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| - SPiN is a pretty interesting concept in Toronto, since it is like a ping pong social lounge/bar kind of thing. Although I'm absolutely terrible at ping pong, I would say it's still a pretty fun place to come to with a group of friends or on a date or something. It is pretty pricey though, being about $17/hour I think on the weekends? I was lucky enough to come with a large group of people who booked a table for a birthday, so we ended up only having to pay $6.25/person for 2 hours.
The atmosphere at SPiN (at least when I went on a Saturday evening) is lively - they have a TV which was playing the Leafs game when I went. They also have a DJ who is pretty decent and plays some upbeat/club-type music. Even though the place gets super busy, it's pretty spacious, so it's not like you'll have rampant balls flying everywhere or people from other groups getting in your personal space. They have staff members who walk around sweeping up balls and refilling your ball buckets in a very efficient manner.
They also have food at SPiN, but I thought it was mediocre at best. I ordered a meat/charcuterie board for $13, and was disappointed with the meat to bread ratio. I think more than half of the board was bread/crackers, so I felt like I got tricked. I also ordered a mixed drink at the bar, and that plus a pint of beer ended up being around $20, which is not cheap. The bartender was pretty nice/cool/fun though, and I thought it was cute that they poured my drink into a mason jar-type glass.
Overall it is definitely a fun place to check out once in a while, but for a ping pong noob like me, it's not a place I would frequent often. I would recommend eating somewhere else before or after, because the food here really is not worth the price and you will leave hungry.
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