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| - I technically want to give this 3.5 stars, the 0.5 because of the location. This is the one that sits atop Yonge/Dundas square, which makes for interesting people-watching from far away if you like sitting at the patio during summer days or even chillier autumn nights, as the patio is heated.
On my most recent visit, we opted to sit inside within the bar area. It was a packed Friday night but the wait for a table was under 10 minutes. Our waitress was friendly but she was a bit overwhelmed by the amount of customers so the service was rather slow.
Since it's Jack Astors, I usually don't venture out into 'fancy' sections, since I stick to bar foods that can't go wrong no matter who is preparing it. So I ordered the beer battered fish and chips with fries, while my bf ordered the pizza (it's the one with a lot of bbq sauce and chicken), and we got the lobster dip appetizer to start.
The appetizer was by far my favourite! I am usually tempted by the spinach and artichoke dip but trying the lobster dip on a whim was a good decision. The dip was rich and creamy, with lobster meat chunks in it. They also gave us a good ratio of dip to pita bread/nacho chips so we didn't have the issue of finishing one before the other. As for my main, I had nothing really to say about it...except the fries were extremely bland. I usually love fries but these fries sat there untouched. The pizza was meh, not worth the premium pricing over regular pizza you can buy but tasty enough to fill you.
Ambience was lively, Friday night here really felt like TGIF. They were blasting the top 40 hits, and the customers (mostly young university students/professionals who just got off work) chattered away happily in the loud music.
Overall, this particular Jack Astors is good for its ambience and location. I would go back just for drinks and appetizers.
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