RASA - Toronto: A Culinary Gem in the Heart of the City

Our server was excellent from start to finish. We really appreciate the care he took with my partner's vegetarianism to make sure she could eat everything she wanted. We ordered the chopped salad, burger, kabocha ravioli, and custard tart. Everything was delicious! The salad and burger especially were some of the best things I've ever eaten! We also got a few cocktails as part of their tiki hour. They were really good, and quite strong so it feels like you're getting your money's worth! Overall, can't recommend this place enough. Keep up the amazing work!

Booked a weeknight dinner at Rasa to celebrate a friend's birthday. Perfect sharing portions for a group of four. And of course, the food was delicious! Our favourite dish was the chickpea fritters - so yum! Special shout-out to their sticky bun dessert, which was the perfect way to end off our dinner.

Stumbled on this spot while Googling "best Toronto restaurants" and was lucky to get a same day reservation. It's a casual, hip spot with warm, friendly service. We tried the summer tasting menu and it kept getting better as it progressed. Our favs were the chopped salad and the Rasa burger. Would absolutely recommend and return! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

We got the 6 course tasting menu and wine pairing which offered fair sharing portions and a well balanced selection of dishes. While the dishes had good flavours with Asian influences, we found everything tasted way too salty. The service was mostly okay but inconsistent, sometimes a food or drink would be dropped off without explanation of what it is. I generally like their food concepts but this time around wasn’t the best.

I dined here for Father’s Day 2025 and have to say that this is the most incredible dining experience I have ever had, hands down. As a family of 5, we picked out 8 of the recommended dishes, which were lavishly done. “Every flavour is so complex, with so much going on!”, exclaimed my sister cheerfully. I would have to agree! I found each dish incredibly clean, well-plated, and bursting with complex and delicate flavours. It was to the degree where you could lick the dish clean if you so desired. For the 5 of us, we spent $120 after a small tip at the end. I think we achieved this by ordering 8 completely unique dishes, and then mostly equally sharing them among us. However, it is easy to eat upwards of $60 per person in smaller parties, like in duos or trios. For the service, I booked this reservation a week in advance to dining. I managed to snipe 1 of the 2 remaining spots, which brought us to enjoy the calm outdoors. I’m grateful for the incredible air quality today and comfortable temperature. We were served by 3 different waiters/waitresses working alongside (just for our table). They always gracefully explained the composition of each dish upon serving them, and readily poured us water refills and offered us to change our cutlery and plates with a fresh set, with pleasure. I found this tremendously (*almost*) rewarding to witness and experience. This restaurant was awarded the Michelin Bib Gourmand, and I will have to vouch that the award is truthful to the restaurant’s nature. My only concern for improvement is for RASA to increase the frequency of their text-sms responses, but it is clear to me that they have regularly been quite busy! If you are planning to find a special restaurant for a notable occasion and would like to choose RASA, I highly recommend planning ahead for spots/a reservation. I also genuinely and earnestly recommend this place; they are modest despite the higher price range, racking up a 4.7-star review (as of writing this) without necessarily openly promoting customers to review their restaurant highly. This is an impressive feat many restaurants fail to achieve. Back to our father’s day dinner… at the end of our dining time, our server provided us with a delicious icecream-cake-like dessert. Because we celebrated father’s day, he called this “on the house” — so I thought that was extremely cool. Great place. I don’t usually bother to do reviews to lots of places I’ve experienced; however, it would be a disgrace for me not to write this one for RASA :) .

I had a wonderful experience. The food is varied, flavorful and tasty. The portions are large so three dishes is good for 2 people. If you are getting the stick toffee bun, then count that as a dish. The servers are friendly and the service is efficient. The atmosphere is warm and the decor is beautiful.

Delicious food and very unique options. I generally prefer meat but the vegetarian options were the favourites by far. The staff are attentive and professional. Very friendly. The portions are very decent too. Chickpea fritters were the most tasty in my opinion. The burger was very heavy on the meaty side. A little too gamey actually. Everything else we had was nice.

RASA is the kind of place that immediately sets the tone for a great evening. The vibe strikes a perfect balance—industrial-chic with just the right touch of warmth, making it feel both stylish and inviting. Our server, Matthew, was incredible—attentive, knowledgeable, and genuinely enthusiastic about the menu. He introduced us to the summer tasting menu, which turned out to be an absolute delight. Each dish was creative and beautifully plated, but I have to give a special shoutout to the chop salad. It was crisp, refreshing, and absolutely packed with flavor—easily one of the best I’ve had. Between the ambiance, the stellar service, and the thoughtful dishes, RASA more than delivered. Book reservations ahead. Already looking forward to my next visit.