Tickled Toad Pub & Grill in Thornhill

Props to Sonia for not allowing YouTuber Ken Domik to live there for one of his 24 hour videos he likes to do at local Ontario establishments. It has really brought down other places in the area so kudos to her for blocking this. If it was up to his boyfriend Paul, he would live there all the time. Food is solid. Try the blackened steak with a chechvar!

Nice and cozy place to hang out!

We love to get the veggie pizza and the live music.

I like this place. Recommend to visit.

Food is great and the people are genuine. Cant wait to go again.

The good old toad, never lets ya down especially during a leafs game

Good food and nice staff. Recommended!

I had a great time at this pub! The atmosphere is awesome, and the staff is super friendly. I ll definitely be coming back again!

The food is pretty good and it has a great pool table

Its great

Why the kitchen refuses to swap a sandwich into a wrap (instead of bread) time and time again is beyond stupid. Your place would be much better with new kitchen staff

The waitress was so rude when we told her that she made a mitake with the bills. Will never go back to this bar ever again Food

The waitress was so rude The service was awful Never coming back Food : 3/5

Poor service. The female server was very rude when we asked for the details of the bill and spliting the beers. The place was way out of staff and we had to wait for a long time. At the end, they put wrong price on the bill and we asked for explanation or change in the bill, she got mad. The music was sooooo loud.

A combination of bad service and a rude waitress.

We had a disappointing experience. The service was slow, and our waitress forgot to bring glasses with the pitchers of beer. She was rude and unprofessional, making the visit uncomfortable. To top it off, they added an 18% tip without asking, and the bill was miscalculated, resulting in a total higher than expected. Overall, I wont be returning there are better options out there.

The attitude of the waitress was so rude. She brought us beer in pitchers without any glasses, and one of us had to go look for her. When we had a question about how she split the beer across 4 bills, she became angry and was rude when we asked her to adjust the bill. We will never come back to this place again!

Nice little family run pub. The food was good, the staff were super friendly. The atmosphere was friendly. The night I was there they had a one man band playing. It was an all round enjoyable evening. Next time I m in town this will be on my return list for sure!

Theres a reason this establishment has been in business for 30 years Food is incredible and the staff is nothing short of amazing Live music every week Hands down the best pub in the GTA

Staff here were so friendly and accommodating! My friend and I randomly stopped by here for a drink and ended up getting poutine to munch on. It didnt look like poutine but it tasted sooo good! Ill definitely be coming back with friends or for an after work hang.

AMAZING food and menu. Super friendly owner and staff and great service. Also lots of options on the menu you dont find at most other pub and grills. This place is a diamond, came upon it by accident and now Im so in love.

We had a great time. Food was really good. Keep focusing on the customer and the future will be bright.

Had an amazing time tonight with my friends We all had wonderful appetizers and mains would definitely come back and the live music tonight was lots of fun with all of us enjoying it. Food

Incredible place, it feels like a family here. Food was delicious as well. This is my new favourite pub.

This is a gem in North York, the food, the staff and the atmosphere. The live music every week is most enjoyable too! We love this establishment and make an effort to visit once a week at a minimum! Tank you Tickled Toad for always taking such great care of us!

Nice friendly place. Good pub food. Had live music. Nice waitress. Great fish and chips and bread pudding. Generous with the salad.

Great atmosphere,nice music band,gorgeous Autumn,good beer ,good wings

I came here with a group of coworkers, we ordered a bunch of appetizers, best in my opinion were the samosa wraps, not sure what they are listed as on the menu as I didnt order but they were really good with the sauce it comes with.

DivEy bar. Loved it. Great wings and fries. Great beer. Good value.

Nice place stay with friends.

Had a great time here with the fam during the Eurocup finals. Servers were attentive and accommodating during this busy time!

Awesome place

My go to bar in Thornhill. Great atmosphere, great food and always top notch service. Highly recommend the smothered fries.

Love AUGIE TUESDAYS!!!

Always a friendly place.

I have a hypoallergenic very well trained service dog with documentation and proper harnessing. Ive been here with my service dog, a few times. Never a problem! I went in on June 5 wearing my bring them home dog tags and voilà ... Two women screaming in my face to get out ! I assumed it was because of the dog and I said I have her documentation and they didnt want to hear it or see me and just kept screaming for me to get out !!! I kept trying to tell them that weve been in there several times and she goes to hospitals and seniors homes, etc., but they just kept screaming in my face! It was humiliating and terrifying ! Are they antisemites or do they hate handicap people? I recently learned that this is the owner of this wretched establishment. Beware!!!!!!!

Says open till 1 showed up at 11:30 was closed

Didnt eat there yet. I will go back though!

My sanctuary

One of the best pub you can find in this area is here. The staff and management are very good, despite the busy service, the quality of the food is good, and the prices are fair. I can say this is one of my favorite bars in this area

Best pub in the area by a long shot. The wings and nachos are top notch.

Best pub in the GTA. The menu is massive and everything is amazing. The owner/operator is experienced, helpful, and damn good at what she does.

Great place , my favourite for 30 years

Always great.

Live music Tuesday was on point. Salt of the earth clearly hang out here

Fantastic pub-ish bar where everyone is welcome. Great atmosphere and great food!

Sad sad sad service. Walk in and sit down and wait 5 mins. Order a cold bottle of beer then waitress went about here business. Eating her food serving other customers Beer. Then putting glasses away. Waited for another 10 mins still no beer so I left. Service suck what a pour run place. This was at 430 today. hope they hire better staff

Will be back here more and more! Bartenders and waitresses were great! Thanks from the judo club just down the street.

Very nice pub, big and cozy, live band in the evening, good food and drinks, always come here

Just came from this place about an hour ago. The servers were just for st pats day. And they music was good. Would definitely be going back there again.

If youre not a regular the servers sometimes forget you. A bit hard to order drinks and food, but the atmosphere is great! Their themed nights are super fun.

Nice cozy local pub

Waitress was incredibly nice and welcoming, was great with recommendations and very nice to chat with!

One of the best local pubs around. Fresh and tasty food. Super nice owners.

Came here for the first on a Friday night to meet up with an old friend. I ordered the Fajitas with a side of fries along with a pint of beer. The service though a little slow (though understandable being a Friday night), was quite welcoming.

Great place for a group to get together..as we did..a group from work..lots of fun...well looked after...

Good atmosphere and good foo.

Cool and local pub. I don t prefer chain pubs/cafes etc. This pub is really cool and even as a single woman you can go and enjoy your time safely. I like to sit in the bar section without not dealing with anyone :) Beer menu is also cool. Recommended!

Okay

Decent portions of standard pub food with a good variety of options. Generally my go-to destination for a pub night out. Reasonable prices. One of the few establishments that remain open in Thornhill in the later evening.

Always a great time here. The staff is what sets this place apart. Love the wide variety in menu and drink options.

Good service pricing and food. Only complaint is keeping items on the menu not available. Good neighborhood pub.

Perhaps the food is good, but I will not frequent do to their ties with YouTuber Ken Domik. I encourage anyone to look into what he stands for and not frequent either.

Great food and drinks! Never met anyone working their I didnt like and the vibe is always very nice. Alot of regulars but very fun spot for new people too.

I went there for a breakfast and to watch the FIFA World Cup finals. The place interior is amazing warm and cozy with many screens and big central fireplace, prices are very affordable and the portions are so generous. The coffee is tasty too. Really better than most of down town bars.

$10 all day breakfast....whats not to like!!

Have been coming here for years. Wife and I used to be regulars when we lived in the area. I love the cozy and familial vibe you get when you enter this place. Food is great and servers are the best. Spontaneous music performances are plenty. Get a seat by the fireplace. Much love to Sonia and family

The food is OK and the service is not the fastest, but, this local bar is indeed one of favourites. It has nice seating area and the patio is nice too! The collection of IPA is not as I prefer it to be, but I still enjoy going there and seating with friends. The staff is always friendly and there is not so many local bars uptown.

Homey neighbourhood bar with a great beer selection and live music.

Close by, long term pub. The staff is great. The prices are average but not expensive. The pool table is $2 a game and a fun source of entertainment. We look forward to going back soon with friends. I personally have been going there for over 20 years. I look forward to 20 more years.

Horrible restaurant! The hosts are not hospitable and they insult you if you try to order! Many other places way better! They do not care about you. Came with a party of 12 and they insulted everyone!

Eagle!!!!

Good food, great service, T Rock! Music was awesome. Great night out

I really enjoy spending time here. The servers are friendly and the food is good. Its a pretty big place, with a patio outside, a bar area and a dining area. TV screens all over the place; you can see the game from almost every seat :-) Theres a lot of room in the place, even when all the tables are busy. Ive been there a few times over the past two years and each time has been enjoyable.

Great service. Good food. Fun environment.

Greate food n ambient! Highly recommend.

Its absolutely a warm cozy place with good drinks. The nacho platter is super tasty.

Nice place the staff are GREAT And friendly food is great keep up the great work

Good dining experience, good food, pleasant service .

Good service and good food. Needs updating though

Friendly community....

Great service, local pub with live music, not a huge choice of menu but very reasonable prices and almost delicious. Highly recommend

Loved their food for ever! Always delicious! Pool table is only $2 per game, will be back again many times.

This is a tried and true pub. Wonderful high seating, a bar, pool table, and a patio. The only thing that I did not particularly like was their food menu. I got a poutine and they used shredded cheese and not curds. I felt it was a bit overwhelming. But I still love it there.

Amazing food and service!!

Ive been coming here for many years its a family owned establishment. Love the owners, staff very friendly and great service they make you feel like family and truth be told the food is great. They also have live music twice a week and amazing patio.

Nice local bar. Great place to watch the game.

Now play off for hockey Lets go Leafs Chicken wings & Nach is so good Beer as well

We loved Tracey and Sandra! We absolutely enjoyed everything. The Pub, the service and the food. We ll be back again soon!

Tracey and Sandra Rock! Great food, great service

Spectacular food and service

Good atmosphere, friendly service. Nice food.

Great pub, plenty of great seats to watch the game. The staff is very friendly and attentative. We tried the wings and nachos, both were awesome.

Goody

Everything was great in hear,food,service,Environment and specifically live music Thank you so much

Great place to grab a bite and a drink. The staff is very friendly and the atmosphere is nice. A hidden gem.

Great place to grab a pint with the boys and watch the leafs game. Food was also very solid for a pub (they even properly seasoned the fries) pretty good prices too

Great local pub!

Great local bar with a variety of drink and food options. The server was very nice and the owner (or manager) made sure to check in with a warm smile. Would recommend!

Love it! Amazing place. Prices,are awesome! Foods are yummy. Hosts are amazing! Thank you! Food

$12 1lb wings for sports teams is a deal like no other. Thanks, Toad!

Been going for years, love the location and people just wish it wasnt so dark in there.

Good atmosphere, with a pool table and some cool decorations. food is on par. However when it comes to the service its a big downside. the wait times are alright but their attitude is pretty bad. Ive been coming here for some time and its been once or twice where they have been pretty rude and said some not customer friendly remarks. hopefully you all have a better / more respectable experience but I think its about time to move on from this place for me at least

It s a good spot to chill but not much is happening It s probably for someone who would count as a local. But the location isn t the best for locals Food

Great place, amazing Monday promotional deal, wings are solid! Best lemon pepper wings around!

Not impressed at all. Really wanted a hot hamburger sandwich tonight and was happy to see it on the menu. It tasted as it should. However, when they asked me how is everything? I told them the presentation is what I would expect from a 12 yr old. No care or pride was taken In providing an $18 menu item. There response was. Well, its pub food. What do you expect. I think that response says alot about what to expect. Also, staff is nowhere to be found. When you want to drink, or you want to leave?

Great place. Free parking. Friendly staff.

Nice bar, great wings

The burger was delicious. Beautiful bun, fresh tomato and pickle, peameal bacon, nice patty. The fries were downright awful. Great service, Nice atmosphere. Prices are average.

We were with our dog! The staff is very positive, kind and polite! Thank you for good time. Dani liked too

Laid back, fun, great staff, good food and reasonable prices. Lots of free parking and friendly attentive owners. Highly recommend!

A neighborhood go-to with awesome staff!!

The bartender with the black hair, tattoos and led zeppelin shirt was extremely disrespectful and unresponsive. I spoke to some other locals at the bar who said that hes only employed there because hes friends with the managers/owners and some of the regulars. Besides that, the food was great, the drinks were reasonably priced and the servers had a great attitude. Id recommend this place any night, except for when that bartenders working lol.

Fantastic! Not the first time we ve been here for a family gathering. Not the first time we ve had amazing service, great food and good times. Look forward to our next visit. Thank you all at the Tickled Toad!

Pretty run down and has the underlying smell of nicotine. Little to no plant based options (celery and carrot sticks or deep fried pickles).

The Toad is always a welcoming warm neighborhood pub. I highly recommend it to anyone. Great for drinks with friends, a family weekend brunch, and even a casual client meeting.

This place has a great vibe, attentive and friendly staff, its clean and the food is amazing.

rude behaviour, very poor and bad hospitality un friendly racism Food : 1/5 |

Such an unpleasant experience I had in this place. Very unfriendly and non politely behavior towards us, as the customers was what we have faced there! I don t recommend this place to anyone! Respect yourself and never go there!

I wish there was a dislike button here! Even one star is too much for this place! We could tolerate there only for 20 minutes and then left. I myself had to find someone to come for taking order! And the woman who finally came to take our order was so unfriendly and rude! What a pity! That s why we canceled and left there!

Went there for a friends Birthday and the vibe of the place is nice. They had a pool table, lots of TVs around the establishment. We initially had a male server who was alright, but seemed not interested in interacting with our table when serving, but there was a female server who was really nice and had a few laughs. The female server took over our table and had a good time. Good selections of beer on tap and bar-types of food which was also really good.

Good selection of beers and great fish and chips

Cozy environment, love the chicken wings, service was amazing. Highly recommend to come.

Great pub and good food! ..they had a chicken spring roll that was like a mix between a pakora and Simosa that was really good! I had the Butter Chicken (real) and rest of the group rounded out with a burger, fish n chips and other additional dishes...staff friendly, restaurant clean

A pub frequented by local regulars. There are many types of beer available on draft.

best poutine in Toronto is here

A hidden gem of a place. Great menu, great food, fun, friendly staff and live music. What else can you ask for? We will definitely be back.

This place had good food and service. The vibe was nice. Decided to give it a try and it was worth it. Definitely suggest it.

Really cozy familiar run bar. Very fair prices for food and drinks. Has a nice dart and billiard table. Food quality is very good for a bar and portions are fair. Would definitely recommend

Great service

I love this place, it is a hide gem. Everyone is very friendly

The food was greasy and bland, and the menu seems too large to have fresh products. The wings were famously small and dry. The worst part though is the owner of this restaurant has appeared multiple times on a Youtube channel, KBD Productions TV. The man who runs that channel is a pathological liar/con artist who set up a fake charity donation drive and told his viewers to send him money instead of directly donating to the Barrie Food Bank. He kept the money and never provided donation receipts. I definitely wouldnt support a business who associates with KBD Productions TV.

I found this place a couple months ago after moving to the area recently. I was looking for a sports bar atmosphere because I don t have TV service at my new place yet. Tonight I went to watch the Philly 76ers game. I was enjoying the game until the end of the 3rd qtr that s when the establishment turned on every screen in the place to the Leaf s game and refused to keep at least 1 screen on the Sixers game. I felt totally dismissed and discarded because I ve spent good money at the establishment. I won t ever be back. They made it clear that they don t want my business anymore!

Great Overall!!

What a pleasant surprise! I went for a group dinner and Pickled Toad and Czechvar beer were celebrating Best Sports Bar in T.O. What a blast! Live entertainment, laughter at every table and staff were fun and friendly. Enjoyed the steak sandwich with a brioche bun, delicious sauce and a generous perfectly done steak. Delicious. Wings looked fantastic every time I saw them get delivered to another table. Have to go back soon.

Parking: Good food; good beer; good service; good times! Food

Worst place to dine..! Wouldnt recommend this place! Dont come here people. Food tasted just average and bland. Theyre overcharging for something that is available in other restaurants for cheaper price. Been there for a couple of times. Last time when I went there the atmosphere was not too pleasant, it smelled of rotten fish. Plus the staff were so rude and cheap, and were asking for more tips. Another weird thing I often noticed in this restaurant is that theres a strange looking bald headed old man with a goatee in his late 70s sitting at a table, always staring at people while holding a camera and pointing his index finger at them. Not sure whether hes a worker or not, hes creepy though.

I wouldn`t tickle this toad again, my burger was undercooked, I asked for medium well and I got rare, rare to the point blood dripped when i took a bite. I politely asked for it to be cooked more, the waitress huffed n puffed and brought it back and was exactly the same. I just didnt eat eat it and ate the fries, which were greasy and soggy and cold at this point. My friend got a chicken sandwich, some silly name i cant remember, but the tomatoes were rotten and the bun was stale, he also got a wicked stomach ache later on that night. All in all not a very pleasant experience. I was also shocked to find this place was associated with kbd productions on youtube, i had no idea. Theres plenty of fantastic pubs in Ontario, this is below par. And if you new annything bout kbd productions, thats reason enough to stay away from this place, blek!

The atmosphere was fantastic and the staff were very friendly. We ordered fish and chips and hot wings, both of which were good but not quite perfect. Its an ideal spot to catch live music, hang out with friends, or watch your favorite sports games on TV.

Great staff, food, dinks, and the only place in the area with a coin pool table. Parking: Its located in a plaza. Lots of parking. Kid-friendliness: Kid friendly menu with standard kid fare. Wheelchair accessibility: No issues with accessibility.

Had a bit of fight over pool table. Than they refused to sell us alcohol

I will start by saying I am from the states and have never been here. I travel a lot to watch baseball and hockey games and after discovering The Toad through Ken Domik s website Paul the owner initially seemed like a good guy and The Toad seemed like a place I d visit and have a drink at. After seeing how Paul acts in some of Ken s videos The Toad is now the last place that I would give my money to. In one video Paul and Ken observed an elderly man struggling to back his vehicle oltight parking space. Instead of making the man aware of this both Paul and Ken proceeded to laugh at the man both during and afterwards going so far as to all it exciting. In a more recent video Paul and Ken, Paul s son and another friend were in Tennessee at a Nashville Hot Chicken place. Paul cut holes out of a white napkin for his eyes and mouth and proceeded to hold it up in front of his face. Even though Paul made a bad joke about it being for sweat the connotation of this in the southern US makes it in very poor taste. I hope Paul starts to make wiser decisions on who he lets endorse and be an ambassador for his restaurant.