Soco Kitchen and Bar

After visiting this place many time I have finally decided to write a review. This restaurant belongs to the Delta Hotel, and this is why I come here so often, I always stay at the Delta when I come downtown.
The menu here is nothing special they have the staples of any hotel menu, while everything is prepared correctly, well seasoned, and has a nice presentation; I feel the food lacks a «WOW» factor. Everything seems very ordinary to me, like the way the flat bread looks like a pizza, even though is just flat bread. The food is good but not exceptional, plus they don’t have something that is uniquely theirs. Something that makes their restaurant stand out.
A few weeks back they were selling hotdogs outside on the street making competition for the hard working hotdog vendors that depend on that for their livelihood. «Good job SOCO!» he said in a sarcastic tone…
Over all this place is not bad, however, it’s not great either.

ughh… service is so slow… and we were the only ones sitting at the patio! Nice venue but over priced and a bit pretentious.

Being from the west coast, I love fish, especially all sorts of wild pacific salmon, so when I read on the menu that SoCo has pacific spring salmon, I was excited to order it with my salad. The salad itself was very tasty. However, the Pacific spring salmon they advertised was actually just regular Atlantic salmon, bland and tasteless. It really makes me wonder what they feed to raise these farmed Atlantic salmon to make them taste so terrible. Very disappointing.
Peanut butter cream puffs — average puff pastry filled with peanut butter. It came with a cheap pot of Nutella and a scoop of mediocre tasting ice cream.
Sticky toffee pudding — pretty tasty but very sweet.
Fries — tasted almost exactly like McDonald’s fries, just way saltier.

Our mains were reasonably good; confit of duck was tasty, mushroom soup was lovely, cheese plate was well presented and the chopped salad was pretty, if not a little bland.
Good mixed drinks — inventive and palatable.
Desserts were a disappointment — the «fresh baked warm cookie» was in fact, cold and remarkably similar to something we’d pull out of a grocery store box.
The «Turkish rice pudding» appeared to be Turkish by virtue of the weird addition of two rolled baklava portions, speared and lying helpless on a somewhat uninspired, cold rice pudding.
Apparently the salted caramel ice cream was good, though…
Given the cost, I felt the meal could’ve been taken to a higher level, but fell just a little short.

Low quality food and service. Over priced.
Never going back again although across the street from where I live.
On a bill of $ 100+ for a couple, being charged for bread basket for $ 4 ! lol

Not sure why this restaurant is not at least 4 stars. Our experience was great. Came here on a Tuesday night for a work function with 19 other colleagues. Restaurant was 50% full. Design and layout of the restaurant is very nice. Service was great, with one main server and many different runners who all did a great job serving us. We shared some apps, a mixed salad with pears and apples, excellent pizza, olives and dips, all very tasty. Everyone was allowed to order from the menu. The highlight was my main the sea bass, one of the best fish dishes I have EVER had, made with a miso sauce — not really sure what everything was on the dish since it was dark — but trust me it was awesome. Dessert was a mix platter of their specialties served by the chef. All and all a great dinner experience, definitely be back…

No complaints! A party of 7 and we’re all satisfied. Everything was either good or great! Our server was quick and attentive with exceptional service. Was my first time here but it won’t be my last. The vibe is young fresh and chic.
Gotta say, server made the experience a five star review. Thanks Virgil, hope to get you next time as well.

Stopped by this bar which is ideally located under the shadow of the CN Tower when they had a rather brilliant special; $ 3 oysters and $ 5 ceasars. While tasty, they were nothing to write home about. Service was decent and the appetizers were relatively reasonably priced with the cheese tray offering acceptable value. Nothing super special here but definitely one of the better places for a bite and drink in close proximity to the tower.

I was staying at the Delta Toronto and ordered room service from SOCO Kitchen + Bar for convenience. I had the SOCO burger with the SOCO greens salad and it was delicious. Burger was cooked perfectly, nice and juicy and flavourful. The salad had a great combination of ingredients and the dressing brought them all together. If I stay again in the future I would probably order from here again.

7 mins wait until I acknowledged a manager that coincidentally stood at my booth, I requested for the server no name given, who then showed up 3 mins later. As my appetizer, I got grilled lamb speducci and Mezze (hummus –pita –spiced eggplant olives), taste was very well put together, puta had hint of butter, hummus hint of citrus and pepper, eggplant tangy garlic. Pictures are included food is awesome however kindly fix service attention towards clients. Seating and forgetting equals bad reviews kills the food attention. Because people become H-​angry hungry and angry.

Had breakfast here. They have a nice buffet set up. Problem is they close the buffet at 9 o’clock in the morning. Clearly designed only for businessmen and women going to work. Which puts people like me who are in a different industry somewhat at odds. So I was seated, and basically got one run through of the buffet to grab what I wanted. The next time I walk through it was gone. Not so impressive for $ 27
Service also seemed a little distant. The table next to me was leaving and made the comment «I don’t know what happened to our server».
I also think for that amount for breakfast buffet, they should be making omelettes or poached eggs to order.

In Toronto, just visiting because, well, why not and we stopped in on this place after a long day of being all touristy and what not.
Located in downtown Toronto, inside of the Delta Hotel, entrances within the hotel and from the street. There is indoor and outdoor seating available. The interior of the restaurant is beautiful, everything is open and airy. You can seek the kitchen, as they place items up for the various tables. I thought it was pretty awesome.
On this date, we chose to sit on the patio, which is really nice and spacious. The hotel is pretty cool, as they have various specials from Monday-​Saturday. On this date, they had a special for a pitcher of margarita and for padron peppers.
We ate family style and tried the mezze, salmon, lamb skewers, padron peppers, macaroni and cheese and two flatbreads.
First things first, let’s start with the sangria. Just dope. We decided on the red; what a delightful mix of blueberries and blackberries, that ended with a slight buzz. I must say it was one of the best that I had.
The duo of hummus’ that came with the Mezze platter in addition to the pita and olives was a nice opening to what was to come. The hummus was fresh, and the olives added a nice top to the garlicky spread. The pitas were warm and fresh.
The salmon, albeit, a side was cooked nicely, and seasoned the same way too. I tasted the lamb; although generally not a fan, it was seasoned nicely and was quite tender. The flatbreads were delicious! The sauce that accompanied them added a nice kick to the spice of the I believe sausage. The second pizza with house smoked bacon and sweet onion was a nice treat. The macaroni and cheese wasn’t overly cheesy and the mix of cheeses.woah. Just good.
I’d say that the sleeper were those peppers. I wanted to try something new, and they were awesome, not overly seasoned, but had a nice smoky flavor. I believe one in about five have a kick. But honestly, however they cooked them was to perfection. For dessert, we tried the lemon tart and the mango sherbet, again, delicious!
We loved the place so much we wanted to come back.
Our server, was on it! She was so attentive to our party, and recommend some great dishes. I’m not really sure why this place has less than stellar reviews based on experience and some of the other patrons on that date.
If I come back to visit, I’m so going back.

Came here with friends on the Civic Holiday for lunch before we went to do our Edgewalk at the CN Tower. We were a party of 6.
We were seated quite quickly (+1) and served water almost immediately after we were seated. The glasses were a little dirty, so that kind of set the tone.
I ordered the SOCO burger and I tried some of my boyfriend’s pizza. The pizza was OK (+0.5; ~2−3 stars in taste)…but it had a very strong aftertaste of basil. Basil is generally one of those spices that a pinch too much can absolutely ruin something. The burger was well cooked (+0.5), but the seasoning wasn’t very good.
I wasn’t really impressed, but that’s generally expected when you eat at a hotel bar. Cost of food definitely wasn’t worth the price ($ 20.00 for a BURGER???), and you could easily get better pub food across the street.

Not a large menu, but they have some nice food. Attached to the Delta hotel, this restaurant has a beautiful interior and a nice patio.
They have delicious caesars — seems like there is cumin in the rimmer to add a nice touch.
We had the oysters and the charcuterie plate which were a nice snack. The server forgot to give us the discount on the oysters however, and we also forgot as we walked out.

Very trendy place and its part of the delta hotel. Spacious and very convenient. The restaurant is near the hockey stadium, aquarium, cn tower and the baseball stadium. We went there on a weekend and the food was ok. Pricey. Service was great and they have very friendly staff. The ribs are Taste like normal bbq ribs and the side of mac and cheese was pretty small. My husband thought the fish dish was good.

What’s up Unilocal it’s hot boy Nav from RX. I’m live and direct from my office writing this review cause you all know I hustle so I get money regardless. Some of your guys maybe thinking is this guy on drugs when he’s writing his review because he sure sounds like it and doesn’t make sense. Well rest assure everybody I live a drug free lifestyle despite the fact I live in the hood.
Anyways on the this place called soco, it’s connected to the delta hotel which is kinda cool… On second thought I guess nothing really cool about that. We sat outside on the patio and it gives off a corporate restaurant vibe. But nothing wrong with that everybody was nice and polite the waiters were nice except in the beginning our waiter looked like he’s coming down from an LSD trip. Looked like he hadn’t slept in a couple weeks. I always say if your gonna do drugs take the day off and make sure it’s outta your system before your in for work, and if you forget and can’t avoid it drink lots of redbull and hope you don’t get drug tested at work. Shout out to redbull for always keeping me hooked up with wings.
I ordered the crispy duck confit, this dish was really good I would say it was a ⁵⁄₅ prob best dish on their menu. I also ordered the lamb sausage in a bun. I asked the waiter if it was gamey and he said it wasn’t and it was my other friend liked it so I gave it to him and he said he would give it a ⁴⁄₅. If that last rating is not accurate I can give you my friends email and you can complain to him.
I also ordered the Mac and cheese, pretty basic not much going on over here prob wouldn’t recommend it for you guys ³⁄₅. I then got the 5 puff balls with peanut filling and Carmel drizzle sauce. Just drooled all over my iPhone… hope AppleCare doesn’t read about this when I bring it in for water damage… the desert was good I’m going to give it a ⁵⁄₅ as well the Carmel sauce was very nice and the puff balls were a nice light dessert to end off the meal. Overall I had a good time.
***please note that if sitting on the patio wear a neck brace and creeper shades cause there’s a ton of good looking girls out there****
I’m out of money now so back on that corner. Gotta charge up

Went for summerlicious menu, with beets salad as an appetizer, duck confit for main, and dark chocolate desert. Salad was great, with buratta chess melting in your mouth. Duck confit was amazing, one of the best I have had in toronto, and desert to top it all off! Wouldn’t expect much based on reviews, but the meal was really amazing, and at 35 $ a great value!

I actually quite enjoyed their lunch.
I recommend sitting in their patio area if it’s not ungodly hot outside. Couched right on Bremner, the restaurant has a fairly good view of CN tower from the west side.
I personally disliked their Farmer Green Salad with shaved summer vegetables, marocona almonds, mustard cider dressing. The mustard cider dressing was way too sour, did the salad more harm than good.
Huge fan of their roast Salmon Filet with warm orzo salad, grilled asparagus, sauce gribiche. Salmon was masterly cooked, the sauce gribiche was also perfection.
I also recommend their New York cheese cake with summer berry salad and brown butter crumble. Really tasty, and just the right size for me. Did a good job blending the sweetness of the cake with the slight sourness of the berry salad. Good complementation.
By the way, good luck trying to integrate «Soco» /​«South Core» into Torontonian jargon. I do agree that the Bremner area needs a better nickname, but «Soco» is a little too New York-​wannabe.
I took a quick look at the interior of the restaurant. The décor just screams «I am TERRIBLY BORING» at you. Could have mistaken it for a fancier Wendy’s. Too harsh?

Came here with a bunch of friends on a Friday night. The restaurant wasn’t too busy then. Most likely cause it’s still newish. It’s in the new Delta hotel beside the Ripley’s aquarium (and you can walk in the PATH and SKYWALK to get to Delta without going outside in the cold). The interior and décor, imo, was very nice — quite modern.
Service was good and the food came fast. I got a hot water (due to the extreme cold that Toronto is), and it came with a generous wedge of lemon, and it was nice of them to give me a pot of hot water as well for refills.
However the dish I ordered was quite underwhelming. I got the lobster pasta. For $ 23, I expected more. There was sufficient lobster in it for the price but the pasta itself was not cooked very well. It clumped together and felt dry and was just not very flavourful. My other friends ordered this pasta as well and thought the same thing. One of my friends got the half roasted chicken and felt that it was quite good. Perhaps the lobster pasta was the wrong thing to order here?

Soco is a brand new restaurant that is located on the first floor of the Delta Hotel. My friend and I happened to be in the area on New Year’s Day, so we decided to try this place out for dinner. It was not very busy that evening, maybe because it was new/​still relatively unknown, or maybe because most people were home nursing their hangovers from the night before or spending time with family. When we arrived, I first noticed that the place had a very distinct, woody/​fresh paint kind of smell, since it really is still quite new.
They have a pretty small, moderately priced dinner menu, but there were a number of dishes that caught my eye. That night however, both my friend and I ended up ordering the same thing and both got the duck confit. The description on the menu said it came with root vegetables, duck sausage, fregola sarda pasta (looks kind of like couscous/​risotto), and preserved plum. When our dinners actually arrived, the duck turned out to be just a regular duck leg rather than «duck sausage.» Overall though, the dish was good. The duck meat was very soft, moist and juicy, and it was very interesting to eat with the slightly sweet/​sour/​tarte flavour of the thinly sliced plum. I also liked the pasta, as it was my first time trying it. It had a slightly doughier texture than couscous/​risotto. Apparently it is supposed to have a sort of nutty flavour, but I couldn’t really taste that because of the sauce in the dish. While I enjoyed the dish overall, I did find that it started to get a bit too salty during the last few bites. I still recommend trying it though, as it was quite good for the price of $ 23.
Out of curiosity, my friend and I also decided to take a look at their dessert menu, and I was so tempted by their desserts that I broke my new year’s resolution on the first day of the new year and decided try one (I do it for Unilocal,guys!) I got the pumpkin walnut cheesecake which was made with maple sour cream, blackberry preserve, and of course, walnuts. The cheesecake came out in a little dome shape and was presented very nicely. I think I was expecting a bit more variety in the flavours, what with the maple and the pumpkin, but I mostly just tasted pumpkin. It was quite good for a cheesecake, although there was this weird kind of gelatinous coating over the cake, so I wasn’t a huge fan of that.
For me, Soco was a hit, and I would definitely return to try their other menu items. It’s got kind of a cool atmosphere, and would be a good place to come for after-​work drinks, lunch/​dinner with friends, or even a casual date. It’s dimly lit but the bar area is bright and colourful and they played fairly upbeat music while we were there. Definitely a cool, trendy kind of place to check out!

Soco est un restaurant de l’hôtel Delta donnant directement sur la rue.
C’est un bon endroit pour venir manger après avoir fait un tour à la CN Tour.
L’endroit est assez récent il me semble et j’ai pu remarquer qu’au niveau du personnel c’était pas encore très organisé (5 personnes différentes se sont occupées de nous durant le repas, un peu déroutant!) et notre commande est arrivée deux fois et présentée d’abord à la table d’à côté.
A part ça: mon burger était bon. les frites aussi même si un chouilla trop salées.
La carte n’est pas très grande mais propose de tout: des pâtes, des viandes, des pizzas. De quoi contenter tout le monde.
Soco est aussi un bar où sont retransmis les matchs de hockey notamment: attention, c’est assez bruyant comme ambiance !