The Leaside Pub

I was very surprised to read the previous reviews complaining about the food. My friend and I had lunch here the other day and found the food just delicious. We loved everything, the main courses — fish and chips and a pizza-​like entrée with cheeses, onions and olives, and the desserts — cheese cake with caramel sauce and deep dish apple pie with ice cream. The coffee was really good too. All in all a very enjoyable experience with a very attentive waitress.

Service OK on the slow side.
Food was horrible, almost like everything was from frozen, no taste. Not very clean, weird smell in the air.
Wouldn’t go back

Appalling! We couldn’t get into Local across the street, so went in on a whim. Don’t let the updated exterior fool you. It’s the same old dark & dingy place, reaking of spilled beer. There were families, eldery couples, middle-​aged like us from the neighbourhood. Waitress said that everything was ‘awesome’ after each order. Well, it truly was not awesome. She said the bartender made the best Cosmo she had ever had — bleh — sickly sweet, no lime. Nothing on the menu appealed to us — same old, same old pub staples, cooked from frozen. We opted for a couple of the specials. Ribs & wings for my husband, with fries so salty they were inedible. Ribs were grey, no flavour, with BBQ sauce spread on top (Kraft no doubt). I ordered the pork stir fry special. The pork was cooked beyond recognition — yesterday’s leftovers I think — a glob of noodles, with teriyaki sauce from a jar, and nary a vegetable to be found. The chef should be embarassed to serve food like that. We can seriously say we will never, ever eat there again.

Quick front door seating service. Drink was ordered and brought to table quickly. Servers are polite. But i ordered a simple garden salad which also came out quickly. Almost too quickly even for a salad. Upon arrival i saw a piece of «wilted» lettuce, so i removed it, only to move other pieces around to find so many more. I continued removing them as the waitress watched and passed by at least 3 times without saying a word. Finally the waitress asked if everything was ok, i told her no this salad is disgusting. She replied with «is it too wilted for your taste?» I said «it’s too wilted for anyone’s taste… it’s rotting» i said this kitchen is missing quality control and that it should not have made out the kitchen… «it SHOULD be too wilted for the CHEF’S standards… it shouldn’t ever reach the customer looking like that. Makes me wonder how well they are taking care of the kitchen. But drinks were good.

First, let me address other reviews:
There is salt an pepper at every table, no exceptions. So, no idea what that’s about.
The food is not special, just average. But it’s cheap. $ 9 for eggs Benny, $ 3 cheaper than anywhere else in the area, and just as good.
Service is good, good is good, hell even the coffee isn’t bad. Give this place a shot, it’s great value, and you shan’t regret it.

This restaurant is formerly the Fox and the Fiddle… Food is expensive, bland and with no flavour or spices… I had no lemon or cocktail sauce served with Calamari. This is my first time here with 2 other guests. Would I recommend this place for Food? The answer is no. I would say this is a great place to meet people and have a beer… Food? Forget it. Fire the chef… I had to beg for salt and pepper. Service mediocre…