Reviews for Stages Restaurant & Lounge in Toronto, ON
We came here for winterlicious, which was somewhat overpriced. The service here is terrible. We were not offered water when we... sat and had to ask for it. The server told us several items which we were looking forward to, were unavailable, but tables afterus were able to order those "unavailable" items. The water was refilled very few times, and we had to wait a long while in orderfor the table to be cleared and for each dish to come. It was also difficult getting the bill, we were done for almost half anhour before the bill came. The food itself was not bad, the presentation was good for the butternut squash puree, beefpapardelle, and desserts, but it was nothing special. A horrible experience for the price, especially given the non-existentservice. Read more
Summerlicious menu was decent, but service was not. Painfully slow and inattentive, food arrived before drinks (and only two... other tables occupied!). Although I commend the all-gender restrooms, can't say I enjoy wading through urine. Wish theexperience was better. Read more
The staff was friendly. That aspect was good service. However my stay wasn?t that well. I stayed in the City King guestroom, the... room was beautiful but the ad said the room has various views which is why I booked that room but all I got was a wall/side of abuilding to look at. The pillows in the room was terrible if I would even say they are pillows. I had little to no sleep. I wasfalling asleep on my drive home which was 2 hours away. For me sleep is important. The look of the room was a waste if I didn?thave a good rest. Read more
I chose the pasta dish named Canadian Ribs. It didn't taste very good. But, the pineapple French Martini was positively... surprising and the rum and cook was good. The restaurant is not very open so it is not convenient for residents. Read more
Took my Fiancée out for their winterliciois. I?m vegan and they had an interesting vegan menu. I was especially looking forward... to the lemon merengue as it is my fave dessert hard to find vegan and wasn?t made from coconut :) First was a mushroom medley.It was tasty but lacked in the mushrooms. Second was mainly just a big plate of veggies put together in a fancy way. I wasexpecting something very different plus I don?t like yellow peppers and it had soooo many. I really liked the tomato based saucethat was in there I would have just eaten that with bread ????. My partner enjoyed their dead animal ????(darn vegan at itagain) And to finish THAT MERENGUE WAS AMAZING like I would have had 3 courses of that. So happy to hear they will be keeping iton the menu. Will be back for that. Staff was friendly and attentive. The lighting was much too bright for the atmosphere andthe time of night. Would have made it more romantic/fancy if they were dimmed down A LOT more (I don?t even like too dark whenI?m eating but too bright can totally ruin the vibe) All around lovely experience. Read more
Sorry, but really not-good. Friendly staff, but that was it. The whole restaurant seats about 16 people, yet cramped. Salad... was wilty, steak was tough (and with no steak knife), cheese tray was missing items. Wouldn't have been worth it at half thecost. Read more
Not a reflection on our server who appeared to be doing her best and was profoundly apologetic but, this establishment should... NOT be serving food!? Our food took an eternity to arrive and in this case, not worth the wait at all. The charcuterie boardwas a sorry sight, the wings not as ordered. Soup lukewarm. Huge disappointment as we were seated at 6 and yet ended up beingso rushed in order to attend a show at 8 next door. Read more
Booked Stages 2 hours prior to a show at Massey Hall - it's a very small place inside the Pantages Hotel and there were still a... few open tables. Unfortunately Management seems to think that having ONE disinterested employee to work the bar, wait thetables, bus the tables and attend to all the guests' needs is sufficient. It's not. At all. but this evening was so ridiculousit was comical 15 mins after being seated we still didn't even have water or menus 20 mins in we get menus and order drinks 30mins we order our options from the small set menu 50 mins in the wrong appetizers arrived (we ordered soup he brought hummus) 55mins - he brings one soup and one hummus (again!) (BOTH were supposed to be soup hence why we sent the hummus back...we repeatthe full order. Again.) 65 mins - the other soup arrives. We specifically repeat our mains option and the dessert option andtell him to bring everything together 85 mins - he brings 2 pasta entrees...one was correct the other was supposed to be salmon(even though we JUST repeated the order AGAIN 20 mins prior) he said he'll be right back with the salmon 95 mins - he comes withdessert and the bill...NO ENTREE WITH HIM!! He says he "FORGOT" 100 mins - comes back and says the kitchen can't make the salmonin time, he also says he cannot get us hot water, or coffee to go with this dessert (which is about to be my Mother's mainmeal) Over a span of 1 hour and 50 minutes they were not able to provide a very simple set menu to a table of 2 people. Whenwe left there was no one else there. HOW DOES ONE SCREW UP SO BADLY OVER 2 HOURS?? Now the server himself was also obviouslynot that concerned with getting things right after the first mess up as he didn't even write anything down. By far the WORST andMOST RIDICULOUS experience I've ever had, anywhere. Just Shameful. Read more