Pan on The Danforth - Toronto

PAN Mediterranean Cuisine is quickly becoming our favourite restaurant in the city. The food is not your typical Greek formulaic fair.

The $28 Winterlicious dinner in 2017 included dishes such as floured calamari, pan chicken souvlaki, baklava, a trilogy of spreads, tilapia fillet, and ravani. The food was mediocre.

Three of us went for dinner last night and had (again) an excellent meal and a superb experience.The restaurant itself is beautifully decorated and the ambiance is perfect. There was a belly dancer for a brief period of time which was perfect. Fun but not overwhelming or too loud for us to have conversation. Later in the evening there was live music which again, was perfect. Not too loud, jazzy, and a real treat.The staff were terrific. Two out of our party of three have health/dietary issues and the staff were extremely helpful. All issues were accommodated without any difficulty.The food. Oh, the food. Not your usual formulaic Greek food which is so nice! Every dish is unique and prepared with the freshest ingredients. No two dishes taste the same (like some restaurants). We all ordered very different appetizers and entrees and each of us were extremely pleased with our meals. Every bite was delicious!It was also nice not to be rushed out. We sat and talked, ate and enjoyed the music. It was the perfect restaurant experience.

We waited more than one hour for our food which was horrible. My husband ordered a hamburger, paid extra for cheese and bacon, what a joke. Got a slice of cheese, thrown on at the last minute, not melted and grated rotten bacon. My so-called Caesar salad was not romaine at all, some other kind of nasty stuff, a watered-down oil and vinegar and not the creamy garlic as promised. Then the waiter threw the plates at our table and turned around. There wasn't even salt and pepper on the table. They couldn't care less how they treated us. I wouldn't send my cat here for breakfast. What a bunch of horrible people.

Visited from NC in USA. Loved the neighborhood and this restaurant/patio; everyone on staff was very hospitable and the food was fabulous! Check out the Athena Bakery down the block for treats-to-go. One of the top memories on our trip to Niagara Falls and Toronto.