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64 Useful, 17 Funny, and 44 Cool
North York, ON
Yelping SinceMay 2009
Things I Love Find Me InOntario... somewhere... I travel around a lot!
My HometownNorth Bay, ON
My Blog Or Website When I'm Not Yelping...I'm a member of Vader's fist (the 501st)
Why You Should Read My ReviewsBecause I'm a student with a line of credit and I prefer to eat out
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Don't Tell Anyone Else But...I liked Twilight
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7/24/2009
I'm switching the rating I gave this location based on the fact that I sent a letter in to let them know what happened on my last visit. I received a response from Customer Service within 24 hours saying the General Manager of the Keg or the Regional Manager from that location would be in touch with me.
When he called I let him know that everything was great it was just frustrating to go to a restaurant you've learned to rely on as having consistently flawless performance and find you can't have a conversation with your brother who is visiting you for the second time in three years. He assured me he is doing his best to deal with these sort of problems and offered to send me a gift card. I refused telling him it wasn't my end-game to get free food and that I just wanted to let them know since I would want to know if I ran a restaurant of the same reputation as the Keg possesses. But he insisted on sending me a gift card so I am grateful that it's so important for them to make it up to those customers who don't have a first-class experience at their restaurants. I will redeem the gift card at the same location and write another update when the time comes. Hopefully when that time comes I will be able to come back here and give them that fifth star I would like to be able to give all Keg locations.
Thanks Ariel G. for suggesting to write them about the issue.People thought this was:
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7/21/2009 First to Review
I never thought I would see the day. The day when I had to give The Keg a two star rating. But honestly this place was a disgrace to Keg Restaurants everywhere.
It wasn't the food. It wasn't the service. It wasn't the atmosphere in one sense but in another sense it was all the atmosphere.
This was a Keg. Fancy diggs. Friendly service. Great food. But the loudest kitchen ever! What makes it worse? We were seated right next to the kitchen.
The workers in the kitchen were so loud that we couldn't even talk over dinner. It was one of those meals where you just scarf your food down as quickly as possible and look at eachother like deer in headlights everytime a person at the table tries to talk. It was impossible to hear even accross the table. I understand how kitchens work and that they are busy and sometime loud places. I am even understanding most of the time about the noise level coming from a kitchen. But this was beyond reasonable. The kitchen alone ruined the Keg experience. Which is very frustrating when you get the bill back and it's $150. Ugh.
Next time I want to go to the Keg I'll make the trip to the Mansion location downtown which is so peaceful and epitomizes the experience I envision when I plan on eating at a Keg.People thought this was:
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My ex-girlfriend and a couple friends of ours, we have this tradition of going to Red Lobster every summer during lobster season. Usually we go to the one up in Sudbury but this summer since we are all in Southern Ontario (and the fact that I work in the same building) we decided to hit this one up.
The atmosphere is typical of any Red Lobster and though appropriately themed the place was also well-kept. I think the biggest mess was around my spot because when I eat... I EAT! (That sounded so sexual, oh gawd)
The food was great. But that is also typical of a Red Lobster. The one thing I noticed, however, is that Southern Ontario chain restaurants are generally better at what they do than in the North.
The service was great! One strange quirk is that I ordered a dessert to be brought to my ex after her meal since it was her birthday and when we got the bills they seperated them all and put the cake on her bill... I was picking up her bill anyways but how strange that they would have put it on her bill when someone else requested it for her. Sheesh!
All in all a great red lobster. Would definitely reccomend it to someone looking for a Red Lobster. It was worth the drive downtown from North York to hit this Red Lobster.
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Me - "Hi, I've checked all the cables, tried restarting the modem but it appears that your DHCP server is still not giving my modem an IP address"
Primus - "Okay sir, [Incoherent East-Indian speaking]."
Me - "Pardon me?"
Primus - "Is the power on sir?"
Me - Aside: "Are you fucking kidding me?"
"Yes. The power is on."
Primus - "Okay so we're going to walk you through restarting your modem"
Me - Aside: "Srsly?!"
"I've already tried restarting the modem a number of times and it has done nothing to improve the situation. The connectivity is not a problem on my end it is your server not giving my modem an address through which to communicate with the network."
Primus - "Yes sir, we understand sir, so if you look at the back of the modem..." (Proceeds to tell me how to restart the modem)
Me - "I hate you."
*hang-up*
Is it just me or does Tech Support not give a shi!t about what you say. It's as though they have a list of steps and they absolutely refuse to deviate from that no matter what the situation.
The worst is when they talk down to me about stuff because I'm in Software Engineering and have a University level understanding of networks, protocols, hardware, etc etc and these people are telling me how to press an f'ing button on the back of my modem! Arghhhh!
AAAC! Primus is the worst.
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Toronto, ON M5T 2G4
(416) 593-4274
Pho Hung
Category: Vietnamese
Neighbourhood: Chinatown
The pho here is delicious. The price is right. The spring rolls are good. Meh what else is there to say. The service is alright. The location is alright -- clean enough for me.
This place is nothing special but it was one of the first Pho restaurants I tried in Toronto and I was lucky that I walked into a half-decent one when I did. This is a good quality restaurant but there are no aspects about it that make me want to yell out a suggestion to visit it.
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We went here because my friend has a major fetish for Japanese girls in maid outfits apparently. It turns out... no, just no. *sobs*
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Upstairs:
The stage is super tiny. The (abnormally long) room is divided in half by a unfortunately placed pillar. The acoustics are garbage. The sound system sucks.
The coolest thing about this place is behind where they have the stage there is what feels like a VIP lounge. Super cool spot to sit and have a drink at intermission.
Theres not much to be said since I've only been there once. It would be nice if they had a bit more seating in that huge empty space near the bar for those people who just want to chill out and enjoy the music. After all watching how some of the patrons dance is pretty awesome and hilarious all at once.
The music was really good when I went! (We seen Whiskey Collective)
I wouldn't rule out going to this place for another show, and I have already recommended it to my friends. Only now that I am writing a review did I really notice all the flaws while trying to be completely honest with all the readers. But to be completely honest I'd have to emphasize that you won't notice these flaws in the moment, you'll be too busy having a blast with your pals!
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The funniest thing about this is that I gave this place five stars purely based on the quality of their food. The pizza is f'ing fantastic! I originally bought pizza here because my sister was on a hockey tournament and the team ordered pizza from Pizza Nova for the team and I had some and though "you know what, this is plain ass pizza but it's good, and apparently cheap". I realized, "hmm I think there is a Pizza Nova location around my house, I wonder how it is?"
So the next time I wanted pizza I called and asked about their specials and found out about their $9.99 walk-in special which is a large pepperoni and due to the restaurants proximity; perfect for me!
The other great thing about the pizza here is that you don't feel guilty for eating it. It's not overly greasy or anything like that. In fact in actually might convince you that you've made a healthy choice in eating it due to it's lack of greasiness. Plus your getting dough, marinara, cheese, and pepperoni; carbs, vegetables, dairy, and meat! It's like an all-encompassing food choice! GO PIZZA!
In conclusion, this place is great for those nights where you'd just too pooped to make food and then clean up afterwards. And it's not too expensive either ringing in at only $11.29 after taxes!
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Toronto, ON M5J 2L7
(416) 585-2121
Jack Astors Bar and Grill
Category: American (Traditional)
Neighbourhood: Entertainment District
I've gone here a few times and the first thing I always notice is how gorgeous all the women working in there are. Like they must have some sexiness standard by which they hire their waitresses. But it seems that every time we ask for restaurant side we get a (flamboyant) male waiter rather than one of the sexy little waitresses who lured you in in the first place. Sigh.
The food here is awesome. The usual restaurant grub but they do it well. The dishes have been consistently well prepped among all my visits and the food has consistently been delicious no matter what I order.
The location is great, everything is well maintained and very well kept (CLEAN).
I will go back here when I have someone like my brother with me who refuses to try new things and just wants to eat at a good ol' North American style restaurant and I advise the same to you. This place is great for parties who have members who don't possess appreciation for diversity in taste.
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The spring rolls here are disgusting! I couldn't even finish mine. That's not to mention the other terrible aspects of this restaurant, including their service.
The location is beautiful, kind of a lounge feel, but that's all it has. The food is overpriced and gross, and the service is severely lacking. The little service we did receive was snotty with a bad attitude.
I won't go back and I will never recommend this place to anybody.
Avoid.
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Toronto, ON M4M 1H1
(416) 466-0313
The Opera House
Category: Music Venues
Neighbourhood: Riverdale
I didn't eat, or drink anything while here so I can't comment on that. The opera house seems to have an unnecessary washroom attendant with a bad attitude but big whoop. Just don't tip him for standing there and watching you pee then not doing anything.
Overall, great venue. Hope I go back to see some good music sometime soon!
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