My husband and I happened upon Turf Lounge as we were walking down Bay Street from our hotel to another lounge that had been recommended. We decided to go inside. It was a Saturday night, but it was pretty dead. We sat at the bar and the waitress told us that because the location is in the financial district, they are most busy during the lunch time hours during the week.
It was such a neat place though and the waitress was so helpful. We learned how to bet on horses, which neither my hsuband or I had ever done before, and they even gave us 2 free $2 bets to get us started and some practice. We ended up winning about $10 overall. We had some great drinks and just hung out. We would like to go back when its actually busy so that we can get the whole horse betting environment.
I do recommend it because it was an experience and not like any other bar we had ever been to.