Toby’s Pub and Eatery

Cheap beer and chicken wings. Too bad about the service.
We’ve been here quite a few times now and usually the service is good enough. One of the waitresses, Sevda, was incredibly rude, enough to warrant this review.
We were sitting on the patio with our dog tied up outside the fence/​gate. We were enjoying our meal and drinks, but as soon as Sevda started her shift, she came over and accused us of letting our dog, tied up outside the premises, take a poop on their property almost a month ago. She yelled at us in front of the entire restaurant, accusing us of intentionally letting him poop and purposely covering it up with a piece of tissue. She said she remembered us and saw a video of him doing it, and that she was barring us from being there.
Our waitress (the one who was serving us prior to Ice Queen’s rowdy arrival) was totally sympathetic and apologetic, and confirmed that we were not kicked out or barred.
After talking with Sevda with a manager present, it turns out she didn’t actually see the video. She saw dog poop there an HOUR after we left. Come on.
They’ve promised to try and show me the video if it exists. I’ve given them the date and time we were there last month to help them find it.
Now, if our dog pooed, and we didn’t notice either during or after, I will apologize to them and delete this review. I seriously doubt it though– I am sure we would have seen it and picked it up right away, or at least we would have seen it when we left. Until I see the video, I think they owe me an apology. Seriously, there are tens of dogs walking by every hour. In any case her approach to us was totally brash and uncalled for.
The way Sevda handled the situation today was just totally out of line. Even the table next to us was totally turned off, and said they’d avoid coming back on Sevda’s shift, lest they be randomly yelled at, and on grounds that are totally circumstantial at best.

So my partner and I come to this place every time we want wings. 1) they’re so cheap; 2) the portions are huge and so far the only place that serves wings with fries; 3) the best damn wings I’ve had in Toronto. (PLEASE tell me there are better ones out there somewhere)
We love coming and will continue.
My only complaint is the service isn’t great. The waitresses tend to be chatty by the bar or with other patrons. While they’re all very nice and some go the extra mile to make us laugh, they could be a little more attentive to the tables they’re serving.
Other than that, 100% would recommend.

We came here in a group of 4 on a Saturday night around 7:30. Place wasn’t pack and a group of servers were just talking to each other ignoring us. One was on her cell phone and the rest I assumed just gossiping. Dont get me wrong, beer is really cheap here. $ 12 for a pitcher. Thats the only good thing about it.

I used to go here all the time for cheap drinks, and one time I made the mistake of ordering food. It does say «Eatery» in the title, so you would think the food wouldn’t be the worst, but you would be wrong. French Onion Soup that was so salty it was inedible, and my friend ordered a club sandwich that seemed to be made with wonder bread. Why even offer food that you don’t know how to make?

Mixed feelings about this place. It’s a pretty standard sports bar. Lots of high back chairs and tables, tvs within every sight line, and your typical sports memorabilia and UFC posters lining the walls.
Admittedly I was coerced to come here for the promise of cheap drinks and chicken wings. The chicken wings were pretty good and they were on special for half price when I was there (so about $ 6 for 7 wings with fries and a couple carrots/​celery). Medium had a surprising amount of spice, and even the mild had a bit of zest. Wings were pretty tasty and might be the best thing this place has going for it.
Beer selection is decent in the sense of your normal big brands but still a couple of decent craft options. I will say that $ 7.20 per pint of Flying Monkeys and $ 6.75 for a vodka mixed drink isn’t really what I would define as cheap, but it is a pretty standard going rate.
Service is the biggest flop to the night. While our waitress was nice, she was very hard to get the attention of and seemed to like to hang out at talk with the bartender instead of servicing her area, so whenever she came back all the tables in the area would fight for her attention.
I don’t know how often (if at all) I will return here, but its not as bad as a lot of the reviews here make the place out to be. Approach with low expectations and you’ll probably have a decent time.

Big portions, great quality, nice variety, good service, and surprisingly good for a pub. Really can’t go wrong.

So a friend and I decide to go to a karaōke bar, spontaneously, and we Google what’s around our place. We found a list of the «best karaōke bars in town» and this place was recomemded by the blogger, saying it was much better than sneeky dees, that the sound is better and the crowd is better and we decided to go check it out.
We get to the bar, order drinks, and ask the karaōke dude how do we sign up, so they only have ONE song book for the whole bar to pick from, so I went on a hunt for it, after a few tables I found it and the guys on the table didn’t mind me taking it, they were done with it, so as soon as I pick it up and making my way back to our table, this waitress, kinda medium build brunette, with a ton of attitude and a dash of rudeness asks me for the book, not even nicely, she just said «hey I need that», surprised by her tone I just said «umm…no??» To which she asked, with even more attitude and a grin on her face like I was insane to say no to her, she said «why??» Lol and I told her I just walked from my table to the whole bar to find it and I want to pick a song, she rolled her eyes and just left lol. So I went to my table, picked the song and as soon as I passed to my friend for him to pick miss rude waitress came back, and just as rude as the first time she asks again, and this time I point out how rude she is and ask to talk to a manager, another girl comes and offers to handle it… she didn’t even talk to her after talking to us lol. So we wait for our turn to sing, mind you no one picked a song while we were picking from the ONLY song book in the bar, and there wasn’t many people when we got in. Later we notice that even people who came way after us were called to sing, twice…3times lol after like the 20^th song we left.
You make your judgment yourself if you want to go to this place, I only shared MY experience.
Thank you.

This is my second time coming to Toby’s and I’m usually not a fan of food from dive bars but I was pleasantly surprised when I came here. The food part of this review is only on the South East Asian food of their menu. The most recent time, we came with a few friends after softball practice.
FOOD: Both times I came here I ordered something from the south east Asian section of their menu. The latest time I got Chicken Tikka Masala and I asked the waitress to make it extra spicy for me. It came with ample amounts of rice, naan and papadum (large crispy chip like naan). It was delicious and the perfect amount of spicy for me. My friends got their half priced wings since it was a Monday and they enjoyed it.
DRINKS: We shared some pitchers of cheap domestic beer. It was cheap domestic beer, nothing else needs to be said here.
SERVICE: The server was great and very attentive. When I asked for my food super spicy she said she wasn’t sure if that’s possible but she will try and she definitely delivered.
Not the best pub in the world but decent enough for their south east Asian food and cheap beer. Would recommend if you’re looking for a decent dive bar.

Food: ²⁄₅
Service: ³⁄₅
Location: ²⁄₅
Came here for half price wings and a beer during a game and my first impression was the weird odour that was emanating from the kitchen — not a great start. The hot and honey wings were pretty good and my friend got some great sweet potato fries. Our server was nice, but overall the experience was pretty mediocre. I probably wouldn’t come back.

Toby’s is an institution in my life, and last year I came here with a group of buddies for old time’s sake. Though I love it, I’ve always recognized it as being awful… but you know what? I’m getting soft in my old age. I’m going to update this review to three stars.
Half price chicken wings on week nights, cheap beer (even Bone Shake was $ 14/​48ounce pitcher) and nice service. Is it still a really sterile, strange giant student pub with club music on weekends and horrible karaōke on Mondays? Yes. But it’s A OK by me.

Had wings and a pint of beer, total came to $ 15.85 gave $ 40 and my server decided to tip herself by keeping my change. Wasn’t very impressed by that, then when I asked for my change she told me only gave her a 20 bill. Long story short, some. battles are not worth fighting. And yeah Dont hire squeegee girls as servers. Good price for food and drinks but the sad service really drags this place down and into the mud

Came on Sunday and was filled with angry crutch wielding irishmen and servers that swore when we asked a question regarding their flat beer. The wings were okay though.

Its a student bar, with student drinks and student eats… Maybe I’m just getting old. Came here two weeks ago for a bar blitz on the long weekend with two old buddies from the area. My friend D, not known for his classy tastes, and I decided on Toby’s, a place we had been kicked out of often in our youth.
We sat at the back and the poor waitress was actually quite good, considering how busy it was on a Sunday. She promptly arrived with our pints of mixed drinks (yikes) and our specials. The pints of mixed drinks were almost undrinkable (not that stiff, just poorly mixed) and the burger I ate, Had at one point resembled meat, but not anymore…
Highlight of the evening was an old-​timer rocking out to Ramstein… definetly beat outs the tweens who sang House of the Rising Sun.

Good Mac and cheese
Sub par service
Lots of TVs and a great sized bar
Good pricing on beer

Came here with a group of 9 for the Pacquiao fight, was seated in the back area, there was only one waitress and for this type of establishment I thought the service was gonna be rude, slow, and useless. Boy was I proven wrong. In the 4 – 5 hours we sat there; the girl remembered every order, was quick to serve, even provided separate bills for everyone, and while she wasn’t super friendly, she was not even close to being a b****. Lots of other bars can take note of her service (unfortunately did not get her name).
4-​stars for the service
2−3stars for the nachos (marina sauce instead of salsa? Gross.)

For the record. I think Toby’s is the worst. The pits, Bush-​league, crummy, miserly, kids day at the Ex. If you have any standards, this place is going piss you off and it takes all my will power to not run screaming from this bar whenever I happen to visit it.
I subjected myself to Toby’s for so long due to it being my boyfriends ‘home-​bar’. It’s a 2 minute walk from his apartment, he has a soft spot for the owner Moe, AND we’re big leaf fans, so we had A LOT of game dates here.
The Good: This place gets a star for the servers, 99% of them are really cool chicks that have a great sense of humour.
Another star goes to their wings. Which are basically the ONLY thing they do right here. They do the classic sauce style in mild medium or hot and golly are their wings saliva inducing; the right amount of crispy and saucy. Saturday you get them for half price so that’s always a treat for Hockey Night in Canada: D
The Bad: The rest of their food is pretty scary and VOM inducing. I had their git fit burger (no bun) and the patty was practically a charcoal. It was also TOTALLY flavourless and unseasoned. Suck city. I also had their butter chicken a couple times and although it wasn’t totally terrible, every single time I had it, they left a HUGE dollop of unmixed curry paste at the bottom of the bowl which just ruined the meal. MIX YO DAMN PASTE.
The Worst: Some people think their cheap beer and $ 10 pitchers are in the plus category, but if you actually enjoy the taste of beer… don’t buy the drafts, stick with the bottles. I think the secret to their cheap beer on tap is that almost all of it is SWILL. No matter if you order Canadian, Pabst, or the higher end stuff like Sapporo it all practically tastes the same with very subtle differences. If you’re a experienced beer drinker, you can tell that every beer has unique characteristics and flavor profiles. NOT AT TOBY’S YA’LL — they probably throw it into a large vat all together at the end of the day and sell it the next day as both domestic and premium draft. The only thing I know that they don’t mix is the Labatt 50 because it still tastes like suicide. I KNOW YOUR SECRET TOBY’S AND I’M TELLING EVERYONE.
Fun fact! My very sweet and down to earth boyfriend once got bottled here while trying to diffuse a fight situation. Some tweaked out college kid thought it would be best to show off to his buddies in the most absurd way possible. Their group ended up getting kicked out, and Moe offered free beer to my boyfriend hoping he wouldn’t sue.
In conclusion; Toby’s, visit at your own risk.

Only go to Toby’s if you are looking for delicious food, inexpensive beer and great company. Basically, Toby’s is the standard by which all other bar-​eateries in the city should be held up against.
If you go to a bar like Toby’s and order anything that strays too far from wings, fries, nachos or a burger, well you get what you deserve. It’s a bar, so stick to the basics people. That being said, the fries are outstanding. I have had fries from all over the world, but none are as good as the ones they serve up at Toby’s (though Swiss Chalet is a close second). And the wings are equally impressive. I would suggest a mix of hot and honey-​garlic. I have no idea why anyone would go to Duff’s just down the street. Toby’s wings are twice as tasty and about ¹⁄₃ the price. So obviously it’s way better. I don’t think I’ve had better wings in the city to be honest… there are some spots out in Oshawa that may have Toby’s wings beat on taste, but nobody offers better value. And I’m all about value.
The waitresses are super cute and provide just the right amount of friendly/​flirty banter. Sometimes they remember my name, which is a great touch.
Everybody used to complain about the bathrooms because they were covered in graffiti, smelled like dirty mop water and there were no mirrors. I never thought this was really such a bad thing. At Toby’s, you don’t need to keep running to the bathroom… to check your hair and makeup… you can just come as you are. But I’m happy to report that they have renovated the bathrooms and they are beautiful. Lots of mirrors and no dirty mop smell. In fact, there is a lovely cK one cologne smell since they added a bathroom attendant. He sells bubble gum and squirts of cologne and will also turn on the taps for you. A very nice touch. It kinda reminds me of a strip club, but that’s not such a bad thing. I just hope Toby’s isn’t going too fancy on us… they have also added faux alligator skin benches which look and feel very real.
Toby’s is pretty much the opposite of almost every other bar-​eatery in the city. It’s unpretentious, inexpensive, friendly, tasty and brings together a wonderful mix of people. And you’ll often get to see a pretty good fight. It’s everything a great bar should be.

Key Feature: Flying Monkey: Hoptical Illusion pitchers — 10.99
The thing about Toby’s is that you need to feel the place, to really enjoy it. From the outside, there’s not much to it. It’s a little bit too loud, and it’s a little bit too dark.
Twice a week there are university students who pretend to enjoy karaōke while looking to find bond-​pairs.
But, at the heart of it, you’ll find that Toby’s can be a charming joint to grab a pint or seven, and just hang out, in the ever darkening, bar. About once an hour the lights dim another 5%. There are, of course, times when the lights hit about 50% efficiency, but I’ve always assumed that was to create ‘sexy times’ that only soft light can provide.
Sunday — Thursday the wings are half price. They’re the only real food worth buying. Once upon a time I had a quesadilla, and the cheese they used was a Kraft single.
At the end of the day, it’s the beer that drives you in. With over six types of beer (Including Flying Monkey, Hoptical Illusion) for 10.99 it’s a place to pound back the pints without destroying your wallet.
That, and the bathroom tiles that get kicked away, one by one, make Toby’s a place you’ll either love — or hate.
For me, though? There’s no better place to grab a pint, than by the open window looking out onto College, at 1pm on a summers day. And the booths at the back; that’s where I spend my winter evenings.

Toby’s started off by underwhelming me and then things went downhill. A few friends and I went there for pitchers and breakfast (don’t judge me, lol) and my first impression was meh. A standard sports type bar with standard pub fare and breakfast. Before i get into the reasons for the 1 star rating i have to say that our waitress was fantastic. She was friendly and attentive (I guess that’s easy when we were the only ones there).
First strike was that they had lost their breakfast menus. Luckily the waitress could remember what they had so that was good. The beer menu was good as well and cheap, no problems on that front. The food was average but reasonably priced, however they muddled details of the order (no big deal, but still not great).
All of the above should generate a 2 or 3 star review but we are coming to the big issue, the cleanliness (or lack thereof) of the men’s washroom. There was paper towel all over the floor and one of the urinals was full of puke from the night before, that’s really gross. Now I know that cleaning up drunk peoples puke sucks, but you have a bar frequented by college kids, this will happen, you should at least clean it up before opening the next day.

Bar classique à la canadienne c’est la clientèle et le style musical qui se démarque ici: j’entends par là hip hop et RNB US pur jus!
Moi qui adore ce style je n’ai pas été déçu, en effet à Paris les seuls endroits où on peut entendre ce son c’est en boîte de nuit et rarement dans les bars.
A part ça le service est sympa et les consos correct.
Né soyez pas intimidés par les mecs au look gangsta rap bougeant sur le dancefloor, ils sont super cools, vous prendront en photo si vous leur demandez poliment et n’embêteront jamais les meufs.

Not sure what everyone’s major moan about this place is. Hey, it’s not great, but I fail to see what is wrong with it. It’s a shitty sports pub, what do you expect?
I’ve been here a few times to watch UFC on Saturday nights (no cover charge, but if you arrive past 10pm you likely will not get in).
Sundays/​Mondays they do karaōke, which is mostly rock & roll themed (no Celine Dion allowed, most similar crap songs have been removed from the book of song selections) Lots of drunk guys rocking out to GNR and Metallica.
They always have lots of drink specials, including small pitchers of mixed bevvies for $ 10, booze is equivelant to 3 regular drinks so it’s a decent deal. They don’t chince on the alcohol either, those bad boys are potent.
The nachos are huge and apparently the wings are good (don’t eat wings personally, but my mates speak highly of them)
The wait staff has always been decent. I’ve sometimes had to flag our server down to get the bill, but that’s to be expected when a place is packed.
The bathrooms ARE awful though — on par with Sneaky Dees. Super dingy, doors falling off their hinges, bad graffiti, dim lighting, direly in need of some kind of renovation.