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Shakey's Original Bar and Grill
Category: Nightlife Bars Sports Bars Sports Bars [Edit]
2255 Bloor St WToronto, ON M6S 1N8
Neighbourhoods: Bloor-West Village, Swansea
(416) 767-0608
- Hours:
Mon-Wed, Sun 11 am - 1 am
Thu-Sat 11 am - 2 am
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Music:
- Juke Box
- Best Nights:
- Fri, Thu, Sat
- Happy Hour:
- No
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Smoking:
- Outdoor Area/ Patio Only
- Coat Check:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Very Loud
- Good For Dancing:
- No
- Has TV:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
12 reviews for Shakey's Original Bar and Grill
12 reviews in English
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Review from Todd V.
Toronto, ON
10/17/2008
Know this about me, I love a good sports bar. The more independently owned the better, so that you don't need to deal with the vanilla-flavoured experience that a chain restaurant provides. The sad part is that being in Toronto, and me being a Senators fan, you can pretty much guarantee that every independent sports bar in Toronto is going to be Leafs crazy. So be it.
Shakey's is a quintessential sports bar for Toronto. As you'd expect, Leafs shirts and other memorabilia line the walls of this Bloor Street West pub. This is the type of place that you'd expect regulars that play on baseball, hockey, and soccer teams to come in after their respective games. And they do. In droves. Because of the intense sporting atmosphere, this is one of the places where you would want to watch one of the big games whichever it may be.
The beers on tap are numerous, and the menu is as typical and as good as you would expect in a sports bar of this stature. The wings come off especially good in this place with a suicide sauce that is hot and tasty and not hot-for-hot's-sake. Sad to say that I like this place even as a Sens fan. The days that I go, I just don't wear a Sens jersey. -
Review from Scott M.
Toronto, ON
1/5/2012
Shakey's was the prototypical divey-sportsbar until a late 2010 make-over. Now its weird in a cool kind of way... the same divey regulars sitting in fancy digs drinking trendy craft beers. The menu got an overhaul too. The regulars, with their stained Leaf caps can now order wood planked salmon, or other trendier fare. And the food is good. Try the curry fries.
A very fun place to watch the big hockey game, and close to public transit. -
Review from Jennifer K.
Markham, ON
7/24/2011 4 photos
Pouring Rain and sharing my small pink umbrella with my Yelp Drinking Buddy making anywhere that has a drink and shelter desirable, and we just walked inside Shakey's.
If you are a sport fan or you going out with some one really boring, Shakey's for sure is the place to be!! No matter where you sit, you have a clear view of a TV or 2 with whatever games they are showing. So basically you can just ignore your date/friend pretending you watching TV and he/she would have do the same to you!
Waitress was really friendly and check on us all the time. A good selection of draft $5.75 a pint which is quite reasonable. The food they offer is of a higher end pub fares sourcing from the other stores in the neighbourhood includes Rowefarm, Cob Bread, Snapper Fish Market. Organic and local with a price that reflects that! The last thing I expect is to have a Organic Burger in a Sport Pub?!
Shakey's friendly staff and laid back vibe makes it a decent place to hang if you are in the neighbourhood! They also have a smallish patio from at the front!Listed in: Places I Would Go For A Drink…, A Day in High Park!
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Review from Rafi N.
Toronto, ON
7/25/2011 4 photos
Shakey's is a sports bar with a nice appearance. Service is great and the environment is very much what you would expect from a sports bar. I came here for a drink and to escape the downpour on an otherwise nice Saturday night.
*** DRINKS ***
I had a pint of Lawn Chair Wheat Beer. The beer was good and not watered down.
*** SERVICE ***
Service was great! We walked in and seated ourselves. Once we were seated, we were immediately asked if we wanted anything. Our server was very friendly and helpful as she named all the beers on tap and gave us a menu. Our server was the only one waiting on tables and she had her hands full. Despite this, she remained calm and happy.
*** ATMOSPHERE ***
The bar is typical of a bar, but it has a cleaner, and classier look than a typical sports bar. The floors and furniture is wooden. There is a small patio in the front, but there is seating indoors with a wide open wall at the front. The bar has nice decor with black and white photos from when the Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup and paraded in Toronto. There are wide screen TVs on every wall. The patrons looked to range in age from 25-50 and they were generally loud, especially the ones sitting at the bar.
*** PRICE ***
Price for a pint of beer is good.
* Pint of Lawn Chair Wheat Beer | $5.75 *
*** SHAKE ON IT ***
Shakey's is a nice bar to sit with friends, watch a game and have a drink. The patio is really small, but there's plenty of seating inside. The service is great, so you won't be disappointed. If you're in the area and want a drink you can agree on Shakey's - you can shake on it.Listed in: Noise 'n Poison
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Review from Kim B.
ON
12/23/2008
If the Leaf's made the Stanley Cup finals, and it was game 7, I'd go early to Shakey's to watch the game for two reasons:
1) It is a mecca for Leaf's fans.
2) It is so close to my house that I can easily stumble home (whether they win or lose).
I counted six large flat screen TVs when I was there having lunch the other day. SIX. So there's no seat in the whole place where you couldn't check out the action.
As for a restaurant....it's not. It's a pub. But I think Shakey's isn't trying to be anything but. Beer and boys in blue, that's all they're trying to do. (Hey! That rhymes! Shakey's owners, if you want to use that, let's talk.) -
Review from Leslie-Anne W.
Toronto, ON
3/2/2011 3 Check-ins Here
Shakey's was such a nice surprise! The new interior was crisp and clean (a little too clean and bright for a pub, I like just a bit of grunge!) and the menu was concise with a good variety of options. The burger was just the way I like it - organic meat, on the rare side of medium-rare, with a fantastic bun and cheese. It was cooked perfectly and good value at $12. The fries were fresh cut and equally tasty. If you want a burger in bloor west village - this is the place.
Listed in: It was the West of Times, It…
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Review from Yo U.
11/14/2011
Good food, good service, and friendly regulars -- there's much to like about Shakey's.
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Review from Luke A.
Toronto, ON
8/27/2008 1 photo
This is the place to come if you want to watch the Leafs lose in a sympathetic atmosphere, while drinking Molson's or Labatt's by the pitcher. Not to be confused with the similarly-named, but very differently-themed Skarkey's down the street.
There's plenty of sports memorabilia on the walls, but you'd be hard pressed to find anywhere else that had bathroom door handles made from old hockey skates (without the blades, thankfully). -
Review from Anna B.
Toronto, ON
2/21/2011
Surprisingly good pub food! The calamari and the burgers are great.
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Review from Andrea L.
York, ON
3/11/2010
I've now been to Shakey's twice. The first time it was out of desperation as it was Christmas Eve and my out of town family and I were trying to escape the madness of the holidays at my dad's house. I wasn't totally impressed then, though it was a few years ago. However, after reading the new reviews here I decided to give it a try again. The food is much better than you would ever expect food at a bar to be. It was delicious and fresh but unpretentious.
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Review from Mike S.
Toronto, ON
2/21/2010
I came across this website after searching for Shakey's phone# on the net. Why the search? So I can place a takeout order. This will make it the 5th time in two weeks I'll have eaten there.
Short story: I heard Shakey's had a new chef - brother of the owner, and the food had changed - alot. Wow.
Just about 10 things on the menu. All beef from Rowe Farms, bread from Cobb's, Fish from Snapper's, bacon from Kingsway meats. This place takes local to a new level.
The organic burger is nuts, one of the best burgers I have ever had. Way better than the vastly overrated Yellow Griffen or the pompous My Place. I've had four in two weeks.
The service was great too - very friendly - waitress remembered my drink of choice on my second visit..
Anyway, Shakey's is still a little sports bar - only now it has awesome food! -
Review from Andre D.
Edmonton, AB
4/29/2010
Well previous reviewers have propped up this place to be good but I don't think it's all that it's made out to be.
First of all, there is no website so that's already a no no for the business. Walking in the establishment, the place isn't too bad looking. A few of the locals are in there. My second pet peeve was the waitress who was working had no idea there was a Champions League football match going on. She left the music on while we were trying to watch the game. If it's supposed to be a sports bar, turn the damn music off.
Getting to the food, I was totally disappointed. The menu was very limited itself. $12 for a grilled chicken sandwich? I'm sure the chicken was fine but it was put in between a cheap ass hamburger bun. The fries were tasty but that's about it.
Now I know why it was an omen for us the night before not to try the place out. I wouldn't recommend the place at all.
