Castle Sports Bar & Grill

I attended a group meeting last night at this establishment and found it to be overwhelmingly very good. The decorum is new look yet rustic in style and the seating area is comfortable and well spaced out for a Sports Bar.
The attention provided to our group was A+1 and really made you feel good. The atmosphere for a Sunday night was very relaxed although the place was full. The washrooms were surprisingly in great condition and well maintained.
As far as the food goes the menu is simple and easy to understand. The variety of food is rare to see in a sports bar and makes it hard to choose one single dish.
My wife and I ordered the Beef Fajitas and the Waffle fries. The fajitas were well cooked and amusingly seasoned with a variety of vegetables and a tangy sauce which I am still trying to define. The fries were huge and cooked to perfection without the oily base you find in most places.
My kids shared a order of Kids Chicken Fingers which would have been sufficient for any adult. Although I didn’t have dessert, the ones that went by my table looked really good.
Here is the catch which probably will make me go back for more. The price tag including food, drinks, tip and taxes was only $ 23.00 for four people. I am yet to find a place in Toronto that has similar pricing.
I would recommend this place to anyone who is in the area to stop in and try it.

Not really thinking about Burgasm 2011, I popped into Castle for a bite to eat. I had noticed it in B-​town for quite some time, but I hadn’t had a chance to go inside.
This place is probably the most confused place I’ve ever been to.
For one thing, the setup is not unlike your typical restaurant: Bar area and dining area. No problem. However, the theme within both areas seem to be ‘bar’, as there are TV’s hanging everywhere, depicting both MuchMusic and Sports. Not to mention the pool table, juke box, and lovable boxing arcade game, which randomly spews out «Eye of the tiger», as a way of apparently luring in people who are currently living inside Sylvester Stallone’s shadow. Good thing!
Here’s where it gets odd. Their menu suggests something more than a regular bar. In fact, their menu seems rather thorough, Everything from almost 2 pages of apps, to burgers, to pasta, to ribs, to fish, to meatloaf, to steak, to an oddly fancy dessert menu, they seem to have all of their bases covered, as far as regular-​dining goes.
The lone waitress, while pretty attractive, was very courteous and prompt with taking my order. She also seemed a tad distracted with either a colleague or boyfriend in the place, who seemed really bummed out the entire time I was there. In any case, it was interesting to watch, as I’ve never seen a server servicing a customer AND keeping a friend happy at the same time, all the while keeping up with her text messages. Go, her!
I’d hate to change character so late in the game, so I ordered their «signature» burger. Once arrived, I had to do a Alien-​esque dissection, to figure out what the hell was so signature about it. While the bun and lettuce were fresh, and the bacon was cooked perfectly, the patty was about as big as the palm of my hand. Furthermore, it was undercooked! Not the worst burger I’ve had recently, but pretty underwhelming. As for the side, the french fries were cooked fine, and came with an unidentifiable dip that complimented them rather well. On top of that were 2 onion rings, which were almost burnt, but hell, they weren’t even supposed to be there, so I can let that slide. The bill also came promptly upon completion.
I can’t condone almost 20 dollars for a sub-​par burger and decent fries, but that’s what it came to. I’m not sure if I’ll return, but judging by how dead the place was at dinner time, I’m not even sure if it’ll be there the next time I give it another chance.