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    Aloette

    4.4 (380 reviews)
    PriceyFrench, Bistros, Diners
    Closed 11:00 am - 4:00 pm, 5:00 PM - 10:30 PM

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    Avocado toast with poached eggs
    Missy B.

    Aloette is Michelin-recommended and honestly... yeah, I get it. This place was incredible. I showed up right in that awkward in-between spot during the brunch-to-dinner shift, so I kept it simple and ordered off the brunch menu to make life easier for the kitchen. Ended up with the avocado toast--and wow. Hands down the best I've ever had. Jalapeño, radish, and I added poached eggs on top... absolute perfection. Even though I was the only one in the place at the time, the service was amazing--super kind and attentive. But the real scene-stealer? The lemon meringue pie. I swear I'd eat it every day if I could. The meringue was so smooth and rich, and the whipped cream? Insanely fresh and creamy. This place will be living rent-free in my food dreams forever.

    Bar
    Geno P.

    Alotte is basically the café version of Alo. It's even mentioned in the Michelin guide, and it's a great spot if you want to try French food in a more casual way. The food here is excellent--if you're looking to dip into real French cuisine, I'd definitely recommend this place. That said, reservations are tough to get. You'll want to book at least a week in advance, and even with a reservation, expect to wait about 10-20 minutes for your table. The servers are friendly, the atmosphere is great, and it also works as a spot to grab a drink casually. I really loved the octopus dish--it was tender and flavorful. I usually eat a lot of burgers, but here I'd suggest going for something else. The burger is good, but you can find good burgers elsewhere.

    James R.

    This place is charming. The leather bar top, the bartenders and servers, the overall ambiance. Devin was the person who took care of us the evening we came in. He was that perfect mix of professional, a little bit fun, and extremely intuitive. He was very much at the top of his field. We started off with mini martinis and 12 oysters followed by nduja olives, foie gras parfait, beef tartare, the hamachi crudo, asparagus tempura, grilled lamb skewers, and the wedge salad at Devin's suggestion followed by wine and Rockford peaches (to which Devin was delighted that we got the League of Their Own reference. Everything was fantastic. No notes on the food. The standouts were the wedge salad and the nduja olives. We were way too full for dessert. It was a fabulous meal with perfect service and a great atmosphere. What else do you want? I would certainly return here. I understand why this place and Alo are so well regarded in Toronto.

    Eileen L.

    Amazing food and great service! We got bar seating with reservation on a Thursday. Aloette is located on the ground floor. I much prefer this restaurant over alobar, it's slightly more casual and I enjoyed the food a lot more. It can get loud but we could still talk. Our server/bartender was super attentive and chatty with us. We got crispy squash, aloette burger and fries, steak tartare, octopus carpaccio, hamachi crudo, side of bread and butter, and lemon meringue pie. This was truly comfort food and everything was so delicious, my favourites were the crispy squash and aloette burger. Washrooms are downstairs.

    Awesome pie!
    Anita C.

    Had brunch/lunch here and it was excellent! Great service and food. Next time we are in Toronto we would go back here! I had an eggs benedict with bacon, amazing fresh tomato with a browned butter hollandaise sauce! Yummy. My husband had a take on a pork sandwich and it was great. Awesome Lemon Meringue pie too! The only thing I would change since we were sitting outside was the rap music as it was vulgar.

    Lemon meringue pie
    Gab G.

    Prob our best meal in Toronto. Made a reservation for a Friday night - they had limited availability online, but I was able to email their reservationist and get a table - and celebrated my anniversary here. They kicked things off with complimentary Prosecco, and it got even better from there! My boyfriend and I ordered: + Aloette mini martinis + Foie gras parfait + octopus carpaccio + Aloette wedge salad + Crispy butternut squash + lemon meringue pie The wedge salad was my favorite, followed by the foie gras and dessert. The martinis were also genius. Can't go wrong with the butternut squash, either. The only miss was the octopus, which was not really flavorful outside of the sauce. Overall phenomenal (both food and service) and I'd definitely come back. Would love to try their sister restaurant Alo, too!

    K L.

    House made cheese bread with season butter to start the meal. Ordered the octopus capacio and beef tartare. Both were as good as any Michelin stars restaurant. Excellent food and vibrant atmosphere.

    Atolette burger
    Jennifer N.

    Great fries, free bread and a very beefy burger. I understand why it was rated best burger you'll ever have now. We came in thirty minutes before closing and I'm glad we were able to get a seat the bar. Very tiny and intimate place to be. Definitely a place worth visiting if you're in the Toronto area.

    The bar
    Jagdish N.

    A Michelin starred casual diner downtown. Went there for brunch. Excellent service and top notch food. The place is casual and not many tables inside but with an extended patio season can seat a few more outside. We had shakshuka, avocado toast and chicken on waffle for brunch and also a crepe. Altogether a recommended place

    Fried chicken wrap
    Jason C.

    I went to Aloette for dinner and did not need a reservation. The restaurant inside is small, but we were able to get a seat in the patio. The server was pretty attentive during our entire dinner. It was a little chilly outside and they did not have heaters. I had the fried chicken and lettuce wraps. The food was good however portions were small for the price. The flavours were good, but nothing out of the ordinary.

    Kelvin Y.

    Aloette is the little sister of Michelin one star rated restaurant, Alo. Aloette itself despite not having any stars is a Michelin recommendation restaurant. Even prior to Michelin coming to Toronto, I've had Aloette on my radar. The perfect storm had me heading downtown on a Friday late morning and it was the perfect excuse to take a 15 minute walk detour to Aloette. Aloette's menu is of a limited one and seems to have some Asian fusion element injected into many of their offerings. I ordered their steak and was flat out disappointed by the lack of quality and execution. Presentation was extremely simple which I'm not overly picky about. It was a sliced steak with shitake mushroom on the side. Nothing more. On first blush, the dish was fragrant and flavourful. After the second bite, the level of sodium really started to kick in. The steak was over marinated and had a heavy soya sauce influence. The natural flavour of the beef was totally overpowered by the marination. The same goes for the mushrooms, but the mushrooms were even more unforgiving when it came to the sodium level. To compound the issue, some parts of the steak had a bit of tendon in them and the tenderization process was just not done properly. Although the steak was tender (the steak was cooked to medium rare perfection), the texture felt quite off. And when you bite into it, it gave you an abnormal tingling sensation, which reminded me of the over tenderization (from the velveting) that is commonplace with stir fried beef in Chinese restaurants. I did not anticipate something like this at a high end restaurant. I forgot to mention that the meal came with a cheese bread that was solid, but was nothing out of the ordinary and was a bad pairing with the steak. The butter that was provided reminded me of the after taste you get from eating bacon flavoured chips. I have no clue what kind of butter it is. If the main is on the saltier end of things, strategically it would make more sense to serve some form of plain bread. The service was courteous and they were diligent with tapping up water. Two of their staff did proactively ask whether things were ok. To the first staff, I mentioned about the very salty mushrooms. She offered to replace them, but I said it was ok. She promised to take it up with the chef, which I know she did since I was sitting at the bar area. The second staff asked me how things were while taking away my unfinished plate of food. He apologized and promised to share the feedback with the chef. Service is generally above average, but lacked a bit of personal touch. I can now totally cross Aloette off my list for good. If a high end restaurant can't even do a steak properly, how good can their other dishes be? It was a poor enough experience where it gave me pause to think whether I would want to drop a few hundred dollars to try Alo in the future.

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    Ana B.

    The best meal I had on my visit to Toronto. The staff here does a good job at keeping some tables open for walk in, which is always appreciated. We did call to make a reservation - impression at first walk in - it's an upsaclediner feel, which is what they're going for. Aloette is from the same group as Alo, started by Michelin-starred chef Patrick Kriss in 2015. When we walked in, I didn't realize we had made a reservation at the bar (it's a diner top) and since we were celebrating an early birthday meal, we opted to sit in a booth and were told we had a time limit. That said, we got to looking at the menu and it's pretty tight so we made some choices. My sister who I was with has a dairy allergy and they were so great, they even let us try the scallop sauce - which was a koji butter. I love French food and I love diner food, and I wasn't expecting asian fusion! Our waitress Lee was AMAZING - she knew we had the time constraint so she got us ordering. The complimentary bread service is ALWAYS appreciated, and I liked the cheesy bread. We shared for the starters: The 'Nduja Stuffed Olive Skewer - which has adouli sausage and halloumi, sourdough, chimichurri, omg it was such a delicious little bite; East Coast Oysters with tiger's milk mignonette (bury me in this mignonette); Salmon Tartare on shiso leaf, nori aioli, dashi pearl (it was the least favorite dish); and the Octopus Carpaccio - romesco, almond, cherry tomato. I will never forget this Octopus Carpaccio, the romesco with the almond gave it a flavor of salsa macha and I was literally licking the plate. Then for entree, I got the Aloette Burger with the cheese on the side (it is a HEAVY burger, and I actually liked that the cheese was on the side). The waitress was so great and veered me away from the tempting Wagyu Truffle Burger -- you have to work up to the heaviness. The other disappointing item - the fries. If you are going to charge $10 for a side of fries, they better be amazing. They tasted almost stale, but no matter bc everything else was amazing. My sister got a half portion of the Aloette Fried Chicken, and I was upset how good this was. We were poo-pooing the idea of ordering this because it was asian fusion: yuzu honey, takuan, hot sauce, bibb lettuce - but the hot sauce, a homemade buffalo-esque was amazing. Now their wine menu, I was expecting a lot of natural wine, but it was tight. They do have organic wines here but the glass of Beaujolais was average, and I LOVE Beaujolais. The pièce de résistance is the Lemon Meringue Pie -- it's $15 a slice which is a STEAL. This pie is like crack. We obsessed over every single bite -- I can't tell you how good this is. Fluffy meringue, and crisp acid lemon and a delightful graham cracker bite. We loved it so much, we even got one to go. And I will tell you, it was just as good at home! They do brunch and are open for lunch on Fridays. I loved this restaurant, it was higher end food but not the fluff with the diner feel. The staff was so kind and they have a cutie bathroom down the stairs that felt really high end!

    Aloette Burger
    Cin C.

    A Toronto institution for a reason, from the moment you enter it is a lovely welcoming experience. We were lucky enough to grab the last two bar seats even without a reservations on a packed weekend night. The space is long and narrow but beautifully lite and cozy (if not a little noisy due to the crowd). I started with the silk screen cocktail, octopus carpaccio and foie gras parfait. The cocktail was wonderfully balanced and delicious. The parfait looked a mini work of art and was surprisingly light for a usually heavy ingrediant. For mains we shared the Aloette burger with triple cooked fries and the grilled short rib. Both were amazing and worth a try. I was so full from dinner I had to skip dessert, but their lemon meringue pie looked amazing.

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    The food was delicious, beautifully presented, and the service was attentive, making for a pleasant dining experience.

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    Absolutely delicious food, hot, flavorful and a delight. Service was fast, and food was served in a timely fashion.

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    I wouldn't say this place is perfect, but all the elements here--the food, the people, the music--create a harmonious atmosphere just right.

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    1.6 km

    I made a dinner reservation at Aloette Bay during Winterlicious 2026 in Feb to celebrate my…read moreboyfriend's birthday! The location is at the new CIBC Square Food Court and this restaurant is with a Michelin Guide recommendation. The staff was attentive, she messaged me a day before to check-in on our preferences. The restaurant was small than I expected with bar setting, sofa tables, and regular tables. I love the atmosphere there, classy and cozy. We ordered the 3-courses Winterlicious menu. We had Octopus Carpaccio, Forie Gras Parfait as appetiser. Both were delicious, a little bit sour for the Carpaccio, but the Parfait was perfect. For Main, we had Short ribs steak and house-made pasta, the portion of the short ribs steak was a little bit small, but the steak is tender. For dessert, the waitress recommended us for Biscoff Cake, which was a unique item for Winterlicious. I love the cake, it was soft and creamy. Overall, it was a great dining experience, good for dating and celebration.

    Had a surprisingly great Winterlicious lunch at Aloette. When I arrived at 12:30 PM, it was peak…read morelunch rush and felt a little too busy. However, the restaurant cleared out within about 30 minutes once the rush was over. This was Aloette's first year participating in Licious, and their lunch menu offered either 2 courses ($39) or 3 courses ($46). My friend and I decided to share one dessert between us. Everything we ordered was delicious and beautifully presented. The wedge salad was super fresh, and the foie gras parfait was very well executed. Both the signature Aloette burger with Beaufort cheese and the fried chicken sandwich were excellent. But the highlight was the lemon meringue pie! The lemon curd and meringue were some of the best I've ever tasted. Oh, I almost forgot to mention their cheddar cheese bread! Sooo good! I'm officially a fan of Aloette!

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