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Pour some sugar on me (Photo by Naomi Finlay)
With its deliberately pocked and pitted decor, the Ceili Cottage looks like it dates back to the days of the Loyalists. But Patrick McMurray’s new gastropub is clearly tapping in to Torontonians’ hankering for all things cheap and soothing. Our favourite dish is chef Kyle Deming’s unspeakably decadent sticky toffee pudding ($6). The place has been hopping since day one. For sweet tooths unable to snag a table, here’s how to make it at home.
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The sticky toffee is the ONLY decent thing about the place! The mains are terrible, the appetizers hit and miss, and the service? Well, it is what you’d expect from a bunch of Irish dance school kids.
Feh!
October 8, 2009 at 4:37 pm | by RandyRandy: You gotta be kidding me. Ceili Cottage is great. I’ve eaten there three or four times and each time the food and service has been wonderful and the beers on tap are good too. Go back and have the peat-smoked salmon, served open faced as a sandwich. Or the oysters.
October 8, 2009 at 5:26 pm | by PatrickPatrick,
Seeing as you are the owner, what else are you going to say but the place is great? I can’t comment on your oysters, but other items I’ve digested (or attempted to) were simply awful: the ‘buried treasure’ (twelve bucks for a glorified Michelena’s entree?). Other food items (mutton, and watery potatoes with bangers, par example) were equally bad.
As for the service, well, I don’t want to write anything about it, or I’d have to resort to my old libel textbooks — let’s just say it is subpar, shall we? The girls doing the serving are trying, but the 40-ish woman who oversees the patio? She should NOT be in the service industry.
Keep trying, mate. Ditch the peanut butter sandwitch from your menu — it make it sound like it was written by a three-year-old. Likewise, the (de)evolution of the roast from solid mean to what, broth? You’ve got to be kidding!
October 16, 2009 at 12:13 pm | by RandyHere is the most honest thread on the Ceili Cottage, including a recent review (Oct. 15/09). It looks like staffing problems persist.
End of the review (verbaim): ” uddling together at the end of the bar, drinking alcohol (is this even allowed?) and generally not making the atmosphere very comfortable.
I would be seriously disappointed if I was the owner of this place and my staff acted like this.”
To the owners of this place, two words: WAKE UP!
http://www.blogto.com/restaurants/ceili-cottage
October 17, 2009 at 9:06 pm | by LeoOur family have been twice over the fall. The fresh bread is amazing. We all ordered the curry and it did not disapoint!! I love the surroundings. It is a lot more authentic to the ol’ sod than all these “pub in a box “. We look forward to retuning soon.
November 12, 2009 at 4:52 pm | by marieHey Patrick… excuse me, “Marie,”
Stop posting dorky responses to other people’s comments about your crappy restaurant under assumed names. I read a piece last week complaining about your lousy service, staffers’ surly attitudes, and poor food.
February 15, 2010 at 3:34 pm | by LeoMy husband made the sticky toffee pudding and I’ve NEVER tasted anything so incredibly FABULOUS in my life! I can’t get it out of my mind. Thanks for sharing it with us!
February 23, 2010 at 8:37 pm | by Gina