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Magoo's Gourmet Hamburgers & Ice-Cream
Categories: Restaurants Burgers Food Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Burgers, Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt [Edit]
4242 Dundas St WEtobicoke, ON M8X 1Y6
Neighbourhood: Etobicoke
(416) 234-1148
- Hours:
Mon-Sat 11 am - 10 pm
Sun 11 am - 9 pm
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Price Range:
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$
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Good For:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- No
- Drive-Thru:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Ambience:
- Casual
- Has TV:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
12 reviews for Magoo's Gourmet Hamburgers & Ice-Cream
12 reviews in English
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Review from Grant F.
Scarborough, ON
5/2/2012
Best burgers in town.
The decor and style is reminiscent of what Lick's used to be, but Magoo's has stayed true to themselves and still make everything fresh and tasty to order.
I go out of my way to eat here. -
Review from Julian K.
Toronto, ON
5/10/2012
The burgers are good. The staff are friendly. If they got rid of some booths Im sure there would be better seating available, but overall can't complain. Decent joint.
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Review from Justin B.
Etobicoke, ON
4/22/2011 3 Check-ins Here
Fast friendly Service with quality burgers. Clean and healthy I consider Magoos burgers to be the best in the area. They have two sizes of patties, a chicken burger and hotdogs. Excellent fresh fries
and onion rings. They offer ice cream and a good selection of drinks. For condiments they offer fun stuff like magoo sauce, bruschetta, and sprouts.
Always friendly and busy but they are fast and can handle any rush thrown at them. Burgers are around $5 and fries are $3 -
Review from Justin M.
Milton, ON
4/14/2011 3 Check-ins Here
Okay, I'm not trying to be a jerk, but why has no one since the first review mentioned that this place is pretty much a Lick's?
I mean, that's not a bad thing. The burger I got was nice and juicy, the fries were ok, and the toppings were fresh. But, God, everything about the place screams "Not really Licks, but thanks for noticing!"
It's possible that's just a local hamburger place aesthetic that Toronto has, although I do recall Apache Burger being different, but I felt like I could peel back the sign on the front there would be a Lick's logo staring back at me.
Once again, not the worst thing a place could do. Lick's has blown up for a reason.
I also get the strange sensation they wanted to call it Wimpy's, but forgot. "Who's that guy? Hangs around with Popeye? Eats burgers?" "Mr. Magoo?" "Sounds right."
But, for all the love and accusations (false, shurely!) of being another place, Magoo's is a good restaurant, and a good place to grab a bite to eat. -
Review from Derek D.
Toronto, ON
11/29/2010
I've tried many of the new "Gourmet" burger places in TO but I keep coming back to Magoo's time and time again. Tasty burgers, fresh buns and condiments and fantastic fries.
The Staff is excellent......always friendly and fast -
Review from Christine C.
Etobicoke, ON
Updated - 12/2/2009
Took my staff over to Magoo's Burgers yesterday as it's the local burger spot nearest my office. The orders ran the gamut from the Get Back (back bacon on a bun) to the 'fingers (gotta live those chicken digits) to the traditional Magoo burgers to the Veggie burgers. Combo's ran between $8-11 bucks each.
Magoo's is still noisy as hell so we just turned up our own volume as my crew chowed down. The staff here are super friendly and know us all by first name. There is still a decent selection of toppings (sprouts, bruschetta, Magoo sauce etc.) and the prep counter continues to be pristeen.
Magoo's remains as one of my most fav burger spots. It's a family own and run business and they care about the food that passes over their counter.Listed in: My Decemburger!
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7/12/2009
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Review from RJ S.
Mississauga, ON
9/26/2009
ARMANDO, come and get your burger.
This place comes courtesy of my friend with the broken taste buds, he actually got another one right. haha.
Now for one I am not really a burger guy, just b/c I find that most burgers are really dried up and have no taste. I just find myself stacking on ingredients and condiments just to make the burger have some flavour. However this was the one place where if you were to get the burger alone with nothing on it, not even bread, its just that damn good.
Everytime I head to this place the same guy is always serving me. He's an older gentleman who is fit! I'm not talking about skinny fit I'm talking pure muscle fit. He looks like he was a body builder at one point and he could probably snap me like a twig if he really wanted to. However the moment you talk to him he is really friendly and likes to joke around too. So you could say hes a friendly giant!
So after you place your order they ask for you're name, so that they can call you when your burger is ready. For me I like to mix it up to see if the chef's can actually pronounce the name that I picked for that day, hence the reason for the opening line "ARMANDO come and get your burger." They had trouble pronouncing that name. haha
Anywayz back to the food the burgers are huge, very tasty, and are made to order. They come in either 4oz or a 6oz. and then there's the toppings. If you were to only get one thing on your burger I would recommend the Magoo sauce, one of the guys told me what it was but I forgot but it is that damn good. I usually get the Magoo sauce on the side to use as a dip for my fries. The fries that they have at Magoo's is good too, it reminds me of Swiss-Chalet fries. The only two other items I've had there was the chicken burger but it didn't really appeal to me, my suggestion is to stick to the red meat. As well I've had the chicken fingers and its basically the standard chicken fingers you can get anywhere else.
Now the only reason I didn't give this place 5 stars is b/c I don't justify spending close to $10 on a burger and almost $15 for a complete meal. I rather spend that much on buffet and eat my heart out on all the different types of food.
Items to definetly get
- either the 4oz or 6oz burger depending how hungry you are
- french fries
- Magoo sauce -
Review from Emma B.
Toronto, ON
6/8/2009
Best Band Ever? Best Movie Ever? Best Burger Ever? All questions that can't ever be answered to everyone's satisfaction but by god, we'll all argue our opinion until we're blue in the face.
That being said...if you ever happen to get into it with me over the burger issue, it may be worth studying up on what I'm about to say.
Magoo's makes the BEST BURGER EVER.
And to not leave it alone of my personal pedestal of awesomeness, I must also note that their hot dogs, onion rings and fries aren't too damn shabby either.
They also have salad. I have no opinion on their salads. I've seen people order them but I question the wisdom of anyone who comes to a burger joint steeped in barbeque-y goodness and just orders a salad (not even a veggie dog or burger?). I think they must be robots. Skinny, health-conscious, will of steel robots.
They have 3 different sizes of patty you can order (along with chicken and veggie options) and a bunch of different "garnishes" you can add (bacon, cheese, mushrooms, etc.) Once you've pondered and submitted your order to the extremely friendly staff (it's family run), you can sit in any of the booths or at any table and they'll call your name when it's ready. Then you can go up and specify your toppings - sauces first (the usual plus honey mustard or Magoo sauce) and then the rest (lots of options and 3 different cheeses to choose from). And the buns? Well they're a simple thing but easy to mess up and whichever type Magoo's uses, they hit it out of the starch park. Seriously amazing...almost better than the burger itself.
And if you want dessert - they have a fair sized selection of ice cream flavours to enjoy.
Eating in or taking out is always the kicker question. The nostalgia factor is high with the music channeling the bygone bobby-sox era, and the place (especially on summer weeknights and weekends) jammed with families. So if you're in a social mood...take a seat and people watch. But if you're hating humanity while craving burger goodness, I'd suggest taking the treats to go.
And if you do decide to swing by...whether because you are convinced by my argument or because you want to gather evidence to dispute it...note that they only take CASH. -
Review from James K.
Toronto, ON
9/3/2009
It's the best burger for the buck in the neighbourhood...
The staff are friendly and efficient. The place is clean, but a little noisy.
the burgers are OK, but nothing to write home about. The sign says that they are made fresh daily. The food is a lot better than the fast food chains. -
Review from Luke A.
Toronto, ON
10/4/2008 1 photo
Magoo's has been around about twenty years, but it seems a little older in spirit, what with its old-fashioned approach to burger-craft. That's certainly not a bad thing: it's a good place to get a quality burger around Dundas and Royal York, and it's funny how there isn't a McDonalds or anything nearby...
Magoo's does the usual burgers and burger-joint sides, as well as ice cream and real milkshakes. It's hard not to compare it to Lick's, and if you like Lick's, you'll probably like Magoo's too. Personally, I'd root for Magoo's a little bit harder since they're still truly local (if you ask me, Lick's sold out when they started selling their own brand of frozen patties in big chain supermarkets). -
Review from Simon R.
Milton, ON
3/4/2010 1 Check-in Here
So, I ordered a 4 oz burger, small onion rings and a small Pepsi (they don't have Coke). Total cost $9.04. This better be worth it.
Well, it wasn't bad. The place is nice and clean and the staff are pretty good.
Now, to the food. The burger was pretty good, toppings were fresh but the bun was a little stale. The rings were good and the drink ... well they had Pepsi, next time i'm bringing my own Coke.
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Review from Jeff B.
Etobicoke, ON
3/15/2011
Solid neighbourhood burger joint. Fries are good, rings are good, burgers are really good. I get a side of chili (small one is like a buck) and drop it on my burger - awesome. Been going there about once a month forever. Magoo's and Magic Spot are the two great places for burgers in the Royal York/Bloor neck of the woods.
