Gourmet Patio and Bistro

First went here for dessert and drinks with the girls. The black cherry sangria is fabulous! And the desserts were delicious too! The full menu looked good so came back with my husband for dinner. Entrees are expensive, but the portions are large and the food was great. Everything was cooked perfectly (we had the grilled calamari, seafood linguini with lobster, scallops, shrimp, and mussels, and the lamb shank.) My husband was pleased with the selection of local beers.

Everything I ordered was absolutely divine: fresh carrot ginger soup de jour which came with three artisan raisin croûtons but I swerved that bread #dietlife, chicken in a nice light marsala sauce (hold the potatoes and add extra veg if you’re low-​carbing!), and ending the fab dinner with a liquer that seconds as a digestif, amaro de Monténégro. Lights turn down a little for dinner service which complements the sexy lounge décor just right and sets the mood for intimate memories… and GOOD FOOD! Going back for that lobster bisque and the cheesecake (mission accepted!).

Saw this restaurant on a TV show «Eat Here — York Region»
It looked good on TV so decided to give this place a try.
Wanted to get the lamb shank but the waiter crushed my dreams when he said they were out of lamb shank. (Feet stomping on the ground in disappointment)
Complementary bread to start off. Comes with butter, vinegar and olive oil. There was a regular white bread and also a bread that was made with alcohol.
Lobster bisque $ 8 — decent portions with a good amount of lobster meat. Soup tasted amazing. This was a great start to the meal. I was tempted to order another one it was so good.
Calamari Fritti $ 15 — tasted really fresh. A nice layer of batter that gave it that crunch and crispiness. Another good start to the meal.
Seafood Linguine $ 26 — The best part of this dish were the shrimps. They were large and fresh. Not overly cooked so it had a nice bite to it. There were also mussels and scallops which were okay.
Lamb Bolognese $ 24 — minced lamb meat tasted good. Found there was too much oil in this dish.
Penne with scallops $ 26 — I liked the sauce they used for this dish and it went well with the penne pasta. There were 5 small scallops that came with it. The only reason I would say these are small scallops because I am comparing it to the scallops I had at Novita Italian Cuisine which were super large. I would rather get 2 large scallops rather than 5 little scallops.
There were some hits and misses but overall a very good restaurant. A bit pricy though.

First of all this place is not $$ but more like $$$ instead. Check the menu for prices.
In summary the food is extremely oversalted. And the presentation and quality does not match the price. Ambiance and service compare to something like a pickle barrel.
1. Appetizer:
My girlfriend and I ordered Lobster Bisque and Ahi tuna to share. Lobster Bisque had large chunks of lobster (big plus), however the broth was too salty. Tuna was as is expected — fresh and good tasting; however it arrived on a bed of very salty slaw (which was unwelcome). Overall appetizers were our favorite part of the meal.
2. Main:
I ordered ‘12oz Chicago Ribeye’ and asked for it to be done medium rare. The steak was nowhere near close to 12oz. It was 8oz at best. The cut was very thin, maybe 1.5 cm tops which meant my steak was medium well done (its pretty difficult to cook 1.5cm thick piece of meat medium rare). The presentation was pretty horrible considering it was almost a 40 dollar dish. The dish was once again extremely salty.
My girlfriend ordered Salmon with Black Tiger shrimp. The shrimp was regular jumbo shrimp and NOT Black Tiger shrimp. The salmon looked like a generic piece you would buy at No Frills. The waitress asked how salmon should be cooked; my girlfriend asked for medium rare and ended up getting a very well done almost dry piece. The level of salt in this dish was actually tolerable.
3. Desert. We got pistachio cheesecake to share. The cheesecake was fine.
Overall I cannot give this restaurant more than one star considering the price of this place. For the same amount you can actually get some fantastic fine dining experiences if you are willing to drive into the core of Toronto (Franks kitchen, Morton’s, Jacobs…).
I am honestly baffled at how this can be a ‘local gem’, unless the neighborhood really does not have anything else. A neighborhood Keg is a much much better value.

Great food, service and atmosphere. Food tastes great, well portioned and cooked fast. This is a nice little neighbourhood gem. The restaurant is great for romantic dates and for large and small family gatherings. The only complaint is the heavily scented entry way, which is nauseating.

Local gem.
New menu with lots of fresh options.
Love the fact that most fish is wild or organic.
Considered a local gem for most in ththe area.
One of the best patios in the area as well.

This place is close to my work so we go there often and each time I have never been disappointed. The staff is quick to seat you and friendly!
The food is consistently good — I have practically tried everything on the menu but my favourite are the thai soup and the lobster nacho — be warned the nachos are HUGE!!!
The place and ambiance are perfect for a lunch time run and they have a patio which I did not experience yet. The parking out front is a bit of a pain and the price point is appropriate for what you get.
Would definitely recommend this place.

Service is great. Food is super from salads to their specials.
I highly recommend their Lobster bisque and the ahi tuna salad. Both are a must try if you ever go to the restaurant.
We often go for work functions to the restaurant and never come back unhappy.

Loved it everytime i went. Can’t resist their fresh oysters, and the fresh tasting wine sauce that came with it. Pistachio cheese cake is a fresh, light dessert that is a very good bargain. Be sure to ask for daily specials. Loved their Porter House Steak — bloody, juicy and flavorful. Always well-​prepared, adequately seasoned and skillfully presented. Excellent place to hangout for an hour or two with superb service and little noise and disruptions. Can’t miss their Tawse Reisling. They have a fireplace and a patio too.

G Bistro has a great menu, both for lunch and dinner. Great place for parties or small groups. Service is good, people are friendly. If you like lamb and your craving a burger, you got to try their Lamb Burger, so delicious. Another favourite is their lobster bisque soup. No matter what you order you won’t be disappointed.

We went to Gourmet Bistro for Savour York Region dinner. Very nice experience. The service was great, I would say one of the best.
We had fried calamari and lobster bisque as a starter. Both were amazing. For the main course we had seafood with salmon and lamb chops. Seafood was delicious, but lamb chops were a little tender to my taste. For desert we had brownies with ice cream. Not the best I had, but they were good.
Overall I would recommend this place to others and come back again. They have amazing patio.

I like to go on Unilocal find a recommended restaurant and write a review after woods which will justify what I have read
The restaurant agrees with the rating
We started with Lobster brisk which was amazing and the taste of it will bring me back here and we took main course of an hamburger each, which came on large brioche roll with an excellent side of Greek salad.
My spouse would prefer her meet a bit more well done
On the menu you can find gourmet offering with prices for all budgets — definitely will come back to check them out.

I’m so happy this restaurant is in my neighbourhood — my husband and I usually dine in or get take out a few times a month. AMAZING food and great atmosphere. I always end up loving whatever I order from the menu. My recommendations: blackened barramundi (actually, anything fish from here is really good), mushroom soup, salads, and the daily specials are also usually pretty good.
Kylie, Christine and the rest of the staff are amazing. :)

This restaurant has slowly won me over in the past few years!
We live close by so it was always convenient to go here but it wasn’t always great.
When it first opened it was not a full table service restaurant like it is today. You had to order your food at the counter right when you walked in.
I think it was off-​putting to people because their menu was extensive and it is better suited as a sit down restaurant.
Their food, I believe, is very fresh and healthy. I particularly like the seafood linguine! It has a rose sauce and roasted corn in it and man is it good! I crave it sometimes!
The service staff are excellent! They go above and beyond to meet customers needs!
They’re patio is big and if bringing children I would make a reservation to sit outside. I brought my children here and they were too loud for the indoor dining!

The several changes in signage is an unfortunate difficulty in finding themselves, but the final results have all been worth it. The menu is diverse and I have yet to be disappointed. A couple weeks ago I tried the Seafood Linguine and have had it twice more since, the roast corn addition to the dish is a welcome sweetness.

My boyfriend and I love coming here. Its our go to when we don’t want to go home but want to eat some delicious food.
Thoroughly enjoyed their taste if York region menu selection for the past two years!
One of the best brunches I’ve ever had except I was disappointed when they didn’t have the brunch menu available on mothers day! I love love love their brunch, so much now i’m craving the French toast. I love it! In the winter its nice having brunch by the fireplace.
Patio is nice a little noisy cause its on the road. But there’s some shrubs to help with the ugly view. Its a nice patio and I enjoy being on it in a Sunday afternoon eating the lobster nachos and a Manhattan.
The service is good but I don’t really like some of the staff that works on Saturday nights. I understand its busy but your job is to be hospitable, I don’t like to feel rushed if I’m asking for recommendations and one waitress in particular made me feel so uncomfortable. But the others are great! On my birthday one of the girls took a picture of us pretending we were part of the mural! I love it.

I am usually not a pub fan because the food is often average at best. However, I was pleasantly surprised by the food at G Bistro. G Bistro is pub 2.0, updated and revised. The food is g-​o-​o-​d and reasonably priced. We had mostly appetizers and finger food that evening. We had sliders, chicken nuggets and fries and some drinks. Sliders were juicy and tingly; chicken nuggets were soft, salty with hint of pepper and not dry at all. The fries were good, had a light crunch when bitten and mushy inside.
G Bistro is a nice pub that I feel fine to not only have finger food but have dinner. It does not hurt that the interior décor is contemporary and relaxing. I will return.
Overall, 3.5 stars.

G Bistro is a little hard to see from the road and looks fairly small from the outside, but once you step inside the place looks great. Nice décor. It’s unfortunate that there aren’t as many patrons on a Wednesday night.
For appetizers, we had the grilled and the fried calamari. The grilled calamari won hands down. For entrees, it was hard to choose. There were tons of specials (at least 5). We ended up ordering the Canuck burger and the mushroom risotto. The mushroom risotto was quite delicious, al dente with a creamy sauce. The burger was quite delicious as well. It tastes as good as the burgers at my favorite burger joint in the GTA. The fries come with a tasty chipotle mayo dip.
Personally I think the prices are a little higher than I would expect for equivalent food quality. We’ll keep this place in our back pocket for places to visit for a quick bite.

Visiting G Bistro was a long time coming. Previously called Grains Bistro they re-​branded and re-​decorated a while back to produce this slice of Bistro heaven near the corner of Dufferin and Langstaff in Thornhill.
A small group of us visited GB for a dinner during Unilocal Eats this past week. Walking inside after only previously coming in for a pint, I was still astounded by how beautiful this place is laid out and decorated. Long ornate bar takes up center stage here and is an amazing focal point. Book-​ended by a warm lounge area with fireplace and a semi private dining space enveloped by long white curtains.
Enough on décor, lets get to the meal. Our cozy group of 4 decided on a little experiment with the appetizer: Grilled or fried. While both stood up well on their own, the consensus that the putanesca style grilled calamari won out by a long shot. The fried was still good served with it’s chipotle style dipping sauce BUT the ability to dip the complementary slices of olive bread into the cornucopia of sauce the grilled calamari was served in was what put the dish over the top!
Moving on from the apps I didn’t think things could get much better — enter the hickory smoked pork chop. They have an in house smoker and once grilled and cooked to a perfect medium, the flavour was warm, smokey and I’m pretty sure it was one of the greatest pork chops I’ve eaten. The only place this dish faltered for a second was the side of butternut squash gnocchi. While the butter sauce it was lightly coated in was delicious I did find the gnocchi a tad heavy and firm for my picky italian taste but that didn’t stop me from finishing every bite of it and the rappini it came with.
Being a family style Unilocal dinner, we all shared a little of our meals with each other and I had the amazing pleasure of trying their mushroom risotto and the salmon with arugula salad. Both amazing and both considerations for future visits.

Scanning at all the restaurants that participating in the Savour York Region this year, I couldn’t stop yawning… All these Italian restaurants serving similar items. how many Cesar Salad can I eat? Veal Marsala again?! $ 35 for dinner? Until Grain’s Bistro Menu caught my eyes!
OK! The price helps a LOT $ 25 for prix fixe dinner?! Interesting Menu Selection? No more pasta! Yes I am IN! The good thing that Linguine Frutti Di Mare is in the main menu just in case my boyfriend just want his usual!
Grains Bistro décor is chic, modern and minimalist. The bar area has a sport bar feel with big TV and there are also 2 others dining area that can be curtain off.
My Choice which is also the waiter’s recommendation:
–Seared Ahi Tuna and Asian Slaw
— Moroccan Braised Lamb Shank served with Garlic Mush and Veggie
— Chocolate Torte
My dinner mate’s choice:
— Golden Beet and Arugula Salad with Buffalo Mozzarella
— Creole Jambalaya (French Quarter Style Jambalaya with PEI Mussels, Shrimps, Clams, Langostino Lobster, Chicken, Andouille Sausage in a Spicy Creole Sauce)
— White Chocolate Vanilla Bean Mousse
I love all my choices! The seared tuna was so heavenly! Lamb Shank soft and tender, and chocolate torte was served warm!
As usual, other people food are always better? My dinner mate started looking at mine!!! And when he started to make excuses of
— I don’t eat Golden Beet?! What is Golden Beet? Your Tuna looked better
— Spicy Sauce for the Jambalaya is too spicy! I think you would love that…
— White Chocolate Vanilla Bean Mousse? I don’t like White Chocolate…
So switch… My waiter got a little confused…
Special mention is all our food were served piping hot and fresh! I guess it helped when we were the only table just one hour before closing!
I definitely be coming back again! Especially on Saturday when Grain’s Bistro has Live Jazz Performance!