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| - A couple of weeks ago I was able to join some friends on a Friday evening to check out the Jays games and also to soak in the ambiance at this upnotch sports bar.
Our group of 6 were seated at one of the cozy looking lounge booths, (YES!!) which I already had my eyes on when going through the pics on their website. And our booth also gave us a clear enough view of the giant screen, not to mention the multitude tv screens set up all-around over the walls. Whichever way we looked we sure didn't miss much of the action during the game.
My friends and I would probably agree that the one element that gave our time a this place strong positive boost for that Friday was our server. He was probably one of their best staff on hand that evening. So although a reservation had been made a month in advance to get a spot for game night, one of the hostesses informed us that we could only get our booth til 8pm, just two hours and we would have to move to a different spot. When a couple of us mentioned this to our server as an ice-breaker, he went to check up on this slight mishap and returned to let us know that we had secured our spot for the rest of the night. Really excellent turn out!
And for the rest of our evening he was very attentive and patient with our orders for drinks and food and also was able to answer any inquiries that we asked regarding our choices from the menu. I wondered if a different server could have been as professional and thorough as him. He really made our time at the real sports bar an enjoyable one.
Our meals were also excellent. Any doubts I had about quality dishes was completely changed as soon as our appetizers arrived at our table. The Real Sports Nachos came out looking like a miniature hill piled high with all of its main topping including a generous amount of pulled pork that we added on. The house made guacamole came in a little tortilla shell placed right at the pinnacle of the hill of nachos.
The sweet potato fries were also a hit, we finished the first order so quickly that we order a second one which was also devoured just as fast.
Once our appetites got going by the appetizers we moved on to the entrées which came out rather quickly. All six of us ordered something different: The Real Sports Burger, The Breakfast Burger, the Hawaii Five-O Burger, Fish and Chips, Rice Bowl with Salmon and Rice Bowl with Chicken. And each dish was well-assembled. And everyone liked their meals. We were awed by how big the haddock filet looked on my friends plate and almost everyone oogled over how dainty the egg looked on the breakfast burger. I had a moment where I was wondering how I'd eat my meal without wrecking the sunny colored yolk. I ended up cutting it in half and take one-half of it home in their "trendy-looking" take-out bags
For what I can only say would be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, I certainly enjoyed my time at the Real Sports Bar. Even if the Jays not securing an upper hand that evening sort of sank the vibe of the sports-goers at that joint, the exceptional service and great quality of the food more that made up for what I could only notice as an atmosphere of disappointment created on part by the supporters of the Blue Jays.
I truly believe that luck was on our side for the awesome dining experience we savored that evening. Thank you team at the Real Sports Bar and Grill!!
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