The Peasant Table

Very Impressed! Stopped in with girlfriend for drinks and some food. Great location and ambiance… and food was fantastic! Half price wine bottles on Mondays and Tuesday or bring your own with no corkage. I will definitely be back!

Went to the Peasant Table on Saturday, March 5, 2016. It was about 6:45 so we weren’t sure we’d get in. They told us no problem, but we had to be done by 8:30 since they had a reservation. Again, no problem, as we couldn’t imagine that we would take that long for dinner. We had a good and bad experience, but mostly bad. Soup was lukewarm, but very tasty. Dinner took 45 minutes so it was close to 8 pm when we finally got our main course (which was very good — rabbit pasta for my husband and gnocchi for me). The server very kindly said that they’d offer us dessert because we’d had to wait so long, but we’d have to sit at the bar since there was a reservation for our table. We thought, OK, we can understand that, but then the server came back and told us we could sit at our table — thank goodness, as the bar got very crowded around 8:30 pm. We did order dessert (which took another 10 minutes), but they brought the wrong order for my husband (which they exchanged in 30 seconds). After we got the cheque, we waited for our change which ended up to be wrong — it was about $ 3 short. We thought, «There’s your tip!» and headed out. Passed the server who was standing there with a cloth and new place settings for our table almost hopping up and down and said, «Goodnight!» We should have asked for the manager, but by that point, we’d had it.
Would not return.

Great food. Great service. We were headed to county general and decided to try it out. We were really happy either whole experience. The happy hour wine was easy to drink and one wed happily pay full price. The food was well crafted. We’ll definitely be back.

Food is good at best.
Started with the octopus starter which had a measly portion of octopus. Instead the dish was loaded with raw celery and carrot. The octopus was also cold and not particularly tasteful.
I had the seafood broth type dish (cannot remember the name) which did have a lot of seafood in it, although some of it was over cooked. The sauce was very nice. It came with only two small slices of toasted bread so I was still very hungry since the overall portion was quite small.
If you want really good Italian for in the riverside /​Leslieville area head to Ascari Enoteca which is excellent and a 10 minute walk up the road.

Went for brunch. Coffee was hot and strong… off to a good start. We had the salmon ‘sort of’ benedict. Loved it. The hollandaise was lovely, with lots of arugula and an amazing potato pancake.
The only negative is the very meat based menu. Not a lot of choices for a vegetarian. But the food and service was great.

After catching my eye on my daily commute, I stopped in here shortly after they opened for dinner.
The food is excellent. I had the veal and sweetbreads (vitello). The sweetbreads were generous and not overpowering. The veal was cooked well and tender. My girlfriend had the wild boar meatballs. They were massive! Cooked slowly all the way through and delicious. I also had an order of the herbed ciabatta, which was nothing special. The meals are generous in size given the complexity and ingredients.
At the time they unfortunately did not have a cocktail menu yet, but I’m sure they do now.

Came here 3 weeks after opening was very pleasantly surprised… We checked out the menu in the window from the street and a very friendly staff member named Josh came outside and talked us through the menu + explained the 50% off wine Monday and Tuesday if 2 order a 2 course dinner so we were in. Ambiance is so lovely very small country rustic feel I love the contrasting «hungry» neon light hanging outside the kitchen! We shared 2 apps… Burratta was amazing and grilled octopus cooked perfectly… My husband had the wild boar as a main very big and hearty just missing some greens, I had the branzino which was perfect. Light with charred cauliflower and rapini so delicious. I have seen the brunch photos and will be back for sure. Such friendly staff very accommodating and so patient and seemed genuinely interested in explaining the food and wine. Great new spot!

My friend said this place used to be called «Table 11», but obviously the place doesn’t exist no more. The place and menu look modern. They have a lot of selections of teas and specialty drinks. It’s a good place to meet up with friends.
As for the food, the meal portions is reasonable and descent, it’s filling and it’s not an overload. At first I thought the potions looked small, but everyone walked out satisfied. I had sloppy Joes and the rabbit meat was delicious and the little arugula salad went well with the meal.
Our server was very accommodating when splitting the check between five people.
Overall great ambiance and place to socialize.