Harbour 60 Toronto — Restaurant in Toronto

All Hype, No Substance- But Great

Leaving this review is incredibly disheartening. I'm always the positive Individual that finds the silver lining in everything and I have a long experience history of enjoying many epic occasions at Harbour 60 for birthdays, celebrations, evenings out and numerous work events for my staff, associates and clients. Blessed to have shared some incredible moments, laughs and exceptional food offered by the OLD Harbour 60. It was a formidable steakhouse legend, vibe and cullinary delight steeped in steak wizardry that has entertained numerous enthusiasts around the world with intriguing exchanges of the best steakhouse escapades and urban legends of tastes, flavors and unrivaled decadence.

Unfortunately, the new Harbour 60 doesn't even compare to the culinary mastery of old. STK or Eddy V's from the states would do laps around the new Harbor 60. Sad but true!

We had the 30oz Cowboy Ribeye, T- Bone and the 5oz Kobe steak. All were lackluster. The seasoning wasn't that great on the Cowboy steak and T- Bone and the Kobe weren't remotely that impressive for such a high caliber steak house

The macaroni and cheese lacked the indulgent multi layered cheesy goodness of layered cheeses and flavors that once graced the palates of patrons and one would expect.

Our lava cake was dry and didn't ooze the chocolate goodness it was supposed to. It was completely dry. One would understand, if this was the experience at a chain bar restaurant but not H60.

The mains, sides and deserts were all subpar. We were so disappointed. The most flavorful thing we had was the Cesar salad. A sad testament to the rest of the meal.

If you're a seasoned veteran of the H60 of past and looking for the legendary dehydrated bacon stripes in a cone at the bar- arguably the most insanely delicious bar complimentary snack of all time, it has been eliminated.

Let's not talk about the $30 for an 8oz glass of wine. Don't get me wrong I have spent an inordinate amounts of money at the Harbour 60 of old and premiere steakhouses across the globe. When the food, service and ambiance is all in harmony you don't mind paying without hesitation. There's an unspoken mutually acceptable premium for value and unique experience. But this isn't it.

The new Harbour 60 is visually stunning. The staff is fantastic but even the service uniforms miss the mark and aren't as impeccable as one would expect.

Unfortunately there is absolutely nothing earth shattering about the food. If anything it's substandard for the caliber it once was and should be.

Our entire party of six- all longtime seasoned H60 enthusiasts - felt the same. The vibe is missing, the atmosphere was stiff and stuffy. Great place to flex for over hyped food and/or create social media content but the charm and soul of H60 past is gone.

We arrived soo excited but left very...

TLDR: Another classic case of sewage thriving in Toronto due to great location next to the arena AKA E11even.

Looking at scotch, most places seem to try to make back the cost after 5-10 pours, this place prices their drinks to make it back after 3. No exaggeration, 150 dollar bottle from LCBO is priced at 52 a pour. I’d get it if it wasn’t available at LCBO. TBF they did have some rare stuff, but you’d never sample it here if you were actually interested, you’d pay for a sample shipped straight from the source.

Calamari was alright, not too fried/greasy, not over cooked to the point you can’t chew it. Flavourful enough but not overwhelming, not impressionable enough to say much about.

Then came the entrees.. Ribeye steak medium rare. Just look at the picture, how does a medium rare steak come out completely burnt on the outside? Bland af, there’s no side of butter nor salt to fix it.

Guys, if you can’t cook a simple ribeye, how can anyone trust you to cook a nicer cut? Return the wagyu to where they came from, don’t let your chefs’ paws touch it. Stick to cooking potatoes.

Tagliatelle with seafood. I wasn’t sure what I expected from a 50 dollar dish at an “upscale” restaurant, but I def didn’t expect something comparable to spaghetti factory.

Actually comparing this to the spaghetti factory is a disservice to the spaghetti factory, at least the spaghetti factory gives you a large enough of a serving to fill you up. For the seafood portion, straight up frozen seafood from longo’s quality. Best compliment I can give is that the shrimp indeed taste like shrimp. The pasta is supposed to be drenched in a white creamy sauce, you could’ve replaced it with warm water and I wouldn’t have been able to tell because that’s how much it was lacking in flavour and texture. The picture shown is about half way done, I didn’t need to pack it to go because I didn’t want to make an extra trip to the condo’s garbage chute.

Server was nice and pleasant enough I didn’t have the heart to say anything about the food, and it makes sense because you really do need to hire personable servers in order to make up for the food quality.

Table nearby was blazing a fat one and weren’t even low key about it.

There was another salty review I left for butcher chef across the street that suddenly started profiling my table for dress code after being a regular for 2 years. No joke, I’d rather be discriminated against and eat good food than support this severely overhyped trash.

Athletes come here?? Celebrities come here?? If you’re into paying for a chance to see someone, sure, I think that’s what you’re being charged for.

RHJ a real one for hyping up butcher chef instead of this.

Underwhelming would be an understatement, the cows don’t deserve to get chopped...

Harbour 60 is certainly an investment, the prices are steep and I’m not entirely sure if it’s worth it. The service when I went was very 50/50, during the service, the waiter felt as though he was looking down on my girlfriend and I, I think because of our young age. I’m all for good service, but there were parts of the night in which it felt like our server was flirting with my girlfriend although I could be looking a little too deep into that. Also, something I found extremely strange was that when we got a Togo bag for our food, our server poured a bottle of water into it thinking we wouldn’t see and then tried playing it off like nothing happened?? It was very bizarre and something I never experienced before in a restaurant regardless of status. I say the service was 50/50 because at the end of the meal, our server and I had a nice conversation about wagyu meat in which he recommended me a few butcher shops in Toronto and mentioned that the restaurant had an Australian wagyu which was cheaper and better than the Japanese A5 and also not on their menu. Also, the server went out of his way to hotspot my girlfriend so she could order us an Uber back home which I very much so appreciated the courtesy of. The food itself was rather hit or miss, the sides (we got the truffle Mac and cheese and truffle fries) were honestly nothing too special despite being rather large portions of food. I feel as though the price was justified in the portion sizing of the sides rather than the quality and I’ve had better sides of each dish at different restaurants (stk for truffle fries and Ruth’s Chris for Mac and cheese). The entrees themselves however were fantastic. My girlfriend’s chicken entree was great in all aspects and my Japanese wagyu steak was everything I could’ve hoped for in my first time trying wagyu. To put it in perspective, it was comparable to eating the piece of fat on a steak, but it was the entire steak if you can picture that. The ambiance was interesting to say the least. Harbour 60 has a much more casual vibe to say a place like ruth’s Chris and is very unorthodox for a high-class steakhouse what with drake songs being played instead of day lounge music. This factor didn’t hinder the experience however I did find it to be quite out of character for what I’m traditionally accustomed to. Overall, I would say harbour 60 is worth checking out...