The Ace

The place was too dim for brunch. We took some time to decide what to order. The server was passive aggressive and was telling us we are running late for ordering. It was 11:20 when she said that while our reservation was 11. Let's say a party arrives at 11:05 and are seated at 11:08 and order at 11:15. Are they really late for ordering? I was slightly confused at the time. Tables are generally held for 15 mins after the booking anyway. I ordered an omelette. The daily ingredients were asparagus, potatoes and pesto. To be honest, it was quite weird. The potatoes are cut in big chunks and are folded inside of the potatoes. The pesto was too much and it was too liquid inside the omelette. With all the gooey texture, it really wasn't pleasant.

Sorry, but I have to leave a review, which I usually don't do. I was really disappointed by my experience. I've saved your restaurant on my list for a long time and have always wanted to try it, though it's a bit far from me. Today, I happened to be nearby and decided to walk in. First of all, the service was okay—nothing to complain about there. The problem was the food. I ordered from the fixed menu: tartar, burger, and truffle cake. The tartar was a bit too salty, but that wasn't a big issue. The burger, however, was the most disappointing. Both the bun and the fries were not fresh or were undercooked. The fries felt mushy, and the bun was hard to swallow. And you can see from the picture, all the fries are these small fingers that you need to use folk to eat. The only saving grace was that the burger itself was perfectly cooked.As for the dessert, maybe it's just personal preference, but the truffle cake was overwhelmingly strong and salty. I almost cried. I had high expectations and was really disappointed.

What a lovely little restaurant! Such a nice vibe, and really great staff. This is a super casual restaurant with a nice well curated drinks and food menus. The front of house staff were attentive without being annoying. However, we had 2 starters (the pepper in sauce and the tomato salad) and a main each. The Pepper dish tasted nice but one small pepper in a sauce does not warrant the price. The salad had huge chunks of unripe peach with the tomato and if it was soft would have been great, but instead it was hard and unpleasant. If the fruit is not ripe, then don’t serve it or grill it. I then had salmon for main. Wow - never in my life! The fish was hard like a steak and so overcooked. The skin was like leather and I could see the chef had tried to crisp it up but then poured the sauce on top so it became wet and leathery! I ate only half unfortunately and have never had such a bad salmon in my life. It wasn’t busy, and while that shouldn’t be an excuse, it wasn’t even a reason. No questions were asked when half the meal was left on the plate. I hope it was just an off day as my companions seemed to really enjoy the meal. I would go back definitely and trust it was a one time glitch! My colleague ordered a second drink and unfortunately they brought a second of what I was drinking instead and gave it to me - so a definite lack of attention to detail.

Best french toast I've ever had. Lived up to the hype.

We live in the neighbourhood and have been patrons of the Ace for the last 9 years. Having celebrated, birthdays, holidays and family dinners there we were looking forward to a Father's day brunch. We booked our table online (as we have done many times before) on June 4 and confirmed it was a table and not the bar. When we arrived at our reservation , we were told by Grace that we had been placed at the bar. When I pulled up the reservation and showed her that it was indeed a table that was booked and not the bar, she essentially said, to bad you are still sitting at the bar.... take it or leave it. There was no apology, explanation or any attempt to remedy the situation even though there were 3 empty tables. She was extremely rude, smug and actually seemed to enjoy being condescending and dismissive towards our queries as to why we were bumped. We purposely booked a reservation so far in advance for Father's Day and it's unfortunate that the Ace sees it as an acceptable practice to change and/or not honor reservations booked so far in advance...especially when its obvious that it has been booked on a special occasion such as Father's Day. With so many other great options on Roncesvalle's and in the area in general, we certainly will not be returning to the Ace again.

The reservation was easy to set up. The captain was very friendly and the table was set at our arrival. The ambience is cozy, maybe a bit dark, but the illumination focuses on the open kitchen presenting the chefs doing what they do best. The small menu allows to decide relatively easily what each person will get and all the dishes had amazing quality of produce as well as preparation. I had the duck confit toast and my partner had the french toast with fruits. Both were delicious and decadent. An amazing experience. We want to try the dinner menu now. Totally worth it.

Great spot, small but mighty. Would highly recommend. Michelin rated but not pretentious. Extremely good value!

So quaint and my steamed mussels were cooked to perfection. The broth should be bottled and sold by itself! Delicious!!

No doubt a nice place, but seemingly overrated. Extremely long wait times and the food was pretty salty to me. A bit disappointed…

The El Origami cocktail blew my mind. The host was very friendly and effective. Vibe is fun but place is a bit noisy. Unfortunately, the food was subpar — mussels were overcooked and came with an impossible to enjoy broth (too acidic and overpowering). The sourdough bread that came with it was quite disappointing. Given the Michelin mention, we were expecting more. Perhaps we will give it another go for brunch.