Bistro On Avenue

Your wings will come dry, and hard, and burned. I love well done wings, but is the person in the kitchen playing a joke? Will NEVER go back. GARBAGE

The Bistro On Avenue Road is one of those Classic Wing joints.
Originally it was the Bistro on Avenue along with St. Louis Bar & Grill. They both had the exact same recipe for their wings.
St. Louis Bar & Grill took off and expanded across Ontario.
The Bistro on Avenue kept to its roots and made wings better than ever!
Highly recommended!

What can I say… Staff are liars.
Three of us went in, ordered food and the fellas ordered a pitcher of beer. Later, the server asked if they’d like a second pitcher, and the guys said, «Yes.» We were enjoying ourselves, and the food was tasty enough. The second pitcher to arrive was clearly not the kind they’d ordered (the colour was dramatically different), so the server took it back and brought the correct one. The bill came, and we were charged — not even for three but — for FOUR pitchers. We reminded the server that we’d only consumed two, but that one was brought in error. Server went away, but came back insisting we pay for at least three (like they were doing us a favour by removing one of the two erroneously-​charged pitchers). When we tried to explain the server’s error, we were directed to (the manager?). He was acting as though he was too busy to even listen to us. He abruptly told us to pay for just the two pitchers, but to never come back.
What can I say? Gladly. …Just unprofessional liars. I have never, ever, ever, had a SINGLE problem at a restaurant before or since. Goodness. I’ve never even sent a dish back. We were respectful and earnestly tried to explain THE SERVER’S error… to no avail. There were no raised voices on our part… just complete bewilderment. We left embarrassed and dumbfounded. What a shoddy way to do business.
This happened a little while ago, but I’m still so offended, I’m finally getting around to telling what happened to me.
This may never happen to you… if you’re lucky. (To be fair, in 50 years of eating at restaurants in a dozen countries, this restaurant is the only one to treat me so badly and unfairly.) Every dime you spend there supports staff who will try to lie and cheat customers out of their money, and then slander them, publicly, when they don’t acquiesce.
I’m thrilled to have never been back. There are literally thousands of restaurants in Toronto from which to choose.

It’s still as good as ever, but that was never more than 4 stars anyway. I didn’t really think the 70s dive bar atmosphere of the old location was any good anyway, so I don’t really see any change there.
For those coming from St. Louis restaurants — the wings are identical in taste but bigger rather than the pigeon-​sized wings you get at St. Louis, and you get plenty more fries and better specials. Basically — this is 1 step up from St. Louis Wings.

Walked in asked for a high chair was told theres «no high chairs or coloring books» Food was good but took almost an hour to arrive. We have been going to the original location for 22 years and loved the cozy feel. The new location doesn’t have the same vibe. Overall food is always good but disappointed that the take out counter was more important than us customers seated for dinner.

My first visit to the new location was like losing an old friend. After being at the south Avenue road location for more than two decades, I really had no idea what to expect.
Sadly, although the wings are as good as ever, the new location has no atmosphere, decorating out of the 70’s that has no bearing on this being a neighbourhood pub. It’s just horrible. It’s also way to big.
That the place was empty… I was the only one in the left hand section of the old Italian restaurant… is an indication that things may not work here.