Mark McEwan's flagship under TD Square. The wagyu burger at lunch is one of the city's legendary meals — $40 worth every cent. Dinner moves to fine dining territory with some of Toronto's best Canadian beef.
Neighbourhood: Financial District · Address: 66 Wellington St W, Toronto, ON · Hours: Mon–Fri 11:30 AM – 10:00 PM | Sat 5:00 – 10:00 PM | Sun: Closed · Price Range: $$$$ · Phone: (416) 777-1144 · Editorial status: Not yet verified
Bymark is where Toronto’s power lunch crowd drops $40 on a wagyu burger that’s actually worth the money. At dinner, expect serious fine dining using some of the country’s best beef cuts, all under the gleaming TD Towers.
Unlike most Financial District steakhouses, Bymark strikes a rare balance between business-formal polish and legit chef-driven food. Mark McEwan’s flagship has built a cult following for its upscale lunch menu, especially that legendary burger. Dinner gets even more ambitious, putting Canadian ingredients front and centre with polished service.
Bymark sits at the base of the TD Centre towers, designed by Mies van der Rohe, in the heart of Toronto's Financial District — and the restaurant has always understood its setting. Mark McEwan's flagship is a power restaurant: the kind of place where deals get made over lunch, where you don't ask the price of the wine list, and where the standards of service and food have to justify the room and the clientele. For thirty years, it has delivered.
The wagyu burger is the legend. It appears on the lunch menu at a price that invites hesitation (currently around $40) and produces zero regret: a patty of Japanese wagyu beef (deeply marbled, cooked to medium, impossibly rich) in a brioche bun with the standard accompaniments done at the highest possible level. It comes with truffle fries. Ask for extra bone marrow on the side. This is one of the meals Toronto food people reference when they explain why they live here.
Dinner moves into fine dining territory with a menu that focuses on Canadian beef — prime dry-aged cuts from Ontario and Alberta — alongside seafood and seasonal Canadian ingredients. The wine list is excellent and expensive. The service is precise without being cold.
The room itself is worth experiencing: banquette seating, low lighting, the specific quietude of a restaurant where everyone is speaking slightly below normal volume because the acoustics and the occasion call for it.
Bymark is Mark McEwan's flagship restaurant in the Financial District, known for the wagyu beef burger at lunch (widely considered one of the best burgers in Toronto) and Canadian fine dining at dinner. The restaurant has operated for over 30 years at 66 Wellington Street West in the TD Centre. It's a power lunch venue and special occasion dinner destination.
The Bymark wagyu beef burger is approximately $38–45 (pricing has adjusted over time). It comes with truffle fries and is available at lunch (Monday through Friday). Add bone marrow on the side. At this price point it is the most discussed and recommended burger in the city — the quality of Japanese wagyu beef makes the premium straightforward to justify.
Yes — Bymark takes reservations and they are strongly recommended for lunch (especially midweek when the Financial District is at full volume) and dinner. Book via OpenTable or by calling the restaurant. Bymark is at 66 Wellington Street West in the TD Centre, directly accessible from King Station (Line 1).
Bymark is the definitive business lunch restaurant in Toronto — it operates in the Financial District, is impeccably staffed, has a room designed for conversation (not too loud), and offers a lunch menu with options at multiple price points alongside the signature wagyu burger. Weekday lunches attract Bay Street's legal, finance, and corporate community consistently.
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