Pickle Barrel

The food at this location sucks. The servers don’t come back to check if everything’s ok. Overall just a bad experience.

I went to this location and ordered the 10z New York Striploin, the steak meat when i cut it was bright blue in color and looked like meat was bad, when i complained about it, the manager comes up to me and tells me «this happens when the animals are hurt and the ligaments are damaged» and she insisted she had seen it with chicken too. To be honest ive never seen blue meat. They did not charge me for it, but I’m definitely never going back here.

Pathetic take out service. Came after 40 mins of giving the order and they gave it to someone else.

Not the best Pickle Barrel location…
Working in a restaurant myself, I’m pretty lenient on mistakes being made on the job as I can understand where restaurant staff are coming from. But when these mistakes are being made over and over and over again, that’s when it becomes a problem.
Common problems that I face at this Pickle Barrel location are:
— long wait times for appetizers and entrees to come out
— really hard to find server sometimes
— twice my appetizer came out after my entrée
— forgetting salads (they comped dessert for me)
— unenthusiastic hostesses
— burnt take out sandwiches
Those things aside, food is great. My favourite things on the menu are the deep fried calamari and the iced café mocha. Sooooo good. As well, the restaurant is quite large so wait times are basically non-​existent. Atmosphere is great too.
So yah, I give this Pickle Barrel 3 Stars.

Met some friends on Friday night for a late dinner. They ordered the Spiked Chicken Tacos as an appetizer and highly recommended them. They had already had their dinner. Two of my friends ordered the Spicy Hanoi Chicken Stir-​Fry, and it looked like they barely touched their food! They didn’t enjoy their dinners at all. Another friend ordered the Haddock Edamame and although she said it was good, the server never brought the tartar sauce that she requested.
As for me, I ordered the Homestyle Chicken Fingers from their specialty menu. I figured you couldn’t go wrong with those. The chicken fingers looked like they were cooked «blackened-​style». They had no taste. They forgot the coleslaw that was supposed to come with it. The fries were the tastiest thing on the plate!
The server gave us free mini-​desserts as most of us didn’t care for our meals. I had the red velvet cake in a shot glass. There was more icing than cake, but when I scooped down far enough to actually taste the cake, it was good.
I’ve gone to Pickle Barrel before for breakfast at other locations and it was very tasty. I think I may try this place again… but only for breakfast to see if the food tastes better. I wasn’t really impressed by my dinner though. The only reason why I gave this a 3 is because the server was polite and attentive.

I’ve heard some people talk about Pickle Barrel being lackluster overall, however, that is NOT the case with this location. Every time I’ve been here I’ve always loved the food, and I’ve never had issues waiting too long for service, or poor customer service. The wait staff is always friendly, and they’ll always check up on you often even if the place is busy. Now for the food, one of my favourite dishes there is the Blue Burger (all the ingredients just come together so perfectly, I could eat it everyday), and their chicken and waffles. I also tend to get breakfast here, and the eggs Benedict is amazing, especially with the salmon. Any chance I get, I’ll substitute my regular side for sweet potato fries and I’m never disappointed. The glow bowl and Sante Fe bowl are also great, healthy choices. i know i’ve said everything is amazing and delicious, but it’s true! This location is always a guaranteed good choice whenever me and my girlfriend are looking for a great place to eat at

As always an enjoyable time. Patrons turned off a tv when his team lost, seemed weird.

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner we have tried it all. My boyfriend and I are regulars. Service is great (Ask for Scott, he is one of the best servers they have. He’s knowledgeable, friendly and efficient) I’ve never been disappointed with their food quality save for one time and they did not hesitate to take it off my bill, the waitress was very kind and helped me choose another item that morning which was quickly brought out.
I enjoy their extensive drink menu, we normally get a bottle of malbec with our red meat oriented meals, but end happily with one of their delicious mixed drinks. They have daily drink specials as well, which offers you a chance to try their more popular drinks at a reasonable price.
I am enjoying their current tiki taco and drinks (worth paying extra to keep the cute glasses if you collect such things).
For an appetizer I suggest the Asian Nachos or the calamari. My staple meal tends to be the PB house burger, meatloaf, the steak or steak sandwich. I can safely say the steak sandwich is addictive, as it comes cover in mushrooms and sautéed onions. We don’t generally have room for dessert, but I have had the lava cake and it’s very good, there is also a lovely pumpkin spice cheesecake for a lighter fare.
In all, I have always had a pleasant experience at the Pickle Barrel and it has become my go too place when we head too the mall.

Service was slow (no one took our drink oder for ~10min once seated). Waitress appeared confused, didn’t answer questions.

One morning I woke up in one of those moods and said to myself, «Treat yo-​self girl». Yes, I said it exactly like that. I decided to go to pickle barrel for breakfast solo because I remembered my mum saying she enjoyed it. From my first interaction with the hostess to my last interaction with the waitress I felt really welcomed. Everyone was attentive, informative and didn’t make me feel like a crazy lady eating breakfast and drinking cocktails solo while I watched TV on my iPad. My waitress (sorry I forgot your name but she was a nubian queen) recommended the DEEP FRIED FRENCH TOAST. Honestly, they don’t look that appetizing but they are delicious. Slightly crispy and crunchy in the outsude and soft and pillowy on the inside. It was very filling, I couldnt finish it. Next time I wake up in one of those moods I will be paying pickle barrel a visit.

My boyfriend and I used to go to this location daily after work to grab a drink and talk about our days, we became regulars and the staff was amazing.
Last night we decided to go for his birthday with his family, and don’t get me wrong, as usual the food was great. The kitchen knows what they’re doing and prepares for you an amazing meal. My pasta wasn’t dry, like most places that serve pasta (and aren’t Italian) — it was nice and saucy. Food = great. No complaints there.
The issue we had yesterday however, was they were low on staff, there seemed to be a lot of people dining in last night. The bar was slow, and appeared to have a lot of new staff in who were under trained. We had no utensils at our table from the start, til we got our main meal. Luckily our appetizer was nachos, so we didn’t exactly need forks for that. The food runner had to bring us our utensils, because the waitress appeared to be too busy talking with the bartender, who also, had a lot of evil eyes on her for not serving drinks quick enough.
Don’t get me wrong, I love this place, but when the clock hits after 7pm and you have a bar to run, please have faster bartenders, and please ensure your staff knows to restock a table with utensils and napkins after cleaning it off, so we don’t have to stare at our food for 10 minutes waiting for the food runner to go get it.

This is my second time at a Pickle Barrel and you will note on my other review that I wasn’t all that impressed. But today I went again, not my choice it was a «going away» lunch for a co-​worker, but I’m really glad I went.
What I ate: Triple Bacon B.L.T. (from their menu description, applewood smoked bacon, peameal bacon, prosciutto, crispy bacon aioli, tomato, lettuce, artisan bread)
What I thought: Delicious flavours, from the crispness of the bacon to the savory aioli. This sandwich was so good. I paid the extra to have the sweet potato fries (glad I did) and was completely full.
Price: Well, I’m a little frugal (that’s just me) but this place fell within my accepted lunch budget (less than $ 15).
Service: Our waitress, Janina, was attentive and made sure that we were kept up-​to-​date on our order delivery time (i.e. when she’d walk by, she would take a moment to let us know our lunch would be ready soon). Our glasses of water were filled, the table cleared and the bills taken care of in a professional manner.
I will definitely go back and plan on taking my husband, next time he’s out in Brampton.

came here for lunch but had breakfast lol!
was happy to get eggs Benny with lobster — it was ok.
the service was slow and she didn’t come back to ask if we were ok or if we wanted anything else. even getting the bill was annoying and took too long, a lunch break is generally an hour.

To be honest… this location is far superior to the one in Vaughan Mills and that to say that they’re the same company should be considered blasphemous.
This location has got the VM location beat on every aspect… especially in the service department.
I met a friend for lunch on a Monday afternoon… at around 12:30pm. The restaurant was fairly quiet and ample searing was available. We were given a booth for 2, close to the entrance to the outside patio, and close to the bar. Our waiter was over a few minutes later and took our drink order. He made a few recommendations for lunch and off he went to get our drink order (a diet coke and an iced tea)
He popped by several times in the next ½ hr to see if we were ready to order and when we finally did, he did all the right sells. bacon on that, Caesar salad instead of fries, gravey for the fries, etc. he was excellent.
I ordered the grilled cheese with bacon with fries, my dining companion ordered a Club on flatbread with a Caesar salad.
Food portion size was excellent… my GC was wonderfully flavored and the bacon (applewood bacon) added a nice smokiness to it. The fries were cooked perfectly.
My friends salad was fairly large and her club was large. She couldn’t finish her meal.
We finished off with a coffee and tea.
Total came to $ 35…good value for what we had.
Great service, great food… I’ll come back to this location.

I’ve only been here once and the food was okay. The nachos are good but not the best. Fettuccine Pomodoro with Chicken and Homestyle Chicken fingers you can’t go wrong with. I will definitely go back to try more interesting items on the menu. I will go back to try the lemon chicken shish kebabs, other pastas and breakfast if I ever have a chance one morning. However the ambiance is okay, seems very casual to me. However the service is slow but our server was an elderly woman so we were patient and she was nice. Overall okay food and good place if you want to dine in after shopping or something and don’t want to walk/​drive over to Moxies or The Keg.

Pickle Barrel is one of my favourite franchises, but this one at Bramalea really disappointed me. We went at 8pm (last call is at 8:45pm), which MAY have explained the bad food and service, but I don’t think that should really be an excuse.
SERVICE — Slow service, took a while for the waitress to come by and get our bill, take our order or check up on us. We didn’t even have cutlery when our food came, and waited for someone to come by. but no one did, so we had to just take cutlery from other empty tables instead.
FOOD — Meh. Disappointing how it’s worse than other Pickle Barrel’s I’ve been to.
+ Blue Cheese Burger $ 12.99 — comes with fries, pickle, and a coleslaw salad. Fries were not that hot and felt like it was not that fresh (may have been because we went at 8pm.) Patty was kind of dry. had to squeeze ketchup to make it more edible. I wouldn’t get this again.
+ Cajun atlantic salmon penne $ 16.99 — comes with crostini (standard. you can’t really get this wrong), as well as soup or salad. The caesar salad was quite a big portion as a side salad, which was nice. Salmon penne was okay. salmon was a tad dry. My friend also found a tiny piece of plastic in the penne. she didn’t bring it up to the waitress cause she didn’t look pleased to serve us already (we should have mentioned it now that I think about it. but oh well.)
Sigh.

After experiencing PB at Yorkdale and Yonge and Dundas, my friends and I decided to check out the newest location.
We didn’t receive the best service. I’m assuming the staff was new and inexperienced. The server messed up our drink order and never checked up on us after we received the food.
The final straw was after our plates were taken away, it took forever to receive the bill.

I enjoy coming here because I can have breakfast for dinner while my company can still enjoy regualr dinner foods. Menu has been revamped so it’s not as extensive as before. There are a lot of new items as well. Tried the fried mac and cheese balls and they were delicious. Come in five with spicy ketchup and perfect to share. The lobster benedict had a decent amount of lobster for the price. Eggs were poached the way I like it. The mini desserts are the perfect size to end the meal with. Server was very attentive and friendly. Without being asked, she comped the smoothie when she noticed we didn’t drink it due to its off taste.

Made a plan for a Sunday morning breakfast here. I love the ambience and décor of the place each time I step in. Barely any customers so got a preferred table right away.
The pros: The regular bacon strips and multigrain bread. Delicious. Looked quite appetizing as well which is always nice. Fresh fruit! Even though they could’ve cut better. Fair price for the food. Great selection of options.
The cons; The eggs, bleh. No option for anything inside the eggs, no veggies nothing. Just plain scrambled eggs (done with a bunch of oil so it doesn’t stick. I could tell). The potato barrels were crap. Overdone, un appealing. My partner had eggs benidict,.it was like warm but tasty
But the biggest con was the slow inattentive service. My coffee got cold waiting for the milk. One poor server running around trying to get everyone’s order. Felt bad for him. Had that not been there I would’ve given 3 stars but poor service is one of my biggest pet peeves in a restaurant. Even getting the bill took 10 min.
Overall might visit again, but not for breakfast at least. Cora’s and Denny’s still rule those two.

I think the prices are fair but the portions here are smaller than they are at the down town location near the Eaton Centre. Also the food tastes better at the one near the Eaton Centre. I found the food here very bland.
I am giving it 3 stars because our server was extremely attentive and so nice. We sat on the patio, which was lovely. They had a heated lamp which was great for me since I am always cold. They also have lounge couches which would be nice if you’re stopping by with friends for a drink.
I loved the patio.
We ordered the lobster dip which was basically a runny, tasteless salsa. I think they forgot or ran out of an ingredient because our server asked us specifically about it and I told her it wasn’t very great. It also took a long time for it to come out. I had to ask and it still took about 15 or so minutes after that.
Our server asked if we wanted to replace the appetizer and I decided to get sweet potato fries.
I’m glad I did because the portion of sweet potato fries with my boyfriend’s turkey burger were measly at best. His burger was also minuscule. You would need a microscope to see it.
I didn’t like that my caesar salad came out before the appetizer because then I was eating before everyone else.
My chicken pesto linguine was bland and oily, not as good as ones I’ve had at other Pickle Barrells and the chicken was overcooked and dry (pet peeve).
The sweet potato fries and dip were good and I was glad they brought out ketchup too because I like to dip them in ketchup and mayo: P.
I really, really liked the music playing at the Pickle Barrell. I had a fun time here but the food isn’t the greatest. The patio’s great so I will likely visit again.