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Try chef Owen Steinberg’s four-course Trust Me menu at this small uptown spot that excels at contemporary fusion food.

The Pasta Bar is a Toronto institution – and less pricey than the elegant main dining room, which has been serving up inventive, consistently excellent cuisine for decades. Fabulous view of the city.

A cheerful, boisterous place with excellent, satisfying, Italian fare and a family atmosphere. There are lots of vegetarian options on the menu.

Chef Mark McEwan dishes up modern international cooking – French classics with sophisticated twists. An impressive drinks and wine list.

Authentic Italian food – pasta, seafood, and wood-fired oven pizzas – and an award-winning wine cellar which, with over 3,000 selections, is an oenophile magnet.

Set menu options – including the deluxe, chef’s choice omakase menu – present course after course of wonderful, complex Japanese creations balanced with simple, incredibly fresh, sashimi and sushi.

Classic French cooking with a contemporary twist. Two intimate rooms, a bar, and a small patio. In winter, ask for a table by the fireplace.

Classic Chinese dishes more than make up for the unpromising surroundings of this restaurant, located in a mall.

Japanese specialties such as sushi, sashimi , tempura , and grilled fish. Diners can sit at the sushi bar, around teppan tables in the dining room, or in private tatami rooms.

This festive Moroccan restaurant serves classic couscous with meat and vegetarian tajines (stews), along with scrumptious starters. Mint tea – packed with fresh leaves and sugar – is the real thing.