Bar Hop Brewco

This place is good for a drink or several. Two floors which means plenty of space. The food menus is gastropub style, but overpriced. We had the «sharable» pig head nachos which arrives as half of an actual pig head with just the cheek available for scooping out, and is served with crisps that are too fragile to use as scoops. It was not worth the money. The atmosphere and drinks are why I would return. But if you like the beer but want something to eat go to the King and spadina location.

I think that Barhop Peter St definitely deserves 5 stars, and let me tell you why…
First: The service… Whether it’s Jamie who meets and greets you at the door, or Devin or Krista or any of the other lovely people that work there to take care of you, everyone is on point!
Second: The beer… The selection is incredible! They’ve got something for everyone… Even if you don’t drink beer, there’s a beer for you. I love beer, but there is this one that they carry, Redline Leather Interior Vanilla Almond Brown Ale… Can’t find it anywhere else and it makes me lose my $#!+ when I see it on the rotating menu… Definitely worth checking out!
Third: THE FOOD! Do yourself a favor and get the Venison Tartare. You’ll be really glad you did!!!
Fourth: The value! You get a lot without having to pay a lot. Food portions are great and you can drink craft beer without paying insane craft beer prices!
Check this place out and have a great time! You may have to wait depending on when you go… But it’s totally worth it!

Nice service! My friend I was wish didn’t like her drink and they made her a name «special» one just for her! Average bar prices (white wine $ 9.50, margarita $ 12).

I’m having a hard time figuring out why I wouldn’t give this place 5 stars. The King Street location is probably my favourite beer bar in the city, and with this new location it adds an increased capacity while still offering a great selection of craft beers to drink.
The main floor is a more sporty pub vibe similar to their original location, as there is various sizes of small group sized tables and a bar for seating, with TVs strategically positioned with sports on for viewing needs. There is also an absolutely beautiful reclaimed wood wall that adds a nice warmth to the room. There is also a second floor which is a bit more of the group setting and restaurant vibe, sans the TVs and bigger booth styled tables to choose from. Later this year, they are slated to open a rooftop patio for your outdoor drinking needs as well.
As for the menu, there are what I believe to be 36 taps plus a few «special taps» which on this visit even included a non-​alcoholic rootbeer on tap. I admittedly came here after dinner so didn’t need to eat any food but was impressed by a few things I saw on the menu. Instead, we indulged in the tequila menu which had a lovely variety of options at what I would define as pretty standard pricing for such items.
Service was adequate and friendly during my visit, so I can’t help but give this place the exact same rating as their King Street location. 5 stars for all Bar Hops!

Had a tough time picking a star rating for his place. Came here after work to grab a couple of drinks and dinner. The beer selection is excellent.
Ordered steak frites, mostly because I couldn’t figure out what I wanted to order.
When I ordered my second beer, the runner brought the wrong one. When I told her, she walked it back to the bar. My waitress picked it back up, put it in front of me and told me it was what I had ordered. Didn’t think much of it because it was still a nice beer and carried on with my evening.
When the bill came I’d been charged for 4 beers, which they corrected easily, but when I looked at the bill I saw that the incorrect drink HAD been punched in (so… Didn’t get the beer I ordered, still ended up with a good beer).
My main issue with this place is the service, but I think I would come back, but I’d sit at the bar to make sure I get the beer I actually want to try.

Normally, I’m not one to give 1 star to any place as long as they put food in front of me. However, if I’ve had a bad experience when dining, this would be the worst ever. So let’s start at the wait list part of the night. A couple friend of or got a table for 4 and were waiting for us. We get there and the security guy says they’re at capacity despite our friends having 2 empty seats at the table. Whatever though, I understand you have to abide by fire laws. So we waited and a group of 4 were before us. As soon as a group of 4 left, they got seated and then we were next. So we continue wait another 35 minutes. So a group of 3 people leave and as we are getting ready to get in, the security guy says another group of 4 were before us. WAIT WHAT. We were definitely the only people waiting after that group of 4 went but magically these people were waiting before. I assume this group knew the bouncer. I let that one slide. Then these two guys come in and one of them was clearly dating the waitress, and they say hi. So obviously they just walked in, they’d be behind us. So a couple people leave, and the security guy now tells us these two guys were here before us. Are you frikkin kidding me? The only reason we stayed around because we wanted to meet our friends we hadn’t seen in a while. I will never go back here and neither would a I recommend it to anyone. The service the worst ever. There are so many better place you can try for craft beer. The food is over priced. Just the worst place in Toronto.

Gord and I went to Bar Hop Brewco for supper this evening. It hasn’t been open that long and I’ve been wanting to check it out. Just the upstairs level was open.
Gord ordered the White Bean Cassoulet. He’s had it before there and really liked it.
I ordered the Fried Chicken Sandwich (with mayo rather than avocado) with a side of fries ($ 3 extra). It was okay. It was boneless thigh meat so was tender. There seemed to be a Buffalo wing sauce on the chicken.
They have a fun craft beer selection so beer geeks will like it there.

Three words for you: PIG HEAD NACHOS.
I realize that this will not be a selling feature for some, but for me, it sealed the deal. Crispy tortilla chips with sour cream, guacamole and jalapeños with a roasted fried pig’s head! They pull off a lot of the meat for you and there’s a tangy vinegar sauce that adds some more seasoning. I ate the eyeball!
We also had the scotch egg and the chicharonnes. Proper bar food. Proper beer food.
Again, to echo my review of the original barhop, I am not a beer drinker, so I feel a little ripped off here. cocktails are small and very expensive. Wine is mostly local. But the server was nice enough to let me taste before I ordered. Overall the service was excellent with the exception of a rush that happened around 6:30, but he was patient with out eccentric friend who asked him if he wanted to hear a story. (Every server’s nightmare… of course he doesn’t want to hear your story– he he’s BUSY and probably doesn’t care, anyway.) I expected some of the hipster-​twattitude here, but thee was none. Of this, I am greatly appreciative.
The atmosphere was clean, aesthetically pleasing and overall it was a great experience.
I am curious about there being 3 bouncers at the door? Really?
Anyway, a solid stop for a Friday after work. The place fills up fast. Don’t bet on getting a table without a bit of a wait.

S’alright. Great beer selection.
The sandwiches are are also okay don’t come with sides but for 5 $ you can get a big share portion of fries instead of paying 3 $ per side per portion. I had the cassoulet but it didn’t really click for me.
Service was kinda distant.
Conclusion: Go for beer and sandwiches.

Great selection of beer. The lounge upstairs was pretty chill.
I was supposed to go in (on the main floor) for dinner with a few friends but the front hostess gave an extremely inaccurate waiting time. We ended up staying in the lounge for close to 2 hours when the hostess finally came up and told us there was a table available. They ended up serving food in the lounge with one waitress working. Pretty unorganized and understaffed, but if you’re going here just to drink then it’s a pretty good spot.

Bar Hop with a little elbow room.
Anyone that has crammed themselves into BarHop and put their name on the chalk board will appreciate an alternative location to enjoy some tasty beverages. I just enjoyed the full chicken and I would congratulate myself on picking one of the tastiest things on the menu. Homemade tasty hot (ish) sauce complemented the perfectly seasoned roasted chicken with Brussel sprouts to make you rationalize that you are eating healthy. There were some new selections on the beer menu (after all that’s why we are all here) but I would like to see them bring in some more random treats.

I was here last week with a group of friends to just hang out. I didn’t have any of the food so I won’t comment on that and this review is purely for the drinks and the service and ambiance.
This is a great location at Queen W and Peter St. Overflow from the King St location. Plenty of parking across the street and easily accessible by TTC. It’s all warm and cosy inside with lots of tables and they have a roof patio that I would love to try in the summer. It’s a great people watching location because Queen W is the best people watching locale in the city in my opinion.
Their drinks menu is certainly impressive and you will be sure to find something to suit your tastes — from the strong dark ales to the more lighter options. It’s a few pages long so definitely try a few drinks you wouldn’t normally try — this is the best place to experiment. The prices are fairly reasonable so bottoms up! I tried the Peach flavour beer — yes I’m a fruity beer drinker and it definitely had hints of peach flavour which for me is perfect. Ask your server and they can point you in the right direction.

Only came for drinks with a group and we only stayed for about an hour before heading off to dinner. The selection of beer is pretty impressive considering they have large format bottles to choose from so it can fee like you’re cracking open a champagne bottle when really you’re having a really large special beer instead.
You can put together your own flight if you want and there’s a flavor, taste and color for everybody. No food consumed so this rating is strictly on the service and variety of choices available.

Only came for drinks with a group and we only stayed for about an hour before heading off to dinner. The selection of beer is pretty impressive considering they have large format bottles to choose from so it can feel like you’re cracking open a champagne bottle when really you’re having a really large special beer instead.
You can put together your own flight if you want and there’s a flavor, taste and color for everybody. No food consumed so this rating is strictly on the service and variety of choices available.

Roughly 10 of us popped into the new or should I say «other» Barhop for dinner last night and a few cold and frosty’s.
Being as I love the food at the older barhop and drinks list, I assumed I would love this location as well, even more so because I won’t be elbow drinking or body surfing thanks to the larger space. Well… I was right!
We sinned in gross amounts thanks to the over consumption of painfully amazing food. Everything from a simple basket of fries with malt vinegar aioli to roast chicken with brussel sprouts to a $ 40 steak that is so large you may as well just bring friends to share or a defibrillator kit.
Everything was really really good!
The beer is plenty with a massive selection of belly bloated bliss.
The service was fantastic and on the ball.
In short, go… feast and comatose thyself!

Don’t know where to begin but I did not have a great experience here overall, especially compared to the old location. The tap list is similar to the old Bar Hop and the bottle list is so so. The service was also not up to par. The server took our name down and never checked up on us, even after we found our own bar seats. Another server took our drink request while we were standing and waiting for a table but forgot about our order. The food menu is not as good as the old place and seems to be trying too hard to be different without the quality to back it up. I’ve tried several menu items now and everything has been average at best. I really can’t recommend anything off the top of my head.
I like the décor but don’t understand why half the bar is caged off for aging barrels. Isn’t aging supposed to be done in temperature controlled environments? I don’t know, after a couple of visits I find this place is still working out the kinks in terms of service, menu, beer list, and venue space (the upstairs wasn’t open). I was really counting down the days till place opened hoping for a new and improved (if possible) Bar Hop but that’s not been my experience after a couple of visits. I’m still willing to go back again and see how things unfold.

This review might be a little bias. I love drinking beers but I never enjoy pub food. You can call your pub Gastropubs or whatever. I am not going to eat at pub unless I am so drunk and need to eat.
So this review has nothing to do with what food Barhop serves. All I care about is the BEER!
The choice here is identical to the original location. Impressive tap list on rotation from indie breweries.
Staff is knowledgeable and speaks Beer!
I love the deco here. Not as crowded and I am eyeing the roof top patio! All these potential! Just waiting for the summer…
I think I will be coming to this location a little more often just to drink their beers!
Cheers!

The location is fine but the service needs work. No Amber beer. No cider. No menu substitutions (can’t add cheese to the beef dip?!). It appears they are still working out the kinks. We enjoy the location on King and hope that the management can improve the service here.

This place is A-​OK. Definitely smaller than the more well-​known Barhop on King. Reading the menus were like trying to interpret ancient hieroglyphics — beers page was at some obscure semi-​back page; not convenient at all. Agreed with Ian’s review about the $ 80 steak for a nonspecialty place. In fact, I’ve been here twice and have seen maybe 1 or 2 people out of the whole restaurant eating. All in all, it’s a modern pub with a wide selection of beer. The location is OK and will be a competitor for the Black Bull (unless it’s patio season). It’s a good place to watch the Jays Games, but you’d have to sit at the front as there are no TVs at the back. Only recommend this for a quick pint, not any longer.

I love the original BarHop outpost. This one has only been open a week, so this is a preliminary review. Surprised how packed it was right off the bat.
The beer list is relatively identical in number of choices and competition to the original location. Lots of Toronto and Ontario beers with a few American/​Euro options sprinkled in.
The food was by and large the weak point. The menu here is organized rather strangle. There are some tapas style snacks (read small portions that aren’t cheap), a few sandwiches that come without sides, and some large entrees that are meant to be shared.
We shared the Scotch Olives which were a massive fail… like a Scotch egg but an olive. With the incredibly salty olives wrapped in salty sausage and then breaded in a salty coating I surely achieved my recommended daily intake of sodium in one bite. We passed along feedback and couldn’t finish them. The sweetbreads were well-​fried but a bit bland, and the sauce wasn’t quite up to the challenge. The brisket was the best of the night, but still a bit dry… not a beautiful succulent brisket you get in a proper bbq joint.
The rest of the menu has things like a fish that’s almost $ 40 and a steak that was somewhere around the $ 110 mark. Umm… who’s going to buy a steak that costs that much from a place that doesn’t specialize in steaks?
Our server was enthusiastic. Food runners are still struggling a lot to get the right food to the right table and pacing is off, e.g. apps came at the exact same time as mains.
In any case, I still vastly prefer the food of the original Barhop, but I’ll give this a chance to settle in an update my review.

Bar Hop on Peter is just as good as the original with a bit more of a polished feel & the food has been elevated a few more notches. The Brisket sandwich is to die for. The craft beer selection & whiskey selection is just as good as the first pub. Can’t wait ’til they open their roof top patio next summer! Also rumors of whiskey & coffee on tap coming soon!