Jack Astor’s Bar & Grill

Went with my cousin and sat in the bar. not AT the bar, you know, where people actually get service, but IN the bar area. Server too FOREVER to even notice us, and then FINALLY got some drinks ordered, which came in a reasonable amount of time. But that was it. We wanted to order food and we had menus but wanted to ask a question, such as, «why is there no dessert on here». to which we ended up receiving a dessert menu and ordering THE BEST THING ON THEIR MENU: SOME CHEESECAKE PARFAIT THING! (of which I forgot the name but you’ll see it if you ever get a dessert menu). We ate. no, SLAMMED, it and then our server grabbed the empty dishes, and promptly Houdini’ed it outta there. When we finally (like a LONG time later) saw another server around we asked to get the bill and asked WTF on our server — oh, she’s having dinner. REALLY?! Ok, so deal with your tables and THEN stuff your face. I pressed 10% on the tip machine but then recanted because I don’t like giving a low tip, even for the worst service ever.
If you do end up here, sit AT the bar.

Not impressed that they no longer do Monday Night Football or have Table top beer taps. Used to be my fav thing to do on a Monday night. Will no longer be coming here. Which is sad as I enjoyed the staff there a lot they were so helpful and professional.

Better than average pub style food. I usually have the home made chicken fingers which are a Jack Astor’s «original» dish. I love these chicken fingers, the coating on them is crispy and not at all greasy. The side salads are very well made with all kinds of add ons.
Jack Astor’s (at least this one) tends to be somewhat loud and even when seated in the «dining room» it can be difficult to hold a conversation with the people you are dining with.
The service is good. Pricing can be a bit on the high side for the volume of food served.
All in all, this Jack Astor’s is like many others. OK, but not great.

I had supper this evening at Jack Astor’s, which is near my hotel.
It was fairly busy for a Tuesday evening.
I sat on the dining room side.
I ordered what I usually order at Jack Astor’s … Chicken Parmigiana (Fresh chicken breast, lightly breaded and topped with smoked Mozzarella cheese and tomato sauce. Served with bowtie pasta, tossed in a creamy cheese sauce.) The pasta was REALLY good. The chicken was overcooked (burnt in some places) and kind of skimpy and loaded with tomatoes.
Dave was my server and he took excellent care of me. He was friendly and attentive.

I ate at Jack Astors 4 times in the last two weeks weeks and liked it a lot. It’s pub food but better than most. I liked the beer cheese potato soup and the Warren LaRuth cheeseburger. A special treat was the orangeade. This isn’t chemical orange drink like I usually see, but it’s an actual drink made from oranges. It’s like lemonade but with oranges and is real good.
The service is far above average. Very friendly and they remember you when you go back. If I’m in Barrie again I’m definitely going back.

So i tried this place for the first time yesterday for dinner with my fam, the place was busy, i almost went back to my car when seeing the crowded at the patio side since i brought my toddler daughter, but i finally gave it a try to go inside and ask if there was seat available, surprisingly we got seat rightaway without waiting hurray… This place was busy, but i think it was comfortable, the atmosphere was just perfect, not too much bright light, and good enough to eat with ur toddler who was always moving around. The waitress was really nice, friendy and beautiful, but u have to talk a bit louder because its not really a quiet place there. there were bunch of TV and all people talked around u but the bright side was when ur toddler screaming or u have to yell at them, people cant really hear you LOL… so u are pretty much have ur privacy :)…
Price is similar to KEG, which is yes pricey, i was having steak yesterday and it was really good, the best was memphis steak (with mushroom and fried onion on top of the sirloin), and bourbon steak was amazing too (steak with shrimp and tomato sauce on the side) and they had menu for kids too, the kids menu was similar to boston pizza, they came with drink and dessert and the price for kids was around 7 – 10 dollars.
so i recommended this place… good food and good service…

Perky place!
Same as the others.
Always overly busy.
Not much to say about this one
same ol same price walk out hungry

Gross!!! We all left feeling like we ate an expensive greasy meal. Wait staff were slow, 15 mins for a glass of water. How do you screw up chicken fingers? I sent them back and got attitude from the waiter and the supervisor. I won’t be going back that’s for sure.
Ewwww.

Food was absolutely disgusting

Go north young man!!!
Ok, so I’m not a young man, and north where??? Man, I am so lost!
How did I end up here??? God knows, I do not speak french, and my english… well, at least I have that down. Check out the website… it’s in french/​english real cool…
I am in this town of Barrie, Ontario, Canada… 30 – 40 minutes north of Toronto. Business trip.
I arrived in town early. Enough time to grab lunch before going to work. Wanted to go to a nice looking watering hole.
The atmosphere is nice. TV’s all over the place. Blue Jays on TV. Sorry no Tigers! This is not primarily a sports bar. The interior is more of a modern/​deco (ok, don’t ask me why I would say that, may have been the beer). Since I am a big beer and burger fan I had to give this a try.
Appetizer:
CHEESE GARLIC PAN BREAD
Their signature fresh-​baked loaf, topped with a melted
three-​cheese blend, and served in a pan with garlic dip.
Since I am Italian, I love garlic — This is TOTALLY awesome — 5 Stars
(My breath is awful and the garlic is coming out of my pores, ewww)
Food:
SMOKEY JACK’S BURGER
Smoked partly-​skimmed Mozzarella, hickory-​smoked bacon and a stack of crisp onion straws. — REALLY good! 4.5 Stars
Drink:
22oz of Canadas finest brew — Molson Canadian (domestic) — No rating — Realy good and smooth…
Dessert:
No way! No Room! Come on… give me a break…
Service:
Fast, friendly, chatty-​4 Stars
Don’t forget, prices are in Canadian $…
OK, so after all that I had to go sign in to my hotel and take an afternoon nap… oops! almost missed my afternoon meeting…
Oh well, I am going to try and check out for dinner. Looks like it may be a fun place.