Originally Posted by jen80370
First off, thanks so much for all the patient help. We are staying at the Sheraton Centre. We love good food, decore usually isn't an issue...if the restaurant is pricey, that's OK, then we hope its quiet so we can relax and enjoy. Loud is good if it is inexpensive, and hole in the wall takeout is good too, especially after a lot of shopping.
First a warning, there is a BAD chain steakhouse in the Sheraton called the Bifteque, avoid it.
Originally Posted by jen80370
We are quite adventurous in what we eat. Any seafood is great...any oriental as well...no need for Italian though, we live forty miles from NYC...there's tons of good cheap Italian food here. If possible, we like to get great dishes that stink in the places here. For example, there's nowhere outside of NYC close to me where I can get good Thai food...I tend to get that at least once during a getaway.
OK, the Sheraton is directly across the street from City Hall with the public square in front with a public ice rink. Walk through the square bearing left and walk beside city hall. You will come out by the exit of the underground parking lot. on Chesnut Street. Just a little further along to the north and across the street is the Metropolitain Hotel which contain Lai Wah Heen which is an excellent top end Dim Sum restaurant, some claim the best in North America, bring money.
http://www.metropolitan.com/lwh/
For Thai in a nice atmoshpere I like Young Thailand on Church Street at Lombard (a short walk east and south from the hotel) or Bangkok Gardens on Elm Street (just of Yonge Street on Elm Street, one block north of the Eaton Centre). Or if you prefer a little noise and crowding and a lower price the Salad King on Gould Street just off Yonge, again just a block north of the Eaton Centre but on the opposite side of the street, it's next door to the Ryerson University Campus and is always packed. I also like Real Thailand on Bloor near Spadina.