Top 5 restaurants in Toronto

Alo appears on Canada's 100 Best Restaurants 2025 at No. 3 and was named by Streets of Toronto as the city's best for celebrations. The Infatuation called it "Alo Restaurant, a tasting menu spot in Chinatown, is the culinary equivalent of 3,000 count Egyptian cotton sheets." Canada's 100 Best wrote that "At opening, Alo sought to elevate Canadian fine dining with fresh international flair and a new standard of finesse."

• “Alo Restaurant, a tasting menu spot in Chinatown, is the culinary equivalent of 3,000 count Egyptian cotton sheets.”

  The Infatuation, Erin Hershberg · review · August 3, 2026 (opens in a new tab)

• “At opening, Alo sought to elevate Canadian fine dining with fresh international flair and a new standard of finesse.”

  Canada's 100 Best · best-of list · 2025 (opens in a new tab)

• “classically prepared, contemporary French cuisine”

  Streets of Toronto, Jennifer Schembri · best-of list · September 9, 2025 (opens in a new tab)

Quetzal ranked No. 8 on Canada's 100 Best Restaurants 2025. Canada's 100 Best wrote that "Seven years in, the dining experience here has emphatically never been better." The Infatuation described it as Toronto's best Mexican restaurant, and blogTO placed it among the top 10 restaurants in Canada.

• “Seven years in, the dining experience here has emphatically never been better.”

  Canada's 100 Best · best-of list · 2025 (opens in a new tab)

• “Nearly every dish meets wood or charcoal, from roasted poblanos in their Mayan pumpkin seed dip to sweet potato topped with smoky Veracruz peanut salsa”

  The Infatuation, Renée Suen · review · November 19, 2025 (opens in a new tab)

• “a personal favourite of mine, but that's neither here nor there.”

  blogTO, Phoebe Knight · best-of list · May 5, 2025 (opens in a new tab)

Photo: Quetzal's website

DaNico holds a Michelin star and ranked third on the 50 Top Italy Best Italian Restaurants list for 2026. Narcity reported the list called it a place of "clean flavours" and "elegant presentations." The Infatuation noted that the kitchen "pulls flavours from all over," with garam masala, shishito pepper and wasabi appearing alongside traditional Italian technique.

• “Danico is fine-dining Italian on paper, but it pulls flavours from all over.”

  The Infatuation, Deepi Harish · review · September 9, 2026 (opens in a new tab)

• “clean flavours”

  Narcity, Madeline Forsyth · news · December 17, 2025 (opens in a new tab)

Osteria Giulia ranked No. 72 on Canada's 100 Best Restaurants 2025 and received a Michelin star. Canada's 100 Best described it as a place where "chef Rob Rossi explores Liguria, the birthplace of pesto and focaccia di recco." The Infatuation called it "one of the few restaurants in Canada doing true Ligurian cooking."

• “Osteria Giulia in Bloor-Yorkville is one of the few restaurants in Canada doing true Ligurian cooking.”

  The Infatuation, Deepi Harish · review · June 2, 2026 (opens in a new tab)

• “umami-rich Cetara anchovies, draped over whipped butter and grilled sourdough”

  Canada's 100 Best · best-of list · 2025 (opens in a new tab)

Dreyfus ranked No. 42 on Canada's 100 Best Restaurants 2025 and holds a Michelin Plate. Canada's 100 Best wrote that "The intimacy of the small, narrow space, its good looks, seductively dim lighting and cool Italo-disco playlist combine for an unusual charm." Streets of Toronto named it the city's best French bistro.

• “The intimacy of the small, narrow space, its good looks, seductively dim lighting and cool Italo-disco playlist combine for an unusual charm.”

  Canada's 100 Best · best-of list · 2025 (opens in a new tab)

• “tiny, this could be Toronto's smallest high-end eatery”

  Streets of Toronto, Jennifer Schembri · best-of list · September 9, 2025 (opens in a new tab)

Photo: Dreyfus's website