Located on downtown Toronto's Elm Street, Oro Restaurant offers white linen style coupled with old world food. This fine dining establishment focuses on creative appetizers, entrees and desserts made in a neo-Italian style, with a menu including items such as steamed mussels in horseradish tomato broth, sheep's milk ricotta gnocchi and house-made elk ravioli. "The Toronto Globe and Mail" says Oro Restaurant "is hearty peasant food gone luxe," and praises the kitchen's "perfectly grilled lobster" and "splendidly sweet crab cake. "The National Post" gives Oro high marks for imagination while lifestyle website The Fifty Best ranks it among the best of downtown Toronto restaurants.
For those seeking Asian cuisine, Sushi Kaji on the Queensway specializes in Japanese seafood dishes, featuring a menu filled with elaborate nine- and ten-course meals. The restaurant's menu includes only tasting courses---no a la carte items---including appetizers, sashimi, sushi, soup and noodles. The critics at "Toronto Life" praise Sushi Kaji's fresh snow crab with crunchy julienne cucumber. The journal ranks Sushi Kaji as the fifth best restaurant in Toronto on their 2009 list of top 10 Restaurants while Fifty Best ranks it among the best restaurants in the downtown area.
Amelia Street's Provence Delices in Toronto's historic Cabbagetown district hosts open-air dining with a selection of bistro-style French cuisine. The restaurant's official website touts the establishment as "Toronto's most authentic French bistro." Delices' menu spans brunch, lunch and dinner, including dishes such as duck confit, cassoulets, steak frites, liver and lamb rack. The wine list at Provence Delices encompasses dozens of labels. Alexa Petrenco of "Vitality" says that "Provence is stunningly beautiful" while Joanne Kates of "The Globe and Mail" compares eating there to "dining in the slightly funky conservatory of a rich French countess."
