The Best Places to Eat and Stay in Little Portugal & around

The name means "anchovy" in a Jeju dialect, and a little fish decal above the door is the only signage you'll notice. Inside this 30-seat Korean-Japanese small plates spot on a quiet Bloor West residential street, the menu rotates daily around seasonal Ontario produce and carefully sourced imports, with a sake list doing most of the heavy lifting on drinks. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand and a spot on North America's 50 Best.

1. The 50 #28 · North America's 50 Best Restaurants
2. Air Canada 2024 · Top 10 · Best New Restaurants
3. Canada's 100 Best #30 · Best Restaurants

1. AAA Three Diamonds
2. Air Canada 2024 · Top 10 · Best New Restaurants

Red lanterns and a ceramic lucky cat set the tone, but scallion bao filled with stracciatella cheese does the explaining. This tiny Bloordale Village restaurant lands a Michelin Bib Gourmand for cooking that defies easy labeling, pairing pan-fried radish cakes and pork wonton noodles with miso cheesecake and Parmesan tapioca fritters. Servers pour natural wines throughout, cheerfully, as if the bottle might run out.

1. Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
2. AAA Approved
3. The 50 The 50 Discovery

1. Air Canada 2019 · Top 10 · Best New Restaurants
2. Canada's 100 Best Recommends

Every room in this red brick Victorian hotel on Queen West was decorated by a different Canadian artist and carries a title like an original artwork, not just a number. The result is bohemian-baroque rather than luxury-minimalist, and the vibe holds through the building. The railway still runs close enough to feel it, and the bar stays loud late, so bring earplugs or a tolerance for good company.

1. Michelin Guide Selected Hotels

Every room at The Drake is hung with original art, and the hotel has been the anchor of West Queen West's creative scene for what feels like forever. The Classic Wing leans into vintage and retro, while the Modern Wing runs custom furniture and bold décor to the point of excess, in a good way. A courtyard lounge bar connects the two, and a live music venue downstairs keeps things from ever going too quiet.

1. Michelin Guide Selected Hotels

A mounted deer keeps watch over the exposed brick and forest-scene walls at this snug Little Portugal restaurant, which is either on-brand or very on-the-nose, depending on your mood. The chef built the menu around locally sourced game, so Ontario venison shows up alongside foraged and seasonal produce. The room is cozy and chef-driven, the kind of place where the hunting ethos runs from the decor all the way to the plate.

1. Air Canada 2016 · Finalist · Best New Restaurants
2. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant

1. The 50 The 50 Discovery

1. Canada's 100 Best Recommends

1. Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Toronto, Canada

A by-the-slice shop on Dovercourt where the dough gets a three-day ferment before it sees any heat, which explains the audible snap when you bite in. The crust lands somewhere between New York and Neapolitan, with a flakiness that has no business being that good in a slice shop. The roster rotates, but regulars come with a preference already locked in and argue about it on the way out.

1. Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Toronto, Canada

1. Air Canada 2019 · Finalist · Best New Restaurants

1. Air Canada 2019 · Finalist · Best New Restaurants