Bryden's Inc. in Toronto

Fantastic food and craft beers. The food is prepared by a terrific duo in the kitchen. Favourites are nachos (best in Toronto); pulled pork sandwich; Wings on Wednesdays and the Friday dinner special. A sign of any good restaurant is the crowds it draws, and it s a bustling place. We always find a table, though. Or a highback chair to kick back and reflect. Highly recommend that you pop in and enjoy this restaurant in Bloor West Village. A hidden gem .

I always liked this bar, but our server was having a bad day. I hope he gets help. He gave a lot of attitude to me. We ordered 3 drinks and wings each plus one single shot. I only make 18.15 hour myself and dont get tips. I gave him a ten % tip because thats all I could afford. He got angry. Please give him a living wage so that he doesnt get bad days like this. Or offer him anger management classes.

Great bar, lovely staff, and best nachos ever.

Best blue cheese dip Ive ever had!!! Wings were amazing!

great pub, excellent food

Great wings and patio

Great place to sit on a patio and enjoy a nice refreshing drink . Good staff and plenty of options a1

Great atmosphere to watch soccer and delicious food.

Food was fantastic. Amazing staff

I really loved this place, the staff is friendly I will definitely come back.

Jesse made an amazing Caesar (the drink), the service was very fast and the vibe here was awesome. I ll be back for sure.

Amazing waiter and food

Love this place. Music is never too loud to talk, food is great and the staff is awesome.

Friendly staff and patrons!

Everytime Ive been has been good time. Everything Ive eaten was even better.

Went for the first time in a while. New bartender guy is cool. Wings are still amazing and the blue cheese is still tasty.

Kid-friendliness: Staff are great with our little one. High chairs and boosters available. It s a pub so space can be limited if it s busy. Food

The loveliest of lovely pubs!

Rudest waitress I ve ever experienced.

Great local place for food and drinks with friends or family. Wings and/or Nachoes are great, variety of beer selection that are fresh.

One of my favorite local places, its far from perfect but it was one of the first local places I attended regularly

Comfortable local. Dont expect high end decor. Expect nice filks, easy seating and a chance to relax.

This is a great little local pub with a good selection of local craft beer on tap. The atmosphere is friendly and lively. Everyone is welcome. it is not the largest establishment, so in these times I would suggest calling ahead and make reservations if youre party is more than 2.

Great, cosy neighborhood bar!

Great wings. The staff is super nice too

Perfect neighbourhood bar. Great tap list, unpretentious, tasty food.

Nachos are the best

Ordered adult cheeseburger and fries. And child menu cheeseburger fries Different toppings on each. Thought adult patty was small because it was an airport restaurant. Nearing end of meal noticed child burger, half eaten was much larger, thicker. Asked server and instead of saying honest mistake (which is fine, would rather child enjoy their meal), they said theres no difference in meal other than adult meal has more fries (for a $12 price differene) Edit.. you are correct. Wrong establishment. **Updated: this establishment was awesome - great draft beers, great environment, great wings! Definitely going back!!!******

BWV staple with a ton of great beers on tap and excellent food. Cozy atmosphere

Jesse, outrageous is a very difficult persona to pull off. Try not to be too unkind with your flamboyant barbs. Some sobriety and professionalism would be in order.

Great wings! Wing Wednesday

Nice selection of beers, decent pub food

Decent craft beer selection Had the chicken sandwich with sweet potato fries, over $30 with tip Beer, Wifi Old couches and chairs for decor A bit dark and stuffy, a little antiquated 3.5/5

Not my usual neighborhood, but a reliable source for relaxed dining and good beer when Im in BWV. All aspects of this pub are standout. Highly recommended.

Small local pub with great beer selection and friendly service. Food was great too, specially the nachos.

Love this place...for many years..

Great classic spot for a beer, a bloor west institution. Good nachos!

great service, good food, fast. try the fish and chips. Very good.

Delicious burger, cold beer, great service

Place is simple but effective. I had the chicken sandwich which was amazing with just the right amount of sauce and bacon.

Great little pub just off the subway stop.

Very cozy atmosphere with Excellent burgers, and great choice of beers, specially if you like GLB options like me. The service is always friendly and make you feel welcome every time. Food

Effortless 5 stars for a Tuesday wing night at the pub.

Visited Brydens for the 1st time ans was quite impressed with their food prices and drink selection. We came from North York because of the wings special and high rating. The nachos were also fantastic, we added chicken and spicy beef and the portions added were quite generous. Brydens loses 2 stars to discrimination against Marijuana users. The waitress saw us smoking weed outside which resulted in her cutting off a table of individuals who showed little to no signs of any intoxication. Not only were we keeping to ourselves, but we were speaking at a reasonable room temperature volume and we were not slurring our words or having issues walking. According to our server there is a new law surrounding the mixing of Marijuana and alcohol which lead her to cutting us off. This has never happened in the 5 years of Marijuana being legalized in Canada. As a bartender, its your job to gage how intoxicated a patron is rather than discriminating against them for smoking a legalized substance. If youre going to penalize customers for smoking a legalized and regulated substance, I recommend moving your business to a region where Marijuana is criminalized. I personally dont believe there is any such law, since Im sure this law would be echoed in various bars across the city. Upon researching this law the server referred to, I couldnt find any notable results on any government websites. I believe we were being unfairly discriminated against because our group did not match the typical demographic that this establishment serves. The waitress completely ruined our night and regardless of how the food was, I refuse to give my money to establishments that are discriminatory. I would advise staying away from Brydens if youre a Marijuana smoker.

Good beer selection. Fries were good. Tuesdays are buck a shuck oysters. I had a chicken sandwich that was just ok. But everything eles I saw go out to other tables looked good. Update!!!!. I called to reserve buck a shuck . Checked to make sure they did. I was told they did. So I made a reservation for today (Sept 12 , 2023. ) just had dinner and was handed a bill.. Definitely not buck a shuck anymore think its a 1.50 each now. My food ( fish and chips was just ok). Our server apologized that we were miss informed over the phone by someone else the day before. Over all the food here is just ok. Iv tryed a few different things at this point. They are all decent. But nothing is mind blowing. They do still have a good beer selection. But I dont think we will be back for food. Maybe just drinks. I should mention that our server was friendly and did apologize. But our meal was quite a bit more then we thought.

Best nachos & wings! My favorite neighborhood haunt! Food

Super simple place but the service was friendly and the sandwich and beer special was good.

Last night (Saturday of Halloween weekend) a group of 12 of us were doing a pub crawl. We are all in our 30s and 40s, not loud and crazy, just having some Halloween fun, and we were spending a lot of money at each pub. We stopped in here, the place was dead so we thought our stop-in would have been appreciated. Nope - this bartender was immediately rude, refused to service us unless we sat down at a table and waited to be served. Half of our group was immediately disgused and walked out the door, and others tried to order Jäger Bombs. She aggressively told them we dont do kids shots in here. You missed out on a good $250 sale and probably an easy $100 in tips because of your attitude, you rude, unprofessional, lazy idiot.

Best blue cheese sauce I ve ever had!!

Long-standing local institution. If youre from the neighbourhood, you know Brydens. Been there more times than I can count. Its always been a great time. Staff in particular seem to make this place special.

The waitress is beautiful, very friendly, the atmosphere is good, everyone is cheerful and carefree, the beer is delicious! We were not left out! Will we come back again? Yes!

Wings are overdone, fries are similar to floss (thin and covered in oil).

Great little place, good food and service. Jesse was an incredible host. Ill be back!

This place is just down the street from my boyfriends office, he always told me how good the food was. Yesterday I helped him move some camera equipment back to his office so I suggested we get lunch! What a good idea that was! I walked in and first thing I see is a table with an old trivial pursuit board in it! I immediately got the vibe of the place and I loved it! They have an impressive selection of beers on tap, and a dry cider that I quite enjoyed. The main event was the food, though! We both got wings, medium and Cajun. They were delicious!! Crispy, tender, the cajun ones are fnished on the grill so they have a little sweet/spicy/smokey thing going on. And their house made blue cheese dip... amazing! I was so impressed with this place that Im planning on surprising my BF at work to take him out for lunch more often! I want to try more items on their menu! And finally Id like to say the service was excellent! I would absolutely recommend this place, the atmosphere is cozy, the people are friendly. Im sure youll have a great time!

Oh yea

Excellent service. Food amazing. Mac and cheezeeeee... mmmmmm. Nice and local. Glad you are there. Better lighting needed to show you are open. Thought you were closed. Good thing I tried the door!!!

Lovely place with nice beer and appetizers, it is a must when you want a couple of ales or some other stuff, great service and prices.

Server is rude. You get that unwelcome feeling. I d never return so many other places along Bloor with better service. Felt they were racist as well. Yuck!

Our waiter was fun but the furniture was extremely uncomfortable and impractical - and the beer was highly overpriced. Way too loud, crowded, and freezing cold. I don t know why the door was left wide open on a 5 degree night. The waiter kept bumping into me because the place was so cluttered with mismatched thrift store arm chairs.

Good food and amazing service

Servers are always lovely and the food is delicious. :)

Great food and hospitality. Thanks folks

Great sweet potato fries! Relaxed and welcoming atmosphere

$15 pitchers! Not bad for this day and age..

tasty food good beer, a bit crowded though

Jesse was SO helpful, friendly and warm. He gave great local recommendations and kept our drinks topped up and our conversations flowing. We had a wonderful dinner at this quaint little restaurant before kayaking, and cant wait to come back! Thanks, Jesse!

Great selection of craft beers

Cold beer. Excellent service. Air conditioning. Awesome.

I have always loved going here the atmosphere is perfect for the most part the area is relaxing and the staff are always friendly

Good spot!

Wednesday night is a wing night and they ran out of wings! Disappointing

Took the steak sandwich off the menu. Figures. One item that tasted half decent they ditched

Very bad place

Wonderful

Intimate and fun. Friendly. Good food fair prices

Great staff, decent food, good beer selection

Amazing Tuesday oysters!

Best nachos in town for sure !

staple

Very friendly stuff and good old music, super cozy place to be.

Best nachos in town

Literally cant say anything negative. Amazing prices and service, super fresh beer and good food. Perfect dive bar vibe.

I love this place, the snakes are very rich, the beer is very delicious, if you are walking down the street and the day is very hot, you should visit this place

Great local pub with a great local craft beer selection ( GLB heavy, but thats OK )

Best pub in the area. Very relaxed and good vibes.

Small but quaint and really good food. I suggest grabbing one of their burgers.

Nice pub good people

Good for pub food, some amazing craft beers, small menu, nothing super fancy but its what youd expect from a small local pub, had sweet fries and the mac n cheese, both pretty good, although the mac was a bit salty and the blueberry mayo that came with the sweet fries was weird, would have preferred sriracha mayo. All in all solid 4/5

Great pub in the area!

Great bar with great tap selections.

Great neighborhood joint. Wings, Nachos and a rotating tap selection.

Good food. Good selection of craft beers.

My favourite local pub! The food is amazing. The atmosphere is very cozy. Make sure to try the sweet potato fries, The mac and cheese is also highly recommended!

Good fries and a nice selection of beers. A rough exterior with nice service.

We loved the place, it is cozy, warm and really confortable, the furniture took us many years ago, the service is excellent and the food incredible. The nachos and the burger were delicious, and the red leaf beer is a perfect option.

Always a great spot for nachos!

Amazing food, service and atmosphere. A great neighborhood pub; highly recommended.

Great pub, ambiance, beer, and food.

Like having a beer in your grandmas living room (in a good way).

Beers great, vibe is great. The music is just way too loud. Its hard to have a conversation with somebody at the same table as you. Much, much too loud.

Great time

Had a super chicken fingers and pint of fresh beer

What a great bar!

Good beer options. Lots of TVs to watch the sport of your choice. Friendly staff. Small space and limited seating arrangements.

Austin is Fantastic!

Cozy bloor west village pub serving local craft beers

Great local spot with delicious pub food (sweet potato fries are are a must) and a top notch craft beer menu.

Great small-pub vibe. Excellent food options and great beer selection. Only steps away from Jane station.

Everything you want from a pub - eclectic and cosy decor, filling and delicious comfort food, and a great beer list! Friendly service, and clearly a local favourite with plenty of regulars stopping in for a pint. Looking forward to coming back and enjoying some more local craft beers!

Great food and drinks. Would recommend the pub stop allowing children there. Its not a good atmosphere to have children there.

Great bar, amazing atmosphere. Service is a little lacking

Always a good time at Bryden s. Friendly staff, great food and a good selection of Ontario craft beer and high end whiskeys.

Affordable drinks and amazing food. What s not to love! Their 3 meat nachos and Cajun wings are top in the city. Also huge as well

Great little pub. Love the beer selection. Their patio is perfect during phase 3.

Very pleasant! Would return

Please survive, Ill make it up to you by going twice as often in 2021.

Nachos were kinda soggy!

Nachos are great. I recommend against the Pad Thai though. Staff are friendly. Place is cozy.

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Great local place in bloor west.. good selection on tap, great food and great service

Food is great

The burgers were good. The fries - they were excellent! Nice atmosphere, it was a great place to meet friends we came to town to visit. They are regulars I understand..

Great food, and cheap beer

Great Food and friendly wait staff! Lovely beer on tap! Definitely coming back

We were excited to visit this establishment in high park on November 16 at 7pm for a drink and a bite. Unfortunately the attitude of our blonde waitress resulted in us bailing after one drink. There is something to be said for hospitality and service in the food industry. If your sever is condescending, its very likely you will lose well paying customers in the indefinite future.

Best pulled pork nachos in the city. Hands down.

Absolute fantastic Bloor West Village neighbourhood bar that offers you a jovial atmosphere and the staff are a delighted to serve you food, alcohol, or a friendly smile. I came here for a friends birthday where he is not just a regular but seemed like a beloved regular. They even came out with a little birthday dessert and song at the height of the evening. It was very sweet and thoughtful. The staff here are really friendly and service is super duper quick. The atmosphere is just exactly what you would expect it to be. Music blasting over the speakers, mix of seating between bar, tables, and couches, a golden tee machine in the back when you have a score to settle, a chalkboard with the latest available suds to wet your whistle, and a friendly face to welcome you. Drink selection is pretty good here. I got to try this Nickelbrook barrel-aged plum sour that was just a lip-smacking delight. I didnt get a chance to try the food but someone at my table did order one of their off-menu specials of the day and it looked delicious. It was a grilled (or stuffed) quarter chicken leg on a bed of really flavourful creamy barley and topped with green beans. Im secretly impressed that this came from a pub kitchen. Shout-out to Shannon who not only made sure we never had an empty beer glass in front of us for long and willing to join in on the friendly ribbing of a Yelp Elite at the table. It was a hoot! :-D

Awesome food, great local craft beers, and all at a great price. You wont be disappointed!

Great food, cozy ambiance, waited a while to be acknowledged, but waitress was wonderful and attentive once she did acknowledge us.