h bar Restaurant

Don't be fooled. The food looks better than it tastes.

My friends and I went down to h bar restaurant on Queen West not far from Trinity Bellwoods Park a few weeks ago. Gabe had a voucher for the place and we decided to try it out.

We made reservations for 6:00 p.m. on a Friday night. They weren't needed. The place was pretty much empty when we got there.

The restaurant isn't very big. There's some seating on the main floor and a bar upstairs with a few more seats (which is where I found my friends) after waiting downstairs for them for a bit. My fault for not checking.

The menu looked decent, but I have to say the food was just so-so. After grabbing a beer we shared two orders of the sliders (3-mini burgers per order) - $12.40. Next I had the Roasted Chicken Sandwich - Roasted Lemon Rosemary Chicken with Lettuce, Smoked Goat Cheddar, Maple Aioli & Grilled Red Onion - $10.95. It was all right.

Peter and Janice shared the Steak Frites - Flat Iron Steak cooked Medium Rare & served with Frites or Gaufrette - $17.70; and Fried Chicken (daily special). Gabe had the Daily Catch - Pan Seared Fish in an Apple Sage Butter served on a bed of Seasonal Vegetables & Potatoes - $14.75. I don't remember what Justin had. He doesn't like waiting for food pics to be taken before digging in, so nothing from him.

Dessert there was pretty bad. We tried three different things. There was the Ice Cream - House made with Natural Ingredients. Ask your server for the flavour of the month - $4.42. We had three small scoops. All of them were icy, not creamy. They were supposed to be different flavours. but all tasted like vanilla.

The Home made Donuts were the best of the bunch - Deep Fried Vanilla Batter tossed in Cinnamon Sugar - $5.31. You got a small bowl of 5 or 6 Timbit-sized dough balls; The Deep Fried Pie was the worst - Light crispy pastry wrapped around a delicious seasonal filling. Ask your server for our pie of the moment - $5.31. I believe ours had apple filling. It was tiny. You could pop the whole thing in your mouth in one bite. Ridiculous.

I'd rate the décor - 2.5/5; the entrées - 2.5/5; and the desserts - 1/5.