Annona Resturant

Where to even begin! After much research on a slightly fancy yet affordable restaurant, I decided to take my boyfriend to dinner for his birthday, and I’m incredibly glad this was the place I had chosen.
The waitstaff were very attentive (constantly on top of water refills) and polite, but the staff member who really stood out was the wonderful woman who greeted us at the dood, Valentina.
She constantly came by to check on us, offer more bread (as we had swiftly devoured the soft bread with feta and olive filling), and was overall very lovely to talk to.
Initially, she had set up a slightly secluded table near the window (many of the tables here are close together) for some privacy, having read my note about the purpose of the dinner. I hadn’t requested this in the note, but what I did have written in the note was followed to a T, and it made our experience the best it could be.
We were so stuffed after our meals that we couldn’t even look at the dessert menu, but being that it was my boyfriend’s birthday, Valentina brought us a delicious (and adorable) strawberry cheesecake, topped with some of the best whipped cream I’ve ever tasted.
When we were taking pictures of the cake, a sweet and very polite waitress came by and asked if we’d like our photo taken together, which was kind of her.
Never have I ever had a better restaurant staff experience. This really just took the cake.
As for the food, I absolutely loved mine. I got the smaller portion of the fish of the day healthy balance option ($ 18). The fish of the day (I believe, I can’t quite remember what I was told) was some kind of bass, and it was cooked and seasoned perfectly. Soft and tender on the inside, and perfectly crispy around the edges.
The sides I chose (you can have one sauce and two sides) were the grilled roma tomatoes and the portebello mushrooms, the sauce being avocado salsa. I loved everything.
My boyfriend got the surf and turf ($ 41), which he loved as well. I had a bit of the steak from it, which was also cooked perfectly to our tastes and very flavourful.
Overall (since neither of us drink alcohol and we got tap water), our two items came to a total of $ 66.67, tip excluded.
Thank you so much to the staff at Annona that night. You gave us an amazing experience to start off an amazing night, and we’ll be sure to come back in the future.

Just had breakfast here — officially the worst smoked salmon ever.
While the high price is an obvious result of the location and the brand name, the food is a profound disappointment.
Will not repeat.

This is a hidden gem lost in the yorkville, amazing steak tartar with a good spicy kick. Wonderful pastas, always order them.

If you want to splurge for a special occasion, this is the place. Often times we decide to go to a fine dining restaurant for a special occasion, get disappointed by the food or service and still have to shell out the cash. Annona made our night perfect. I specified it was for a birthday for my boyfriend in the reservation and they made special preparations for the dessert without me having to ask.
On top of the amazing service, the food was ON POINT. We had the crab cakes and French onion soup to start, sea bass and filet mignon for the main, and cheesecake for dessert. Filet mignon was amazing. Actually, every single dish was delicious. Strongly recommend if you want to spoil yourself or anyone else.

2 stars for food + bonus 0.5 star for high quality service + 0.5 star for pretty plates
Went there for afternoon tea and portions are teeny tiny. Flavour wise isnt AMAZING, tastes like any other place and they over charge it.
Even though I wouldn’t recommend coming back here, it’s a nice place to get some afternoon tea pictures. Don’t come here for the food though.

I came here during my stay at the Park Hyatt Toronto (next door). I was very happy about the gluten free options on the menu. I ordered the gluten free breakfast salad– which was AMAZING. It had two pouched eggs on top, with cut up potatoes tomatoes, bacon, cheddar, and cucumbers. All perfectly diced up and sized. The dressing on the top of the salad was some sort of lemon citrus dressing that was light and perfect.

We had dinner at Annona during Summerlicious with a group of friends. $ 45/​person. The ceviche was great but small. I had the vegetable and leaf salad which was delicious. My husband got the halibut which I thought was slightly bland. I got the rib eye steak which was perfectly cooked with a side of potatoes both delicious. The dessert lacked a punch. The citrus sensation was way to citrusy! The sorbet was just ok but came with fruit which I liked. The chocolate mousse left me wanting for more.
The ambiance was nice and the food was alright. I didnt get what the hype is about this place and why it is so expensive. You could cook yourself a similar meal.

Love this place
Many memories here as a student
They fed me for a couple of years so I must give them a good review ;-)
Always great food, accommodating, top notch service, fair price
Saw a few Hollywood Stars here too (bonus)

Went there for a romantic dinner with my girl. I love the place. Food is amazing, served in a very nice way — looks good & tastes good.
Service is great. Its a really romantic & fancy place. Love their Wine selection also.
Only issue, tables are a bit too close to each other, would love a bit of space for intimacy.

For Winterlicious this year, my family and I tried Annona. Having read the reviews I expected the quality we received, but I was hoping that my expectations would have been surpassed. 3 stars for the service and the food. The ambience is decent, but nothing special. Feels like a regular restaurant. It’s on the first floor of the hotel, so there isn’t much of a view. Like always, I wished the patrons looked like they actually put some effort into their appearance. This definitely takes away from the atmosphere.
Since it was the 3 of us, we ordered different things and taste tested from each other’s plates. I ordered the Beef and Cabbage Pot Stickers (essentially beef dumplings), Korean Braised Shortrib, and the Baked Lemon Tart. My family also ordered the soup of the day, which was Butternut squash and lentil, and the Baby Kale and Miso Salad for the appetizers, the Salmon Gratinee with Lobster, and the Dark Chocolate Cherry Millefieulle. The table also came with flatbread, bread (with a cheesy center, real cheese), and tapenade.
My pot stickers were good, I enjoyed them. None of us really liked the soup, it lacked flavour/​spices. The salad was alright, but nothing special. It was essentially kale with sesame seed dressing, with a few pieces of tangerine and mushroom. The short rib was decent. The meat was soft, appeared to have been marinated, and enjoyable. However, it came with plain white rice that had absolutely no spices, and I really expected more from such an establishment. The salmon was delicious, but came with max a tablespoon of mashed potatoes, and hardly had any lobster. The lemon tart was something that you could really get anywhere, and the cherry millefieulle was very chocolatey if you like that sort of thing. Honestly, I’ve had better food at Moxies. The presentation was fancy shmancey, but the quality and the taste was not. The salmon was better than most restaurants, but everything else was lacking for a hotel restaurant.
The service was lacking as well. Our server couldn’t answer my questions well about the menu (perhaps because English wasn’t his first language?), he never asked if we wanted something to drink, after we ordered something to drink we had to ask for our desserts (after waiting for close to half an hour), and even though I specified a fresh pot of coffee, he poured me the end of the pot (coffee ended before it filled my cup), so I asked for a fresh cup. The bartender prepared great B52 coffee’s that my mom and grandma enjoyed.
I would eat here again if I had to, but I wouldn’t be especially excited about it.

I have to write a review. My friends and I went there during winterlicious for lunch. We ordered almost every course on the menu except vegetarian ones. They were disappointing. They didnt even serve us bread. The service was great though.

My flight arrived late so I was looking for a restaurant at 9pm. Anona is an ok option if you are staying at the Park Hyatt. The menu is super friendly for weight watcher aficionados since all the better options come in small/​large portion sizes.
I had the seafood risotto. It was good and filling but didn’t wow me much. It comes with generous serving of lobster. I thought I saw scallops in the menu description but it was no where to be found.
Service was prompt and not intrusive. My glass was always filled and plates taken away.

This review is not about the food, because we cancelled our reservation. I called to arrange a table for lunch for a few friends and me; I told the Annona person that there would be 4 of us, and that one of us used a scooter and had a service dog. While the restaurant is accessible, she questioned whether the service dog was allowed in the restaurant. Of course, AODA legislation allows service animals in a restaurant.
I’m sure Annona is a lovely restaurant, but as long as their staff are uneducated about AODA, I cannot spend my money there. Annona Managers: train your staff!

This restaurant is okay for a hotel restaurant. I was meeting a friend from out of town at the Hyatt so we just met at Annona for lunch. I didn’t have high expectations for it since most hotel restaurants are just okay.
The location is conveniently located in Yorkville, I can’t speak to parking because I took a cab but I assume its like any other hotel — expensive but convenient.
Our waitress was lovely. She was super friendly and helpful and was always there the moment you needed another drink or to top off your water.
I ordered the salmon and it was fine. It was a little dry and not as rare as I would like but it was not bad.
The cake I ordered was perfect. It was a rich chocolate cake that was somehow also very light and satisfying. It was so good I wanted another one :)
Overall, ambience was nice, location was convenient and food was good. I probably wouldn’t come here again unless I was meeting another guest at the hotel though as there are many other great restaurants in the Yorkville area.

I loves me ma seafoods! And Annona is beyond great for that. I’ve been here twice, both times for lunch and I really enjoyed the freshness of their seafood and how they always pair it with a nice citrus glaze, sauce or dressing. It just really elevates the dish and makes the meal scrumptious.
I’ve had the grilled seafood salad and they serve you MONDO SIZED scallops, shrimp and a piece of fish or two on a lovely potato salad with tomatoes and cucumbers.
Then, today, I came here again and tried their Summerlicious menu, and the quality of the food was high — cauliflower soup was subtle in flavour and had little pieces of pickled garlic and green olives, the trout on mashed potatoes for my main, and their apricot sorbet for dessert. Everything was fabulous EXCEPT, it became very apparent to me the chef had totally massacred the fry of my fish, because it was served ‘skin side’ down, while the other 8 diners at my table had their fish perfectly pan fried with the skin facing up. Don’t get me wrong, the fish tasted great, was cooked well and moist, but if you are serving everyone a perfectly cooked fish, and one person a fish without any of the crispy skin (some would say a required part of the dish) PLUS giving me a piece of fish that looks like it’s been chewed by a dog, it just comes across as inconsistent and lazy. Like, don’t play me like that Annona. I’m not a total snob and don’t deem that a good reason to send food back (that trout being a damn good piece saved the dish from being a total blunder), but I was honestly bummed I didn’t get to experience the pan fried fish skin :””(
Annona also seems to love having flies as part of their décor, cause there have been BOTH fruit flies and house flies just buzzin around my god damned table during my meal. For a restaurant at the Park Hyatt, you’d think they could invest in some pest control, but nope, they are just too busy fucking up the fry on their fish.
Also, CHRIST ON A SALT LICK. I didn’t seem to notice at the time, but an hour after the meal, I was hit with this insatiable thirst and have now consumed a bottle and a half of water. So, yea, Annona is sneaky and somehow loads the dish up on sodium to make stuff taste better? *SAD TROMBONE*

The steak was good but the sauce was a little salty. The salmon was so so. The color guy waiter doesn’t fit for 5 star hotel restaurant. You don’t open wine on table. For 5 star hotel restaurant table are too close to each other. The soup was good. The salad wasn’t any special. Overall a 3 star is how I feel

This is one of my fave restaurants in the city. The service is usually amazing. The food is really really really good. On our last visit the crab cakes were amazing! Juicy and filled with really large chunks of crab. The portion size was perfect for an appetizer. I had the seafood risotto. What a treat! It’s was delicious and filled with large pieces of lobster!
Dessert was maple crème Brule. Heavenly!

We were at TIFF in September for business and pleasure. While our stay in Toronto, I was invited to have lunch with friend’s family at Annona. The restaurant was located at the Park Hyatt in Yorkville. I liked the ambience, and the décor was somewhat a mixture of traditional and contemporary. We had a table by the huge window. It was very nice.
The food was great. We ordered Lobster Sandwich, Steak, Smoked Salmon with dill cream, and fruit salad. The sandwich was a little over toasted but it wasn’t ruining the Lobster flavor. The fruit salad was very fresh. I enjoyed the food there.
The service was great too. We had a very attentive waiter. Our table was kept clean and water and coffee were always filled. It’s always nice to have a great meal with great company. I truly enjoyed the time here. I would like to come back here when I visit the town next time.

Came here for Summerlicious with a girlfriend and loved it.
The service was fantastic from the greeter to the wait staff. It had a very fancy feel to it. The food was excellent and my steak cooked perfectly. The portions were hearty, and I definitely felt full at the end of it.
A great place for a date, or a girl’s night.

My first visit to Annona was pretty memorable so I get into a ‘happy place’ whenever Annona is mentioned.
I was here 2 years ago for my friend’s engagement party for Afternoon Tea ($ 28) which was very elegant, delicious and filling. It was also very eventful as we didn’t realize it was the first weekend of TIFF and we got to see a few famous people going in and out of the Park Hyatt while we ate — Dinner and a Show (ish)… I’m talking Collin Farrell, Paul Haggis, Seth Rogen and Jason Statham!
This year a few co-​workers and I decided to go to Annona for a Summerlicious lunch. FYI, if you ever want to reserve a ‘licious meal here, book early as they fill up pretty fast.
I had:
Appetizer — Arancini (Shrimp, sundried tomato & mascarpone with lemon aioli)
Very flavourful! Nice and crispy outside.
Main — Char-​grilled Sirloin Steak (with cauliflower smashed potatoe & asparagus)
I asked for a medium, but it was a touch overcooked, still good flavour.
Dessert — White chocolate basil Panna Cotta (with raspberry compote & pistachio crisp)
the panna cotta was a little too firm, but flavour was top notch! Not overly sweet.
Got to try the Chocolate truffle Jubilee which was good but too sweet both my co-​workers couldn’t finish their dessert.
It’s a miracle we were able to get back to work and not fall asleep, food portions were generous… Food Coma!
Location is perfect, on Avenue near Bloor. Great for people watching (even if they’re not famous people). Service was polite and quick, just what you’d expect from a 5 star hotel restaurant.