Bar One Trattoria

I have to give Bar One a 5 star review, because I’ve been here a lot and always loved everything about it!
I love sitting on the front patio, the back patio and at the bar. The shared tables aren’t my fave, but one time I was only a couple feet away from Sook-​Yin Lee (
) and was positive about it because I could hear her talking! I know she’s only a CBC celebrity, but I am a fan, so it impressed me.
The salads and pizzas are excellent. I have only been for brunch once, but those were some good eggs, too.
The staff is good, it’s in a convenient location, the plates are good for sharing. It can get noisy if you sit at one of the communcal tables, but you may see a CBC-​level celebrity! Enjoy :)

Bar One has taken the ‘waiting’ out of brunch. Maybe it’s because I’m crotchety, but I don’t want to stand in line for 30 minutes to get a table to eat my favourite meal of the week. They take *reservations*!! Very exciting.
It also doesn’t hurt that their food is totally delicious. I like everything about this place. I recommend the Cruz (Chorizo! Goat Cheese! Chipotle Sauce!) or the bar one brunch, because if I need something with my eggs and bacon, it is a delicious pancake.
They have a great patio in the back, a small one in the front and some inside too. My only complaint about this place is that you can’t get banana and chocolate chips in your pancakes. You have to pick one or the other, which is a crime against my tastebuds.

A really lovely place with a cute set-​up! I like the colour-​coding going on here and the servers are incredibly nice. Beware of washrooms though… they’re from another dimension!
Not busy on a lazy Sunday afternoon which is perfect because we were able to finish our meal without haste.
I ordered the raw salmon w/​poached eggs and spicy hollandaise sauce and dang, waaaaaaaaaay too savoury for my tastebuds. (However, it was very well-​presented!) Really couldn’t handle the overpowering ‘flavour’ of the dish. Wish I opted for banana pancakes or the «ovo buca» (both of which were dishes my friends ordered).
That said, I really want to give this place another try. Perhaps a pizza or their pancakes.

Nice and cozy little place. Despite the gorgeous Saturday weather, there was no waiting. We scored a comfy booth table toward the back.
We had Italian sausage & potato hash as well as an order of French toast with walnut and caramelized bananas. The hash was beautifully presented with a small side salad and two eggs were perfectly cooked on top of the hash. But some additional seasoning and larger chunks of Italian sausage in the hash would have gone a long way.
The french toast was nicely done, loved the walnuts, caramelized bananas and warm maple syrup combination.
Above average brunch spot in Toronto. Fresh ingredients and good quality food. Service was friendly and personable.

I thoroughly enjoyed my brunch experience there on a rainy Saturday afternoon, for the following points:
1) Atmosphere was trendy and sleek, without being cold
2) We didn’t have to wait for a seat
3) Most brunch entrees were under $ 12
4) My steak and eggs were delicious for about $ 14. The steak was small but very well done and I thought the portion size was just right for me.
5) All my other friends enjoyed the Ovo Buco (an «egg in the hole» sandwich served with spinach, brie, hollandaise and roasted tomato). It was just the right size for us ladies.
A solid place for brunch — I will definitely go again!

I had a lovely end of term Christmas dinner at Bar One! They were able to accomodate a group of about 15 of us despite being a pretty small place. They also let us bring a cake and were okay with separate bills — grazie Bar One.
The menu is quite long (and comes strapped to a clip board with an elastic band — random?), and has a good mix of vegetarian/​meat/​seafood dishes. The focus is on Calabrian-​style homemade pasta and pizza. I had the mushroom papardelle pasta with a light tomato sauce. I loved it — full of garlic and large pieces of forest mushrooms. A couple of friends ordered the gnocchi, which looked quite good, but they described the sauce as lacking «something.» I also tried a bite of the portobello, smoked provolone and hot pepper pizza, which was fantastic. The smoked provolone added so much flavour, and the crust was thin and crisp.
Overall, the restaurant and service was great. Main dishes are about $ 15-​$ 20, and the wine list had a great mix of expensive/​inexpensive wines. I would definitely recommend for a date or small party.

Yummy brunch, with a surprisingly short wait on a Sunday morning. There are a lot of interesting items on the menu – I had the Ovo Buco (an «egg in the hole» sandwich served with spinach, brie, hollandaise and roasted tomato). It was delicious! But I could probably have eaten two of them to fill me up. The place isn’t cheap, but the food is good and the service is fast.

They do have great breakfast here. I’ll give them that. The food is great, the menu is inventive and interesting, everything tastes fresh and clean.
But that’s no reason to hire jerks for wait staff and just expect people to deal with it.
My experience here was awful — it consisted of myself and two friends meeting for brunch and the place being filled to the brim with hipster parents and their spoiled spawn.
Wait staff are beyond rude — apparently if you don’t want to buy a drink, they will be very difficult in providing you with water. They sent in our orders at all the wrong times and one friend ended up having to pack up her meal because she was going to be late for work. No apologies made, no one seems to care if you’re coming or going unless you show up with a Maclaren fashion stroller and a screaming baby dressed in Burberry. The only smile we got was when we paid.
Like I said, food is good, albeit not cheap (brunch meals start at $ 11), but I will never go back based purely on the fact that the staff leave a bad taste in my mouth. Also FYI, I think they stopped serving lunch and are open only for breakfast and dinner now.