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Shoeless Joe's
Categories: Restaurants Nightlife Bars Sports Bars Restaurants, Sports Bars [Edit]
249 Queens Quay WToronto, ON M5J
Neighbourhood: Harbourfront
(416) 915-7478
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Good For:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Music:
- Music Videos
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
9 reviews for Shoeless Joe's
9 reviews in English
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Review from Iralynn B.
1/17/2011
This place is convenient to go to because it's in the same building as the hotel I'm staying in.
Being from California and not use to the cold weather here, I don't really want to venture too far from my hotel for a bite to eat after working all day.
I've had the goat cheese pizza here which was good. I had the butter chicken which was flavorful, but I wish they used white chicken meat. -
Review from Vik K.
Toronto, ON
8/10/2011 1 Check-in Here
Just your typical bar, wish they had more TVs in the bar area, food was so so.
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Review from Dan B.
Toronto, ON
3/24/2010
I'm not a huge fan of chain/franchise restaurants and don't make them my usual haunts. Sometimes, the location dictates your choices, and in this area of the city it is hard to come by a decent place to sit down for beer and a casual pub meal. Much of what's around it is fast food, and aside from a few expensive exceptions it isn't great restaurant territory along this waterfront area. There are other places, to be sure, but many are swollen full with tourists and sun-seekers in the summer high season and are locked down and/or dull in the off seasons.
This particular Shoeless Joe's is worth noting, however, judged against the standard of sister locations and other comparable places. If you're looking for fine dining service and/or gourmet cuisine, stop reading and move on.
If you're looking for a casual place with lots of sports on TV and a decent bite to eat, you're going to find it here. Clean, comfortable and with lots of TVs in every direction, this is a good place to quaff an ale and catch a game anytime. It's also got good food for a Shoeless Joe's, and their menu is as complete by that kind of playbook as one could ever expect.
The real secret to this joint is that there are a few consistent specials that never appear on the menu but that are always worth ordering. We visited the week it opened and our server told us the owners also run a family place in Brampton, an Indian restaurant. Just about every time I dine at this location, I order the Chicken Masala or Butter Chicken which are made from the family restaurant's recipes. They are always good, and are served with a side of rice and naan - I usually hold the rice and double down on the naan.
I visit the area often, on my way to and from Toronto Island, and this place has become a regular stop for me when I want to grab something along the shore. -
Review from Chuck B.
9/13/2011
Nothing special here though you can at least get a pint of Guinness. The buffalo chicken pizza was OK but nothing I would recommend. Prices are high as expected on the waterfront. Not a bad place to watch a game though.
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Review from Adam P.
Toronto, ON
8/10/2009
This place is an enigma to me. The reason why is because although I am not a 4 star fan of this place but they do have some very good qualities and I don't have any legitimate complaints about this place either. How stupid does that sound?
First off, this place is my go to destination for watching UFC fights. They have about 8-10 tv's lined up around the walls and have a bigger one in the bar area. The other very amazing deal is a 34oz of subzero Canadian or Coor's Light for $6 on Monday's. Although limited to those 2 beers, I do enjoy Subzero beer and have not experienced this type of deal outside of a dive bar.
Their food is pretty good as well. During fight times, I see many a dish of nacho's coming out and also the bruschetta bread. My last visit I did order the bruschetta to see what all the fuss was about and it was really good. They put a balsamic reduction and some garlic ranch drizzle on their bread. I know why everyone orders it now.
Their entree's are pretty good as well. They have quite a diverse selection of food and although unspectacular, it is a satisfying meal. I had their bison burger and my wife had a beef dip, both of which we found good.
Their deserts also are pretty unique. My wife absolutely loves the desert nachos, which are some sort of cinnamon tortilla chip (do not think regular nacho chips with cinnamon on them) drizzled with caramel and chocolate chips and a scoop of ice cream. A nice desert to finish off a meal.
The one think I do not like about their place is I find their prices to be a little steep. Most of their appetizers are in the 8-11 dollar range, and their dinners are pretty varied, coming from a $10 burger, to a $13 salad and more for a steak.
Finally, I think their wait staff do a good job of serving and their patio is fairly big.
After all these things I've said, I still don't know why I won't give them 4 stars. Actually, I think it may partly be because they have all these HD tv's and yet no HD feed is being shown. I'm not sure what the other reasons are. -
Review from Radec K.
Niagara Falls, ON
2/8/2010
The food at this location was good. Got a bite of Pulled Pork sandwich from my wife. It was actually pretty good.
I ordered chicken wings, breaded, they weren't the best, especially at $10 per 8 wings. I expected large wings for that price, instead it was just your normal size, even breaded I thought they should've looked bigger. I thought I would have gotten big bird U.S.A style wings.
Very poor menu.
I had a hard time finding something to choose. The reason why we went to this restaurant was because we were at a Shoeless Joes in Welland. The menu there was great. $10 menu and a normal menu, you had a good set of choices , unlike this location which was very poor.
The pulled pork get 3 stars.
The wings get 1 star for size and price.
0 for the menu also. -
Review from Patrick M.
Toronto, ON
8/5/2009
I've been to this restaurant a few times, and nothing really stands out besides the convenience of it's location. The food is average (avoid the steak pasta!), the drinks are cold, and the wait staff are par.
You won't have a horrible experience dinning here, but it won't knock your socks off either. -
Review from Elvis A.
Hi Just visited this place again on the last UFC event. I guess they heard me and now the fights are shown in the full HD glory (correction the last event here UFC 135 was not in HD so I wonder what happened). Not to mention they have revamped menu (I just tried the Onion rings which were good) I guess I will report and update more after another visit. Had a followup visit here for UFC 134 after an unfortunate try at another pub which ended me leaving that place half way.This place was packed and was full of UFC enthusiastic crowd. I wish they had more imports but nevertheless the crowd made up for it. Even had a betting ring for drinks going on for outcome of fights among the crowd. Needless to say this place has somewhat redeemed itself. I tried the Wings with Franks red hot sauce. Not half as bad as they used to be. Service was better than the last visit. I would go as far as giving this place recommendation to watch UFC.
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2/4/2011
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Review from Mozart A.
Whitby, ON
5/6/2010
We went to this place on a Sunday afternoon without anything in mind. Since I'm the opposite of many Yelpers in the sense that I usually like chain restaurants like Keg, Red Lobster, Pickle Barrel and such, it seemed like a good choice. When we entered the room it kinda put me off a little bit, don't know if it was because it had just a few people eating alone... but we were greeted by a very good server. The food was good and cheap. We had the delicious Lobster Fettuccine. The desserts, however, looked best in the menu than in person: the funnel cake didn't seem fresh and the "Belgian melter" was a rip-off (this is not completely their fault, though, because we ordered by the picture only, forgetting to read what it was exactly). They ran out of the dessert that we'd really like to order - the one with cheesecake bits. All in all, that's the kind of place I like: good, cheap food and good service. Can't wait to try their burgers.
