Top 5 Romantic Date Spots in Toronto- #1: Panorama

 Have you ever eaten dinner over Toronto from a helicopter? If you have, I want your life, so please let me have it, please. If you haven’t, I know of the next best thing; Panorama. It’s a restaurant on Bloor and Bay, 51 floors up, and you can even eat on their patio! If you look at their website, it is top rated as Toronto’s romantic must-see spot.

     I’ve been there twice and have eaten both inside the restaurant and outside on the patio. If you are afraid of heights, eating inside should still give you that sense of awe without scaring you to death. If you’re not so bashful about the fifty-one floors, the patio is your go-to spot for sure! When I was up there, it was surprisingly tame wind wise. I was expecting it to tussle me around, but the wind was barely noticeable.

     The other suggestion I have is to go an hour before sunset. Have a few drinks, and an appetizer before your meal so you can fully appreciate your view during the day, the sunset and at night. Not only is it visually spectacular, but you’ll feel like you get your money’s worth out of the whole experience.

     Just thinking about it is getting me so discombobulated that I don’t know what else to say. Like, if you want your date to kiss you passionately at the end of it, take them here. If you want to pop the big question, take them here. If you want to stand on the edge of the balcony screaming “I’m the king of the world” while pretending to be Jack and Rose, go here, just do it after you get your bill.

     The only thing I will say about this lovely place is that there are a variety of characters that will eat here. Once I sat near a white trash couple making out, and another time a group of young business men came in pretending to be frat boys, harassed the wait staff for pictures, and got in everyone’s way. If you have the willpower to shop at Wal-Mart ,however, without letting all of that messiness get you down, you’ll do fine.