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Queen's Head Pub
Categories: Restaurants Thai Restaurants British Thai, British [Edit]
2555 Victoria Park AveScarborough, ON M1T 1A3
Neighbourhood: Scarborough
(416) 850-3291
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- No
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Has TV:
- Yes
9 reviews for Queen's Head Pub
9 reviews in English
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Review from Jaime G.
Scarborough, ON
2/9/2012
To be fair, I didn't try the food, so I can't say whether it was as bad as other Yelpers are claiming.
Decor is cheap and generic looking, mostly beer adverts and mirrors, not unlike a Firkin pub. Nice dark lighting, just the way I like it. The main draw for me is the CHEAP BOOZE; 10 dollar Canadian pitchers, 3.50 shots (selected varieties, includes jack or tequila). Really good mix of regulars, every time we've (me and my gf) gone there we've struck up a conversation with someone. Servers are hilariously incompetent but very friendly and attentive... they try hard but they mess up orders a lot. Music is by jukebox with the subwoofer cranked up way too loud... it's OK for dance tracks but sucks for country/rock. Be warned that it's 50c for some songs and 1.00 for others.
Overall the place is a bit divey but the CHEAP BOOZE and clientele more than makes up for it. You should go. You'll make friends.
Plus there's CHEAP BOOZE. -
Review from Christine R.
Scarborough, ON
11/21/2011 6 photos
Came here on a Saturday night, approaching the door we were greeted by a bouncer?? He told us they're would be a $10 cover to watch the UFC game. None of our party of 4 even knew there was a UFC game on tonight. We told him we were just here to eat....he said once we left by 9pm we wouldn't have to pay....Extremely put off by this I almost wanted to leave but because it was raining out we just decided to stick it out.
The pub was pretty empty for a Saturday night or maybe the cover charge detered everyone else... However there were lots of tvs playing sports games and a big projection screen in the centre airing sports games too. I'd say its a good option if you were coming to watch a game and the volume level on the tvs were pretty loud + with all the screens theres no way you'd miss a play.
We decided to sit on the bar side. Pretty standard pub decor. Our waiter brought over the menus and the specials of the day. It was about 7:45pm so no time for leisurely eating we had to be out by 9pm!
Our waiter came back to take our drink orders and then we were ready to order.
Appetizer
Cheese Perogies - Served with caramelized onions, bacon bits and sour cream
Your average perogies came out piping hot and crispy but not golden...lots of bacon bits but nothing spectacular
Mains
I ordered the
Steak sandwich w/ onion rings - Cooked medium rare topped with cheese and sauteed mushrooms and onions. The steak was cooked well with good flavour, only thing was there was a lot of fatty bits surrounding my steak. The bread a little too bulky and crunchy for the sandwich, making it diffcult to eat. Onion rings were average.
Two people in our party ordered the
Butter chicken with naan, papadum, and basmati rice.
It was a nice presentation, the curry wasn't bad a little kick to it was good chunks of chicken.
Shepherd's pie w/ garlic bread and a side of fries
Pretty good, nice portion, fries tasted really good, fresh cut, golden brown.
Food took a little too long time to come out considering we were on a time crunch and the restaurant was pretty empty, maybe 10 others max. We were out of there with about 10 minutes to spare. However our waiter was really nice and even volunteered to take a group picture for us w/o even having to ask. -
Review from Darren L.
Scarborough, ON
5/28/2011 1 Check-in Here
Everything about this place was greasy except the salad. The fish and chips disintegrated due to freezer burn. The chicken fajitas were oozing with grease. The staff were friendly but very slow. The drinks were mostly ice.
In short, I would recommend this place... for my worst enemies. -
Review from Pauline G.
Toronto, ON
7/18/2010
This place is good at serving drinks.
This is the first time I've eaten at this pub for a group lunch and decided to order a simple dish - chicken fingers and yam fries. How could anyone mess up that order? Well first they took forever with the food order and then they serve it with sour cream, not plum sauce. Sweet potato fries were soggy and salty but chicken fingers were what I expected.
Overall, this pub lacks speed and quality unless you are only consuming beer with a large group.
Do yourself a favour and check out the smaller King George pub in the next plaza (next to the Wendys) -
Review from Kelly A.
Toronto, ON
When I venture north of Bloor, it gets harder and harder to find a well-yelped business. On this occasion, a client with offices nearby suggested this spot for lunch as "it's quick and you can talk".
It's a generic pub-in-a-box type of decor, with all the usual bits of pub grub on the 4-page menu. I ordered Thai chicken curry (against my general rule about thai food outside Thai restaurants [or outside Thailand more importantly]) and my client ordered a special seafood Indian curry.
Quelle surprise! The food was actually very good! My curry was well-flavoured, didn't have the Toronto oversweetness, and actually included bits like lemongrass. The Indian curry was also very good, with subtle flavours and moderate spice. Who knew?
The food would have bumped Queen's Head up to four stars if not for the well-intentioned but sloppy service. The waitress forgot no less than three requests in a 20-minute period and really seemed to be on another planet. She was friendly, but it ended there.
If you do ever find yourself up here, give it a chance, and then head over to Hong Tai for some of the freshest, best-priced fruit in the city. -
Review from Britte S.
Scarborough, ON
6/21/2011
I've never been on a busy night so the service has always been rather prompt. The menu is weird though and the random Thai selections doesn't fit the "Sports Bar" vibe you get when you walk in. They do have pretty great wings and one of the best grilled cheese sandwich variations I've ever had.
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Review from t M.
Richmond Hill, ON
7/8/2011
Pub style restaurant bar. I go during lunch or on a rare occasion after work with co-workers. Cheap beer and wings after 5pm Mondays and Tuesdays is the best time to go to save some money and chill after work for an hour to avoid traffic home.
Decor is as expected for a pub restaurant. Booths with tables and some high tables. The food has been good but not great every time. Most recently we split an order of calamari (pretty good) and I had pizza rolls (only got three, most places give you 4 but I need to diet anyways, lol). Wings are above average but there are better. The burgers are pretty good as well. It is a little bit pricier than I would like considering I am not raving about the food. They do have a good variety of more diverse foods, Thai, Fish, pasta, rice, etc. You can drop $30 bucks on an entree and a couple beers with tip easy. If you go on cheap wing nights we have gotten out of there with a beer and a lot of wings for $15.
They do need an upgrade in servers. The one same girl we always get is pleasant enough but never really seems to be paying attention to details. We ALWAYS have to ask for another round and I do not think she has ever come back after dropping our food off to see if everything was ok. Considering it is not a terribly busy place when we are there, she could be doing much better for sure. Especially since she gets a good tip from us when we go, you would think she would be all over us.
Not terrible and it serves its purpose but I have been to way better restaurant pubs. -
Review from Jon M.
Scarborough, ON
So we were looking for a spot to watch the UFC event since our regular spot wasn't showing it. We tried wild wing last time but there weren't enough tvs - maybe we just had a bad seat though. This time we decided to try Queens Head since it was semi close by. I called ahead to ask if they were showing it and she said they were but she didn't tell me there was a $10 cover/person. Anyway the first thing we noticed was all the TVs everywhere, including a large projection screen. There are so many that there probably wasn't one person who had to strain their neck to enjoy the fights. There's lots of items on the menu from Pad Thai to wings, maybe too many because I overheard a waitress telling some people (guess friends of hers) not to order this or that because "it's absolutely disgusting". We started with an order of calamari which was cooked just right but the portion was the smallest order I've ever seen...it came out on a saucer - and cost $9!! What a rip. Whatever, we stayed optimistic that the rest of our order will at least be worth it. We always get wings for a fight so we went with an order of honey garlic and mild, although they brought the medium or hot but it didn't bother me so I didn't say anything. The fries were pretty good the wings ok but def not in the top 20 in the city. I had one wing (see pic) that had just a little bit of meat, I had to closely inspect it to make sure it didn't accidentally end up on my plate after it was on someone else's. I brought it to my servers attention but nothing was done about it - not that I expected something but come on kitchen staff don't send stuff like that out. she said 'maybe they just put a bone in' implying for flavour. Lol WTF it's chicken wings not chicken stock why would they add bones? I will admit that our waitress was very friendly, the other table's maybe a bit too friendly (this was the one who was telling them not to order certain things) as she was enjoying shots with them and loudly taking with them like 'f'n this and f'n that. Not to mention her thong hanging out every time I glanced over. I mean I know it's a pub and I swear maybe more than a lot of my friends but it felt like we were at some trashy low class dive. Oh yeah, no refills on soft drinks which ended up costing us $15. Including the $10 cover per person and tip, we paid over $75 for just two of us. I will never go back to this place for their subpar food. I haven't walked out of a restaurant feeling this dissatisfied in a long long time.
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Review from Tabitha U.
NORTH YORK, ON
This place was very nice , friendly people , nice big screens to watch a big game on . tried to check in but i had no 3G when i went but i did and it was really cozy
