Kelsey’s

Was very impressed. Got the chicken fajitas and the potato soup they have and it was hot and FRESH ND super delicious. Would Definitely go again and would highly recommend. Place to go for sure!!!

Food was surprisingly decent. Came with low expectations as we were looking for a place that can accommodate 8 last minute on a Friday. There’s a lot on the menu but didn’t seem to have any good choices. Fish and chips were light and flaky — way better than I expected! Fish tacos use the same fish and batter. Presentation is so so. Fried calamari was light, crispy and flavourful. Popcorn shrimp is no good — steer clear. Service however was very very slow.

I went cuz it was cheap. half Price wing’s on a thursday.
Giant wings which are waaaaay to breaded. Not horrible but nothing way too impressive. $ 5 mojito was not a bad touch either.

Never been a big fan of Kelsey’s, it’s one of the lower end when it comes to food in these big chains. However the staff are very friendly here. I also like the shrimp curry bowl.

I haven’t been to Kelsey’s in a really long time. Their food used to be mediocre. My sister suggested coming here after a weeklong trip in HK and eating Chinese food. She craved a big burger.
I won’t lie, I was a little skeptical but decided what the heck. My sister is pretty trustworthy in her food choices.
And so, we ordered a bacon cheeseburger on a pretzel bun each. It was pretty damn good! Two beef patties with bacon and peameal bacon, cheese and all the toppings. The buns were really soft and nice, and the burger tasted awesome. Came with fries, but also had a choice to switch to a salad.
The service was great too, the hostess was really friendly. I would come back to grab a burger.

Went here for dinner tonight, had a bunch of appetizers instead of entrees. We ordered the quesadillas, chicken Buffalo potato wedges, and the spinach dip. Spinach dip is a classic and was amazing, I recommend it to anyone even if you don’t like spinach. The quesadilla were good, they had tons of flavour but could have been a little crispier. Chicken buffalo wedges weren’t bad but we’re too spicy for my taste. My cousin didn’t like the ranch flavour on the wedges but I didn’t mind it. Staff were nice, friendly, and welcoming. Overall had a good experience here.

Kelsey’s has a new summer menu for lunch and dinner! The following review is based on our experience of their new menu.
After a night out at the movies (at the new Markham Cineplex Centre) with my family, we decided to have a late night dinner at Kelsey’s.
We ordered:
Spinach Dip: cheese, spinach, red pepper, and onion — served with deep-​fried pita triangle chips. I’ve had really good spinach dips from Jack Astor’s so I wasn’t honestly expecting much from Kelsey’s but I have to say that Kelsey’s version of the dip is good — almost as good as Jack’s. My whole family enjoyed it so I was pleased with this order.
Popcorn Shrimp: We didn’t like this one as much. It’s basically shrimp lightly coated with a mild jalapeño seasoning and served with a Thai chili sauce. It was okay — the Thai chili sauce was mediocre — not as authentic and flavourful as could have been… and the shrimp was plain breaded shrimp. Not that special — in flavour nor in texture. A bit soft for my expectations.
Regular (10 pieces) Wings: We chose Mild for the sauce flavour since we had a couple of people who don’t do well with spice. Surprisingly, the wings here are delicious. We didn’t think that Kelsey’s would do particularly well with wings since this place isn’t specifically a wings place but they do them well here. We’d definitely come again just for the wings. They have a Thursday special — half-​off wings so maybe I’ll pop by on an upcoming Thursday night.
Funnel cake fries: Golden fried strips of funnel cake topped with cinammon sugar, served warm with French Vanilla ice cream and a choice of strawberry, peanut butter, chocolate, or English toffee caramel sauce. We picked the strawberry sauce. We found this dessert to be good but it doesn’t beat funnel cakes from Canada’s Wonderland. For texture, these funnel cake fries were good but not as crispy as I wanted them to be. instead they were more soft and stiff. It was a decent dessert but I think I’ll try something new next time.
I’d recommend coming here to check out their new summer menu. I definitely recommend their wings and their spinach dip. I’ll be coming again to try new things on their new menu!

Came in here with some family on Thursday since they have price wings. One thing I found odd is that it is not advertised anywhere and the only reason we knew is because friend asked a waitress last time they were here, several weeks ago. Anyways we got buffalo potato skins and they were pretty good. As for the wings we all decided to go boneless and get several flavors to share. The flavors them selves tasted good, however the wings were way too hard and crunch. You literally had to work to cut those things in half. All in all not a terrible place but the service is a bit slow and food is inconsistent.

I went to this location night with my friend for my «early» birthday dinner. I have order a meal «Sizzling Fajitas». Taste great, good portion which is enough for me, and this location is very clean, feel so comfortable eating there.

Second visit for Friday lunch today. The experience was still decent. There was a new menu. I ordered a Messy Beef Burger. The burger lived up to it’s name.

Came here on a quiet, rainy, wednesday night… and boy was it empty due to the terrible weather. Nonetheless this meant YAAY we could sit anywhere so we chose a bar booth. After settling in our server took care of us with our drinks.
For food, since both of us were not too hungry, we decided to do Chicken fajitas! its been a while since I’ve eaten this, so it was a trip down memory lane. THough I am sure down in the South fajitas are delish! this one was okay, Kelsey’s fajita was satisfying, however nothing to rave about. The chicken tasted a bit bland, and lacked some spices/​marinade. The sides (sour crème, lettuce, tomatoes, peppers) helped compliment the dish!
Overall place is clean, and the service is decent!

Went there for late night dessert and ordered the trio. Oooh! It was way below average. Too much fried stuff on the plate, and way too sweet. I love sweet stuff and have a huge sweet tooth, but the deep fried brownies was just TOO much. And so was their peanut butter with ice cream — too much sweets.
The service was also so slow. We wanted to get the bill (it was nearing 12 am) but no one around. At all. We waited 20 minutes to wave someone down to get the bill

The owner of this location is shady. Does things no other location does, like charging extra for extra wing sauce.
Waiters are nor pleased to work for him as I’ve learned from conversations with them.

Went with group of friends. The waiter seemed pushy to sell us on drinks and desert even though we were not interested. Ordered the bacon burger. The burger was average nothing special from a chain with obvious fillers in the meat. Overall not impressed but really not much to expect from a chain.

2.5 Star rounded up because of the $ 10 coupon in the mail
I don’t have high expectation with Kelsey’s, especially after reading all these Unilocal’s reviews.
With $ 10 off coupon in the mail, I decided to give this Kelsey’s a try! The last time I was here was a long long long time ago… The deco still the same? So it is kind of bringing back some memories…
We ordered The Messy Fish Sandwich ($ 12.99) and Seafood Lover’s Pasta ($ 16.99) which the waitress was more than happy to substitute the pesto cream sauce to tomato sauce.
Food was quite standard. I doubt I would have pay full price for that as there are quite a lot of other choices at this price point!
Service though was so friendly and efficient.

Think the map is a little wrong on the Unilocal map view. It should be on the east of woodbine. Across from the FMP plaza where the chapters /​home depot is.
Anyways. The appetizers are decent but the main is meh. Esp the burgers and sandwiches. I wouldn’t trust the «K» recommended food. Had the BBQ chicken sandwich or something. Meh… ew not that good. I would rate it 0. Tastes worst than some fast food places in US.
Kind of sad that this franchise /​location seems to provide crappy food. Moxies food is a lot better and of course cheesecake factory is a million times better. Seriously the food here needs to get revamped. They are doing something wrong.
Surprised its still pretty busy but with all the selection around, I really would not pick this place for lunch /​dinner. We only came here since we got gift cards from a friend.
Surprised that the best dish was the pasta.

Waitress was pretty and friendly. The spinach dip was delicious! But the pasta was okay.

This kelseys has been at this location for years… haven’t been in a very long time but my girlfriend wanted to eat something closeby and not Chinese food. Lol… choices were very limited. So we jus stopped by here.
We happened to find out upon arrival that it was wings night. so mite as well… I guess Kelseys is really goin down the drain in terms of quality… server wasn’t smart enough to bring us all water when we asked for 1 glass but there is only a party of 3 people… how can you not bring 2 more glasses?
we ordered wings, appetizers, salad and one main course. Wings were super dry to a point i felt like i was chewing rubber… that is bad… wonder if it is because its half price?
salad was overdone with Caesar sauce… way too creamy… not enough croutons.
Potato skins arghh… when I’m charged like $ 10 for potato skin I expect it to be ok. not without any ingredients on the first and last piece. Sighs.
Seafood pasta. linguine was overcooked… to a point it was close to disintegrate. Into chicken noodle soup. Al dente is on the package for goodness sake. Follow the instructions… gosh…
Server forgot our order… we had to remind him. feel sorry for kelseys that they are so not up to par with the competition… and it’s not cheap…

Kelsey’s used to be the place I hang out twice a week for many years. However, the service now have turned abysmal. The same goes with the food quality.
I guess after it was taken over by Cara’s Foods group the quality just go downhill.

GROAN.
Kelsey’s has been making a lot of noise (or at least I think so) on the radio about their menu items, and how if you don’t absolutely love it you can send it back etc etc… So I thought that it would be a good idea to check it out, considering the best time strategically to visit a floundering restaurant is when they’re trying really hard to win customers back.
Suffice to say I wasn’t impressed, and at these prices I will continue to stay away from Kelsey’s for the foreseeable future.
This location is always jam-​packed every weekend night, and the Saturday that we went was no exception. We were greeted by a lost-​looking host who, after greeting us, literally skittered back and forth in front of us from one end of the restaurant to the other trying to find empty spots. It didn’t look professional, though I suppose I give her points for trying hard.
After we took our seats, we decided to order the newly advertised pasta menu. I had a shrimp rigatoni with cream sauce, while my girlfriend had a spicy chicken rigatoni with a pesto-​tomato sauce. Considering that this was the menu that Kelsey‘s pushed really hard on their adverts, we thought this would be the safest bet.
As it turns out, the dishes were VERY mediocre. The pasta was tasteless, the too-​subtle flavours from the sauce didn’t penetrate into the rigatoni, and the shrimp and/​or chicken pieces (which were actually delicious) were too few and far between. And each dish cost close to $ 18 before taxes! As there was nothing wrong per se with the dishes, we didn’t even have the heart to send it back and have them make good on their advertisement promise. As a result, we really felt that the food was unbelievably overpriced for middling quality.
Conclusion? The new Kelsey’s is pretty much the same as the old Kelsey’s. This tired chain needs to reinvent itself somehow, lest it become more of an irrelevance than it already is (though admittedly, this one is always crowded on weekends, so what do I know). Will definitely NOT come back.
Final note, the service wasn’t that great either. I always come to a Western restaurant expecting really solid service, but we only got a very OK-​ish level of care and attention. Montana’s is way better, which is funny considering they’re both owned by the same corporation.