Looked up this place which had reasonable reviews because of its location and clientele.
No reservation and showed up to find the place packed to the rafters because of the hockey and basketball games being televised - all local Toronto teams playing so EVERYONE was out!!
The hostess managed to pull a booth out of thin air (she must have had magic powers) and we got a spot within 3mins of showing up.
Waitress was pretty quick off the mark and at our table. She was very nice, although hard to hear with the extremely loud cheering crowds inside.
Food was pretty good - its an English pub and while it has lots of English stuff in it, its still an American bar..
Beer was ok - nothing special despite us trying several types. Just nothing really spectacular.
Food was nice - had the bangers and mash - which I love - however, their mash was overly whipped and too soggy (and the pet & gravy made it that little bit extra slurpy!). My colleagues had the buttered chicken (which got about a 5-6 from my mate on flavor) and a house burger, which got the from my other colleague.. (it even looked really good too!)
We didn't stay long after dinner, as it was too hard to have a conversation, so we paid out and braved the weather and found a bar that was quieter so we could hear ourselves.
Overall, this place would have been great had it not had 2 national sports playing on one night.. We had no idea so we picked the AB as it was close to out hotels.