the tapas menu is rustic enough that you won't feel like you're being lectured. Order widely, drink the sherry cocktails, and don't overthink it. Grant van Gameren is one of Toronto's most respected chefs, which tracks the moment the food arrives.
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Rank 27. Actinolite
Contemporary New American
Actinolite is a fine dining tasting menu spot on a quiet stretch of Ossington, and it earns its place at the table by actually meaning it. The chef grew up hunting and foraging, and that's not a marketing angle; it shapes every dish. Seven courses built around what's local, seasonal, and often foraged, served by the people who cooked it. The crowd is date-night serious but not stuffy, the kind who eat slowly on purpose.
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Rank 28. Linny’s
Steakhouse
Linny's is a steakhouse on Ossington that sits somewhere between old-school chophouse and Jewish deli, and somehow that works beautifully. Named after the owner's mom, it's the kind of place you book for a birthday and end up coming back to just because. The beef is serious, the room is warm without trying too hard, and the crowd is the sort that dressed up just enough to feel good about it.
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Rank 29. Chantecler
Bistro French
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Rank 30. The Cottage Cheese
Indian
Kensington Market's sunniest Indian spot earns its Michelin Bib Gourmand by actually caring, from the butter chicken down to how well the naan is garlicked. It's a casual, window-wrapped dining room where the servers will talk you through the menu with genuine enthusiasm, which sounds annoying but really isn't. Chaats, curries, and claypots are built for sharing, and the crowd looks exactly like people who came for a quick bite and stayed for another round.
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You walk through a coffee shop to reach the actual restaurant, which tells you everything about how this place operates. It's a casual Thai spot on Ossington with binchotan grills, natural light, and cooking that's genuinely fiery and fresh rather than dialed down for the room. The menu runs from snacky appetizers to curries, and the crowd looks like people who found it on purpose and feel quietly smug about it. Michelin gave it a Bib Gourmand, so the secret's out.
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Rank 32. Ten
Vegetarian
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Rank 33. Aloette
New American
Aloette is a chic little diner on Spadina, narrow as a train car and perpetually hard to get into, which tells you something. The team behind the Michelin-starred tasting room upstairs runs this place with the same seriousness, just with burgers and pie instead of twelve courses. The crowd is stylish and unhurried, the kind of people who made a reservation two weeks ago and feel smug about it. Worth every bit of the effort.
- Air Canada 2018 · Top 10 · Best New Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Toronto, Canada
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Rank 34. Enoteca Sociale
Roman Italian Wine Bar
This Michelin Bib Gourmand Roman wine bar on Dundas West has been around for years, and the marble bar alone is reason enough to show up solo. Nearly everything is made in-house, and the pastas are the real draw, especially the cacio e pepe, which basically every table orders. The crowd is relaxed, the room feels genuinely lived-in, and it's the kind of place that makes you want to stay for one more glass.
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Rank 36. Kiss My Pans
Singaporean
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Rank 37. RASA
Contemporary
This Michelin Bib Gourmand gastropub on Robert Street is the kind of place where nobody's trying too hard but everything somehow lands. The menu jumps from chickpea fritters to lamb vindaloo dumplings to a beef cheek burger on house brioche, which sounds chaotic but tastes like a plan. Portions are generous, the vibe is loose, and regulars are the sort of people who keep meaning to try something new but always order the same thing.
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Rank 38. PIANO PIANO
Elevated Italian
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Rank 39. Yan Dining Room
Chinese
Tucked behind a longtime Toronto Chinese restaurant, Yan is a micro tasting menu spot where the chef cooks "neo-Chinese" food rooted in her own family history, then actually explains each dish to the room. A gong sounds, she talks, everyone laughs. Twenty-eight people, eight courses, booths and a communal table, seasonal menu. It's intimate in a way that feels earned rather than precious, and you leave with leftovers.
- Air Canada 2025 · Best Concept · Best New Restaurants
- Air Canada 2025 · Top 10 · Best New Restaurants
- Canada's 100 Best 2026 · Recommends
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Rank 40. Lunch Lady
Street Food Vietnamese
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Rank 41. Campechano Adelaide
Mexican
This casual taco spot has a Bib Gourmand and a short menu, and it earns both. The tortillas are pressed and griddled fresh from heirloom corn sourced in Mexico, which sounds fancy but mostly just means they taste like tortillas are supposed to. The room is small and tiled, the kitchen is loud, everything arrives fast, and before you know it you're back on Adelaide wondering when you can come back.
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Rank 42. Bar Banane
Cocktail Bar
The bar at Bar Banane on Ossington draws the kind of crowd that makes you feel like you accidentally wandered into a cooler city. Deep, moody colors, music loud enough to feel it, and cocktails that are actually good. The room tends to fill with artists and the occasional recognizable face, all dressed like they have somewhere better to be afterward, even when they don't.
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Rank 43. Sushi Masaki Saito
Omakase Sushi
The most transporting omakase in Toronto, set behind a marble staircase and a hinoki wood counter that feels genuinely sacred. Fish comes straight from Japan, the nigiri rice is warm and seasoned with aged vinegar, and the whole thing costs a serious amount of money, which the room full of quietly reverent regulars clearly decided was fine. Masaki Saito holds a Michelin star and runs the counter like he's hosting a dinner party, keeping the mood warm rather than hushed.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · North America's Best Japanese Cuisine Restaurant
- Canada's 100 Best 2026 · #52 · Best Restaurants
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Rank 44. Gia
Plant-forward Italian
Gia is the Italian spot in Trinity Bellwoods where you'll be halfway through a bowl of house-made pasta before you notice the menu is entirely meatless. It's a proper sit-down dinner, stylish without being stiff, the kind of room that fills up with people who read the right newsletters and actually got a reservation. If you didn't, the walnut bar up front is a perfectly good consolation prize.
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Rank 45. Antler
Contemporary
A cozy little spot in Little Portugal where the whole point is local and wild, game meat and all. The exposed brick, forest murals, and yes, a mounted deer on the wall set the scene perfectly for what lands on the plate. It's the kind of neighbourhood restaurant where the regulars look like they walked straight out of a hiking trail, but in a good way. The chef takes Ontario's farms and forests seriously, and it shows.
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Rank 46. Le Swan
French
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Restaurant Bar – Canada
- Air Canada 2019 · Finalist · Best New Restaurants
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Restaurant Bar – Canada
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Rank 47. Union
French
French bistro vibes on one of Toronto's coolest strips, Union is the kind of neighborhood spot where the food takes the farm-to-table thing seriously without making you sit through a lecture about it. The rustic brick dining room fills up with locals who know the menu changes with the seasons, and the chef has been known to bring your plate out himself. Lunch is low-key, dinner is more of an occasion.
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Rank 48. Enigma
Contemporary
Enigma is a tasting menu spot in Yorkville where the chef came up through Alo and it honestly shows. Eight courses, open kitchen, dishes built around three or four ingredients that somehow taste like more. The crowd leans date-night and quietly well-dressed, the kind of people who researched before booking. If a full tasting menu feels like a commitment, the bar does à la carte. The wine list is short but clearly thought through.
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Rank 49. Pho Tien Thanh
Vietnamese
No-frills Vietnamese spot near Queen West that fills up fast, because word gets around when a bowl of pho is this good. The rare beef versions are the move, arriving in big steaming bowls that mean business. The crowd is the mixed Toronto type, nobody dressed up, everyone leaning over their bowl like it owes them nothing. Bring cash on weekends or you'll be the person holding up the line.
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Rank 50. Henry's Restaurant
Wine Bar
Henry's is a wine bar on Queen West that's doing the genre properly, with a retail shop next door in case you fall for something in your glass. The food is deliberately cuisine-agnostic, which sounds like a cop-out until you realize every dish actually lands. The crowd skews creative-class and linen-casual, the kind of people who know their natural wines but won't bore you about it. Save room for dessert, seriously.
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Rank 51. 苍蝇馆子 Cheng Du Street Food
Sichuan Chinese
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Rank 52. Parquet
French
A French bistro on a Harbord Village corner that actually earns the marble bar and the moody green ceiling. The room is genuinely beautiful, the patio is a summer gift, and the cooking is properly French without being fussy about it. Cassoulet, steak frites, béarnaise, the classics done right. The crowd looks like people who know the neighborhood well and didn't need to check if this place was good before showing up.
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Rank 54. Mother's Dumplings
Chinese
This no-frills Chinatown dumpling shop has been an institution for years, and the queue out front tells you everything. The team rolls and folds in the back all day, and you want to let them do their thing: boiled, steamed, or pan-fried, these are the reason to come. The menu goes wider, but stick to the dumplings. Grab a bag of frozen ones on the way out so future-you doesn't have to be jealous of present-you.
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Rank 55. Osteria Giulia
Ligurian Italian
Osteria Giulia has a Michelin star and somehow still feels like the kind of place you'd actually want to linger in, all candlelight and blond wood and staff who seem genuinely pleased you're there. It's a proper Italian restaurant with a tight focus on Ligurian cooking, which means lots of seafood and pastas you won't find elsewhere in the city. The crowd dresses up a little and means it. The cocktails are quietly excellent too.
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · World's Best Italian Cuisine Restaurant
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Air Canada 2022 · Finalist · Best New Restaurants
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Rank 56. Côte de Bœuf
French Wine Bar
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Rank 57. TOCA
Traditional Italian
- AAA Four Diamonds
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Four Star
- Air Canada 2011 · Finalist · Best New Restaurants
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Rank 58. Imanishi
Tokyo Japanese
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Rank 59. Chubby's Jamaican Kitchen
Jamaican
A casual Jamaican spot that somehow makes February in Toronto feel a little warmer. The cooking is homey and unpretentious, and the jerk chicken off the wood-burning grill is genuinely the real deal, the kind you'd expect closer to a beach than a bus stop. Curry goat and oxtail stew are the comfort-food anchors, and yes, you can order the gravy as a side, which you absolutely should. The room is lively and welcoming, the kind of place regulars treat like their kitchen.
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Rank 61. General Public
British Steakhouse
- Air Canada 2025 · Finalist · Best New Restaurants
- Canada's 100 Best 2026 · Recommends
- Foodism 2025 · Legendary Icon · ICON Awards · Jen Agg
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Rank 62. MIMI Chinese
Regional Chinese
MIMI Chinese is the kind of regional Chinese spot where the room does half the work, red banquettes, white tablecloths, and lighting that makes everyone look good. It's a Yorkville crowd, dressed up and sharing plates they didn't expect to love this much. The cooking is precise and generous, built for groups who want to order everything. Come with a table of friends, or let the tasting menu make the decisions for you.
- Air Canada 2022 · Top 10 · Best New Restaurants
- Chinese Restaurant Awards 2025 · #12 · Elite 30 Canada
- Canada's 100 Best 2026 · Recommends
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Rank 63. La Cubana
Comfort Food Cuban
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Rank 64. Aburi Hana
Kyō-Kaiseki Japanese
Descending below Yorkville into this Michelin-starred kaiseki room feels like the city is letting you in on a secret. The design is hushed and minimal, so nothing distracts from the plates, which are intricate and quietly theatrical in a way that earns the silence. It draws the kind of crowd that dressed up without being asked. Book ahead, go hungry, and let the chef take you somewhere.
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Rank 65. SARA
Contemporary
A sleek, contemporary spot on Portland Street that takes the whole "put your phone away" thing seriously enough to build storage for it right into the table. The shared plates menu pulls from all over the map, and solo diners aren't an afterthought since most dishes come in half-portions too. The crowd skews creative and intentional, the kind of people who actually want to talk over dinner.
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Rank 66. The Heartbreak Chef
Comfort Food
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Rank 67. Alder
Wood-Fired Mediterranean
Wood-fired Mediterranean small plates inside the Ace Hotel, from the team behind Alo, so you already know the kitchen means business. The room is dark brick and warm wood with good natural light, and the crowd tends toward stylish locals who actually eat instead of just photograph. Order something from the fire, because that's the whole point, whether it's the lamb or the chicken. Save room for dessert.
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Hotel Bar – Canada
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Hotel Bar – Canada
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 68. Famiglia Baldassarre
Italian
The pasta here is so good that most of it gets shipped off to other restaurants before you even show up. This tiny lunch-only pasta shop on an industrial strip runs for just a few hours a day, with a menu of two or three daily pastas and not much else. People line the sidewalk anyway. Seating is scarce because the real business is the kitchen humming behind you, but the pasta makes the wait feel completely reasonable.
- Canada's 100 Best 2026 · Recommends
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Toronto, Canada
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Rank 69. Lai Wah Heen
Cantonese Chinese
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Recommended
- Chinese Restaurant Awards 2025 · Top 50 Honourees · Elite 30 Canada
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Rank 70. Restaurant 20 Victoria
Contemporary Mexican
A Michelin-starred tasting menu tucked into Toronto's financial district, and the kitchen recently went full contemporary Mexican with vivid, precise cooking that earns every course. The 24-seat room is minimal and moody, the service is warm without being fussy, and the crowd skews serious-but-relaxed, suits from nearby offices who've loosened the tie and know not to rush. Get the wine pairing and let the team take it from there.
- Air Canada 2022 · #1 · Best New Restaurants
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Canada's 100 Best 2026 · #10 · Best Restaurants
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Rank 71. aKin
Asian
A Michelin-starred tasting menu in downtown Toronto where the chef takes classic Asian dishes apart and puts them back together in ways that genuinely surprise you. The room is sleek and dimly lit, full of people who booked weeks out and are dressed accordingly. Grab a counter stool if you can and watch the kitchen work. The cocktails downstairs are worth arriving early for.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Air Canada 2025 · Top 10 · Best New Restaurants
- Canada's 100 Best 2026 · #27 · Best Restaurants
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Rank 72. Don Alfonso 1890
Elevated Italian
Fine dining Italian on the 38th floor of a downtown hotel, with city and harbour views that do half the work before a single plate arrives. The cooking is Mediterranean at heart, clean and precise, letting the ingredients carry the weight rather than burying them in heavy sauces. The crowd skews toward first dates trying to impress and expense accounts doing the same. The bison carpaccio has become a signature for good reason.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · World's Best Fine Dining Experience
- 50 Top Italy 2026 · #13 · The Best Italian Restaurants In The World
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Rank 74. Alma
Fusion Chinese
Alma is a tiny, Bib Gourmand-winning spot in Bloordale where the menu refuses to be pinned down, and that's exactly the point. Think Chinese comfort food filtered through a very creative brain, so scallion bao shows up next to stracciatella and nobody bats an eye. The room is a shoebox with red lanterns and a lucky cat, packed with regulars who trust the kitchen completely. Natural wine flows freely, which tells you the vibe.
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Rank 75. One Restaurant
French/Italian
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Rank 76. Koh Lipe Thai Kitchen
Southern Thai
Southern Thai cooking that actually brings the heat, on a lively two-floor spot with a terrace right in Chinatown. The menu leans into regional specialties you won't find at every pad thai joint on the block, and the young staff keep the whole place moving fast enough that the line outside doesn't stick around long. Bring friends who like spice, and maybe one who thinks they don't.
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Rank 77. Canoe
Contemporary New American
Fifty-four floors above Bay Street, this long-running fine dining institution earns its Michelin selection with views that make every other rooftop look like a fire escape. Lunch belongs to the finance crowd with their jackets half-off and somewhere to be; dinner is a different animal, slower and more ambitious. The kitchen takes Canadian ingredients seriously, which is more than most places at this altitude bother to do.
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Rank 78. Butter and Spice
Bakery
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Rank 79. Reign
Canadian American
- AAA Four Diamonds
- The Pinnacle Guide 2026 · 1 Pin
- VineRoutes 2025 · Vine Award Winners · Restaurant Awards
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- VineRoutes 2025 · Vine Award Winners · Restaurant Awards
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · North America's Best Landmark Restaurant
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Rank 81. Kiin
Royal Thai
Kiin is a fine dining Thai restaurant where the food looks almost too pretty to eat, and then you eat it anyway and feel very good about that decision. Chef Nuit Regular turns royal Thai cuisine into something theatrical, with flower-shaped dumplings and colorful rice arriving in delicate portions that somehow still manage to fill you up. The room is elegant, the crowd dressed to match, and the chef's tasting menu is the move for your first visit.
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Rank 82. Beast Pizza
Canadian
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Rank 85. Opus Restaurant
Global
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Rank 86. BB's
Filipino
Filipino diner doing double duty in Parkdale, and pulling off both shifts with style. By day it's a colorful brunch spot with great fried chicken and serious hot sauce energy. By night the cocktail bar wakes up and the kitchen pivots to classic Filipino comfort food. The sea foam tiles and pink booths draw a cool, relaxed crowd who look like they biked here. Michelin gave it a Bib Gourmand, which feels exactly right.
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Rank 87. Simpl Things
Cocktail Bar
Parkdale's pastel-hued cocktail bar where the drinks are nostalgic and unabashedly fun, and the food is genuinely worth sticking around for. The cocktail menu leans playful, think Cosmos and their kin, but there's real craft behind it all. Evenings bring Asian comfort dishes that hit harder than you'd expect from a bar. The crowd wears vintage finds and orders a second round before finishing the first.
- The Pinnacle Guide 2026 · 1 Pin
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Restaurant Bar – Canada
- Air Canada 2023 · Finalist · Best New Restaurants
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Rank 88. Amal
Lebanese Middle Eastern
Amal is a sleek, modern Lebanese restaurant on Bloor that draws a well-dressed crowd who actually came to have a good time, not just post a photo. The halal menu runs through mezze, grilled skewers, and wood-fired flavors done with real care. Weekends get properly lively, with belly dancers and DJs making it feel more like a night out than a dinner. Go hungry and order a spread.
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Rank 89. Affinity Fish
Seafood
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Rank 91. Lao Lao Bar
Thai Cocktail Bar
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Rank 92. SAMMARCO
Italian Steakhouse
Toronto has no shortage of steakhouses, but this Italian one in St. Lawrence feels like a genuine event. The room is all marble, oxblood leather, and gold, and the crowd dresses accordingly. Ontario beef dry-aged to the point of absurdity is the main act, but the kitchen earns its keep well beyond the steak. Martinis arrive on a tableside trolley, which is either theatrical or perfect, depending on your mood.
- Canada's 100 Best 2025 · #7 · Best New Restaurants
- Canada's 100 Best 2026 · #37 · Best Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 93. Sushi Yūgen
Omakase Sushi
Eight seats, twice a night, and a chef who flies his ingredients in from Japan. Sushi Yūgen's omakase counter is about as serious as it gets in Toronto, with a kaiseki-influenced parade of courses that leans into seasonal rarities most people have never heard of, let alone eaten. The drinks list is quietly ridiculous in the best way, stocking Japanese whiskies you genuinely cannot find anywhere else in Canada. Dress like you mean it.
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Rank 94. Café Boulud
Luxe French
- AAA Four Diamonds
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Recommended
- Air Canada 2013 · Finalist · Best New Restaurants
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Rank 95. Louix Louis
European
- AAA Four Diamonds
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Recommended
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · Canada's Best Hotel Restaurant
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Rank 96. Scaramouche
Traditional French
Scaramouche has been an institution in Toronto's moneyed South Hill neighborhood for years, and the city skyline view alone would justify the trip. It's classic French fine dining, the kind where the room is full of anniversaries and quiet power lunches, nobody's reinventing anything, and that's exactly the point. The coconut cream pie is lowkey famous. Dress up a little.
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Rank 97. FK
New American
FK is a bright, airy neighborhood restaurant on St. Clair where the kitchen lets the market do the talking. The cooking is unfussy and genuinely satisfying, the kind of place where the bread alone makes you glad you came. Expect fresh pasta, whatever's in season, and mains that feel like someone actually cooked them. The crowd is relaxed and local, and the pacing follows suit, so don't be in a rush.
- VineRoutes 2025 · Award of Distinction · Restaurant Awards
- Air Canada 2011 · Finalist · Best New Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 98. KAPPO SATO
Japanese
A Michelin-starred kappo counter where the chef runs a lively, freewheeling tasting menu entirely on his own terms, which is a much better deal than it sounds. Forget the hushed reverence of omakase or kaiseki; this room moves fast, with a young team bouncing between courses while the chef works the open kitchen with serious knife skills. Most ingredients fly in from Japan, and the dashi broths alone are worth the trip.
- Air Canada 2023 · #1 · Best New Restaurants
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · North America's Best Japanese Cuisine Restaurant
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