Jack Astor's MacLeod Trail location can be found in Southland close to near by businesses such as Walmart, Canadian Tire, Bluefin, and Buffalo Wild Wings.
When I hear Jack Astor's I think of it as a pub/bar more than a restaurant but my perception has change when I saw that there are kids there so yes you can say it is a family restaurant to an extent.
My girlfriend and I went to Jack's today (4th of July) to grab a quick dinner and all I can say is that Jack looks different from your standard pub or family restaurant. Lined up in Jack's dining room you'll see "funny" pictures and signs. When I say "funny" I don't mean like funny haha but more like funny funny. They also have a ton of TV screens that shows majority of sports and a couple of JackTV episodes.
My girlfriend ordered the Chicken Parmigiana and a side of yam fries while I ordered the Texas Roadkill Chicken sandwich with original poutine instead of fries. The pasta to sauce ration is really bad. As you can see in the picture the pasta sauce is only a quarter size of the whole plate and mixing does bring out more flavour but the bow tie pasta alone is pretty bland without any sauce. The chicken on the other hand was okay. My Texas Roadkill was decent the only flaw I would have to point out was that the guacamole looked like it was barely added into my sandwich/burger.
For dessert we had their "world's most ridiculously small brownie." I've seen smaller brownies before more like bite size so I know this is not "ridiculously small" as they advertise. The brownie is served with whipped cream and not vanilla ice cream which we found odd since usually brownie desserts at other restaurant includes vanilla ice cream. Overall it does have great flavour and great presentation.
Overall experience was satisfied. Hopefully we would come back for a second time.