Best New Restaurants

Seriously levelling up on typical steakhouse offerings, this casual yet visually impressive space offers creative upscale takes on the usual favourites (and a hefty price tag, to boot).

Expect a contemporary Italian/French tasting menu using the best local products in this small, sparsely decorated but welcoming dining room.

Relaxed family-style East-Coast cuisine is the order of the day here from Ross Larkin and Celeste Mah, who last ran the kitchen at Raymonds.

This modern dark-wood-accented dining room and lounge serves up luxe seafood-centric Pacific Northwest cuisine — along with prime cuts of meat from Alberta and Japan.

Think classic French bistro fare with a healthy helping of fresh local seafood, served in a bright, airy space redolent of grand Parisian cafés.

Savour an indoor Italian mar-ketplace experience, replete with chefs’ stations serving up hand-made pastas and wood-fired pizza, as well as grilled meats and seafood.

This comfortable, elegant space is home to chef Natalie Rosen and her team’s newest project, offering a diverse menu of North American dishes with Western European influences.

Sunnys’ menu presents a modish homage to the regional Chinese cuisines of Hong Kong, Shaanxi, Guangdong and Sichuan in a hip, dimly lit, diner-like environment.

As well as listing some intriguing by-the-glass wine offerings, this stylish wine bar serves locally sourced small plates designed for sharing.

Chef Albert Ponzo (ex-Le Sélect Bistro, Toronto) presides over an accessible menu of seasonal farm-to-table dishes with an Italian twist at this reclaimed 19th-century heritage hotel.