Bloom Restaurant

My friend and I decided to kick off the Winterlicious season by dining at Bloom restaurant. From the onset, the atmosphere was very warm and friendly. The waitstaff are clearly passionate about the restaurant and cuisine that they serve. They are happy to answer questions about the dishes and provide recommendations if you are having trouble deciding what to order.
Between the two of us, we tried the Pisco sour, Fabada Asturania (white bean, chorizo and bacon soup, Tilapia ceviche (I am not a fan of seafood but decided to give this a shot to live a little! I am so glad I did!), Pato Asado (sugarcane marinated duck), Guava bread pudding (intriguing concept, amazing flavour!) and chocolate tres leches cake. The drinks and dishes were perfectly balanced.
By far, this is the best Winterlicious meal I have had to date! Will definitely be returning for another meal especially since the live music is available on certain nights!

Went in the context of Winterlicious.
Excellent food, though portions were a little on the small side.
Service was excellent. Waiters were humorous, energetic, clear on details and very welcoming.
Would definitely go back!

Friendly service, great atmosphere and amazing food! Will be back for sure! We were lucky to have had a table without makig a reservation!

Small cozy place to have a romantic date. Warm welcome nice servants. Easy place to have dilicious food.

Hola! This is a chic and stylish resto in Bloor West. Service is friendly and the beautiful people eat here in their black dresses and dress shirts, and casually dressed people as well! On a Friday night at 8pm it was almost at capacity. It’s a cozy spot that makes full use of the space.
The menu has a fantastic range of delights. We ordered the ensalada, grilled beef heart, and carpaccio to start. All the food is beautifully presented.
The anticuchos — beef heart and the salad it comes with was absolutely delicious and I could eat that as a main never mind appetizer size. The kale beet salad was also delicious. The carpaccio was a disappointment. Describes as coming with a vinaigrette and guacamole, the beef was not thinly sliced, which is what I’m used to, although it was definitely fresh. I could not discern any specific flavour from the vinaigrette other than oil, guacamole = cubes of avocado, and thin slices of a mild cheese that, if salty, would have complemented the beef and avocado. The crispy super thin crostini was a nice complement to the dish. They were all fresh ingredients but it was a bland dish at best. Main was chupe des mariscos (seafood in a sauce). That dish was also delicious and all the seafood was perfectly cooked.
Service was faultless, attentive, friendly, warm, and welcoming.
Worth another visit for sure! Muchas gracias por una agradable velada!

Highly recommend: phenomenal food, phenomenal atmosphere, and phenomenal service. Seriously though, the food was amazing.

Yummy Latin Food. Found Bloom Restaurant by chance and totally happy. Finally a restaurant with a variety of Latin food. The food is delicious and very well presented. My favorite was the ceviche that was served with a side serving of Tigers Milk and crunchy nuts and plantain chips just like in Peru. My friend had the grilled calamari with Puerto Rico sauce which were moist and amazing. For mains I had a paella which was full of delicious seafood and chicken and my fried had the Argentinian Steak perfectly cooked and very tasty. Also unique and very Latin were the platters of tostones and fried cassava. We skipped dessert because we were so full but they sounded amazing

My Cuban boyfriend and I decided to try out this lovely intimate gem (after reading some great reviews). We arrived around 9pm, and were graciously seated in to a candlelit booth. We felt the warm hospitality and ambience as soon as we walked in. A pleasant Peruvian gentleman greeted us at our table and encouraged us to be «adventurous» with our beverage choice — he recommended the Pesco sour and it was sooo delicious! Our meal was absolute perfection — from the yuca frita & croquettes to the pollo relleno! The dessert was also spectacular — flan & guava empanadas… mm Mmm mm! We were able to meet the Cuban chef behind the mastery which was great, and we left feeling completely satisfied and will definitely be back for more adventure! Thank-​you!

Outstanding food with impeccable service. Not the fanciest of digs, but definitely a quality place to eat a great tasting, well presented meal for a reasonable price. Will definitely repeat.

Came for our anniversary dinner and it was amazing. THE best food in Bloor West Village. Stellar service. Definitely returning.

Great food and service in high park area!

Came for Winterlicious lunch on Saturday. A company of 3. One word to describe the experience: smooth.
As soon as we entered, we were promptly greeted, coats checked and brought to our table with menus in place. These guys were expecting us and they were ready.
We were granted adequate time to mull over the menu, and served water in the meantime. Then, with our «decided» composure at play, our server reemerged in minutes to take our orders.
To start, we had the croquettes and cassava/​leak soup; for entrée, a round of black squid ink paella; and for dessert, the guava bread pudding and chocolate-​almond cake. We also tried their pisco sour and mojito drinks.
The drinks arrived first, and they were sufficiently boozy and refreshing. Not too sweet, just how I like it. The croquettes were crunchy and flavourful, paired with lavishly-​garlicked kale (yum!) I tried my mother’s soup, which was velvety (creamy), had depth of flavour, definitely scrumptious. The squid ink paella did not disappoint. The dish was well salted, spiced, and proportioned. We were most impressed by how they did not abuse the seafood! The calamari, shrimp, and mussel were not over-​cooked, and they didn’t taste of freezer-​burn; they were tender and retained their delicate taste. For dessert, I enjoyed my guava bread pudding– moist, dense, and served with fresh berry compote. The chocolate cake had a nice ganache layer on the top, but the cake itself was a bit dry for my preference.
Overall, I had a nice dining experience. The staff are kind and sincere to their business. Each course was brought out with a nice cadence, it created time for conversation and anticipation of the next dish. We didn’t feel rushed nor left in «hanger» (hunger-​anger). It’s a small, cozy restaurant with a convivial vibe. Looking forward to a return trip. Salud!

Came to Bloom for a family dinner on a Saturday night.
This place is located in the lovely Bloor West Village. It’s teeny tiny but cozy inside! You didn’t feel like you were eating on top of the other diners.
Pricey menu here, but the food was GREAT. The chef is cuban and cuisine is Latin American, a type that I really can’t say I’m very familiar with.
I had a peruvian appetizer consisting of mashed potatoes stuffed with minced meat, formed into a ball and fried with goat cheese… dang. It was GREAT! It’s not a part of their regular menu, but it should be!
Others at the table got the Carpaccio (CARPACCIO Beef Tenderloin, Truffle Oil, Fleur De Sel, Fresh Lime Juice, Shaved Padano Cheese & Olive Oil-​Garlic Crostini), and the Poblano Pepper (POBLANO PEPPER Stuffed with Beef & Pork Picadillo)…nobody could stop OOoh-​ing and AAhhh-​ing over their meals.
The staff was amazing. They learned all of our names and addressed us by name throughout the night. The staff seemed to enjoy working there, and that really makes a difference to the enjoyment on the whole.
Great Place!

Outstanding service. We hadn’t been here in a year but decided to return and were so thankful we did. We had the paella and ceviche and loved it. We will be back again and again.

Came here for an 8:30pm dinner during Summerlicious on a Friday night. The restaurant is small, seating about 50 people and has a fresh, clean, bright ambiance. The host and wait staff were all very personable and made me feel comfortable right off the bat.
Between my dining companion and I we ordered the Calamari and Ceviche for appetizers. The calamari was tough but the ceviche was great (tender pieces of assorted seafood in a zesty lemon/​lime dressing).
For mains we had the apparent crowd favorite (as the majority of people seated around us also ordered it) Beef Tenderloin Skewers, and the Salmon. The Salmon was OK, nothing to write home about, but the Tenderloin Skewers and accompanying deep fried Jicama (Mexican yam) and grilled vegetables were superb. The beef was tender, almost buttery and paired with the salty Jicama, fresh chimichurri and perfectly crunchy grilled veggies it was the best meal I’ve had in some time.
For dessert we had the Guava Bread Pudding and Flourless Chocolate Cake. Don’t waste your time with the cake and go straight for the pudding that was unlike anything I’ve ever had; soft, light, semi-​sweet and fruity but not runny or too juicy.
Overall a great first impression of the service and food. The only downside was the slightly overpriced and underwhelming cocktails. The caipirinha, which tasted just like margarita, was $ 10 for a what I thought was a small portion and didn’t come with a sugar cane slice. The mojito was also $ 10 and was again just OK.
With that said, my overall impression is quite favourable; it would not take much to convince me to return.
On side note: During our meal the host came around to each table and told us that one of the tables was celebrating a birthday and asked if we would sing happy birthday when they brought the cake out. At the time I though it a bit strange, but in retrospect it was quite a nice touch to the evening as the whole restaurant united for the song when the cake was brought out much to the surprise and appreciation of the birthday recipient. I though that this was a real Latin twist on our dining experience that I believe Bloom Restaurant embodies.

Bloom Restaurant is a fantastic place to experience modernized Latin American food. My friend and I chose this restaurant mainly because we’ve never had Latin American food and summerlicious special was going on.
Upon arriving, we were greeted by Pedro and then waited by Jordi. Not only were they were very friendly and provided great service, they even took the effort to learn and remember our names. During our time there, the service was outstanding.
The food was absolutely amazing. The portions were perfect — not too small so you’ll enjoy it but not too big such that it fills you too full to eat subsequent rounds or feeling uncomfortable. I ordered: calamari, salmon and the ice-​cream log. Calamari was perfectly grilled and paired very well with a light crisp salad. I’m usually quite hesitant to order salmon because many restaurants tend to overcook it. But it was not the case, the salmon was perfectly grilled — soft flavourful on the inside with a crisp beautiful exterior. The salmon paired well with quinoa. The ice-​cream log was good too — it had an interesting almond texture and taste but, however, I thought my friend’s bread pudding was better.
Overall — it was a great dining experience. Although I live all the way in Scarborough and my friend lives in Richmond Hill (i.e. very far), I would definitely go there again.

My friends and I went here for this year’s summerlicious, and it was amazing. The summerlicous menu food was so, so good and the service was also really awesome. The atmosphere was also very nice, i loved the music they played quietly in the background.
I’d totally come here for their live jazz sometime if i get a chance to.

We had been there a few times and really enjoyed, mostly, the food.
This is what stands out of this restaurant, THE FOOD.
It is a little pricey for what you get as portions are small but you get satisfied.
My 2 star review goes to CUSTOMER SERVICE though based on our last experience. The guy at the entrance (Chinese like) was very rude and looked very unpleasant when he saw we arrived with our baby.
Then, we got a waitress named Patricia who asked us if we wanted water, we said yes, and she all of the sudden, opened up a bottle of San Pellegrino (which we never asked for) and we thought it was part of the fix price. Well, it was not, they charged $ 6 for a bottle, which I then asked her if I could get the bottle’s top to take it home as it was almost full and she (as rude as you can be) said customers never do that and they left it there.
Well, we never ask her opinion, a little respect lady for the customers who pay your salary.
Not only that but she is so loud when she talks that the whole restaurant can hear your order or any comment she might’ve said.
VERY UNPLEASANT, NOT COMING BACK.

We popped in on a slow night and had the great pleasure of chatting with our waiter Pedro while enjoying the finest dinner of our lives. The service is outstanding: warm and attentive.
There is a great variety of dishes on the menu, including both meat and veggie options. We tried several dishes, including the kids meal chicken fingers for our son. Every single one was spectacular. Flavourful without being overpowering. I recommend the tostones and the aji de pollo.
You must try Bloom’s. We are going back in a few days for the live music. Can’t wait!

Situé sur la rue Bloor, à l’Ouest de Runnemede, Bloom est un restaurant spécialisé dans la cuisine d’Amérique centrale et d’Amérique du Sud. Le cuisinier cubain organise régulièrement des semaines à thème, présentant la cuisine typique d’un pays du continent.
La qualité des mets est excellente et le service est très bon. Nous y avons goûté des empanadas et des chuleta et nos quatre compagnons étaient tous ravis par leurs choix respectifs. Nous avons hâte d’y retourner après le festival culinaire de Winterlicious.

Summerlicious ($ 35) at Bloom Restaurant was quite delicious.
Summer rain and me forgetting my wallet resulted in me being over 30 minutes late for my reservation. The staffs did find a table for me but my Unilocal Drinking Buddy who was busy drinking down the street was later than me, so I ended up ordering one of their Martini Sparkling Pom ($ 12) which was delicious…
My eating arrangement with my YDB is that we always that we have to order something different so I am stuck with
Appetizer: Prosciutto-​wrapped Chicken With Frisee Salad and a Guava Foam Dressing
Main:Coriander Roasted Arctic Char Cilantro Yogurt Sauce with Roasted Fennel and Carrots
Dessert: Churros & Dulce de Leche Ice cream
Personally I like my choice better. The taste was more subtle and was quite refreshing for summer days.
Now from Tuesday to Thursday Bloom has a prix menu for $ 35 so you don’t need to wait for any «Licious» try out their Mediterranean Menu with Latin American Influences!