Earls Kitchen + Bar

My fiancé and I go to this Earls once ever few months and have always had a good experience. My favorite meal has always been the top sirloin steak with the horse radish. But tonight my meal was a total let down. Mt steak was cooked well when i had asked for medium and they had changed up the horse radish.
The reason I’m giving it four stars is because of the customer service. They fixed my meal and explained the change made to the menu. Also the Manager Sammy told me how to order the my side of horse radish so i get it done right next time. As for my steak coming out well done that was crappy but easily fixed.
Always great staff and great service. I’ll be back

Paper Napkins…
My Wife and I wanted something different and new in the neighbourhood so we wanted to try Earls. I guess we knew what to expect to be fair, as we have been to other Earls before on the west coast. This one is fairly new in this location, again trendy, lives in the moment, looks good in a picture but doesn’t stand up in real time. Stools are economy and now saggy in the middle, uncomfortable, lights everywhere beaming directly above or in your eyes, loud, and busy etc. If you choose a booth the tables don’t move so its like navigating a busy rush hour on the bus to move in and out. Food is franchise, same everywhere you go, spec recipes, green cooks behind the line etc. Service is pleasant but bar like, if you like drinking «a lot» and being loud this is definitely the place for you because the paper napkins wont bother you when your paying the prices you are for dinner.

Had a nice dinner with the family. Our sever was polite and was able to explain the menu well. The food came out quick and was good. I really enjoyed there clam chowder. The restaurant was clean but it was a bit too noisy with all the people.

A favorite in a sea of brands! You know it! If the atmosphere suits than it works. Service at the bar is great!

I normally love earls. This was the first time at this location. The good WAS delicious but the portions were seriously half what you get at any other earls. The service was embarrassing. 4 hostesses just standing around not even offering you water while you wait 25 minutes. Finally get seated and took another 10 before our waitress even came to take our order for drinks. Another 5 before those even came. Those were the only drinks we saw all night. No refills. Our appetisers finally came after 35 minutes which were barely half of what you’d normally get at earls. Never saw our waitress for another 40 minutes when our entrees came out which did taste delicious but could have been because we were starving. I have sympathy for restaurants on busy nights but our waitress didn’t even try to come by and help us. Will definitely not return to this location again.

The white sangria was very good and the pizza better than I expected… The service was very friendly, and the ambience was good… In general, I have nothing to complain, even when is not the best place I have been, I would say this is a good place for lunch, if you are in the area…

After a recent visit to this restaurant, I decided it was high time for an updated review.
I came here with my cousin on a busy Friday evening and we requested our standard corner booth in the lounge. It was about a 30 minutes to be seated, as there was a long lineup, but it was well worth the wait.
As always, we start off our meals with calamari and red vino. Next we sample the Margherita (another staple), the Bronx burger and chicken Caesar salad. Then came the ‘pièce de résistance’ at the end of the meal. Our server mentioned the warm chocolate banana cake feature and the rest is history, folks. It was so moist and delicious, served a la mode. Just thinking about it makes me hungry.
This is definitely the place to be in the ‘burbs on the weekend. It’s always super busy and the parking lot is usually packed by 5pm, so come early or make resos.
Eat. Drink. Enjoy. And if they happen to have the banana cake on feature, holla at your girl so I can have some too! Just kidding. Sort of ;)

A good place to eat and drink. It is nice to have variety in the south! Service can be hit and miss but the food is generally consistantly good. Good deal on Monday for $ 5 Corona. Also, the BBQ Back Ribs and Cajun Chicken are really good — full order is massive. Wednesday is a good wing night too!

I tend to avoid chain restaurants in the suburbs, because of the following:
a) The only food I’m going to get, is a limp «mixed greens medley» with the bane of my existence: raspberry vinaigrette. Ugh. Just typing it makes me rage-​y. Seriously. If you want me to go off on a full-​tilt rant, just whisper in my ear: raspberry vinaigrette.
b) The staff are all 15 and up, it’s their first job, and they don’t get paid enough to care about you. That means if your food falls on the floor, they’re just going to scoop it back up on the plate. If a text from a BFF comes, your food is going to take an extra 20 minutes to arrive. And that person in your group with a bunch of weird food allergies? Is going to either get forgotten, or is going to get a plate full of cold, congealed HISTAMINES.
c) I’m going to be surrounded by Woo Girls on their big night out. Not sure what a «Woo Girl» is? Ever gone to a bachelorette party? WOOOOOOOOO!!! TAKE IT OFF!!!
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Here’s where Earls on 130^th shines. As they just opened, they don’t have the vegetarian and gluten-​free menu that you’re told to ask for on the bottom of their menu. But, our waitress was on the ball and was able to make a suggestion that was safe for me to eat. The food here is a little pricey. Two tacos will set you back about $ 15. At $ 7.50 per taco, that’s pretty steep for something that probably cost $ 1.50 to whip up.
This would’ve been a four-​star evening if I didn’t have to send my food back though, when one of the tacos (with mushrooms swapped out for the chicken it usually comes with) came with melted cheese. And a dipping container full of ketchup. I know I’m asking for hippie food, but I’m not stoned, so the idea of Tacos with Catsup Au Jus is both terrifying and side-​eye worthy. Our waitress quickly took them back to replace them, and seemed angry for me that my tacos came with cheese. She also managed to handle a table of about 15 guests pretty easily, with no hiccups in service, and no one forgotten.
Their drink menu is ample, and the price point is reflective of what you’re going to pay for cocktails in Cowtown. When I came here on a previous night with a lady friend and her husband, they had a mojito special, where you could get doubles at no extra charge. Their mojitos are delicious and deadly, and their Moscow Mules are on point. I like how it’s served in a frosty aluminum tumbler, like a little milkshake.
So, a bit shaky. Leaning toward a 3.5. I’d come back, especially for their Mojito night, and when their grumpy food allergy menus are available. But it’s nice to have this place close by, as an alternative to trekking downtown in order to roll with homies.

I’ve driven by this Earls quite a bit since it opened this past year, and decided to check it out before the year was up. I ordered the blackened chicken, it came with a side of warm potato salad, and a coleslaw. The chicken was moist and overall everything tasted very good. My son ordered the bacon cheddar burger, with fries and house gravy. The presentation of the burger was very good. We also ordered a cheese pizza, and a half bowl of Mushroom soup.
I have to agree with other people who say the prices are a little high. My blackened chicken was $ 21, the burger was $ 15. pizza $ 15. And the soup was $ 7.
I noticed that the steaks we’re anywhere from $ 24-​$ 36. Depending on size and cut. I guess on par with other places like the Keg, and Milestones. I have to say that everything that I had today tasted excellent, and I have to say that it was nice to try some familiar flavours that I’ve been neglecting for a while.
I will definitely be back to this Earls, it was a good treat this afternoon.
If I have to say anything negative about this restaurant, it’s that the floors could’ve been swept upon opening. It seems they weren’t swept or mopped from the previous night. I say this, because we were one of the first table seated for lunch, and you could see the crumbs and food stains on the floor. The afternoon sun was shining down on it. (Otherwise I might not have noticed).

Food is always tasty and fresh the times I have been. The tempura sushi roll is surprisingly very good for a non Japanese restaurant. My fav dish is the Cajun Chicken Sandwich always cooked to perfection. The staff here from host to server are very friendly.

After a few visits here, things seems to be getting better with each visit.
On my first visit I had the mushroom steak. It was meh and so was the service. The manager even came around to ask how everything was. When I told her how disappointed I was with the steak she did nothing other than to explain that the staff were being trained to better cook steaks «next week». Next week?! What about my steak tonight? Mojitos were on special that night so that was about the only thing that made up for the bad food. Though they don’t muddle the mint enough in their mojitos.
My second visit involved the Dominical Fish Tacos. They were a little better than average and much better than the steak on my first visit. Again, it was mojito night. Still no muddling.
My visit last night was quite impressive. I tried the crispy chicken with avocado & tomatillo sauce. It was excellent. I couldn’t believe that this dish had come out of an Earls. The skin on the chicken was perfectly crisp, the avocado sauce had great flavour, and the roasted veggies were done to perfection. My only complaint about the meal was the tortilla soup. It was good, but I’ve had much better.
If things continue to improve then I might have to make my visits a little more regular.

Great food here, Earls always seems to come thru on quality. Prices are on the high side, but you get what you pay for.