Stratengers Bar & Restaurant

We ordered the fries and curry. And the wood fired sausage pizza. It was so great, the crust on the pizza was perfectly crispy, toppings plenty and cheese evenly distributed. The portion of fries and curry was plentiful, staff was courteous and friendly. We will definitely be back: D

Looking for value$$, this is the place. Wings are ok, pizza not bad, and the draft prices are cheap compared to other places in the new Leslieville.
Not a regular? No worries, after gentrification this joint has all sorts flying in and out.
Service is friendly, we always feel welcomed… Have to mentioned that their patio is possibly the best in all of Leslieville.

Just your regular pub without the attitude. Nothing too fancy but they’ve got darts & pool. Best wood-​fired pizza you’ll ever eat. They promote local bands which is a big plus.

I went here over the weekend and the service was painfully slow. The first server who talked to me (about 15 minutes after I had arrived) thought that I had been there for awhile and that I had already finished my meal when, in fact, I hadn’t even been given a menu. It wasn’t very busy on the patio, which is where I was sitting at the time. Everything was atrociously slow. Even the drinks took forever. Unfortunately for me, I ordered the nachos. They came cold and with piles of congealed cheese. They had no toppings on them. I could have easily made wayyyy better nachos at home. I asked to have a new batch made that wasn’t cold (To give you an idea, if you pulled a chip away from the pile, the cheese snapped in half rather than being stringy. Definitely not the picture of freshness.) The server obliged but seemed genuinely unimpressed by my request. A hot plate of nachos came about ten minutes later but it was still just cheese and tortilla chips. NOT worth ten dollars. I also had the deep fried pickles which were mediocre at best. My friend had to go up to the bar to get us glasses of water since not a single person ever checked in on us. Maybe some of the other menu items are good but stay clear of the nachos. And the service leaves a lot to be desired. Deep fried pickles and a plate of nachos shouldn’t take nearly 45 minutes to get to the table, imo.

Great take out. Lots of space. Really nice wait staff, Indian items too as well as a wood burning oven for pizza on the menu.
So solid.
Nice music and affordable.
Need to try brunch if I can get a chance.
It’s a nice spot for after work beers for folks who work in restaurants themselves. Nice vibe.

Cheap and cheerful — no reason to dislike this place. Well priced and quality food, decent drinks, nice patio, quirky to no end, etc. Would recommend.

This restaurant is one of the few in Leslieville that seem to be left behind in the era that was… and this is a great thing! No one can deny that it’s always nice to have hip new restaurants opening up on Queen East but once in a while you just want to go out for beer and food to a place that isn’t ultra cool and expensive. That’s why this place is great. It’s inexpensive, it’s good, and it’s so unpretentious.
The décor inside feel a bit outdated, but there’s an abundance of seating on two levels and lots of tv’s to watch sports. There are a number of beers on tap and in cans/​bottles and they’re all a really good price (which is a very nice reprieve from the $ 8 most new places on Queen East charge for beer). They also have a large outside patio that is fabulous on sunny days.
They have a very eclectic menu: bar food, pizza, and curry. So far I’ve only tried the pizza but it’s great. It’s thin crust, wood fire, not too heavy, just really good. The curry looks fantastic and I’m looking forward to trying it.
The gist of this is… Leslieville really seems to be the new hip place but living in this area there’s only so much coolness you can handle when sometimes you just want to grab a cheap but delicious bite. That’s why this place is so great!

We where looking for a quick bite one day, and found a gem. At first glance you might not think much of this place. But ones you smell the wood fired pizza oven, you’ll be charmed.
That being said the menu is diverse mix of cultures. If you just want a pizza or burger they wont disappoint!
Love the burgers!

I’m a bit of a regular. There is always excellent service, consistency, and good standard pub food. I always know what to expect and I am always happy. The pizza is fantastic — you can never go wrong with that wood burning oven. The Muttar Paneer is also an excellent dish, if you like Indian food (which I do). Great place to just kick back, read your book, or chat with others. Have met some really awesome people there in the past.

Dig if you will, a family: looking for brunch in their ‘hood.
Seen this place so many times, had heard it was good.
Ugh. Maybe new owners? This afternoon — filthy dishes from past meals liking up EVERYWHERE (gross…), 35+ minutes for bacon and eggs, a giant piece of hair in my home fries, forgot our drinks twice (didn’t arrive until after our meal) and lots of unhappy patrons.
Never going back.
Oh, and hipsters hate kids. At least here they do. I know my kid is only 2 foot 3, stop STARING! Yes! It is a child! I know he’s not reading Proust or holding a paper handle bag from a Leslieville outlet, but he’s a person who needs to eat, too. Suck it.

Came here for some cheap grub on the patio and it delivered solidly. We had the chicken briyani and the chicken malai curry. Both were great value at under $ 10 a plate. I say this is definitely a value-​play. The servings are generous, but the food itself was okay. The briyani had too much sauce for my liking. I found the malai curry better, but the naan was store-​bought (almost pita like). The service was friendly and got the job done. The patio is large and relaxed… but there were a large # of smokers out that night, which is a personal detractor.
I’d come back if I was looking to hang-​out on a patio for a pint and snack of some cheap food. I’ll have to try to pizza, nachos and other dishes!

I ordered three poutines to go for myself, my daughter and her friend on a not so busy night (only one table had customers on the patio and not too many inside and it was after 11:00 pm. I waited for what seemed like forever for my order and because we ordered extra gravy and I gave a small tip the bill was almost $ 29.34 (for 3 poutine!?) well once we got home and started eating we all noticed the fries had a strange texture. I realized it was because they were not cooked all they way, there was still a raw potatoe texture to them. So I called them up and told them the situation and the waitress that took my order said to call the manager the next day and he would most likely replace it free. Well when I called in the next day I was told there was no manager in I should call in the next day. I said there must be someone there who can either replace my order or refund my money and the waitress just said they are busy no one is there and she hung up on me. So I walked over there because now I was pissed. When I got there I realized the waitress lied because I saw the manager right away. I told him the situation fully expecting that he would be apologetic for the rude waitresses actions and to my surprise he said he was the the one who told her to hang up because they were too busy to deal with me.
Am I not a customer too? He said she was on the phone with me for 9 minutes! I showed him that my phone recorded that it was a two minute call. He was so rude, I did get my money back but instead of apologizing for the mishap he said that that was the way they cook fries and if I don’t like it I can take my business elsewhere!
Incredible! The worst customer service I’ve seen in a while.

This place is way bigger than it looks from the outside. WAY bigger. There’s a large main floor, a smaller upper floor that looks in on the main floor and patios on the side and the roof!
This also happens to be a good friend’s favourite place to go. We came here for a surprise bday (yes, he was surprised). Service was fine and though I didn’t get any food, the people who did said it was great.
It’s far from where I usually like to hang out, but if I’m in the area again, I’ll return.

To get here, we walked past a succession of gentrified and boring-​looking Leslieville joints on Queen Street, most likely all sporting the identical patch of stick-​on fake brick, pretending to peer out from beneath the plaster. Stratengers provided an amusing constrast to all the bobo bling on display. Perhaps it was the pool hall /​pizza kiln in the foyer that won me over.
The butter chicken I ate to the soundtrack of forgotten 80s hits was tasty and quite spicy. I also had a pint of local brew (a Leslieville Lager, appropriately enough). Horray for me.

Love this place! Delicious food, comfortable mood.
When I lived in leslieville, this was my go-​to with my roommate whenever we wanted a drink or some food.
I would highly recommend this place, if you are into non pretentious, well priced, delicious food and atmosphere.

Was here just last weekend with a group of friends. There were 8 of us on the patio, we all ordered something different from the menu, and picked off eachother’s plates. Because of this, I managed to try a lot of their offerings in one sitting.
I myself ordered the meatball pizza and found it quite bland. Nothing special about it at all. The meatballs were definitely from a frozen box. The indian offerings were bland as well.
Safe to say the food here was «meh». But something tells me people don’t really come here for the food. It’s all about the patio and drinks for this establishment.
On the bright side… the food prices are quite low, but for a reason. Keep that in mind, and don’t expect anything gourmet. However if you’re looking for a patio to get your drink-​on, i could see this being a good spot to take in that east side vibe.
3 stars.

this place bears a strange name and a strange combination of a sports bar+pub that carries indian food.
the place inside is massive, has TV screens, bar, pool tables, outdoor patio and an open patio on the 2^nd floor.
on a sunday afternoon the place was empty.
the food is good — we only ate the indian selection. and the prices are pretty cheap.
naan with curry sauce was delicious.
the server seemed to be bored but the service in general was good.

I organized a brunch there. They have Murphy’s Stout which is hard to find according to my Irish friend who nearly died when I text him that they have it on their menu.
I ordered the Caesar salad with chicken. It was a large portion, good, fresh but I hate getting fake bacon bits! The orange juice is fresh squeezed from somewhere but sadly it had turned so I got a cranberry juice instead.
The prices are reasonable. the staff are nice. I have been there before and I will return again. Great patio space, clean washrooms, nice interior.

Ugh, this review has been a draft for weeks. Like I-​went-​here-​to-​watch-​the-​federal-​election weeks. I thought I’d go back and try the place again, because checking out a place when it’s slammed isn’t fair, but honestly, I know I’m not going to go back: on a night when they should have known they’d be busy (we were one of two large parties that had made reservations, plus all the people who ended up dropping by to watch election results on the TVs over the bar), they only had one guy working. Bartending, busing tables, taking orders.
Needless to say, service was terrible and I didn’t get my beer. SADFACE

I will be honest, I truly do not know what to make of Stratengers. It’s a dive bar, but has a good run of beers on tap. You’d worry about eating there, but they have a fantastic wood-​burning stove out front. I’m lost.
When I first hit Stratengers, it was to interview a friend of mine for my podcast. When we were looking for a place in Leslieville that would be quiet, he suggested a place he’d been to before, Stratengers. Having never been and truly just looking for a quiet place to record, I accepted the invite. As soon as I walked in, I found myself surrounded by original 80s-​style furnishings, some fairly run-​down fixtures, and staff so friendly and helpful, it became confusing. We found the upstairs patio and set up there for the next two hours to the sideways looks of the locals in for their daily post-​work (or mid-​afternoon as the case may be) pint.
My friend ordered food and as we mocked him for ordering anything from here for fear that you’d collapse from something, up came a fantastically prepared calzone that silenced our ridicule. When we left the place it was then that we noticed the wood burning oven where pizzas and calzones are prepared. Truly a shock to the system.
So, yes, it’s a dive bar but with some polished elements to it. I’d wonder what the place was like in the 80s when assumedly the upstairs dining area and table space below would be packed with people waiting for a slice. Stratengers Trivia Tidbit: It is the local of Canadian music icon Nash the Slash. Check out the display on the way to the washroom.