Refinery Public House

We went to the refinery the other night for dinner. it was really a good experience .everything on the menu is the same price, just under 7 $, which is kind of cool because you feel like you can pick/​try anything off the menu and not base it on price. The Cesar salad and burger was SO GOOD. the fries were also good. lots of seasoning on them which I love, but if u aren’t a fan of salty maybe tell them to take it easy with the salt… the gravy was also so good. The only thing I didn’t care for was the drink list. there wasn’t any sangria or much mixed drinks. the waitress said a summer drink list was coming out so I’ll def. Be going back and I’ll update my review if I try the new drinks!
I really recommend this place and it’s kid friendly. We brought our son :)

$ 7 menu items… all night long! Great quality food with perfect portions (beats the hell out of a big Mac combo at less cost), good beer selection, all reasonably priced. Will be going back time and time again.

Awesome little pub where they have an amazing selection of draft beer from all over the country was very excited after moving back to Toronto from Calgary that they had a beer from big rock brewery in Alberta! Staff is very friendly and everything on the menu is 6.95 which is awesome for people on a budget

This place is awesome! The food tastes amazing and everything on the menu is only $ 6.95! Great and friendly staff

I’ve loved every meal I’ve had at this little nook on the Lakeshore. The two guys who run it are always very friendly and it’s an interesting mix of regulars and drop-​ins. Had a date or two there — it’s an alright spot, but since its small you might feel exposed on an obvious first date.
Some choice with beer and really great food makes this a frequent choice for me.

Totally acceptable and probably fantastic as a student dive bar. Beer is cold, food is hot and both are cheap.
But if you are passed that phase in life the cleanliness of this establishment is horrendous (or, just as I remember student dive bars being like and had conveniently forgotten about, from my days in school). Sticky floors, soggy menus and bathrooms that smell like only the smells of dive bar bathrooms that have not been scrubbed for weeks with hundreds of bugs flying around (in the winter) as you relieve yourself.
I would have been fine with this place as a student, probably not the ideal spot if you have a kid dropping stuff on the floor or needing to use the restroom.
Am glad to see they are doing well as they definitely fill the need of the local student population.

This place is awesome! Kind of like El Furniture Warehouse’s less-​cool suburban stepsister, the pub offers all meals at $ 6.95. However, unlike El Furny, the drinks are not priced astronomically. For $ 6.50 I got a full-​sized premium pint of Blanche de Chambly.
The burger I had was pretty decent and had beef brisket on top as well. The fries were amazing — thinly sliced and browned to perfection — and automatically come with a tzatziki-​like sauce. I had a bite of the poutine and have to admit it was quite strange. As another reviewer pointed out, it has a strange alcoholic Guiness-​like flavour that I wasn’t particularly fond of.
Service was good. Our server was pretty chill, came by just enough and wasn’t pushy or in a rush to get us out of there.
It seems that they typically have live music in the place. As we were leaving at around 9, a band was setting up to play; definitely something to check out sometime.
Definitely recommend this place, especially if you’re on a budget.

Very slow service food takes forever to come out waitress forgetful leaving tables dirty after customers walked out an hour prior waited for my salad dressing that I was told was coming separately I finished my meal and never came… Quality of food not even worth 6.95 $

great live music, Great Food and even better people. Its what Lakeshore needed. You have to try the chicken and waffles, the Poirier Burger and the 3 dollar apple pie shots.

As a Humber College student, I’m grateful that such a nice pub exists so close to campus, and with a price a student can actually afford: $ 6.95 for everything on the menu.
Of course, this pricing is great, but a little weird. That means that a salad is the same price as a burger, which is the same price as a drink?
Anyways, I won’t complain because pub food for $ 6.95 is frickin awesome.
We tried the pourier burger with egg and the chicken and waffles, since it sounded interesting. The burger was great and came with yummy fries, but the chicken and waffles were weird. The waffles were okay, but the sauce tasted strangely alcoholic. It was a very strange tasting sauce; very rich and tasted a little like something that’s been fermenting. I guess it’s not for everyone. At least I can say that I’ve tried it! But I will not be getting it again.
Aside from that, I will definitely come again because the prices and atmosphere are worth it! Our server was also very friendly.

In general I’m a fan of this place because it changes up the usual trashy crowd that hangs around this area (Thanks Dimitri’s place!). The fact that their menu is set at $ 7 for everything is amazing as the food is quite good! The mac and cheese is definitely recommended but they have plenty on their menu and they have a lot of TV’s if you’re keen to watch sport and events happening every now and then. Not a bad joint for a relatively young-​middle aged crowd.
Also the sponsor pub for the Etobicoke Kangaroos Australian Football Club. Great fun having them around!

I just ate here for the first time, and it was honestly, fantastic… I ordered to pick up a brisket sandwich with cheese and bacon (I highly recommend doing it this way), and it was amazing! Perfect amount of onions so you get the slight hit of them… Not overdone with the sauce, and it has a really great bbq flavour, I was super impressed.
The only complaints I have, the three dollar extra barge for pick up orders. BUT, it’s understandable because dine in is really cheap considering, and the food was worth the price. Also, the French fries were pretty disappointing… Thin, dried out and a little cold when I got to them (I only live 3 – 4 min drive from there).
So for about $ 15 if picking up, you get a good amount of food, definitely recommend, and cannot wait to try the other dishes!
The bartender/​server was cute as hell too ;).

It’s a nice new pub with a great beer selection, affordable, simple and yet creative menu. Not a typical kind of place for the area, way nicer than anything around.

My friend and I went there for a meal and a few drinks. I’ve been there a few times before, and while the experience was nothing to write home about, it was inexpensive and in walking distance.
I ordered a drink right away. When it arrived, I couldn’t taste any alcohol in it. I asked my friend to try it — she couldn’t taste it, either.
I politely informed the waitress that the drink didn’t taste right. To which she adamantly insisted that the drink was right cause she poured it herself. She was very abrupt and made every effort to make me feel like my complaint was ridiculous. After a lot of arguing she finally went away to make another drink, which she pretty much THREW on the table, turned on her heel and without saying a word, stormed away.
Shocked, my friend and I stood up and left.
We were furthermore shocked when the barmen (or whoever he was) went chasing us on the street, threatening to report us if we don’t pay for the drink. To my protests that this was the worst service ever, his retort was that I (!!!) was rude and that I should be lucky they are ONLY charging me for one drink. And that the «waitress» can do whatever she wants — cause she’s (drumroll, please) the owner.
We paid the 5 bucks. They made me pay for something they didn’t provide.
Horrible place. I think the way they treated us probably reflects the kind of clientele they often get — people trying to cheat their way out of paying their bills. In which case — if you do choose to go — take care of your personal safety.

One of the coolest bar in the area. The neighborhood needs more places like this. They have cool student nights on Thursdays, where the beer and food is pretty cheap.

We were staying at an AirBnB in the area, and were looking for a good dinner place. I looked around in Unilocal and saw this one listed. Their little thing of having everything listed on the menu for $ 6.95 sounded like an intriguing idea, so we decided to give it a try.
Now, of course everything *starts* at $ 6.95, but if you want anything extra, it’s going to add a little bit. Pretty much everything is extra, but that’s okay.
We started off with the nachos, which were good, with some beef added and some guacamole. Everything was cooked nicely.
Lee got a bacon cheeseburger which he seemed to enjoy pretty well, it was properly cooked and maybe a little bit on the juicy side, but all together good.
I decided to go for the chicken and waffles. It was good, although I felt that the plate it was served on was a little small for the food, and the maple-​mustard gravy was a little bit overpowering. It’s not something that everyone is going to enjoy, and I do wish they had regular gravy for poutine, because we ended up not ordering the poutine — we knew Lee wouldn’t like it.
They have a great beer selection, with local and popular favorites (those do not adhere to the $ 6.95 menu) and some cocktails on the menu that look intriguing.
So if you’re in the neighborhood, check this place out!

So I wrote awhile back that the food wasn’t great. I was not correct. I haven’t given the «maple gravy» a go again but their fries are perfect. Seasoned fries, perfectly crisp with there onion dip, mmm mmm good. The burgers are also really tasty. Light brioche buns make what would be a heavy burger lighter. The burgers are tender, juicy and I recommend the Poirier for those who like a side of meat with their meat or Bacon cheese burger for lovers of the best things in life. Service is still really good. Amiable staff who make this a great place to go back to again and again… Plus everything on the menu is $ 6.95. They also carry a wide selection of hard ciders which is about as close to beer as I’ll ever get.

The food was cheap and good. I had the burger and it was bigger than I expected. It was nothing spectacular but for that price you can’t get anything better. The wife had the maple poutine and she couldn’t finish it because of the maple gravy. She wished there was a choice of gravy because, unfortunately, the maple/​mustard taste was overpowering and wasn’t to her liking.
We split the chicken and waffles with some friends who had the wings and skillet perogies. I liked the C&W but again the gravy threw some of them off. Personally, i didn’t mind it.
The service was friendly and the place had a charm. There’s a lot of potential here and I have this weird feeling like they’re still trying to find their identity BUT with that being said, you should definitely give this place a try and support a local business :)

Honestly I didn’t know what to expect coming into the restaurant, a couple colleagues told me it was a great place and that the food was unreal especially for the price. Now how can you beat $ 6.95/ea. for everything on the menu? Umm you can not!
Had the chicken and Waffles and though it wasn’t a full breast, it was very tasty, cooked right through, crispy and full of flavour. Add the Maple Bacon it was the perfect lunch.
I will be coming here often as I want to check out their burgers as well.

Heard about this place through another local bar and decided to check it out. I ordered there baked Yukon rounds and they were so delicious! The guy working was super polite and nice as well! Loved this place. Oh and everything on the menu is $ 6.95 can’t really go wrong with that