The Commoner Bar Room

614 College St, Toronto
(416) 530-1881

Recent Reviews

Christine Thibodeau

Alex was absolutely phenomenal. The food.was amazing but she was definitely the reason I would come back. She was friendly, gratious and just a really good human being. One of the best servers I've ever

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Meg E

Great service, good food and the best espresso martini I've ever had! Go here for that alone and you won't be disappointed, trust me.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Sien

Good service. Good food. Good cocktail. Good atmosphere. Perfect place.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Zachary Esser

Pretty tasty stuff. Side Caesar salad blew me away, loved

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Alorah Abell

First time visiting from out of town, was going to a show at the Royal and made a reservation earlier that morning for 5pm that day.Food was fantastic! Service was extremely friendly and had great recommendations regarding food and drinks. Atmosphere was amazing and honestly a big highlight for us. The cost for portions and quality was perfectly matched. Highly recommend for a nice date night.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ryan B.

The food is way over priced. It was good but definitely not worth the price. Me and my girlfriend got four appetizers no drinks and it was over $80. We went around 5 PM. I would imagine at night time when it's busy it's a great atmosphere. We might give it a try another night.

Elmira Sarvi

My husband and I been to this restaurant many times. They serve up good quality, tasty food at a reasonable price with friendly & efficient service.Each time they deliver wonderful flavors and many different wonderful cocktails. The staff are very friendly and helpful. The restaurant location is very convenient, also very clean and well maintained.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Dayle Fernandes

Pleasant experience, enhanced only by the service received there . The staff was warm , patient and interactive . Food was decent but the cocktails were the best. It was a fine outing with my girlfriends..highly recommended for a girls night

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Caesar Salad with Chicken, Truffle Fries

Joycelin Wong

Came here for post-dinner drinks with a group of 7 on a Friday night. It was packed and we didn’t make a reservation but they were still able to seat us quickly. Ordered a La Miraggio mocktail from their comprehensive drink list, which I enjoyed! Very cool, dark ambiance although it was quite loud - which is to be expected on a weekend evening. I’d be interested in coming back for a meal in the future as their food menu looked pretty good as well.Friendly service too!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

KB_Driver

The dishes were simple and delicious. Cocktails are bit on expensive side. Staff were very nice. Overall very good experience. Also, very close to underground parking.

Trevor Page

The food was less than mediocre, it just wasn’t good. My girlfriend and I shared the chips & guacamole, shrimp salad & pork belly bao.Store bought chips and guacamole without any seasoning or flavour were fine at best. The pork belly baos were also flavourless and very dry. The salad portion of the shrimp salad was ok, but topped with 3 small grilled shrimps for $24, it was not worth the price. The shrimps were also extremely tough and rubbery. (Not sure if we came on a bad day as most food reviews seem quite high for this establishment.)Our server was very nice, but unfortunately was the only one working in a restaurant of 10-11 full tables. Because of this, service took a while and after we received our food we only saw our server again when getting the bill.I’ve seen a few reviews regarding slow service, so this restaurant for sure needs to hire more servers.Drinks were very good (we got a Common Lager & Signature Cocktail) and the atmosphere & venue were very pleasant. Unfortunately the poor quality food was enough for us to not want to return :(

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 2

Julie Lind

Came here for a late lunch during Happy Hour. Surprised to find there was only 1 server and 1 bartender working with a full patio and later during the meal there was a large walk in party of 15. So the service become pretty slow. Not the staff's fault really, management should be scheduling more than just 2 staff for a Saturday afternoon. The drinks were great, really yummy cocktail of the day from the bartender. The food on the other hand was awful. We ordered guac and chips, pork bao buns and the grilled shrimp salad. The guac was flavourless, the chips were clearly from a bag and the picodegalo they serve with it was insanely dry. The bao (while the pork was cooked well) had no sauce making the dish flavourless and dry. The salad was by far the most disappointing as they only give us three shrimp and they were the hardest most rubbery shrimp I've ever had from a restaurant in my life. The salad itself despite having lots of ingredients was again completely flavourless. They need to replace whoever is in the kitchen because that was by far the worst meal I've had at a restaurant in a while

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 3

Eileen W

TLDR; Come here for the drinks but not the food.Came here when it wasn’t too busy, around 4 groups inside and people on the patio. There were quite a few servers so I’m surprised by the service we received.We waited 30 mins for a canned beer and 2 spritz. Asked for water and utensils when we ordered, never got it. Even when we got our food we still didn’t have water or utensils or napkins and had to ask again twice lol. Finally when we got water the server gave us one cup for a table of 3…The food was very mediocre. Guac was alright but could use more seasoning. The thing on the side was very acidic and watery and the white veg (onions? Or pineapples? Honestly couldn’t tell what it was.) was old and dry (I’m not sure how something can be so watery and dry at the same time). I’m expecting a lot more for guac that costs $14. Friend had the burger and he said it was ok. The 2 spritz were delicious.The interior is very nice, the overall aesthetic of the restaurant is beautiful. Good date night spot for drinks only.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 2

The Harvest Hunters

Love this quaint spot on college! I’m the summer, the west beside the window is great but otherwise the space is fantastic throughout. The cocktails are unique and the service is great!

Rej

I love the creme caramel and the donut. Chef was really good and handsome. ?Burger is so good too! ❤️❤️❤️

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Recommended dishes: Burger and Fries

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