This is always in my top three bars in Toronto. I was a regular when I lived in Toronto as the food and beer was great and I also got to watch the footie. The staff are wonderful and when I went back to visit this week (June 2017) I had an amazing welcome from one of the lovely ladies who still works there. If you like English pubs you must check this out.
Excellent food , atmosphere and service. You must try the Scottish eggs, sticky lamb ribs, pork cracklings , oysters and the haddock and chips. To die for!!!
Stop in for Pre Dinner Drinks
We stop in for pre-dinner drinks at another restaurant and enjoyed ourselves here. The selection of beer is wonderful and the service was great. The next time we visit Elm Street, we will have dinner at the Q & B.
Great food
Great ambience
This place is so good that you can sit here alone for hours
Quality of food is also very good
Service is great too!!
Slogged in here with tired feet from "urban hiking". Interesting, varied menu! We had the daily soup, asparagus salad, the brick chicken, and the duck pie. Honestly, I don't think any of us were thrilled. The soup had strange flavours as did the salad with overpowering curry dressing. (Too bad because the fresh veggies were very nice). The duck pie was served cold!! (by error). We had to send it back. The brick chicken more strange flavours. I don't think the Indian Fusion/Pub Food theme works. Why the 4.0? The service, the beer, and the sour dough bread.
2017/05/08
What started out as drinks with the client team ended up extending to include dinner. There were about 15 of us at The Queen & Beaver, which is an older, upscale pub. We had the private dining room at the front of the restaurant. This evening was more about conversation than it was about the food. Having said that, service was good, in that our server was there when needed, and out of the way for the rest of the time.
I had the Haddock & Chips. It was a good English style fish, with a crispy beer batter, and the chips were good too. What made the dish different than other good fish and chips was the ketchup and tartar sauce, which were both house made. Both condiments had coarser cut ingredients, giving each of them a bit more body. The ketchup had a tangier taste than conventional ketchup, and the tartar sauce had more dill. The combination of different texture and a good, different taste made it memorable.
Fish and chips were excellent!! Not a big fan of fish and chips in general and ordered this and it pretty much changed my life. My new favourite, French fries were excellent and fish was well done.
Atmosphere of the front room is lovely. My companion had the daily soup for lunch and I had the mussels. Mussels were cooked in cider with fennel and quite tasty. We shared a salad of asparagus with purslane and goat cheese with buttery croutons. Smallish portion but full of flavour if a little acidic.
A light lunch for two with sparkling water and two teas came to $57 with tip.
Amazing burger & fries! Great atmosphere, definitely a place I would recommend; how did I not find this place sooner! & the best sticky toffee pudding!!
British comfort food is awesome... cobblers and flaky pies and rich meats and curries are delicious, especially when it's cold out. The Q&B on Elm Street is such a cozy, pretty place to dine and really takes these types of dishes to the next level.
Brunch! Pancakes!!!! Maple syrup... Drenched! Nnnnnoooommm! Yes - it's that good, so good I can't even use grammar or make a full sentence. Other than that, the kale salad was superb... Adding the poached eggs to it was a really good idea! Oh - brunch is on the 2nd floor - just head upstairs after going thru the door!
Been here twice so far, and really enjoyed the food both times. The first time, I didn't have a proper meal, but shared a 'Platters of Toasts & Savouries' with my friends which was great, and had the Cured Halibut (great), and Raw Beef & Ramson (good, better than tartare's I've had in Toronto so far).
On my second visit, I tasted the house terrine with a friend. That was one of the nicest terrine's I've had in memory, particularly the chutney type thing that came with it was beautiful. And my main course was the Crispy Cider Duck, which was nicely done, the curry sauce was a nice departure from most duck confit I've had in French restaurants. My friend ordered the Midlands Curry, and felt it wasn't an authentic enough Vindaloo, but it was suicidal hot.
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