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Milestone's Grill & Bar
Category: Restaurants Canadian (New) Canadian (New) [Edit]
132 John StToronto, ON M5V 2E3
Neighbourhoods: Entertainment District, Downtown Core
(416) 595-0647
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- No
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Good For:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Noise Level:
- Very Loud
- Has TV:
- Yes
- Caters:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- No
26 reviews for Milestone's Grill & Bar
26 reviews in English
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Review from Maheen M.
3/21/2012
Milestone's is known for descent upscale pub food. The food is great, I love their burgers. Unfortunately, the service at this location is hit or miss. We were in a rush to grab our bill and it took forever to pay by credit. The waitress forgot about us on the patio. I had to get up twice to ask for the status of bill.
The patio at this location is great for people watching. They even have daily drinks specials.
Stop by this Milestone's if you are in the Richmond/John area! -
Review from Pascal P.
Toronto, ON
4/26/2012
This was my first time going to Milestone's in Ontario, I have been in BC. I remember it as being a classier establishment. The service was slow.
food
Tomato gazpacho appetizer
crispy chicken bites-4/5
Salmon dinner- 2/5 my server said that the salmon would be cooked medium...it was well done. I took 3/4 of it home for my dog. -
Review from En L.
I have mixed feeling about Milestone's. Food is really a hit or miss for me. Service is great, with very attentive staffs. Great Bellini. Great place for drinks with big group. It's never really too crowded.
Here is couple of items that I have tried on the menu.
Grilled Shrimp California Benedict: On their Brunch menu. I love it. Love the avocado. Love the shrimp. yummy.
Beef Burger: I wasn't very impressed with their beef burger with Californian topping. They were a little cheap on the avocados spread. And, the burger appeared to be out of a box (Don't quote me, but it tasted a bit like Loblaw's burger). Hey, I like Loblaw's burger but I just feel a bit cheated when I'm getting grocery-store pre-packaged burger at a restaurant.
Pan Seared Scallops: There were 5-7 scallops which were very generous portion. However, it was a bit bland for a curry dish.
White Chocolate cheesecake: It was pretty good. Very rich. -
Review from Jennifer L.
Toronto, ON
1/11/2012
Not bad!
Milestones is a chain and this particular location masks itself as a fancy eatery of fine dining. People are easily fooled! Attractive presentation of food served on those long horizontal plates, napkins made of cloth with your cutlery wrapped inside of it, a slushy Bellini with a little plastic toy on top to make you feel like you're having a grand night out. They even have a guy come out dressed in cook's whites to present the main course to you, as if he's the chef himself (we all know the actual chef is outside smoking and crying). I saw a lady lightly clap in delight when this happened.
Food is okay. I mainly go for the snacking, like the spinach and artichoke dip or those little Kobe beef sliders.
Service is always nice here and the bathrooms are really something else! The bathrooms are way better than my apartment!
Go here with your Girlfriends on Monday for -- haaaayyyyy - The Girls Night special! 4 Bellinis and 4 appetizers for $40! Haaaaaayyyyy!!!! -
Review from Bobby Y.
10/12/2011
I've visited about a half dozen times when visiting T.O.
It's a chain, but it's reliable. I've enjoyed every meal here, and received consistently good service at this location. I'd recommend most any time.
It's downtown Toronto, parking's a "pita." -
Review from Chris M.
10/25/2011
I was in town for a meeting, and we decided to meet our clients here for a discussion.
There was no one in the bar area and so the server began dragging the metal tables across the tile floor all around us. We couldn't hear ourselves speak.
We asked her politely if she could wait 10mins, so that we could finish her meal - but she continued dragging tables and chairs around. We had to ask again and she was rude about it.
Then the manager started doing the same thing, and we had to ask her to stop and she snapped at us in a very rude way, and said "OKAY, FINE WHATEVER YOU WANT". Then another waiter started moving the tables again. It is really poor customer service to have to ask 5 times for people to stop dragging furniture around you, while you are eating lunch.
There was no one else in there, the place was completely clean and organized - but they insisted on looking busy and dragging tables and chairs around, no matter how many times we asked.
F' this place, if they don't listen to such a small request from their only customers in the entire restaurant. Take your business to a place that actually values their customers -
Review from Karen S.
12/10/2010
Hmm... this place is A-OK. There's so much choice downtown and in the immediate area in the Entertainment District that Milestone's would not be on the top of my list. Relative to the area, it lacks character. It is definitely a safe choice for large groups and consistency. As a personal preference, I enjoy intimate spaces more than I do the cavernous area that this restaurant inhabits.
The food is fairly good. I had a braised beef pasta which was spot on. It wasn't much to look at size-wise, but I was more than stuffed at the end. The menu is quite extensive. There is likely something for even the most picky of diners.
Milestone's isn't cheap, but it won't take your whole paycheck either. It's conveniently located in the Entertainment District, perfect for people watching with a delicious bellini in hand on the weekends as clubbers start to stumble in for the parties, and before you too join in the crowd. -
Review from geraldine g.
Toronto, ON
4/25/2011
This is a chain. With notoriety like that there are some pros and cons before even trying the food.
There are certain expectations I have with chains and Milestones definitely lived up to it. First, great for groups. Service was excellent. Selection.
The reason, we went here was for their Bellini's! Hands down my favourite drink! I had been searching for places in this city that made these Slurpee style.
We were a large group that had every variety of eating habit. The most notable one, gluten free. One of the greatest thing about this place is they offer another menu that is entirely gluten free. Wonderful!
The dishes have never blown me away. I do find for large groups it tends to give a good variety for a reasonable price. It's a great place for okay food and good service. IN other words, when you have a large party and you have to have a Bellini, go here!
To me, I would award this place a 3.5 for the Bellini and gluten free menu. -
Review from Lisa D.
10/1/2009
I was left alone by my friend as he watched his basketball game and this is the first place that caught my eye.
I was already in love with Toronto and the countless numbers of gorgeous men grew with my busboy and bartender here. I was so hungry I couldn't decide what to order so the bartender suggested the soup and sandwich. Good pick. The soup was amazing. So good that I don't remember what sandwich I had to accompany it. -
Review from Henry B.
12/8/2009
I was here because I went to the Toronto iPhone Tech talk. We went out afterwards for drinks.
I'm not sure why there's so many bad reviews. The waiter we had was awesome.
There wasn't a corking fee so we brought in our own wine and he turned his head the other way. He even poured it for us. We gave him a big tip for being so nice.
And since it was a bunch of us nerds at the table and we had just finished our conference, our batteries in our phones were low. They didn't have any outlets anywhere but they offered to charge my phone in their office. They didn't have to do this but they did.
Docked a star because it wasn't out-of-this-world food. It wasn't bad but it wasn't great either. I got the chicken. -
Review from Neil T.
Toronto, ON
1/1/2010
I don't care that this place is a chain restaurant. I fell in love with Milestone's about 10 years ago when it was a west coast only franchise and there weren't any in Toronto. I was pretty amped when they started opening them up in Ontario.
Here is why this place is decent:
+++PROS+++
1. The food isn't bad compared to other restaurants in it's class (i.e. Jack Asstor's, Montana's). Some dishes are really nice -- namely the Thai Noodle Salad and the California Burger (better than a lot of the burger-only joints popping up). Good stuff.
2. Because of the competition in the area, I've been able to drop in and get a seat no problem, even on weekend. Maybe I've been lucky.
3. The Bellini is fantastic. It's like a peach slushie that will get you hammered.
4. Atmosphere is easy going and the wait staff have always been spot on. Restaurant/floor managers can be seen regularly on the floor making sure everyone is on top of things.
5. Great location near Queen Street, Chinatown, Kensington, and the clubbing district. Nice pre-bar spot to go to.
---CONS---
1. It's a franchise. I think that's all I can think of.
This place gets 4 stars because it delivers on exactly what a chain restaurant like this is set out to do. I can't give it 5, but this place is solid. -
Review from Ann H.
Vancouver, BC
10/27/2011
Very shocking experience.....
Last night , I went to there with my sister. We sit at out door dinning area.
She ordered a grill chicken penne ( which has some fresh vegetable on top ) ~
When the food come up, there was a lady bug running inside out on that salad on top. So we ask the waitress come to change it.
The service was very nice and super sorrowful. Even manage come by and apology and promised to make up a BRAND NEW ONE.
Surprisingly , what came up is the same penne and same vege ! But mixed fried with the salad on top and reheated so u think it's different !! The bread got all black out becoz they just heated up same thing again !!
They didn't make a new one , they were " REMAKING " and " lying " !
I didn't want to point that out last Night not only becoz my sister didn't notice the but also the calm and peace atmosphere. I knew that if the manager Over there allow their chief to do such things , They wouldn't admit what they have done.
Truly disappointed ! And how could people who make food has such a bad manner ! -
Review from Payam Z.
3/5/2009
This place looks and feels like a fake Cheesecake Factory with no Cheesecakes and a menu that unlike the cheesecake factory, does not have many reliable choices.
The Pizza is actually pretty decent, but I would not recommend much else.
The drinks are over-priced and not nearly as special as they may appear.
Decent location for groups; otherwise, this is just one in the many traps in the Richmond St. area. -
Review from Deanna W.
6/21/2009
I suppose places like Milestone's fill a unavoidable yet tacky niche in the dinning landscape: high end casual fine dining. And yet it works for the most part. It's reliable and comforting choice for groups of people, tourists and suburbanites and generally anyone looking to play it safe in a lively, stylish decorated area. There are plenty of girly and non girly drinks abound here to keep anyone interested in having a good time entertained and the loud music or the front patio is nice if you're in for some people watching in the entertainment district.
That being said, mains and drinks are priced almost close to what you could get at a local fine dining/bistro type place with more creativity and freshness taken into account for the dishes. Take the artichoke dip at Milestone's for example, tasty yes but at $10.99 it's a little hard to take especially when it seems that it mostly likely given a zap before arriving at the table. Or the pastas which of ginormous size and generally palatable but when basil and roma tomatoes are promised and one receives sun dried tomatoes and cilantro (wtf?) slight irritation ensues.
Anywhoo. Milestone's is not the antichrist when it comes to great food because it's somewhat consistent and you know that you can come here in a group and manage to please most everyone with the safe menu. But it ain't exactly awe-inspiring either-there are plenty of better, independent options around town. -
Review from Melissa P.
1/7/2010
I really like this place. Despite it being a chain and I am a bit anti-chain I enjoyed it.
I went in for a dinner with about 8 friends and even though we were a large party our food still came out fairly quickly.
I had the steak with peppercorn sauce. The steak was a nice quality and was cooked to perfection.
The drink menu looked great too, but I was a little hungover so I didn't partake. Next time though... -
Review from Melissa J.
Toronto, ON
1/15/2009
Places like Milestone's are kind of a necessary evil in this world. The food isn't life-altering, some of the time it's not even good, but then you'll have that relative come into town who's the pickiest eater in the world and you don't know where to take her.
In my situation, I took her to Milestone's. And she STILL couldn't find anything she liked. Cheese pizza (!!!). That's all she liked. But I digress.
Milestone's isn't awful. I generally avoid going to it because it really does nothing for my appetite, but when I get dragged there, I'm not going to cry about it. They've got a menu with enough choices for me to find something that I like. Prices aren't super cheap, but that's to be expected here, and generally when I'm here, someone else is paying.
And in the summer they've got a decent patio that they cram with people who all want to see what's going on outside.
PS: As much as the Bellinis are slushy girl drinks, god are they ever good. -
Review from Todd V.
Toronto, ON
10/10/2008
Everyone has that one liquor that takes them forever to get back into after they've been sick on it. For some, vodka. Many others, tequila. For me, it's Bailey's "Bacon and Bailey's Eye-Opener Irish Cream Liquor". I've got this for Milestones. I've never been sick there, but I'm definitely sick of them.
Firstly, there are the "oh-you-MUST-try-them" Bellinis, the signature drink at Milestones that is a vividly coloured champagne and rum slushy that comes in a martini glass, garnished with a plastic zoo animal on the rim, and triggers giggly, vapid conversation that is normally reserved for that point in "Sex and the City". For the rest of us non-Cosmo-drinkin' wannabes, the beer list is minimalist in nature.
When friends drag me here, I suck it up and hope that the food will compensate. It doesn't. There's nothing staggeringly bad about it, but nothing jaw-droppingly good either. Each and ever time that I remain hopeful that the meal will make up for my experience in an over-stylized place where it seems the people who want to feel cosmopolitan but aren't really seem to be collecting. It doesn't. Typically, it comes in a big pile of "meh". And not even garnished with a plastic mammal. -
Review from Christine T.
9/26/2009
Nice proximity to the AMC theater. Patio is a treat when the weather cooperates. They have heaters outside but not sure when/if they fire' em up. Nice place to enjoy a glass of wine before you move on to other things.
Nice selection of easy choices including a dinner for 2 movie deal. Not gonna blow your dress over your head, but nice and easy when venturing into the den of retail inequity. -
Review from Tina H.
5/8/2010
I usually get the Kobe beef sliders, some fancy cocktails and the California salad. Service at this location is friendlier than the Dundas Square location. Brunch is surprisingly good for a chain restaurant. I'm never disappointed with Milestones. Even for a chain they never fail to please. Never a bad experience. Usual experience at Milestone for me ranks 3 to 5 depending on what's going on, the service, etc.
They serve Mighty Leaf tea too, which is good to know if you're a tea snob. -
Review from Magdalena R.
Toronto, ON
3/22/2010
I visit this place about once every two months. I normally prefer not to waste my dining-out experience on big chains, but I really like the atmosphere here. Especially on 'off' days when it isn't very crowded.
This past Sunday my hubby and I when there just to relax. We ordered a pitcher of Mojitos. Superbly delicious. We took our time going over the menu. Our server was very educated on the specials and helped us choose some yummy grub to munch on. The manager swung by a couple of times to see if we were enjoying our food. We were trying their seasonal appetizer and he was curious to hear our review, as many people had sent the dish back and we had not. It was the Lobster and Crab Sweet Potato Frites. It is basically sweet potato fries with lobster, crab and some veggies on top, served with a side of lightly spiced curry sauce. We really liked it, and passed this on to the manager, who appreciated what we had to say and took the app off our bill. I also had the Cajun Shrimp Diane. It is now my second favourite dish on the menu. The first being the Grilled Mediterranean Chicken and the third being the Four Cheese Burger. I make myself try other things Milestones has to offer, but I find it really hard to move away from the above mentioned meals. -
Review from P J.
Toronto, ON
8/7/2010
I usually love going to Milestone's. It can be a bit overpriced for the quality of the food but they have a great lunch special and I love the big booths and tables.
However, the last time I went, I went with my boyfriend and we had terrible service, so bad that we walked out before our meal was served. Our waiter took our order and then didn't bring us our drinks for almost half an hour, opting instead to wait on every person around us that came in, and serve them their drinks, it was like they were trying to get us to leave. Every time we tried to get his attention, he would swoop past us as if we didn't exist. I'm fairly certain it's because we were in casual wear, flip flops and carrying backpacks. Usually when I go, it's after work and I'm dressed up and I get very good service. So a word of advice: if you want to be treated well, make sure you're not wearing ripped jeans and your hair's brushed! I found it pretty disgusting and I won't be returning. -
Review from John G.
Toronto, ON
9/22/2009
Inside is nice, small patio, service is good but the food is only so so. I had the sea bass. They put Cilantro in the rice (I'm not a fan of it) and the sea bass was rather tasteless. The mushrooms were quite tasty and fresh. The meal was not served overly hot. Overall the portion size was quite small for $19.95 meal. Wine list was reasonable. I won't be rushing back but it wasn't horrible either.
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Review from Mike S.
Toronto, ON
12/13/2008
I definitely consider myself a foodie. I will go with out lots of things but good food is not one of them. This is why I was so surprised when I loved Milestones. I had seen them around and I assumed that they were really just a gussied up Kesleys and the less I have Kelseys the happier I am. We finally ended up going to MIlestones because it was freezing out and we couldn't decide on a better place. It was a special occasion so we ordered a starter of sweet potato fries with three different sauces. I love sweet potato fries even when they're not good but these were incredible and the sauces did things to my palate that I didn't think possible. I then had sausage ravioli and it was better than it sounds. Although it is very much the way it sounds. It was sliced sausage wrapped in pasta laid on a cream sauce and topped with a tomato sauce. It was one of the best pastas I've had in a long time. I definitely recommend Milestone's because the food is excellent and the prices are reasonable.
Like the review? Check out the link to my blog on my profile. -
Review from chris m.
Toronto, ON
1/2/2010
PRO'S:
- Vegans options (veggie burger, salad, butternut squash ravioli).
- Nice atmosphere.
- Friendly staff.
- If you are with a big diverse group of people, there are items on the menu to appease everyone. (i.e. my birthday with siblings, parents, grandparents). Everyone liked the food!
CON'S:
butternut squash ravioli with cheese is over 1000 calories!!!!!!!!!!!! i asked for NO cheese so that probably shaves off 200 calories but STILL -
Review from fred f.
ON
12/2/2008
this is the kind of kobe meatloaf entree that falls off the sysco truck.
tasteless cesear salad w. cherry tomatoes? -
Review from KOKOA L.
6/26/2010
Okay...for starter's not sure if this is the correct location. I think it is...but its a chain and aren't chains usually pretty much the same since they follow a standard menu? Service wise they can be different but the food is about the same so let me go ahead and review. I was in Toronto visiting a very very *special* friend a week or so ago and we were walking around what I call "Time square" Toronto and ended up upstairs in a gigantic mall at Milestones. We had to wait a bit for a table but it was a Friday evening, Prime Happy Hour time so that was to be expected. We chose a spot on the patio but waited at the bar and had a few cocktails...I had a Bikini martini. Strong and delicious...I wanted two but I didn't wanna turn into a wild women!! The boy had a Heineken on tap (such a boy)...anyway...we talked and played footsie at the bar for about 30 minutes until our table was called and then out to the patio we went. We ordered the hot spinach and artichoke dip that was flavoured really well...huge chunks of tasty artichoke and the only form I can eat artichoke in is dip so I was a happy girl...Our only complaint was that we wished it had came with bread instead of tortilla chips. I ordered a glass of the Shiraz (9oz pour) the boy had another heine...for the main course I had the Shanghai noodle stir-fry all the ingredients were fresh and delicious and the seasoning on the chicken breast was to die for...I secretly wanted to break in the kitchen and steal it! The boy had Italian Sausage Ravioli and wished he had ordered something else once he tasted mine. It was okay but mine was so much better. Overall the meal was great and the rooftop patio looking down over Melanie Fiona performing at Luminati couldn't have served for a more perfect first night in Tdot!! Loved it and will definitely go back the next time I'm in town...which will be very very soon.
