An excellent date spot, with top notch service. We had their tuna tartare (8.5/10), spicy ceviche (9/10), truffle gnudi (8/10) and the Branzino (7.5/10 - this was amazing but maybe the tomato side was overpowering). I’d say the spicy ceviche and tuna tartare cannot be missed and I’d definitely back go just for that. We were seated at the front area of the restaurant, which was really cute (but a tad chilly). We also got complimentary cheese puff starters (sorry forgot the specific name!) which were delicious! There is plenty of street parking and I’d definitely recommend!
Kristina Kiseleva
From the start, had to wait for 15 min to be seated. Neither tasting menu seemed good so my date decided the cheaper option. Because the more expensive one had tuna tartar ew. If it was possible to get all the course in reverse order I would get it. Because you just gonna fill up on some of the worst tasting food I’ve ever paid for. First of all, Portuguese cheese bread was rubbery. Second, Chopped salad like it came out of the bag from Lablaws. Third course, the fish was excellent but the sauce was terrible. At this point we wer waiting for the final dish, however we had to suffer through three more dishes first, two of which had absolutely zero flavour (honestly did not know what it was and did not want to ask). When we finally got to chorizo and octopus, the chorizo was burnt black, Im not sure how they even plated it ( weird). The octopus just tasted too fishy. Thankfully we had washed away the bad taste with a few shots and were ready to indulge in the burger which was actually quite good. However, we were already full from previous courses. That’s why I recommend tasting the menus in reverse order.We did not want to complain, thank you to the staff that acknowledged we did not eat the food and asked if they could give us something on the house.But yea, find another date date spot
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 2
Ben Bergman
Come here with all my visitors to Toronto. Such a fun dining experience and you can’t go wrong with any dish! Would love to try one of the tasting menus on my next
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: The Chopped Salad, Chickpea Fritters, Lamb Dumplings
Marissa C
Came here for dinner and we got the classic tasting menu.The vibes here are great. It’s good to catch up with friends or even for a date! It’s not a very big space so they won’t be able to accommodate large groups.Our server Ken, was so nice and friendly! He was very attentive and made sure my friend had a nice birthday.The tasting menu had a lot of variety and it was good overall. I would say it is a bit pricey but the quality of the food and the uniqueness definitely stood out.One thing I really appreciated was the fact that us and a few other groups were clearly having a great time and we were there past closing and the staff didn’t even kick us out. Not even in a nice way to say “hey we are closing soon…”.Definitely would come back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Adam Sheeres-Paulicpulle
Cannot say enough good things about this place. The sharable style is really fun with a group of people. All the dishes tasted amazing! Service was really great and we had good conversation with the server. Recommend going here with even numbered groups based on the sharable plate style.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chopped Salad
Briana Marmelstein
A must visit if you're in Toronto. The 6 course tasting menu for 65 was beyond reasonable. The Rasa burger is easily the best I've had in my entire life. The chopped salad is a perfect start to the meal (after the amuse bouche). Loved the texture of the chickpea fritter as well. Desser was next level, so impressed with the pastry. Service was incredible, our waitress answered all of our questions and guided us through different options for ordering.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: The Chopped Salad, Truffle Gnudi, Spicy Ceviche, Chickpea Fritters, Chopped Salad, Rasa Burger
Nicholas Travalja
Dinner at Rasa was phenomenal. From their rustic, underground atmosphere to their refined and well thought out dishes, it was truly a great experience. Staff was great at explaining the menu and style of food. Will definitely be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Grilled Octopus, Tuna Tartare, Lamb Dumplings, Rasa Burger
Micaela Hoglund
What a gem. One of the best ceviches I've ever had. Sitting at the bar is a great experience. Great neighbourhood spot.
I would recommend rasa to anyone, including people who eat a gluten free diet! I have celiac disease and have had two great dinner experiences at there. Not only is the food amazing (I've tried the squash cakes, salad, chickpea fritters, ceviche, and octopus), they were able to accommodate my diet and let me know what menu items were GF or could be made GF. There was even a GF fryer available both times I went!
Gerry Butler
My recent visit to Rasa was incredible. The burger was a flavorful masterpiece. Our server, Alex, provided impeccable hospitality, offering excellent recommendations and ensuring our experience was memorable. They were actually completely booked when we arrived but the waitstaff moved some stuff around to ensure we were able to dine-in. Highly recommended for a delightful culinary experience!
One of my fave spots in the city. The chopped salad and squash fritters are a go to.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Nicolette
My party had a great time at Rasa, with it being our first visit. Our server was really helpful with making dish selections since its a family style restaurant. We had a few people with an allergy and everyone was very accommodating. The food was delicious with different tastes in each dish. Would definitely recommend!
Anna Espinoza
I went there with my partner for our anniversary last Wednesday and it was great! Second time there! Food is not my personal cup of tea, but we tried the dumplings with lamb and the rasa hamburger, the dumplings have a strong flavour but they’re pretty nice, the hamburger was absolutely delicious!The service tho, was absolutely great! Our server Laura was one of the nicest servers I have had in my whole life, she even asked my allergies which is a lot of plus points (I have already deal with restaurants not asking my allergies and neither specified them on their menus and ??), she was so warm and even gave me a deli to take my flowers to a bar!The place is a bit small but very vintage and cozy☺️
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
A Mallis
Limited and very expensive menu items, mostly ranging from $30-49., and very annoying when they "claim" it is a tapas menu and is to be shared, and recommended to order 5-8 items for the 5 of us.The seabass was most disappointing at $49. for only 2" square piece. I understand there's high end food but this was ridiculous!! it was barely 3 bites worth!The side that it came with was lovely but definitely not worth the incredulous price tag!!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: The Chopped Salad, Tuna Tataki
Simon Ghomeshi
We opted in for the full experience menu.We were very shocked by how small the portions were. The fish was very salty, the wagyu meat smelles very bad and it was chewy. Also the service was slow we asked for napkins and didn’t get them until we asked again 15 minutes later. They were kind enough to offer us two burgers free of charge to change our experience but the burgers were also so salty I couldn’t finish half of it myself. Such a beautiful place so sad our experience didn’t really make us happy and the bill came up to $550, I think I could have dined at much better places and would have gone home full and happy.Im sorry but I don’t think I will come back to Rasa.All the best,Simon
An excellent date spot, with top notch service. We had their tuna tartare (8.5/10), spicy ceviche (9/10), truffle gnudi (8/10) and the Branzino (7.5/10 - this was amazing but maybe the tomato side was overpowering). I’d say the spicy ceviche and tuna tartare cannot be missed and I’d definitely back go just for that. We were seated at the front area of the restaurant, which was really cute (but a tad chilly). We also got complimentary cheese puff starters (sorry forgot the specific name!) which were delicious! There is plenty of street parking and I’d definitely recommend!
From the start, had to wait for 15 min to be seated. Neither tasting menu seemed good so my date decided the cheaper option. Because the more expensive one had tuna tartar ew. If it was possible to get all the course in reverse order I would get it. Because you just gonna fill up on some of the worst tasting food I’ve ever paid for. First of all, Portuguese cheese bread was rubbery. Second, Chopped salad like it came out of the bag from Lablaws. Third course, the fish was excellent but the sauce was terrible. At this point we wer waiting for the final dish, however we had to suffer through three more dishes first, two of which had absolutely zero flavour (honestly did not know what it was and did not want to ask). When we finally got to chorizo and octopus, the chorizo was burnt black, Im not sure how they even plated it ( weird). The octopus just tasted too fishy. Thankfully we had washed away the bad taste with a few shots and were ready to indulge in the burger which was actually quite good. However, we were already full from previous courses. That’s why I recommend tasting the menus in reverse order.We did not want to complain, thank you to the staff that acknowledged we did not eat the food and asked if they could give us something on the house.But yea, find another date date spot
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 2
Come here with all my visitors to Toronto. Such a fun dining experience and you can’t go wrong with any dish! Would love to try one of the tasting menus on my next
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: The Chopped Salad, Chickpea Fritters, Lamb Dumplings
Came here for dinner and we got the classic tasting menu.The vibes here are great. It’s good to catch up with friends or even for a date! It’s not a very big space so they won’t be able to accommodate large groups.Our server Ken, was so nice and friendly! He was very attentive and made sure my friend had a nice birthday.The tasting menu had a lot of variety and it was good overall. I would say it is a bit pricey but the quality of the food and the uniqueness definitely stood out.One thing I really appreciated was the fact that us and a few other groups were clearly having a great time and we were there past closing and the staff didn’t even kick us out. Not even in a nice way to say “hey we are closing soon…”.Definitely would come back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Cannot say enough good things about this place. The sharable style is really fun with a group of people. All the dishes tasted amazing! Service was really great and we had good conversation with the server. Recommend going here with even numbered groups based on the sharable plate style.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chopped Salad
A must visit if you're in Toronto. The 6 course tasting menu for 65 was beyond reasonable. The Rasa burger is easily the best I've had in my entire life. The chopped salad is a perfect start to the meal (after the amuse bouche). Loved the texture of the chickpea fritter as well. Desser was next level, so impressed with the pastry. Service was incredible, our waitress answered all of our questions and guided us through different options for ordering.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: The Chopped Salad, Truffle Gnudi, Spicy Ceviche, Chickpea Fritters, Chopped Salad, Rasa Burger
Dinner at Rasa was phenomenal. From their rustic, underground atmosphere to their refined and well thought out dishes, it was truly a great experience. Staff was great at explaining the menu and style of food. Will definitely be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Grilled Octopus, Tuna Tartare, Lamb Dumplings, Rasa Burger
What a gem. One of the best ceviches I've ever had. Sitting at the bar is a great experience. Great neighbourhood spot.
I would recommend rasa to anyone, including people who eat a gluten free diet! I have celiac disease and have had two great dinner experiences at there. Not only is the food amazing (I've tried the squash cakes, salad, chickpea fritters, ceviche, and octopus), they were able to accommodate my diet and let me know what menu items were GF or could be made GF. There was even a GF fryer available both times I went!
My recent visit to Rasa was incredible. The burger was a flavorful masterpiece. Our server, Alex, provided impeccable hospitality, offering excellent recommendations and ensuring our experience was memorable. They were actually completely booked when we arrived but the waitstaff moved some stuff around to ensure we were able to dine-in. Highly recommended for a delightful culinary experience!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tuna Tartare, Rasa Burger
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One of my fave spots in the city. The chopped salad and squash fritters are a go to.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
My party had a great time at Rasa, with it being our first visit. Our server was really helpful with making dish selections since its a family style restaurant. We had a few people with an allergy and everyone was very accommodating. The food was delicious with different tastes in each dish. Would definitely recommend!
I went there with my partner for our anniversary last Wednesday and it was great! Second time there! Food is not my personal cup of tea, but we tried the dumplings with lamb and the rasa hamburger, the dumplings have a strong flavour but they’re pretty nice, the hamburger was absolutely delicious!The service tho, was absolutely great! Our server Laura was one of the nicest servers I have had in my whole life, she even asked my allergies which is a lot of plus points (I have already deal with restaurants not asking my allergies and neither specified them on their menus and ??), she was so warm and even gave me a deli to take my flowers to a bar!The place is a bit small but very vintage and cozy☺️
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Limited and very expensive menu items, mostly ranging from $30-49., and very annoying when they "claim" it is a tapas menu and is to be shared, and recommended to order 5-8 items for the 5 of us.The seabass was most disappointing at $49. for only 2" square piece. I understand there's high end food but this was ridiculous!! it was barely 3 bites worth!The side that it came with was lovely but definitely not worth the incredulous price tag!!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: The Chopped Salad, Tuna Tataki
We opted in for the full experience menu.We were very shocked by how small the portions were. The fish was very salty, the wagyu meat smelles very bad and it was chewy. Also the service was slow we asked for napkins and didn’t get them until we asked again 15 minutes later. They were kind enough to offer us two burgers free of charge to change our experience but the burgers were also so salty I couldn’t finish half of it myself. Such a beautiful place so sad our experience didn’t really make us happy and the bill came up to $550, I think I could have dined at much better places and would have gone home full and happy.Im sorry but I don’t think I will come back to Rasa.All the best,Simon
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4