Labyrinth Lounge

The drinks are ridiculously cheap. On a Saturday night, vodka is $ 3 and mixed drinks are $ 3.50. While the atmosphere was a bit strange and the basement was eerily quiet, it’s definitely a great place to start the night before going out.
Just because drinks are cheap though, don’t forget to tip the lovely bartenders!

Stopped by here on a Saturday night last week and I was impressed by how cheap drinks were ($ 3.50 Saturday night special for a rum with coke). The inside of this bar is dark and dingy with an old dungeon looking basement floor perfect for taking your friends for an intimate chat or planning to plot a scheme over candle light and drinks.

Went here with a friend. Wasn’t busy so lent well to being able to have conversation. Bartender was friendly, made suggestions on beer. Would go again for a good, chill, hangout place.

What more can you ask for in a bar? Great atmosphere and cheap mixed drinks. Anyplace else it’s $ 6+ so get stupid drunk and save some cash.
I have had good nights after this bar.
The doorman will remember you (only after going 3x) and shakes your hand to welcome guests.
Stay classy

This place is great. Unless you’re lame. If you are you just shouldn’t go. For all the rest of you, let’s go to the bar.

It’s hot, the music is loud, and the staff are dickish. Avoid at all costs, there are so many better bars on bloor.

Cheap & Charming.
Attracts a great crowd of people, and the staff are wonderful as well. The bathrooms are a wee bit scary and it isn’t the cleanest place around, but as long as you’re sticking to drinks it’s all good. Oh an open mic night there features some genuinely talented folk.
Did I mention cheap? Cause yeah, it’s about the cheapest you’re gonna get for drinks in Toronto.

This place isn’t anything special, but they have cheap drinks ($ 3.50 Jamison drinks). It has become more of a place to stop by to get a couple quick drinks before they move on to somewhere else. There is usually a like after 11:30pm so make sure you get there before. If you are trying to come with a group bigger than 5 people you might have some trouble getting in. Honestly the staff here has always been friendly to me so that is why I keep coming back.

This place is great. I’m sensing I’m getting a bit ‘old’ for it these days, but that’s alright. Very reasonably priced drinks, extremely friendly staff. Food is not great, but don’t come here for that. It’s all about good vibes and good times.
The main bartender guy is great, and the main doorman stops me when he sees me around the city and says ‘hi’. Always nice.

Suck a B.O.D. Scott. The bouncer (Scott) needs to get sacked. He just wants single girls he can hit on in the bar.

Some nice beers on tap if limited selection (not always a bad thing). Fair prices, friendly staff. Music good on the night I was in at least (Friday).

When you want things cheap, loud and sketchy, which well, you sometimes just do, this is a good option in the area. The crowd here isn’t obnoxious in the same way other places are but drinks are cheap, atmosphere is appropriately gloomy and they have music and stuff. Haven’t had an issue with the bouncers yet.

Lab gets 5 stars for being exactly what we were looking for for our Saturday night out with a rather large group of friends (about 12). Even right next to the speakers, the music wasn’t too too loud and had a great vibe — no top 40 here! And who doesn’t love $ 3 Absolut on a Saturday? Apparently my friends, but the ~$ 4 G&Ts weren’t breaking the bank either! Our bill for two was under $ 50 with snacks. I honestly can’t remember the last time that happened!
Unfortunately, I have to knock off a star because the bathrooms reeked! Thank goodness the smell didn’t travel too far!

Ennhhhh… I don’t know about this joint. Anyone who knows me will tell you I’m so into dives I refuse to go anywhere else. It’s so regular, small but for some reason not that cozy. Service is… none. They don’t come to you, you have to go to the bar which is totally cool with me. They were pretty nice, nothing special!
I had Amsterdam blonde. Like most divey bars, they mostly had craft beer and not that great of a selection. I just think it’s really really gloomy in here. The atmosphere is slightly depressing so I don’t plan on coming back that’s probably the reason I give it 3 stars only. But hey, with a big group anything is fun!

The bouncer told me I couldn’t come into the bar because I was «too gay». Don’t go to this bar unless you want to support a homophobic business.
EDIT: My friend says he said «drunk» but I’m pretty sure he said «gay».

The bar staff is incredible. The drinks are cheap. The atmosphere is nice. I like it because it’s a dive, but it isn’t full of fresh 19 year olds.
The head bouncer there is a major jerk. I refuse to return because he has treated me incredibly disrespectfully. I was treated unfairly, called rude and insulting names, and was generally demeaned and belittled. Because of this, I refuse to return. I will bring my business somewhere else, where ALL of the staff are respectful to their regular patrons.
I am also not the first person to have issues with their head bouncer, Scott. As read in the comments of this article
Get it together, Lab. Get rid of this complete asshole and hire a competent bouncer who can tell the difference between drunk and sober people, and understand how to effectively communicate with the patrons.

Really cool place to check out! The entrance is kind of tucked away behind a larger bar — you gotta turn the corner and walk past the other place to get to the Lab. The Lab looks very small when you walk in — probably because it’s very dark, but there are large lounges both downstairs and on the right when you walk in.
The place seems to be exclusively staffed by mustachioed male hipsters, but overall they’re all very personable and nice. The lack of lighting also does good to hide all the duct tape covering the ripped seating and the peeling paint on the walls — it’s got a very grungy feel to it. Despite this, the staff there were all very attentive and friendly — our drink cups were whisked away from our hands the second they were emptied, and our little table tea candles (providing the little light we had) were promptly replaced when they began to even flicker.
The special they had the night we went (Saturday) was $ 3 Absolut vodka anything — mixed drinks, shots, etc. The bartender was very nice, and took orders very fast even when there was a mob of people waiting. Asked him to whip us something as a surprise and he made a very good grapefruit/​club soda mix.
The little yard thing at the exit definitely seems to be a bit of a breeding ground for rowdy people and we got a little bit heckled as we left — the staff seemed to be buds with whoever they were and didn’t do much.
This place definitely caters to the college crowd, and has a super grungy, hipster feel to it. Definitely has a lot of character.

NEVER GO THERE! EVER!
The bouncers all know the people that cause fights and do NOTHING. A good friend had a concussion for a week and she is BANNED because a guy would not go away!
NEVER GO THERE. it’s Simply DANGEROUS!

Bar caché dans une petite rue à 2 pas de Bathurst Station.
Ambiance calme et posé pour prendre un verre.
La qualité de la poutine m’a étonnée!
/​/​Nice bar hidden in a street 2 steps away from bathurst Station.
Cozy atmosphere to have a drink.
Great poutine there!

Labyrinth Lounge reminded me my days at a student. As student looking for cheap drinks and food and of course loud music…
Not a bad place for a drink or 2… relax and lay back… dark. really dark… zzzzzzzzzzzz
Food was the usual pub selections. Thanks for fellow Unilocalers for letting me taste some of the food they ordered: cheese, onion rings, fries. The cooking oil they used were fresh so the food was not greasy…
BTW, I do need my cough syrup after my few hours of yelling at people at Labyrinth… it helped me open up my voice!

I was at Labyrinth last night for CMYE event, I almost walked by it not realizing it was the venue. The Labyrinth reminded me of divey bars back in my university days, there is something comforting about the place that makes you want to stick around. It has that feeling that everyone could know your name like they did in Cheers.
Us Unilocalers, had reserved a few tables where we were able to chat and catch up. The music was on in the background but not too loud that you could not hear the person beside you. Drinks were cheap as is the food, cocktails $ 5! My friend got a burger and fries for only $ 8!
This is a great place to grab a few drinks and something small to nosh on before you head out for the night. Even better is that it is close proximity to the Brunny and Futures — so you can choose on your adventure depending on how you want your night to go.
I will definitely be back to hang out. Check the Labyrinth out if you are in the Annex!