Smoke’s Poutinerie

Really happy that this location is by the mod club, the staff are super friendly, even though theres only ever one person here. The food is fresh and the gravy is great. If you want to write a message on the blackboard you can borrow the cleaner to make a clean slate. Quite possibly one of the better locations

Solid eats, nice staff, tasty food! I’m a recent convert to the whole «Poutine is Good» mindset, so I’ve been trying a few different versions here whenever we can. We got the Hogtown and the Chicken Country Style this time around, and both were crazy good.
The place was pretty quiet and there was only one employee on — Mark I think? He was super friendly and really chill, I would go back just to order from him again.

A poutine specific eatery is just what this city needs. This is real poutine that competes with Montréal style. The poutine options are too numerous to mention here. They also have very good hit digs to compliment your meal. This location is new and clean. Lots of seating too.

Small location. My date and I walked in for a snack while we waited for our table to open up at a restaurant. We had never ordered snack size before and did not know that it would only get one topping. We got guac as our topping. The wait was long (which is what I’ve come to expect from my experiences at other locations).
The fries in our poutine were okay. They seemed like they had been sitting for awhile and had that wrinkly look to them. Some of the cheese curds were covered in the hot gravy and hadn’t melted. The gravy was good. The guac I wouldn’t get again. It was cold and while the combination grew on me eventually, it didn’t seem to work in the beginning (the cold guac and hot gravy).
I believe this place would see a lot of customers as they leave the nearby bars and clubs so I wonder why there’s such few seating options. Regardless, the service and food seems to keep with the reputation and standards of the other locations I frequent.

I was suprised to read all these bad reviews. I am not Canadian, nor do I have a lot of poutine eating experience but a group of friends and I decided to stop here on our way out of Toronto and we all really liked it. 3 of us just got traditional poutine and someone got the vegetarian one all in the snack size, which was more than enough food.

When planning our trip to Toronto, I told Brad that I want to try some real, authentic Poutine. I guess we should have done some homework and not just walk in to a place that advertised Poutine like we did.
We came here on Saturday at 12:30 pm ish.
I thought the service was awful. We asked the cashier what we should get if we just want fries, gravy, and cheese curds. I guess that was a stupid question because he looked at us like it was. The menu was very confusing.
I thought it was very overpriced. We got poutine and a bottle of water for $ 10. It took about 7 minutes for the food to come out.
I was disappointed with the food. The fries clearly weren’t fresh. Almost like they just fry all their fries in the morning and just serve them all day.
The gravy was unseasoned an bland.
It’s very sad when I’ve had better poutine in Buffalo, NY than in Toronto.

Gotta love late night eats. This location handles themselves well after the bars in the area are closing.
Same great noms. No complaints. Ordered a WOW size for two and wish I took a pic.

I’ve given this place multiple chances for after-​hours grub, and it’s so hit-​and-​miss that it’s not really worth the risk anymore.
When it’s on point it’s decent — the butter chicken poutine is quite good (which they don’t make anymore), but usually they fall short with odd-​tasting concoctions. Most recent experience was cold fries and even colder cheese curds. I struggled to finish my order.
Not worth the gamble anymore.

Hate to say it, but I can make a better poutine @ home with cheese curds from No Frills, clubhouse gravy mix and McCain frozen fries.
I can understand charging $ 5.99 for a traditional poutine if there’s actually more than 4 pieces of cheese on it, but honestly, what a rip off. The poutine I had here was quite pathetic and had gravy dripping all down the sides of the box, making a mess when I took it to-​go (had to ASK for a plastic bag when it started scalding my hands…) The taste was lacking, too. Big time. My BF didn’t particularly enjoy his pulled pork poutine, either. Stick to Phils one block west if you’re wanting pulled pork.
All in all, quite a disappointment. Sadly, I don’t know how long these guys will be around… looks like a ghost-​town every time I pass by.

My first take-​out of 2014 and gotta say — Not Great.
I started eating a Smoke’s when I stumbled upon the Queen street location 3 years ago when out for a walk. I HAD to have the Pulled Pork.
So its been my ‘Litmus Test’ to always have the Pulled Pork when I try other Smoke’s locations. Queen street once. Annex location twice.
Tonight was my 5^th time at the College street location and for the 3^rd time I was displeased. So now I’m done with this location.
I’m not sure what’s happened but this location is all over the map with inconsistency. Tonight the Hipstery bearded dude was on again. The last time he was there by himself I also didn’t like the box.
So is it just «his cook» that’s the culprit???
I will not go back even though they are 1 and ½ blocks from my house.
I decided to get the Pulled Pork with some Peas tonight. just to brighten up the brown. Tonight’s box contained: Very, very little Pulled Pork, which was sadly very dry as well. Hardly any ‘squeaky’ cheese. The Fries were a ball of mush. Yet oddly, not a lot of gravy. Two tablespoons of Peas. The whole order was tasteless.
How you can mess up fries is beyond me.
I think it’s a timing thing. Know when to add the Gravy so the fries still have some crunch. Know how and when to add the cheese so some melts but not all. Know when to add the Toppings and of course how much.
After getting food poisoning from another neighborhood joint on December 6^th. I was shy about getting another takeout. But I thought «It’s potatoes. What could go wrong.?» Well nothing went right tonight.
After a hard day of us cleaning the house from top to bottom and packing up all the Xmas ornaments, taking down tree we earned our Carbs.
But sadly, this Smoke’s Poutinerie didn’t earn my return business.
Happy New Year Hipsters. Or not…

The portions here are crazy large. I ordered the Nacho Grande (that may have been a contributing factor). The regular size was pretty big, I was unable to finish it (for the record). It’s great because they do everything when you order. When I visited, the guy behind the counter was a one-​man show, he took the order, he made the order, he passed to himself, then passed it to me. It was pretty amusing.
The food itself is pretty good. The guacamole was squished out of a massive bag, which is not my fave way to see guac served, but overall it was good.

* Fun, funny guys working late nights
* Good poutines, would come back.
I got the double pork with mushrooms. Previously i’ve only had poutine in new york city and maine. I can now see the appeal in these. I’ve been told canadians who move to the states will buy mcdonald’s fries, kfc gravy, and supermarket cheese to make their own. Guys in the back suggested double pork/​triple pork or bacon w mushrooms. I got the double pork with mushrooms, and they were quite tasty. Just normal sized, but i think that’s enough for 2 – 3 people to share as a late night snack. They have so many damn flavors i’d definitely come back for late night grabbing.

you will feel really fat and heavy after eating this.
The fries are not really good, it’s soft, no texture, the cheese is not squeaky or melty. the gravy is ok but not enough. it’s just a big huge pile of grease. I know, what was I expecting? it’s a poutine after all. It’s just not a good poutine! I’d rather get a poutine from KFC… this place is overpriced also.

This is the absolute worst Smoke’s location. Anywhere. Ever.
I went a few weeks after it opened. I was stoked, since I hit up Smoke’s once a week and this one is closest to my house.
It has a large amount of seating compared to other locations in the city. Dundas and Jarvis offers no seats at all. Annex has a few stools. So if that’s what you’re after, head on in.
Having been a regular Smoke’s customer for the past year and a half, I expected much more from this location. The staff could barely work the register. They were not knowledgeable about the menu whatsoever. OK, so it’s a new location. I get it. But how hard is it to work a register and learn a menu? I’ve done it in one, maybe two, days multiple times.
There were two people who ordered before I got there. After I ordered, I waited twenty minutes and the people ahead of me got theirs about a minute before I did. Why, I’ll never know. The guys at the Annex have far better turnaround time on a Friday at 2 a.m. when the place is rammed than these schmucks did on an idle Sunday night. I understand the fries need to be cooked, but come on. I could’ve gotten an entrée at a sit-​down restaurant in twenty minutes.
Best of all: If you know and love Smoke’s, STAY FAR AWAY. They made my poutine WRONG. How is that even possible? Well, I didn’t think it was until I visited this location. The standard Smoke’s equation is fries, gravy, toppings. 75% of my container was fries. 20% was gravy. Only 5% was toppings. I ordered Country Style (chicken, peas, onions, mushrooms). All I could taste was gravy. It was literally drowning in it and the container was soggy at the bottom. They put the gravy ON TOP of the scant toppings, which made it worse. It was so disgusting that despite not eating anything all day, I couldn’t eat it. If I wanted a sea of gravy, I’d make my own at home and drink it out of a cup.
The Smoke’s at the Annex loads their dishes up with toppings, so much so that you can barely close the container. I go out of my way to go there because I will NEVER return to this hell hole in Little Italy!

Not ready for primetime :(
Stopped by «Smokes» at 1am on a Saturday. The Clubs hadn’t let out yet, so the place was quiet (just me).
After placing my order (basic Poutine), I watched the next 5 Customers receive ‘exotic’ orders ahead of me. After 20 minutes I gave up, respectfully I asked for and received a refund. $ 10 for French fries was probably excessive anyway!
The place is in disarray. Unilocalers should skip it (lots of other options on College) until «Smokes» gets it right.

C’est une enseigne nationale qui s’est spécialisée dans ce mets supposé traditionnel du Québec. Le menu propose une grande variété de déclinaisons de ce plat fort simple: version cheeseburger, au poulet avec petits pois verts … Pour votre plaisir !
Janvier 2014. Mise à jour de mon évaluation: de 4 étoiles on passé à 2. La qualité semble avoir pris un coup, manqué de sérieux ou préparation inadéquate? Déçu !

I ate Smoke’s at another location (Adelaide, I think) 2 years ago and it was delicious. Piping hot with heaps of gravy and toppings. I was completely sober and I thought it was great.
I ate at this location today and it was awful. Got country style. It was served cold with what must have been 2 tbsp of gravy for the whole box of fries. Meager amount of mushrooms and onions. Cheese totally un-​melted and barely warm.
I should also say I started writing this review at 7PM, but I just woke up from a 5 hour stomach-​ache food coma induced by eating the meal. I usually have a very strong stomach and I have no food allergies or sensitivities; nothing ever gives me a stomach ache, so this definitely makes me question the contents of the meal.
Long story short: find a better poutine place if you want a good poutine.

Way over-​priced, for poutine that doesn’t taste as great as most I’ve tried.
I had the Regular, and it was nothing to rave about. I wasn’t happy with the taste. Burger King’s is better. The service is pretty good though.

This Smoke’s has finaaaaally opened!
Tis a cozy place with a few stools for people watching up front and some seating inside.
Fast and friendly service + pipin’ hot and delicious poutine — what’s not to love?
Oh, keep your receipt ‘cus they call you up by that #.
Also: right beside the College&Shaw library (study sesh?), close to College Square (with Metro/Shoppers/Timmy’s), and The Mod Club.
Recommendation: Bacon, Hogtown
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