Any place that has "New Gold Dream" by Simple Minds on the jukebox will forever be a four star restaurant in my books. The two choices of combo platters is just as good the music (go for #2 - love those spicy jalopeno poppers). The cliente is also very entertaining - one night a man sang into a mirror that hung over the bar for an hour. The smokey environment is the only glitche in this paradise.
Brandon B's Rating: 3 Stars |
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What a lot of fuss about one lousy restaurant. If the place is that bothersome, then just go elsewhere. But, I have a hunch some of these were written by disgruntled employees.
Jane Diggs's Rating: 2 Stars |
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Hear they fired Garvy after screwing up her education and ruining her life with all the unpaid "do this" and unscheduled "do that" shit. Nice eh? It aint really a bar its an ongoing sitcom about innocent people workin in a pub owned by Dracula. The wonderful folks who go there go because of the staff and to have fun with each other. Downtown life needs an extension of home cuz entertaining at home all the time is too much hassal. Thats what the Artful Dodger is. If the owners didn't show at all except to fix the toilet stench write cheques and carry home their bags of cash nobody would give a @#%&. Mostly they don't show cept for stuttering Vlad but loos still stink. But they still find time to fire people like Garvy, Mike, Sherry, etc just cuz Vlad aka Fido Wrongski can't find a woman who will date him more than NNNEVVVAAA! I go cuz its better then reality tv but Tom needs to get help from Jerry Springer. Jerry could probably find him a "date".
BArT SImPsOn's Rating: 4 Stars |
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what did they do with the great cook mike food is not the same no imgnation get him back pay double if you have to place is not the same and tom needs to take lessons on how to interact with people in a pleasant manor smile tom your face won,t break.
Nancie's Rating: 4 Stars |
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The Good
People who go there are friendly and the waitresses and bartenders nice and work hard to please. The food is good but ask waitresses what to order. Really nice front patio and backyard bar with good beer on tap plus neat shots and mixes
The Bad
Bathrooms are far up stairs on second floor and sometimes they stink bad
The Ugly
Take a small mcdonald hamburger put half a big dill pickle between the top bun and meatpatty so it sticks out like a canoe add weedy black hair on top and two halfs of olives for eyeballs make its slit of a mouth babble like russian duck then y'all will know the manager the other people are talking about.
Yanice's Rating: 1 Stars |
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I always go in for a drink in the later evening and can say the last two reviewers were pretty good but bit out of date now except about KGB spymaster die-job manager [or bouncer] they talk about. I don't think you should take him too seriously. ie Last month he sat himself with some ladies when they asked him but then when he left they giggled and laughed about his defects!!! Some of the cameras & mics he hid around to watch & listen in on what people were saying and doing were taken out. But be fair! He used to think good service was all about trying to hit on staffy girls and spying on them and his customers but now he might take out garbage while he keeps checking everybody's bar-tabs so nobody gets away with a free beer. The real sad part is it was a great place with good cheer nice girls and some hipster exec and working blokes but they don't show up as much now. Service?! Food: Good pubgrub with fish & veg & other items for balanced diet. Beer is good too (mixxed drinks depends on bartender Chris is good but not Liz the Lizard) with lots of choice but wine list poor. I asked and waitress said that die-job looks for cheepest piss to sell for 35$ bottle so value is just a 2. If business drops off the manager's genius solution is to raise prices which explains why business is shrinking overall. He needs to study "value added" but better value would be him going to the competition. Most but obviously not all of the staff is really great so atmosphere is hit & miss. Summer is best time & will save them despite it all. Bathrooms are upstairs and smell awful. Seating outside is nice in summer with back (the best) & front patios. So its a good place to go for pint of beer, look at the slugs orcs & dwarfs slumping & drooling in bar stools & be safe from running into anybody you respect.
M&M's Rating: 1 Stars |
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It used to be a really good bar if you don't mind waiting and if you just go there to drink beers and yak. Its all about the people and there are some characters and owners Mike and Faygee are good folks. I go hang out and watch the scruffs vegitate then get drunk and rowdy. Its a special place of dankdom and nasty odours. The stoopid "dye-job" manager is something else. He laced the joint with spy cameras and audio bugs and lurks around like a KGB agent (even sounds like a KGB agent) when he isn't trying to hit on the female staff and customers. But some of the girl customers are cute and a few of the male customers ok to BS with. IF you go do it in the PM on Friday or Saturday or early PM Sunday. Be careful wot you say or do - the "KGB" is watching and listening!
Sosolly's Rating: 1 Stars |
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I liked it from the outside. Food is ok, service ok last summer we had good waitress who saved us from their foreigner bouncer who tried to hard to impress us and be soooo friendly. I rated atmospher at 1 cuz of the drooler. Value was ok but one slob drives everything down. Creeped us out so we left even tho he ordered us a round.
S's Rating: 1 Stars |
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I go get plastered there after doing nothing at work. This one time I met up with these dudes in the bathroom who gave me a good rogering with the toilet brush. The food is great but I usually puke it all out and then threaten peoples lives and all that. Come on down and join the fun.
Tabooli's Rating: 3 Stars |
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I love this place! I don't live in Canada anymore, but when I'm home for a visit, I always make a point of dropping by. It's like Cheers - everybody does know my name. And the waitress, Ryka, is the bomb. Go there and give her a kiss for me.
Megan's Rating: 4 Stars |
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Okay this place is a little dirty but the amazing double fried french fries make up for it all! Get combo 1 or 2 from the menu, play a sweet mix of tracks from Toronto's best jukebox on the second level, and let your troubles slip away. Bartender Colin may insult you but he knows how to make a great drink. This summer check out the cool tikki lounge out back with the outdoor pool table and mini juke box. This old style bar knows that serious drinkers like their good tunes and good pub food and they serve it well!
Andy's Rating: 3 Stars |
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I realize this is just a burger joint, but lunch here was a comedy of errors. Server was slow and barely spoke English, making wine consultation impossible. Caesar salad was good, but chicken wings appetizer was inedible. Couldn't find server to complain. Pasta was tasteless and, like everything else, delivered cold. Swordfish entree was mushy and tasteless. Beef entree was over sauced. Ick!
Herb's Rating: 2 Stars |
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The food at this place is hit and miss. The service is the ABSOLUTE worst you''ll find in the city. I waited 45 min just to order, and the waitress never came back with our drinks. And yet she had the time to sit and chat it up with some friends. On our second visit, we left before the food arrived. DO NOT TRY THIS ONE if you're in a hurry or want some good pub grub (Try Bishop+Belcher or The Foggy Dew instead)
comedy of errors.
DJ JAzzy JAzz's Rating: 1 Stars |
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