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Tati Bistro
Adopting (and giving a vibrant repainting to) Kensington Kitchen's well-loved spot on Harbord, Tati Bistro offers a moderately priced, classic French menu.
Inside Terminal 1.
By Chris Amini.
Saturday, May 25, 2013
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Unfortunately, no one told me about it -- when I made the reservation or when I showed up this evening. Nor, quite frankly, did they schedule their meal service in such a way that after two hours they had any right to ask me to leave. I had enjoyed the standard three courses and was getting ready for coffee when I was told it was time to go. It is not like my party was loitering after having ordered water and breadsticks. This, to me, is utterly unacceptable. If they want to turn their tables and offer two seatings, then they had better orchestrate their meal service in such a way as to move the evening along so that diners can enjoy a leisurely meal and not acutally be asked to leave because the table is double booked.
To add insult to injury, after the poor clueless waitress was sacrificed to be the bearer of bad tidings, I asked to speak to the manager who actually turned hostile. That was impressive for its sheer gaul. She then said that she would get the owner, but apparently he was too busy to come and discuss the matter -- information that was conveyed by the sacrificial waitress who offered me a business card and told me to call someone named Wayne tomorrow morning. Yeah, I am about to do that. I might call him at home in a few hours and tell him his restaurant is an embarassment, but that's about it.
My advice to anyone who has made it this far in my tale of woe is to avoid this dump like the plague. If there is any justice in the universe it will be gone in a few months and we can all enjoy the falafel place that takes its spot. Seriously, people, it's a recession and you are kicking people out of your restaurant on a Saturday in March....? Well, I will pray for you Wayne. Repeat after me..."would you like fries with that...?" See you in a few months!
xox Lyne (a Montrealer who knows what French bistro is supposed to look and taste like!)
It's overpriced for what you get...especially when you throw in the attitude and so-so service from staff that gives off an attitude that they're doing you a favour.
NOT recommended! Au revoir!
I have also had bad experiences at restaurants where arrogance, incompetence, rudeness, overprice, etc., are evident and have also been "invited" to leave too when I complained. Two, which I have written about, are Sopra/Mistura (on Davenport Ave.): http://www.menuism.com/restaurants/dd4DjERmCr26FeabBlKsEs-mistura-restaurant-toronto-on and Messis (on Harbord St.): http://www.menuism.com/restaurants/b0tysCRmur26FeabBlKsEs-messis-toronto-on
They are not the only restaurants I have had unsatisfactory to awful experiences at, there are others including: Matignon (St. Nicholas St.) owner went ballistic after I rejected a bottle of wine he recommended and gauranteed I would love; Gamelle (College St.) same issue as at Matignon; Vesuvios (Dundas St. W.) wife got food poisoning from sea food; Pangea (Bay St.) I go food poisoning from dessert; Amuse-Bouche (96 Tecumseth St.) burnt steak as retaliation for complaining about huge markup on wines. There are others but that's enough for now. I have had consistently good meals at Bistro Tournesol (Dupont St.); Ferro (St. Clair Ave.); Splendido (Harbord St.); The Fifth (Richmond St. W.); Le Paradis (Bedford Rd.); Scaramouche (Benvenuto Pl.); Pastis (Yonge St.).
please don't base your decision on comments that are over a year old.
Tati has a great wine selection, and I've enjoyed everything I've had to eat, - the beet salad, some soups, a few fish dishes, the mussels and frites. It has a wonderfully Eurpoean charm and as such, the service can be slow so be prepared for that. Every encounter I've had with the staff has been more than friendly.
Water was not served, I had to request for it.
We sat at the bar for a total of 30 minutes without receiving any sort of drink menu.
Servers were beyond rude, never checking up on our table unless our hand was raised for attention. Even upon asking for a waiters attention he walked straight past me.
Regulars at this restaurant receive more food, and better service.
not worth the money.
You leave happy about your meal but your good mood is diminished due to staff treatment of their customers.
Never Again
Ordering from the prix fixe my salad was fresh and spicy, not overdressed and a cleanser to my main of Bavette. Having spent two winters living in France I can honestly say this was the best I've ever had. Meat dripping with flavour and caramelized shallots, melty in the mouthy with good texture. Frites far and away surpassed our usual frite addiction at Le Select. Lemon tart was perfect in texture and sweet vs tart balance.
Husband started with the moules and they brought me back to shellfish. Always leery of mussels, these ones rocked everyone at the table with their delicate aromas and more- ish juices. Lamb shanks were fall off the bone drippy with glazes that took time to caramelize without ever becoming dry or overdone, very good French cooking techniques. Trout almandine tasted as though it had jumped out of the water and into the poacher minutes before, incredible texture and supremely subtle flavors that were allowed to rise gently on the palate.
Our wines were recommended by our fabulous server and left me wondering why I didn't drink more wine when these were so very delicious, spot on!
We had such a lovely time and the ambiance kept our conversation bubbling along, feeling enveloped in a warm Bistro embrace.
If you don't believe me and think I should find some fault with the place all I can say is that I wish food and wine this good were more affordable so we could eat there more often. But, then it wouldn't be so special.
Notes: reservations on a Tuesday night that we called back to be half an hour later were greeted with a 'no problem, see you then' although we were seated near the center of the room we never got cold or bumped from servers walking around us.strangely you have to ask for bread which should come with the fabulously juicy dishes in order to 'mop up' those wonderful flavors
They have the best creme brulee!