Category: Restaurant Reviews

  • ‘FIVE-STAR REVIEWS’: Whitby restaurant among the top 100 in Canada for 2023, according to OpenTable

    ‘FIVE-STAR REVIEWS’: Whitby restaurant among the top 100 in Canada for 2023, according to OpenTable

    OpenTable has released its list of top 100 restaurants in Canada for 2023, and it includes a well-known spot in Whitby. The Springwood, whose owners call it a “neighbourhood restaurant” that serves up everything from a raw bar and seafood to hearty proteins like halibut, trout and chicken Schnitzel, made the list on OpenTable, an…

  • Fiore restaurant closes, but Mercato di Fiore market stays

    Fiore restaurant closes, but Mercato di Fiore market stays

    Fiore Pizzeria and Bakery is closing as a restaurant, almost two years to the date after it rose from the ashes of Francesca’s Fiore Italian restaurant. The announcement was posted in a pop-up window on the restaurant’s website. In a statement sent to the Review, owners Scott Harris Hospitality team said that they decided that…

  • Three Ottawa restaurants among Canada’s best 100

    Three Ottawa restaurants among Canada’s best 100

    The reservation platform OpenTable has unveiled its top 100 restaurants in Canada for 2023, with three local favourites making the list. The list showcased restaurants in Ottawa’s Little Italy, including Alice on Adeline St, Atelier on Rochester St and Perch on Preston St. Ontario has the most restaurants with 41 restaurants featured, followed by British…

  • ‘Menus-Plaisirs — Les Troisgros’ Review: Frederick Wiseman’s Four-Hour Food Documentary Is an Epic Look Inside One of the World’s Best Restaurants

    <!– _ _ _ ____ _ _____ _ ___ | | (_) | _____ / ___|___ __| | ___ | ____| |__|__ | | | | |/ / _ | | / _ / _` |/ _ | _| | '_ / / | |___| | Menus-Plaisirs — Les Troisgros Review: Wiseman’s Delicious Food Doc…

  • At Lanterne Rooms, give in to the set menu trust exercise

    At Lanterne Rooms, give in to the set menu trust exercise

    The duck segments are small, tender and rich. The taste is how you imagine duck to taste, but so rarely find as good as this. The eggplant, served with a tamarind dressing, has a pleasant kick to accompany a well-rounded textural experience. This was our pick to replace the unavailable beef cheek, but I’m glad…

  • Soneva Jani, Maldives

    Soneva Jani, Maldives

    Why book Soneva Jani? Because the second Maldivian island outpost of visionary brand Soneva is The Maldives of your wildest dreams. Life unfurls in a blissful haze of hammock lounging, water sports, scuba diving on coral reefs, spa days, yoga shalas and dolphin cruises. Cute dining spots around the lagoon, castaway picnics, garden lunches and…

  • Hilton Honors American Express Aspire Credit Card Review

    Hilton Honors American Express Aspire Credit Card Review

    The Hilton Honors American Express Aspire Card offers some impressive perks that can make travel easier, including elite hotel and rental car status and hundreds of dollars worth of credits annually. This suite of benefits can make this premium card’s $550 annual fee—far higher than many other hotel cards—nonetheless worthwhile.  Cardholders get complimentary Diamond status,…

  • Video: Gravity bong rips and nachos rule at the new OG Cannabis Cafe

    Video: Gravity bong rips and nachos rule at the new OG Cannabis Cafe

    Let’s check out one of the hottest new weed restaurants in Hollywood, The OG Cannabis Cafe. This stoner-friendly restaurant/consumption lounge just had its re-opening in November after closing due to the pandemic in 2020. The experience did not disappoint. From impeccable service to gravity bong rips over nachos, the future of cannabis dining is greener than ever.…

  • Alliant Cashback Visa Signature review: Stellar cash-back earning with one catch

    Alliant Cashback Visa Signature review: Stellar cash-back earning with one catch

    Alliant Cashback Visa® Signature Credit Card Information about the Alliant Cashback Visa® Signature Credit Card has been collected independently by Select and has not been reviewed or provided by the issuer of the cards prior to publication. Rewards 2.5% cash back on your first $10,000 of qualifying eligible purchases (1.5% for purchases over $10,000) Welcome…

  • The Ritz Paris Hotel Review

    The Ritz Paris Hotel Review

    Why book For Versailles-style romance and the sensation that you are in a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film about Paris – imagine gold leaf boiserie, monogrammed pillowcases, and a chorus of capped doormen who look like they could manage a dance number. ‘When in Paris,’ said Ernest Hemingway, ‘the only reason not to stay at the Ritz is…