Jack Astor’s Bar & Grill

Will defo go back again… nice and helpful staff and good food… the drinks are also nice!

Came for a beer with my girlfriend. The bar was hopping. Tried fish and chips (ordinary), fajita shrimp (good), service very slow. The server was very sloppy.

It wasn’t anything special. My previous experience at another location had been horrible, and i had held off visiting another one for awhile. Service here was mediocre. I was just catching up with a friend in the area and we happened to grab food here. It was a weekday, so wasn’t busy at all upstairs. The burger was good, and it was a good spot for talking/​catching up with friends.

This place has the best rooftop patio around. Great service, great food, great drinks. In the summer the patio has these mist machines to keep you cool, and they provide sunscreen on every table.

This location… Forget it!
Don Mills Centres– so much better!!!
Came here yesterday and everything I ordered came out cold like from the fridge, cold mash potatoes, cold soup :| and cold chicken fingers ! was no one working in the kitchen last night was everything just microwaved for 2 mins?
Service? expect none… bill you better go and punch out your own bill cause you’ll have to wait forever to get it.
the 4 tables sitting in a section were all annoyed.

The food was a hit this time unlike last time I was here. Although the salad could improve a bit. The croutons in the Caesar salad were huge and since you can’t really cut croutons I didn’t eat them. The Pad Thai with shrimps was excellent. The calamari, although greesy, was very tasty. If you become a vVVIP member you get a $ 10 discount. The service was much better this time, maybe because we were seated inside and not in the patio.

If you’re coming here… expect nothing but a nice patio and by that I mean nothing– service is absolutely terrible, food is on par. Basically if you don’t yell and complain don’t expect your food to come out on time… just ask Steven the server if you don’t believe me.

Food is mediocre and the rooftop patio was very nice. Horrible service though. After being brought to our seats, nobody greeted us or asked what we wanted to drink for 15 minutes. I had to run up to a waitress and ask to order myself. Throughout the entire meal no one refilled my water. It was empty the entire time. And once again had to chase after a waitress to get my bill and pay. The waitresses seemed very rude and as if i were bothering them asking to get my water refilled or order done.
I found it fitting that the waitress was wearing a «do it your selfie» shirt.

My second visit to this location, hoping the second trip would’ve better than the first. No dice.
First stop here last summer the bartender was a douche to my friend and me. We came to watch World Cup soccer and have a brew. When I asked if there were any specials (happy hour?) he said «this is Jack Astors, everything is expensive, what do you want?» The rest of the afternoon the bartender spent most of him time flirting with the waitresses with his back turned to the customers.
Second visit: almost a year later. Went to rooftop patio for one martini but could not get any service for ten minutes of sitting at a bar table by myself. Not even the bartender noticed I had not been served yet. I finally had to call out to a waitress to come over. She seemed annoyed and refused to smile. Said she would «get someone» for me and took off. I kept waiting. When another waiter finally came by, took my drink order, and returned 10 minutes later to tell me the patio bar isn’t stocked with ingredients to make a MARTINI. It was going to be a while… 25 minutes later I got my lousy drink in a tall glass, not a martini glass. I ordered a double but it tasted like soda water with lime. The manager came over to apologize and say the drink is on the house… Naturally– since there’s no booze in it.
Shady Bar. Avoid at all costs. Jack Assery all around.

Pretty bad service for a popular chain– won’t be back.
Our waitress who had a «do it your selfie» shirt seemed to imply that service would be at a minimum anyways as she didn’t even tell us her name, check up on us, and even swindled 1.5 $ from me.
I ordered their «famous chicken fingers» and they asked me if I wanted gravy on the side. So I said yes. It came on the bill as an additional 1.5 and I didn’t want to feel cheap as she basically made it seem like it would come with it poured on top, instead of asking if I wanted it as an addition. Service was complete joke, and she didn’t even say thank you as we paid.
She had medium length brown hair and worked on the patio. I won’t be back — joke of a service restaurant that’s known to be popular in «downtown North York»

It’s a Jack Astor’s, so you know what to expect. I’ve been here a few times and the staff is always good and attentive.
I like this location in particular because it has three levels: the main floor is the bar area, second floor more for families, and the rooftop is a great patio.

Pretty good food, great location with indoor and outdoor seating and good service. I always make sure to come here everytime I visit Toronto. Sat at the bar once and watched the bartender launch drinks through the air like a rocket. And make sure whatever drink you order, get it «Jack’d Up» for and extra kick!

Jacks as a franchise is great but this location is by far the absolute worst.
Poor bar service where your server may come by every 40mins if your lucky and he/​she isn’t too busy joking around with other staff.
They make it blatantly clear that as a customer, ‘we don’t need you’… I get it, busy location means there’s always customers but don’t expect great tips with poor attitude and service.

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What can I say about Jack Astor’s? Never too much. However, JA is always an uncomplicated choice for group settings. As far as I know, they allow split bills on groups as large as 10 people.
This location has 2 floors, and the usual décor. Cocktails were great, as was the sangria apparently (I didn’t try the sangria), and JA surprisingly offers a good selection of shots.
Food was a tad disappointing. I’ve been to Jack Astor’s plenty (sadly) so I am aware of their food portions — especially since I usually always stick to a particular order. My boyfriend wasn’t all that hungry and I can never finish a pasta dish at these places — so we ordered a Asiago Chicken Bowties to share. This is something we’ve done before as well; and they usually bring out the whole dish of pasta and two extra plates for us to help ourselves. This location, however, brought out two separately dressed plates for us, which would have been impressive if the portions weren’t severely cut down. *thumbs down*

Went to this jack Astros with my husband and 7 month old on a night we just didn’t feel like cooking. The main restaurant area is great for families and the menu still makes us feel like we’re out on a mini date night.
We got to enjoy the grown up atmosphere with our baby without feeling like those parents who brought their baby into a bar. My husband got to watch his basketball game and I got adult talk with a glass of wine to boot!
We love the chicken fingers here (random I know) but their always so juicy and crunchy.
We will be back on our next family date night.

Mediocre ass food.
The service. Mmmm the service.
We walk in on a Sunday evening. 7:10 and Noo hostess around. He comes out of upstairs and greets us before roaming around 2 extra minutes before we get seated.
We waited until 7:51 for our food and by 8:10, we were done. That’s how hungry we were. Our server man was NOO WHERE TO BE FOUND. We ran out of water, had to raise our hands like highschool kids just to get their attention.
By the time we were done, the experience wasn’t worth it. Sucks considering I actually like JA’s
They also forgot the sauce on our cheesecake so that biatch was hella dry.

For a chain, it delivers. I really do love the Jack Astors close to Union Station, but this one is close to home!
LOVE the bruschetta with that creamy sauce and diced tomatoes. I ordered the Salmon and my fiancé ordered a chicken sandwhich. He was expecting some Focaccia-​type bread, but all he got was chicken between two burger buns.
It was relatively early when we went (5:30 on a Saturday night). You can choose to sit on the main level (bar) or eat at the main dining room (upstairs) where you have the cozy booths and various televisions playing a variety of sports.
Service was great! Yeah for Moose our waiter.
Again, for a chain, it is what it is, but sometimes you just want to relax and order a bottle of red for $ 25 (vs. $ 50 at some fancy restaurant for the same varietal) and eat fries.
Great addition to North York! And the patio looks great (I will try in the summer).

I came here the other day with a group of girls from work. The service was very friendly and respectful of our time constraints. Being just the next block down from the North York subway stop, it makes it quick and convenient to get to.
I ordered the California Grilled Chicken Salad as I had had this once before at another location and honestly, it’s about the only thing I like on their menu. It is a very good salad and I would definitely recommend it. I did feel however, that my chicken might have been a little undercooked… although I suffered no ‘issues’.
Again though, it’s the only thing I like on their menu so I think I would be more apt to go to Milestones which is right at the North York subway station than to walk down to Jack Astor’s.
Their saving grace is definitely their service.

I really like jack Astors because it’s a spprts bar restaurant but they have beautiful salads. Specifically Smiling Buddha is very good.
In This specific branch they are very friendly. My husband broke a glass of beer and ruined the Putin in front of him, but they changed the putin and beer without any charges and without giving any attitude.
Like it here alot.

Ok — for the food at Jack Astors is good but it is not 4 stars by my rating scale! What gets this location to 4 stars overall is the roof top patio!
Today I took two of my men tees for lunch and we grabbed a beer under the sun! Being 4 or 5 stories above Yonge street was great and this patio is huge! I have been here a few times in the past year and on a Thursday or Friday late afternoon or evening, this patio is a great stop if you are in the north end of the city before you head back downtown for the evening!