Harvey’s Restaurants

Quick fast and reliable. Its a Harveys burger. Good clean and fresh.
Always find the customer service and wait time a little slow at this location.
Reliable joint for a quick burger.

It’s a downtown Harvey’s so if you are hoping for a quiet meal … Well it’s just not happening. You will be bombarded by the homeless /​under privileged asking for spare change but they don’t pester! Don’t be alarmed or offended, they are just asking for change not your left kidney!!!
Staff is very helpful and the burgers never disappoint.

I went there for their chocolate milkshake and it was so gross. tons of sugar in it and no chocolate taste. Harvey’s has cheapened up their menu a lot. I used to love their chocolate milk shake 3 years ago and now it’s just garbage. I bought one for myself and 1 for my husband. Both me and my husband took one sip and threw it out. And the fact that my husband is not a picky eater and threw it out says a lot. If he doesn’t like it, it means it’s really bad.
What a turn off. Never again.

I think this Harvey’s location is quick, reliable and I’ve had only good customer service experiences. I say kudos to the staff, who might be sullen but I think they are efficient

Good deals all the time at Harvey’s. Burgers taste great, fries are usually fresh. This location has some sketchy characters, but nonetheless its still a good place to eat. They offer free wifi, pretty fast and reliable. Upgrading to poutine is never worth it, they make the poutines small now. The location is small, but seating is usually available, and fairly clean. Noise level fluctuates, but usually normal for a fast-​food restaurant.
Tip: type Harvey’s coupon offers into your iPhone search in Safari and you will receive many offers. Check the expiry dates, and use a relevant coupon for your order; just dhow your iPhone screen with the coupon. Saved me tons.
Oh yes! This location is infamously known as Hooker Harvey’s, because historically it was frequented by street workers; although, nowadays street workers have moved their enterprises to digital mediums; thus, the nickname Hooker Harvey’s no longer carries the same weight, making it a misnomer.

#1 Hookers hang out on the corner. One girl had a breast hanging out of her dress, such a funny sight!
#2 My burger wasn’t fit for dog food. It looked like a bunch of gray worms packed together, gross!

Typical fast food burger joint — wish the fries were still fresh cut. Bonus is that one can customize the sandwich toppings.

We have been visiting few burger places in search of the best veggie burger. After Hero and Acme, it was time to Harvey’s. I was excited and it was worthy, as the burger end up to be really delicious. We enjoyed it with fries and ice tea. For a Friday winter night it was pretty quiet, as it was occupied mostly with singles and few couples. I know why they were all quiet, as the burger was too good to have a conversation. Ha!
The other time when we were there my excitement was cooled down when we got to putting the burger together. Older Chinese man was serving us and he was so fast and so unclear to me that when he asked something I took a moment to reply and he already replied himself and poured something on my burger which I didn’t want. It was a turnoff and one of us took that up to the manager and we were served another burger. All was good at the end, but totally unnecessary in my opinion.
I am not sure if the veggie burger at Harvey’s is the best, but we will find ourselves going back there as the food was really good, though the place itself and service not so much.

Hooker Harveys. If you want to have some dirty fun, this may be the place to hang out after 10pm. But if you are craving a good yummy burger, stray away. My burger tasted like cardboard in a sock. Sigh. Maybe I am exaggerating. But I could have made that burger myself:
1. Buy a No-​Name brand burger pattie from No Frills.
2. Keep it in the freezer for 5 months.
3. Take it out, thaw under hot water for 5 minutes.
4. Slap it between some burger buns with whatever.
That’s how bad it was. Fries were unsalted … and heavy. And unenjoyable. $ 7 wasted. «Never» coming back. Sorry Justin.

My favourite fast food burger joint in the world! If Americans had Harvey’s then In-​N-​Out and Shake Shack would no longer be the most beloved fast food burger joints. Unfortunately, Cara Foods believes that there’s still ample growth opportunities in Canada so it’s unlikely that we’ll see any Harvey’s south of the border any time soon. The patties at Harvey’s are inexplicably satisfying, and the fries aren’t bad! The only drawback is the long wait times stemming from the length customization process of their burgers whereby customers choose their own toppings.

2 words: Hooker Harvey’s.

Have you ever met employees from a fast food place who enjoy their jobs? Go to this Harvey’s and you will see what I’m talking about.
EMPLOYEES
Smiles, laughs, and genuine suggestions… that’s what you get when you go to this Harvey’s. These guys are so sweet that I would go back just to see them.
FOOD
The fries are so much better than than 10 years ago. They are a bit crunchy with a soft inside. Yum! My burger was ok.
PARKING
Free! but it’s very small and it’s very difficult to get out the lot during rush hour b/​c it faces gerrard.
MENU
Harvey’s seems to have streamlined their menu. There are a signficantly less number of options and I think that was a fantastic idea. Simple is good.
LIGHTING
It seems to be brighter inside. Before they had those ugly dark menus on the wall. Now, they’ve changed them to some simple, light coloured menus. It makes the place a lot friendlier.

The best hamburger chain in all of Canada. Surpasses the quality of international chains such as McDonald’s and Burger King due to their use of fresh ingredients and the process of preparing your meal is done in front of your eyes. Although I do not consume red meat, their chicken sandwiches are amazingly good and I love the fact that the workers listen to what you want on your sandwich instead of following a construction diagram on the wall.
This location is located next to the Ramada Hotel on Jarvis, a block south of Alan Gardens. Place is kept clean and service is good.

I agree with Karl R. 100%
Expat Torontonian (is that correct ?) here. who remembers Harvey’s from when he was a kid, and gets Harveys every change he gets on a trip to Toronto.
You either like them or you don’t. The texture of the beef patty beef isn’t like any other burger joint. I think they mix in some veggie soybean stuff in there. but whatever they do the taste to me is excellent ! I have found some like it and some don’t. But if you do, you really like it, which is me.
The stores are like BK as they are no frills tables, and seating.
I currently live in Florida, and we won’t have anything like Harvey’s in the States. So enjoy you Canucks, your lucky to have Harvey’s up there.
Can’t wait to introduce my family to a Harvey’s burger. I’ll let you know what they say.

This is the first result that comes up for Harvey’s so I’ll just use it as a general overview of the chain itself. As the first poster notes, there seems to have been a pull out of the chain in certain areas of downtown. There’s one in the bowels of the Eaton Centre’s food court (the southern wing) although it’s tucked around a corner and you have to get by the stank of the Sbarro to find it. Even if’in’ you find the Harvey’s there well good luck finding seating in the foodcourt area. Your better Harvey’s play is kitty corner at the AMC Dundas 24 building on the foodcourt level (which appears to double as Ryerson’s east wing cafeteria).
There is also one in one of the food courts in the financial district underground but I think it’s only open Monday — Friday 11:45 am — 1:45 pm so forget about it.
Right. What is Harvey’s? Well, it’s one of the few burger chains that manage to match your mom ‘n’ pop stand alones that engender local loyalty (i.e., Etobicoke’s Apache Burger). It’s a bit like the American West coast’s In ‘n’ Out burger or Seattle’s Dicks.
Harvey’s offers a flame broiled «meat» patty (not 100% beef as far as I can tell) made to order. You get to load the sucker up Subway sandwich style. They seem to have a policy to cater to «extra» and «on the side» requests with little complaint. Pickles on the side is usually a favorite request of some. I personally always ask for four scoops of onions and have never been turned down. (I do allay the food prep’s fears about the societal consequences of eating so many onions by pointing out I’m single and won’t be tormenting anyone with onion breath. I also have a theory that the extra onions contain sufficient cancer fighting enzymes that counter balance the carcinogens in the meat. But don’t construe that as Kevin Trudeau style «health» advice.)
Harvey’s sometimes follows the «if it’s not broken, we’re going to try and fix it» school of driving a good brand name into the toilet. Harvey’s, for years, had some of the best fries around: a fresh cut potato fry with just the right amount of potato skin and crispiness. In the late 1990s/​early 2000s they changed to this coated «seasoned» fries which were just awful. Awful. So awful I think I actually wrote my MP and the Queen a letter asking them if they could do something. A truly «New Coke» move. They seem to have brought something like the old fries back but not quite.
Harvey’s should not be confused with Hardee’s. The similarity in names actually prevented the Hardee’s chain from expanding into Canada. So if you dream about tasting a Monster Thick Burger, you’ll have to keep on dreaming.
All ‘n’ all, Harvey’s has made some changes over the years in the «not for the better» category but it’s still miles (errr kilometers) ahead of McDonald’s and BK.

AKA Hooker Harvey’s seems like it’s the only one left in the downtown core. Wha’s happenin’? First it was the one up the street from my house and then they demolished the one at Yonge and Bloor for a glitzy condo development. I come here when I don’t want to pay $ 8 for a good veggie burger. It tastes suspiciously like beef which I’m okay with ’cause I’ve got the cornucopia of toppings to keep me distracted from really analyzing it. And I love their fries!
As far as fastfood burgers go, I think Harvey’s is the best. This location is nice and generally quiet outside of the occasional tranny hooker cussin’ out a john by the parking lot. It’s a perfectly acceptable place to enjoy a simple Harvey’s meal.