Toronto Day 2 - Continued.......
All that faux-athleticism had made us hungry so it was time to eat (again)! Toronto has one of the largest Greek communities in the world and at the suggestion of my aunt we had decided that a Greek feast would be the ideal choice for our final meal in Toronto. After a quick shower and change back at the hotel we hopped in an Uber and headed over to The Danforth which is the main street of Greektown. I had done some research looking through the literally dozens of Greek restaurants in the area and had ended up choosing Ouzeri which seemed to have good reviews and a menu that appealed to us. Unfortunately what started out with both of us being filled with excitement at the prospect of fantastic Greek food ended in extremely disappointing fashion.
We were quickly seated inside and given menus which we took a look at. A couple of minutes later an older waiter came over to take our drinks order. From the outset he put out a mildly aggressive demeanour, he was swaying constantly giving the impression that he was either drunk or had no interest in being there (or both), he was mumbling to himself the whole time. When I asked for a particular beer he mumbled “no” without offering to explain why not or suggest an alternative, when MrsNoName asked for a lemonade he sternly said “we don’t have”, again without offering an explanation or alternative. I’m not usually one to get irritated easily but this pathetic attitude p!ssed me off no end and with him still bumbling around at the table I got up and told MrsNoName that we weren’t putting up with this garbage and stormed out. Again, I’m not usually one to make a scene but with my temper sky high I told the waitress at the entrance that she needed to deal with the extremely rude waiter and made sure the rest of the restaurant heard it. Mrs NoName did much the same on her way out a few moments later. As I said, we had been looking forward to dining here so to have an experience like this was very disappointing.
Thankfully, with The Danforth being chock full of Greek restaurants the walkout didn’t pose any issues whatsoever in terms of getting the meal we were after. We had walk around for about 10 minutes before deciding on Mezes. We were taken straight in and given a great table outside looking out onto the street. With the great weather the table really was perfect. A beer for me, a wine for Mrs NoName and we proceeded to order far too much food – bread and dips, calamari, lamb, chicken, sausages etc. The table of food we ended up with was delicious but far too big. What we ordered could have probably satisfied four people. All in all a great experience and a great restaurant.
Website is here: Mezes Restaurant | Toronto, ON | (416) 778-5150
The Danforth - apologies for the poor photo
From there it was a stagger into another uber and back to the hotel to enter into our eating induced coma.
All that faux-athleticism had made us hungry so it was time to eat (again)! Toronto has one of the largest Greek communities in the world and at the suggestion of my aunt we had decided that a Greek feast would be the ideal choice for our final meal in Toronto. After a quick shower and change back at the hotel we hopped in an Uber and headed over to The Danforth which is the main street of Greektown. I had done some research looking through the literally dozens of Greek restaurants in the area and had ended up choosing Ouzeri which seemed to have good reviews and a menu that appealed to us. Unfortunately what started out with both of us being filled with excitement at the prospect of fantastic Greek food ended in extremely disappointing fashion.
We were quickly seated inside and given menus which we took a look at. A couple of minutes later an older waiter came over to take our drinks order. From the outset he put out a mildly aggressive demeanour, he was swaying constantly giving the impression that he was either drunk or had no interest in being there (or both), he was mumbling to himself the whole time. When I asked for a particular beer he mumbled “no” without offering to explain why not or suggest an alternative, when MrsNoName asked for a lemonade he sternly said “we don’t have”, again without offering an explanation or alternative. I’m not usually one to get irritated easily but this pathetic attitude p!ssed me off no end and with him still bumbling around at the table I got up and told MrsNoName that we weren’t putting up with this garbage and stormed out. Again, I’m not usually one to make a scene but with my temper sky high I told the waitress at the entrance that she needed to deal with the extremely rude waiter and made sure the rest of the restaurant heard it. Mrs NoName did much the same on her way out a few moments later. As I said, we had been looking forward to dining here so to have an experience like this was very disappointing.
Thankfully, with The Danforth being chock full of Greek restaurants the walkout didn’t pose any issues whatsoever in terms of getting the meal we were after. We had walk around for about 10 minutes before deciding on Mezes. We were taken straight in and given a great table outside looking out onto the street. With the great weather the table really was perfect. A beer for me, a wine for Mrs NoName and we proceeded to order far too much food – bread and dips, calamari, lamb, chicken, sausages etc. The table of food we ended up with was delicious but far too big. What we ordered could have probably satisfied four people. All in all a great experience and a great restaurant.
Website is here: Mezes Restaurant | Toronto, ON | (416) 778-5150
The Danforth - apologies for the poor photo
From there it was a stagger into another uber and back to the hotel to enter into our eating induced coma.
