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The Best "Secret Menus" in Toronto
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Posted Mar 09, 2025
The Best "Secret Menus" in Toronto
Written By
Posted Mar 09, 2025
Are you looking to impress your friends or family at dinner? Order these delicious secret menu items and watch them scramble over the menu! These off-menu dishes will have you standing out as a true foodie—someone always on the hunt for the next best culinary experience.
Explore our list of hidden gems at top restaurants in Toronto, and elevate your dining game the next time you’re out with friends.
PG Clucks
Comfort Food
PG Clucks is a tiny take-out spot that's serving up deep-fried Nashville style hot chicken sandwiches that are drenched in generous amounts of honey. While it comes on an already delicious bun, you can get the famous sandwich on a honey cruller donut if you remember to use your ‘please’ and ‘thank you’s’.
PG Clucks
PG Clucks is a tiny take-out spot that's serving up deep-fried Nashville style hot chicken sandwiches that are drenched in generous amounts of honey. While it comes on an already delicious bun, you can get the famous sandwich on a honey cruller donut if you remember to use your ‘please’ and ‘thank you’s’.
Comfort Food
The Burger's Priest - Queen West
American
This burger joint has a quirky Bible theme and posts only the simple and straightforward burger essentials in stores. Their secret menu has a range of over-the-top options that require customers to say some pretty crazy names.
The Burger's Priest - Queen West
This burger joint has a quirky Bible theme and posts only the simple and straightforward burger essentials in stores. Their secret menu has a range of over-the-top options that require customers to say some pretty crazy names.
American
Chinatown
59 Cameron St
Maker Pizza - Chinatown
Pizza
Are you ever craving two dishes at once and your wallet just sighs at the thought of you ordering both? Well, thanks to Maker Pizza and their secret menu item, ‘Return of the Mac’, you can get a deconstructed burger on top of a classic pizza base – what’s not to love?
Maker Pizza - Chinatown
Chinatown
59 Cameron St
Are you ever craving two dishes at once and your wallet just sighs at the thought of you ordering both? Well, thanks to Maker Pizza and their secret menu item, ‘Return of the Mac’, you can get a deconstructed burger on top of a classic pizza base – what’s not to love?
Pizza
The Annex
414 Dupont St
Schmaltz Appetizing
This bagel shop in the Annex neighbourhood is known for their crazy combos like the Zaftig - egg, tuna salad and Nova Lox. Their secret item, 'Smoked & Cured', is a must try. It’s a bagel full of Wolfhead doubled smoked lox, pickled onions, peppers, cucumbers, capers, sour pickles and cream cheese.
Schmaltz Appetizing
The Annex
414 Dupont St
This bagel shop in the Annex neighbourhood is known for their crazy combos like the Zaftig - egg, tuna salad and Nova Lox. Their secret item, 'Smoked & Cured', is a must try. It’s a bagel full of Wolfhead doubled smoked lox, pickled onions, peppers, cucumbers, capers, sour pickles and cream cheese.
Downtown
7 Elm St
Barberian's Steak House
Steakhouse
Barbarian’s Steak House is a longtime classic that is also home to a wine cellar offering 30,000 bottles. Alongside this impressive collection, insiders know that one secret menu item is the double cooked prime rib. First they do a slow cook, followed by a flash sear that results in a deliciously tender meat that isn’t advertised on the menu.
Barberian's Steak House
Downtown
7 Elm St
Barbarian’s Steak House is a longtime classic that is also home to a wine cellar offering 30,000 bottles. Alongside this impressive collection, insiders know that one secret menu item is the double cooked prime rib. First they do a slow cook, followed by a flash sear that results in a deliciously tender meat that isn’t advertised on the menu.
Steakhouse
Yorkville
120 Avenue Rd
Sotto Sotto
Italian
Sotto Sotto is a popular upscale trattoria serving traditional dishes that are inspired by the south of Italy. They offer a range of off-menu items like the chicken parmigiana that if you order nicely, they might just make for you.
Sotto Sotto
Yorkville
120 Avenue Rd
Sotto Sotto is a popular upscale trattoria serving traditional dishes that are inspired by the south of Italy. They offer a range of off-menu items like the chicken parmigiana that if you order nicely, they might just make for you.
Italian
La Carnita
This spot is serving up delicious street food classics like tacos and churros. If you’re looking for an item that's hidden from their usual crowd, they have one off-menu taco that’s called the Cotija Taco, which is a deep-fried botija that's breaded with panko and egg wash, pinto beans, pickled carrots, green onions and cilantro.
La Carnita
This spot is serving up delicious street food classics like tacos and churros. If you’re looking for an item that's hidden from their usual crowd, they have one off-menu taco that’s called the Cotija Taco, which is a deep-fried botija that's breaded with panko and egg wash, pinto beans, pickled carrots, green onions and cilantro.
Queen Street West
874 Queen St W
Mother Cocktail Bar
Mother cocktail bar serves inventive cocktails and light bites featuring foraged ingredients. While this isn’t a secret menu item, this spot has a secret dining experience called “The Secret Diners.’ This menu pops up once or twice a month and is full of curated drinks and fare that you won’t know until the table napkin is across your legs.
Mother Cocktail Bar
Queen Street West
874 Queen St W
Mother cocktail bar serves inventive cocktails and light bites featuring foraged ingredients. While this isn’t a secret menu item, this spot has a secret dining experience called “The Secret Diners.’ This menu pops up once or twice a month and is full of curated drinks and fare that you won’t know until the table napkin is across your legs.
Entertainment District
155 University Ave
Pizzeria Libretto - University
Pizza
At Pizzeria Libretto, you’re served wood-fired Neapolitan-style pizzas made with simple ingredients. Alongside their range of delicious pies, they have a secret pizza named ‘Mamma’s Hot Pepper Pizza’, that's made with tomato sauce, fior di latte, basil, house-made sausage and hot pepper. With a temperature as hot as the flavour, you’ll need to order a drink on the side to tackle this spicy secret item.
Pizzeria Libretto - University
Entertainment District
155 University Ave
At Pizzeria Libretto, you’re served wood-fired Neapolitan-style pizzas made with simple ingredients. Alongside their range of delicious pies, they have a secret pizza named ‘Mamma’s Hot Pepper Pizza’, that's made with tomato sauce, fior di latte, basil, house-made sausage and hot pepper. With a temperature as hot as the flavour, you’ll need to order a drink on the side to tackle this spicy secret item.
Pizza
Junction Triangle
2885 Dundas St W
Nodo Junction
This beloved spot is a casual Italian restaurant that has multiple locations across the city. Alongside their delicious menu, they have off-menu items, like the ‘Portomare pizza’ which is a secret pie topped with fresh octopus, prawns, calamari, B.C. mussels, black olives, diced tomatoes and arugula pesto.
Nodo Junction
Junction Triangle
2885 Dundas St W
This beloved spot is a casual Italian restaurant that has multiple locations across the city. Alongside their delicious menu, they have off-menu items, like the ‘Portomare pizza’ which is a secret pie topped with fresh octopus, prawns, calamari, B.C. mussels, black olives, diced tomatoes and arugula pesto.
Yorkville
202 Davenport Rd
Joso's
Seafood
Are you looking to try everything on the menu, but don’t have a lot of time? This secret menu item at Joso’s checks all the boxes. Labelled the Goodfellas Pasta, this is a surf and turf pasta dish that features shrimp, calamari, filet mignon, octopus and covered in a red sauce. While you can order it, if it's a busy night, the kitchen might decline your request.
Joso's
Yorkville
202 Davenport Rd
Are you looking to try everything on the menu, but don’t have a lot of time? This secret menu item at Joso’s checks all the boxes. Labelled the Goodfellas Pasta, this is a surf and turf pasta dish that features shrimp, calamari, filet mignon, octopus and covered in a red sauce. While you can order it, if it's a busy night, the kitchen might decline your request.
Seafood
Queen Street West
392 Queen St W
Banh Mi Boys - Queen
Vietnamese
This spot in Toronto is serving up Asian-inspired subs, sandwiches, tacos and steamed buns that are spiced to order. With all the delicious options available, you can go off the beaten track with this menu item. The Club Bao is a secret steamed bun that’s full of fried chicken and a slab of pork belly that's unadvertised, but available at all locations.
Banh Mi Boys - Queen
Queen Street West
392 Queen St W
This spot in Toronto is serving up Asian-inspired subs, sandwiches, tacos and steamed buns that are spiced to order. With all the delicious options available, you can go off the beaten track with this menu item. The Club Bao is a secret steamed bun that’s full of fried chicken and a slab of pork belly that's unadvertised, but available at all locations.
Vietnamese