ISO casual, reasonable price, Queen W or King W resto bachelorette

[grandgourmand]

My wife is taking 8 other women out for a pre-bachelorette party on, get this, a Sunday night. What restaurant has a good vibe, not too pricey, and interesting food. She was thinking Torito, but they're closed.

Any suggestions?

[Yum2MyTum]

What about Lee?

I didn't really like the food the last time I was at the Drake (not so good Maki, terrible edamame - don't ask me how you can ruin edamame... but it's possible!). I didn't like the food at Spice Route, personally. Found it overly sauced, and lacking in any focus.

Ossington restaurants are a good bet but a little far from Cheval.

[grandgourmand]

Well, it's over and done with. They went to the Drake. It had a good vibe apparently and the food wasn't the most important consideration.

For what it's worth, I agree with you on Spice Route. That place is bad on many levels.

[Yum2MyTum]

The Drake can be loads of fun. Glad they had a good time, grandgoumand.

[phoenikia]

Yum2MyTum, the non-Asian food is better than the Asian-inspired food at the Drake. I find in most restaurants in Ontario, if you're dining in a non-Asian restaurant, it's usually a better strategy to order the non-Asian dishes ;-)

[Yum2MyTum]

Hi phoenikia. You're absolutely right. : ) A much better strategy overall.

To be fair, we actually also ordered the mac and cheese and it was pretty decent. I was just so horrified at the edamame and the saucey maki that I forgot to mention that part.

[phoenikia]

I have to constantly remind myself of this strategy, because I tend to be drawn to Asian/Middle Eastern/Mexican/Indian/etc foods when I see them on a menu, but often end up disappointed when I order "ethnic" dishes at non-specialist restaurants ;-)

I usually stick to whitebread standards when I dine at places like the Drake, and I probably won't be wowed, but I'm less likely to be disappointed. I've enjoyed the pesto spaghetti and the red velvet cupcakes (special order for a group ahead of time, afaik) at the Drake recently.

[grandgourmand]

Forgot to say thanks for the suggestion. As mentioned in my post above...the drake was a good locale.

[phoenikia]

You're welcome. Happy it worked out ok!

[Hondapendragon]

On King W: Crush or Spice Route

[preppycuisine]

Crush isn't open on Sundays. She also wanted good food, which would rule out Spice Route.

Select has the food, but definitely not the atmosphere.

Another bachelorette at Cheval - grrr

[Hondapendragon]

Agreed. Food is not great at Spice Route... but it has a good vibe!

[tasoid]

Lots of places on Ossington (Delux, The Ossington etc.) are open on Sunday.

Many of the Queen West restaurants are open as well (Czehoski, The Beaconsfield, Drake, Terroni)

Almost all of College Street is open as well.

It depends if you are just dining or are planning on having copious amounts of cocktails. A little more info is needed to give you a definite answer.

Cheers

[grandgourmand]

As far as I know...it's for dinner and some drinks. Followed by dancing at Cheval on King W.

[phoenikia]

The Drake is open on Sunday nights, and it usually has a good vibe in the dining room.

Reservations can be made through www.opentable.com.