Lake Inez

What Reddit says

East end restaurant known for its atmosphere and patio. The shawarma carpaccio gets particular praise, and the owner is well regarded. One commenter found better food elsewhere.

Paraphrased from the comments below.

What to order

• 8.0
  Cocktails#24 for cocktails in Toronto
  Worth trying
• 7.7
  Tasting Menus10 Redditors
  Worth trying
• Ramen3 Redditors
• Wine3 Redditors
• Wings2 Redditors
• Desserts1 Redditor
• Hot Dogs1 Redditor
• Pasta1 Redditor

In their words

Short excerpts, each linked to the full comment on Reddit.

• “Come to the east end and add Ricky+Olivia, Lake Inez, Wood Owl, Maha’s, Gio Rana’s, Goods and Provisions and the Wren to that list!”

• “So far the best I've had has been Lake Inez a couple years ago, they had some flavour profiles that genuinely surprised me.”

• “when I went for my bday a couple years ago I was sooo underwhelmed. Truly forgettable.”

• “Don’t get me wrong, it’s still great, but there are other restaurants like The Wood Owl which I find to be much better.”

• “For non-starred restaurants, Mhel, Lake Inez, Grey Gardens, Giulietta.”

• “Their sablefish is, in my opinion, the best iteration of that ingredient in the city!”

• “We were 30 minutes late but they still held our reservation and we had a great meal”

• “Maybe I caught them on a bad night, but I did the mystery patio tasting and thought it was just ok.”

• “the vibe of that area is more casual (in attitude) and cool. I would even classify Lake Inez as that.”

• “Quetzal, Grey Gardens, Le Select, Union, Alma, Omai, Wynona, Lake Inez, Dreyfus”

• “Had better food elsewhere (Lake inez).”

• “how Zac runs his restaurants. He reached out to me when I was doing my miniseries”