Tickled Toad Pub & Grill

Best in the area, The only thing is they changed their french fries love the old fries hate the new, people, atmosphere, value and food best in the area just hate the fries.

Terribly rude staff. Ignored us. Had to go over to bar to wait for 10 mins to order a beer. Bartender was too busy with the locals. Do not recommend.

Nice enough with good wings, especially when it’s cheap night. The beer selection is so-​so, but it’s clean and friendly. Very nice service!

wish I could give less than half a star.
they added gratuity to our orders, and we’re extremely rude and suggested we leave, because 2 of us asked for water instead of alcohol.
I feel so cheated.

The staff took forever to serve cause she was talking to people at the bar. She was nice but did not really care for Her lousy service. We ordered a pizza and cheese sticks. Pizza was horrible literally tasted like frozen pizza from the grocery store. Pepperoni was cold. We had cheesesticks for 7.49 and came out with 9 sticks the size of my pinky. Deffenitly not worth it. All in all I will never return to this place again !

Great local, great food, staff are amazing, lots of parking. Food is always fresh, staff attentive. Great selection of brews and wine. Come for the atmosphere. Martinis and fries are great– ya not together but in its own!

PLEASE READ THIS TO THE END… This is my experience in this restaurant, my friends and I have been coming to this bar since I was in my mid twenties roughly 20 years always never had any bad service till July 2014. For 6 months straight I been working 12 – 14 hour 6 days a week. That particular day I had missed my lunch and decided that since it was Monday it would be a good day to go get some wings. I came around 9:30 evening and had to go wash my hands on the way back I walking by the bar and asked the bar tender if I can place my order so it will be a little faster to get my order, he told me to have a seat at the patio and he will send the waiter to me, I had a seat and notice there was a group of 8 people sitting across the waiter came out went straight for the group ignoring me as he chatted for about 5 minutes asked them of they wanted the bill the waiter went back inside again ignoring me, 10 minutes later he came out and gave the bill to the group again chatted for 5 minutes went back again to get the change for them and again ignoring me he came out again to chat with the group never once even looked at me, I decided to go to the manager and asked him if he can get me another waiter he said he will to go back to my table, I did go back and waited for 10 minutes for the same waiter to come and asked me what I would like to order I told him I don’t want to be served by him but I did still gave him my order because I was very hungry and fustrated at the same time when he brought the order he put it on the table and stood in front of me watching me eat I told him to get out of my face so I can enjoy my late diner he said he wouldn’t leave so I had no choice but to call him names so he can leave me, he went inside and called the manager the manager came asked me to leave I told him I was still eating he grabbed the food under me and baned me from the bar for life. I don’t think I deserve that kind of treatment I did not do anything to anyone. Since the incident my friends go to a different bar for wings. This was my first time in my life I was treated like this for no reason.

I drink at different bars all along Yonge between Sheppard and Finch (St Louis, Jack Astors, Boston Pizza, Frog and Firkin). This one compares favourably with them all. I guess the closest comparison (décor and «feel») would be the Firkin pub — although this one doesn’t look nearly as nice as the Firkin inside (what’s with the random stuff, like license plates and a gas pump? Haven’t they watched any of the restaurant makeover type shows?). The service when I’ve been there has been friendly and decent speed. I was there tonight and the manager came to check how things were — she was very nice. I’ve eaten here a handful of times and it was okay. Nothing that I would say — «you gotta try this». If they updated the décor and the bathrooms, I would probably be more likely to frequent.
ps. Try the butter chicken. It was spicy and yummy.

Not as bad as most reviewers say. This is an old school style pub. Large bar area. One of the few bars around that actually still has a pool table and a dart board, although there in crappy condition. Good selection of beers, even added a Hops Bolt. The food is actually half decent, although I wouldn’t choose this place for dinner. Needs to be fixed up it’s starting to look very dated.

It’s a pub, sports on the tv, so ok, but still the décor could be a lot better. Not that inviting. We had fajitas– mine was good– Saturday night is 2 for 1 fajitas night. My friend’s glass of wine came in a… glass. The service was fast but… There is music sometimes, not the night we were there.

Not nearly as bad as everyone else is saying; food is subpar, but service is relatively fast, and if you go for a weekday special, the food is a fair value. The day we went, they had a Santa Clause character walk around and distribute gifts; everyone at the table either got Toronto FC scarves or free headphones. Beer on tap wasn’t stale — though, as we chose Canadian and Rickard’s, they were probably two of the more popularly tapped choices. They also have strongbow on tap, which is a plus.

Honestly the worst bar/​pub i’ve ever been to. It’s around the corner from my house so about once a year i give it a second chance (it’s sooo lovely to be able to walk home from a bar), but honestly they disappoint me EVERY time.
On more than one occasion the beer has been stale, and when we complained they said that’s how the beer’s supposed to taste (seriously?). When we go on a fight-​night or game-​night to watch the game, they’ll have it on all the TV’s but will have the sound off (and no close-​captions either). If we ask for the sound (on even just 1 tv, not the bar speaker system) they just say no, despite our group of 10 being pretty much the only people there. Servers have all been pretty rude, but service is usually pretty quick.
Food has always been hit or miss (mostly miss), i’ve had a couple good appetizers but all the typical pub foods have been disappointing.
If i could i would give this place 0 stars.

Food is below average. The nachos are really bad. It honestly looked like they put some cheese and jalapenos on some tortilla chips and microwaved it.
The fajitas are a bit better, but still nothing I would be bragging about.
Tickled Toad would be ok place to have a beer, watch a game, or play darts, but that is about it. They have a nice dart board. Staff is also nice, and they have free parking

The toad is OK…
Food is average, and the service was friendly but a tiny slow. There is a patio, which is nice if you want a view of the parking lot…
Inside is rather large and clean. I have never been at the Toad when it is busy.
I would not go here if you were on a first date… but if you are a York U student on a budget this works just great.

Great place with friendly crowd and staff. Very spacious and clean. I like l.

My friends have dragged me here more than once because it was a local for them growing up and the place has a cheap wings night. I once went here in the winter and the took absolutely forever to bring us our wings and fries. Once they brought them we noticed that the food was stone cold. The server’s excuse when we called them over was that «the kitchen isn’t heated and it is cold in the there.» (That makes no sense because unless the food sat there for a while if it had just been cooked it wouldn’t get cold that quickly).
I went there again last week and while the food wasn’t cold this time I experienced other issues. I was really hungry when we got there so I ordered an appetizer — a Beef Tostada — figuring that it would come before the pound of wings I ordered as well. I waited and waited and waiter some more. Finally, they brought me my appetizer and a minute later they brought my friends’ wings… but mine were nowhere to be found. (They clearly fail to understand the concept of the appetizer and how it is to come BEFORE the main dish.) I waited for the server to wander back over and asked her where my wings were. She expressed regret for screwing up the order and rushed to fill it. I got my wings when my friends were about halfway done theirs and, thankfully, they were cooked and hot. When we finished eating and drinking we looked around for the server and she was nowhere to be found. We waited and waited and waited and after a good 10 minutes she finally reappeared (we hadn’t seen her the entire meal either so it had been quite a while since she checked on her table). We noticed on the bill that they had graciously added a tip in for us (probably because we were a group of eight) and yet, there was no mention of this practice on the menu (that I saw, and that I see on their website) and the server made no effort whatsoever to draw attention to it.
All in all, if you live near Steeles between Bathurst & Yonge and have nowhere else to go I understand why you’d come here. Aside from that, keep away.

The Toad serves as the local watering joint as there really aren’t many other options in the area.
Service is incredibly slow, draft beer is poorly kept and food is average bar food.
The place is usually full of the young York U crowd and the odd older bar-​goer. Patio is nice in the warmer weather, but no one abides by the no smoking by-​law (nor is there any visible enforcement) and it is closed well before closing time.

Wings and poutine were on point. Maybe I was just real hungry. But pretty satisfied

The thing about the toad is that it is the best bar in Thornhill.
The issue about that is that the bars in Thornhill suck. Of all the choices, the toad is the best choice available. The waitstaff is decent, pending on the night and I’ve never had many problems with them in the past.
I usually end up getting the nachos or the potato skins. It’s basic pub fare and its decent enough but not spectacular.

The service is always bad. The food is always worse. But if you live in the suburbs, or need a stiff drink after a visit with your parents who live in the suburbs, this seems to be one of the hot spots to do it. If you like to party with first-​year York University students mixed in with a few Thornhill highschool kids with fake IDs, you’re going to feel at home at The Tickled Toad (or «The Toad» as locals call it).
The patio isn’t bad, in the summer, for happy hour beers, but other than that, I cannot recommend this place in good faith, unless your initial plans were to dine at McDonalds.