Inter Steer Restaurant in Toronto

357 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, ON M6R 2M8, Canada

★★★★★
(205 reviews)
Categories: Bar Restaurant

About

Regularly hosting live music, this relaxed wood-lined hangout offers Polish beer & European fare.

Website
intersteer.blogspot.ca
Address
357 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, ON M6R 2M8, Canada
Plus Code
JGXX+WW Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Time Zone
America/Toronto

Business Hours

Monday
2 PM–2 AM
Tuesday
2 PM–2 AM
Wednesday
2 PM–2 AM
Thursday
2 PM–2 AM
Friday
2 PM–2 AM
Saturday
2 PM–2 AM
Sunday
2 PM–2 AM

Services

Service options
Outdoor seating Takeaway Dine-in Delivery
Highlights
Great cocktails Live music Live performances
Offerings
Alcohol Beer Cocktails Food Food at bar Spirits Wine
Dining options
Seating
Amenities
Toilets
Atmosphere
Casual Cosy
Crowd
Groups
Planning
Accepts reservations
Payments
Credit cards Debit cards NFC mobile payments Credit cards

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Reviews

4.5
★★★★★
205 reviews

Most Mentioned

perogies (15) patio (11) nachos (9) atmosphere (8) pool table (8) fries (5) school (4) cabbage rolls (3) juke box (3) woodwork (2)
5 stars
136
4 stars
48
3 stars
15
2 stars
2
1 stars
4
★★★★★
October 25, 2024

Fantastic food! Everything we ordered was excellent!

★★★★★
September 28, 2024

Went after a show for some drinks dinner and pool! Burger was delish. Really appreciated the aioli as it was great with the fries. Service was great, felt like home. Great time :)

★★★★★
February 9, 2024

Great local pub! I'll be back to try out the perogies. I went back but still didn't try the pierogies. The bartender was pretty funny.

★★★★★
June 20, 2023

Love this place, particularly when the Saturday Sessions are on, with host Bill Heffernan. The waitstaff are terrific, and can remember what you want the minute they see you walking in the door—makes you feel so welcome. The owner is celebrating 35 years of the Inter Steer experience on the 24th. Congratulations Eva.

★★★★★
September 18, 2022

Tried Inter Steer at the Roncy Polish Festival, really good food. Will be back again.

★★★★★
August 3, 2021

Got a veggie burger , fries and beer and sat on the patio on this beautiful day. Great place. Their pan fried pierogies are delicious too

★★★★
September 27, 2020

Nice little selection of eastern european fare with beer, cider and wine! Nice big patio open right now. Service was nice and friendly!

★★★★★
October 13, 2019

Very nice classic pub with restaurant, cosy and hospitable. You can sit outside or in the beer garden. The menu has something for everyone. We had the Nacho plate and it was the best we ever ate. Also the beer selection is great. A visit is worthwhile.

★★★★
Local Guide
August 22, 2024

Nice cozy patio

★★★★★
Local Guide
May 22, 2024

Really good pierogies and cabbage rolls, friendly staff, good service.

★★★★★
Local Guide
January 22, 2024

Absolutely the best veggie burger in town! Hands down. Compliments to the chef! Food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Best sauerkraut perogies

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Its a bar and grill restaurant. I only had fries so I didnt get a great experience here.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Cozy bar for a quiet drink. Unobtrusive juke box and pool table.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

This place is awesome. Great food and drinks. That bartender was super nice and they had a great two peace band playing country blues on Feb 28, 3023. What a great hidden gem

December 22, 2023

Walked in and server made eye contact then chose to ignore while we sat and waited in a booth. Eventually left because no one served us. (blond waitress with glasses) I think the conversation with the regulars is more important.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Went to this spot on a whim when exploring then neighbourhood. Could hear live music from the street - turns out this one specific band is there every 2nd Saturday of the month. Unsure of other live music schedules. Service was prompt and drink prices on par with the rest of the city. We didn t eat here, but it seemed that the pierogi was the popular dish - will be back to try these!

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Whenever my friends and I come here we have always had great service from Sam. She is super friendly and always comes around to make sure we have everything we need. Thank you for your awesome service!

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Favourite place on Roncy, love all the staff! Yawd and Hazz make the best food specials!

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Try the nachos! Great little watering hole to get away from the lineups and city lights of the downtown sector.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Just enjoyed the best sangria in the city. They know what they are doing here! Great service.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Only had late night drinks here but its really unique and definitely recommend a visit.

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Love this place! Always great food and service; such a nice, chill atmosphere. The breakfast poutine is delish!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Super cool vibe

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Pleasant lazy evening enjoying the best nachos and beer. Part of the neighbourhood for decades. Others ordered burgers and rated them highly.

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

A cozy little spot for a casual drink and meal. Unpretentious and amazing service. Added to my list of go-tos for an easy going evening.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Awesome homemade fare, cold draught, and beautiful dining room and patios. You gotta try their pierogies!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Stumbled on this bar and glad I did! Cozy old school wood interior gives this a classic vibe and the perfect place to knock off some drinks. Great live music as well. Recommend their Polish beer.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Beautiful woodwork inside, food is solid, nachos are legit.

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Had the goat cheese salad, was huge and we also had the perogies and chicken schnitzel was fine. We went on a Friday night but the wait was over an hour for food, so better to pace yourself for that.

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Nice ambiance and amazing folks!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Love this place! Great food, good drinks and lots of laughs. Eva is the best!

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Excellent service and a very warm place to be with friends.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Local favourite, friendly staff, calm atmosphere, nice coin operated pool table.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Delicious Polish food and very cozy!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Good beers and wine friendly service

★★★★★
December 22, 2021

Great stratosphere try the mulled hot cider while youre there!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Good food, good service.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

This is the first time I have visited this place even though is has been a fixture on Roncevalles for decades. What drew us here was a quiet patio in the back. The server was engaging, if not a little distracted (she was serving the front and back patios at the same time, so quite understandable). We went for drinks and also had the nachos, which are great! Menu is limited but our friends say it is good and post-covid the house band will be playing again. Its a warm and friendly neighbourhood bar

★★★★★
December 22, 2021

Delicious food!

★★★★★
December 22, 2021

The Inter Steer is a much-loved Roncey haunt with excellent food -- not just regular pub fare, but also excellent pierogis (youve gotta try the Nachos Pierogi!) -- a quaint back patio, giant screen TV for sports above the pool table in the split-level back half of the bar, and a small TV above the bar playing Turner Classic Movies. Great servers, wonderful people, great live music on Wednesday evenings, and a classic, oak bar youll want to lean your elbows on. One of the finest pubs in the city, hands down.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Nice patio in Roncesvalles. The waitress kept forgetting our order and messed up the bills. Wouldve given five stars otherwise.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Awesome food, great staff

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

awesome place

★★★★★
December 22, 2021

Great service!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Awesome place for a drink.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Good low key bar. good food as well. Has a pool table

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Dropped in for some early afternoon beers and stayed for dinner. The feel is more of a pub than a restaurant, but it has some beautiful woodwork done. Having said that the food was great. I tried both the cabbage rolls and the perogies and would gladly have them again. I really liked that although we could hear the music it wasnt so loud we couldnt have a conversation. Great place!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Decided to give it a try and wasn t disappointed. I m not much of a drinker, but I did have a pretty good salad and some great perogies.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

It was so nice to get together with some old friends on the patio. Thank you Inter Steer.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Great service - good food !!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Staff is nice, specially In COVID times. Drinks are really good, and the amount of food is perfect. In regards to flavour they could add some touches to the burger. Fries are really good and Perogies wer also good.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

For covad times ots good nice patio more like my own backyard brilliant food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Good food and great summer patio..

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Cool place...

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Love this place always fun with family or friends

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Live music on Wednesdays with a lively crowd

December 22, 2019

Staff is rude and careless to their customers, manager is rude too. Get some better staff!

★★★★
December 22, 2019

Love it there thats my go to place when im in any kind of mood:) just somewhere to play pool and relax or have fun depending on time and day of course! :)

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Interesting place

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

First time there, its ok.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Nachos!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Food was great, service was wonderful, beer was great! What else can I guy ask for?

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Great! music Saturdays at 5! Try the vegetarian cabbage rolls!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Will change your life its so good.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Same as Loons, impressive architectire, laid back atmosphere, but this one has delightful Polish menu &, hello, Zwiec beer!!!

December 22, 2018

Was once very sick after working 9 hours in Parkdale and walked home to Roncesvalles. Was very late and scared so I went into this restaurant to use the restroom. I felt delirious and thought if I splashed some water on my face and maybe purchased a juice or something I would feel better. I was sitting in the restroom and told to get out. 5 minutes later I was still feeling horrible and the manager said its been 30 minutes get out. 5 minutes is not 30! I understand someone wandering into your restroom before ordering something may seem a bit off putting, but in this situation I felt I couldnt keep walking due to illness and I feel a nice person would have asked if I was ok. Instead, I was treated like trash. I heard great things about the food here but because of how I was treated, I would never step foot in here again.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Good food. Good people

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Go to this place on a Tuesday and listen to Freeman Dre and Lonnie play tunes. Food is good and staff are very friendly.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Great atmosphere

★★★
December 22, 2018

Dry and boring food . Little care or pride in this place and it shows. Give it a miss!

★★★★★
December 22, 2018

Best bar on roncy. Great vibe, the ambiance is amazing. Classic feel to it, with old school but very nice interior finish to it. Great service with great staff, both front and back of house. Food is great. Patio in both front and back as well as a juke box and pool table. You cant forget about the great regulars that come in and play a huge roll in how great this bar is. Dobranoch

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Great food Great staff.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Great perogies

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Friendly staff - pool table and jukebox when live entertainment is not available - large variety of beers on tap and bottles -

★★★★
December 22, 2018

good place

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Cool old school resto bar on Roncesvalles

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

$2 pool whats not to like?

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

This was a great spot for drinks. We arrived late and had already eaten. The service was friendly and attentive. The atmosphere was warm and enjoyable. Ill look forward to returning.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Perogies on point

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Good food value.

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Clean and cozy. Staff a little spacey but serviceable.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

great neighborhood joint.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

I just like it.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Awesome floor to ceiling wood decor. Pool table in the back only costs a dollar per play which is very cheap. Good selection of beers and friendly staff. Usually a nice low key crowd.

★★★★★
December 22, 2017

Cozy, great food,great service

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Friendly neighborhood bar, it feels like home

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Good food, excellent music.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

The poutine and chicken fingers were amazing

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Pool table, down to earth

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

A very quaint and intimate old school pub!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Miss the old location and the characters... Eva the owner is always really cool.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Awesome

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Ordered the pierogy nachos. They were smothered in cheese wiz, not real cheese and tasted bland. We used to come here before and it was better. The food quality definitely deteriorated. Not worth the money at all!

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Quiet and pleasant refined atmosphere with noticeably pleasant staff.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2016

Amazing food. Great value. Awesome live music. Hot waitresses. What more could you want.....

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2016

Great place for nachos!

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2016

Nice atmosphere but not enough staff to handle the capacity

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2016

So much wood and great people. Chill.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2016

One of the best meals on Roncy for your buck

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2016

Came in on a whim and have spent all day here with a large group. Great staff/food/prices. No idea what the name means but an overall great place.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2016

Food here is great and a good value. 16$ steak frites is a standout. Many old locals hang out here.

★★★★★
December 22, 2015

Its good

★★★★★
December 22, 2015

Just had an amazing thanksgiving turkey dinner, for a great price. This place is honestly a Roncesvalles staple, and should be on everyones list for a visit.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2015

Great vibe, and relaxed atmosphere

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2014

Great food and ambience!

★★★★★
December 22, 2013

Amazing pierogies, great overall vibe.