Romantic Restaurants in Toronto for Valentine’s Day

Romantic Restaurants in Toronto for Valentine’s Day

Romantic restaurants in Toronto for Valentine’s Day such as Sorrel, Kalendar, The Forth, and the Keg Mansion will please your partner on Valentine’s Day, which falls on a Sunday in 2016. While some Toronto women will enjoy celebrating Valentine’s Day events in Toronto such as concerts, theatre, or comedy performances, many women expect the romantic standard for Valentine’s Day – dining out at an intimate Toronto restaurant. This is not to say that lingerie and perfume don’t make nice Valentine’s Day gifts, but choosing to take your loved one to a romantic restaurant on Valentine’s Day is one of the sure-fire ways to say ‘I Love You.’

The Shore Club

If your motto is “go big or go home,” then the Shore Club is the right place for you to take your date on Valentine’s Day. This ultra-contemporary steak and seafood restaurant located in the RBC Dexia Centre at 155 Wellington St. W. offers menu items that are not for the timid including Centre-cut King Crab Legs, New York Strip, Sautéed Prawns and Scallops and Porterhouse Steak. Average mains are $38. Call 416-351-3311 to reserve.

The Forth

Owner Chris Kalisperas’s new fine dining restaurant on the Danforth features spacious rooms divided by stunning birch installations and a cocktail lounge with a bird’s eye view of Greektown. You won’t find souvlaki here though. Expect entrées such as Lobster Fettuccine, Pan-Seared Scallops, Braised Bison Shortribs and Ontario Beef Strip loin with mains from $26-$39. Call 416-465-2629 to reserve.

Sorrel Restaurant

Sorrel Restaurant, re-located to 1158 Yonge Street, 416-926-1010, has gained a reputation for its well-executed menu. Chef Faro Chiniforoush offers French Mediterranean fare focusing on seafood in this charming, intimate restaurant. Mains include Seared Digby Scallops, $26, Chilean Seabass, $36, Duck Confit, $28 and Prime Dry Aged Beef Tenderloin, $36. They even offer inexpensive $1 oysters that are definitely worth ordering.

The Keg Mansion

You can’t go wrong if you choose the Keg Mansion at 515 Jarvis Street (at Wellesley), 416-964-6609. The former Massey family home makes a great Valentine’s Day spot due to the many cozy dining rooms and original wood finishings and fireplaces, as well as a very romantic cocktail lounge with tables à deux on the second floor. The regular steak and seafood menu will be available on Valentine’s Day with entrees in the $25-$30 range, as well as a prix fixe menu.

Kalendar Restaurant

This darkly intimate restaurant at 546 College St., 416-923-4138, is consistently rated one of Toronto’s best date restaurants due to the quiet, cozy interior and accommodating staff. Entrees range from $16.95 to $21.95 and include ginger butter swordfish, New Zealand spring lamb chops and pork medallions. Vegetarians will enjoy the selection of scrolls (crepe style roti) and naans.

Auberge du Pommier

Located at 4150 Yonge Street just north of York Mills Rd., 416-222-2220, Auberge du Pommier is owned by Oliver & Bonacini, and has been providing superb French cuisine since 1987 in this renovated woodcutters’ cottage. The restaurant’s ambiance is solidified by stone walls, pine floors, and a fireplace by which to enjoy entrées such as pan seared bass, seared beef tenderloin, and marinated pork tenderloin in the $34-$44 range.

Adega Restaurant

Located on one of Toronto’s most charming streets, Adega Restaurant at 33 Elm Street, 416-977-4338, is a romantic and intimate restaurant that features Portuguese and Spanish cooking at its finest. Enjoy entrées such as free range chicken breast, jumbo Tiger shrimps, Black Angus strip-loin steak, and the popular Cataplana, a Portuguese fish stew with mussels, shrimp, clams, squid and fresh fish in the $22-$32 range in this dimly lit grotto.

Taking your sweetheart to one of the best restaurants in Toronto for Valentine’s Day will mark February 14, 2015 as a night to remember. Make your reservation soon, as Toronto restaurants book up quickly for Valentine’s Day.