Red Cranberries Restaurant — Restaurant in Toronto

Dinner for two. Invited by a friend who has been a few times, a first for me. He had the lentil/ham soup (out of this world) & steak which was well seasoned and perfectly cooked. I had the liver with bacon and onions. My meal could have used a tad more flavouring but none was left on the plate. Sorry but the picture didn't turn out for that one. The recommended apple strudel did NOT disappoint. The Special tiramisu left you wanting more. I had to take the plate away from him as he was ready to start licking it. Some people you just can't take anywhere.

The Caesar was served sans straw (which I'm fine with) but would it kill you to throw in a celery stalk?

The restaurant had issues with the A/C and even with a slight breeze from the open front door, the place was a sauna. A couple of floor fans could have helped.

Although not super busy, service was slow. If that's a regular thing, bring your own signalling devices.

The restaurant itself is easily accessible from Parliament and consists of medium size wooden tables and a few booths. The wood decor provides a comfortable feel.

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I wish I had read reviews before ordering lunch from this restaurant today. I had the Beef Dip with a Caesar Salad and Garlic Bread. The tepid sandwich which was mostly bun was likely just luncheon meat, and the 'Jus' reminded me of a really watered down powdered gravy. The Caesar salad which was a wilt-y gloppy mess, had the type of parmesan that is the heavily processed powder that will outlast cockroaches which you can buy in a shaker at any grocery store. Its only redeeming quality being that it had actual bacon on it. I'm fairly sure the 'garlic bread' never even looked at a clove of garlic, and was basically just buttered bread that touched the pan for all of 5 seconds. I'm not sure if its bad cooking, or bad ownership, but I won't order from here again. I don't expect perfection from food that was delivered, but even still this was badly below the mark for palatable. I will now have to now go apologize to my wallet, tastebuds, and my stomach which is still hungry, because I couldn't be...

I love it here! Reasonable and classy. We are repeat patrons- and will be back again. The only possible thing which could have been improved was with my party member who needs 100% gluten free foods, due to very serious health concerns, celiac being one of them. Perhaps in the future the food preparing staff and the waiters can have a pre-planned alternative for some of the dishes. Health concerns are very legitimate and are quite common after all, and I love my people very much, would like them to have an easy time ordering and feel confident without having to explain and put forth much effort and possible embarrassment during dining as it’s a cosy establishment and people hear things and tend to look over.. mind you Toronto people have quite good manners for the most part. I would try this place if you...