Smoke’s Poutinerie

not the best location
not the worst location
came in here the other day, and i almost had smoke coming out of my ears.
i came in to redeem a loyalty program card for a free regular poutine, and i was told it was not accepted due to the «rampant amounts of fraudulent cards» being cashed in.
sent a complaint to the higher powers about it.

Not your typical poutine. They try to get a little too creative sometimes and don’t have the goods in the gravy department. It is a good spot to go get some more interesting fair food type poutine (like the meat loaded ones which are actually really good).

Triple pork is amazing! I get this one every time. The portion is big, it’s good for sharing. Very few seatings, efficient staff, the food comes pretty fast despite a bunch of late night customers. Smoke’s is one of my favourite poutines on-​the-​go after a night of drinking.

This was the first (and so far only) time that I have had Poutine, and I thought that it was amazing. Smoke’s has a wide variety of selections on the menu, including four vegetarian options.
Once we placed our orders and paid (individually t the counter), we were each given a number and just waited for them to be called when the order was ready. There seemed to be 2 people handling the counter the night that I went, and they seemed to have a pretty good turnaround time for each order.
I ordered a Rainbow Poutine, which ended up having a generous amount of guacamole, sour cream, sriracha and cheese and tasted magnificent.
The Poutine is served in to-​go boxes, which seems to encourage people to take the food and eat it elsewhere.
The restaurant itself is pretty small and not good for sitting down to eat. there are a few bar stools with a counter for seating against the wall. However, it did not seem comfortable or conducive to a group dinner. Also, given that there were 5 of us, there was not enough open seats.
I would definitely recommend stopping by this place (or any other place that serves Poutine) and trying the Poutine. If you do go to Smoke’s Poutine, just don’t plan on sitting there to eat it.

First time I tried poutine and it was ohhhhh soooooo gooood! We went with the recommendation of getting the Bacon Cheeseburger Poutine. We added the shrooms and onions. A ‘meal’ size was big enough for two people. Usually I’m not much into fries or pork but loved it so much I barely rearranged myself from licking the container ;) lol

I’ve had different poutines on their menu — from the traditional to the chicken inferno, pulled pork, philly cheese steak… Smoke’s just isn’t as great as it is hyped up to be.
Place is dingy — but the chain goes for the grungy look.
Food is mediocre. Service is mediocre. The seating is horrible.
Smoke’s. be it this location, which is the most convenient and the one I’ve visited the most, or any other locations — Smokes is a last resort.

WOOO overall a worth while experience if the midset is right. I love going here after a long night chasing boys at the Brunny or nazigating the habo hotel that is the Maddy. Nothing feels better after a night of molson canadian 67’s then a nice poutine. I prefer the Nacho Poutine which is Super yummy! Lines can be a bit crazy and seating is nonexistant. I like all the variety Even though I never order anything else I like the option!

Just got a Prime Beef Deluxe Poutine 10 minutes ago, cold gravy, the cheese didn’t melt, saggy warm fries. I wonder what took the server (Juliana) so long to serve my poutine. I don’t expect exceptional customer service from a fast food place but a thank you or a smile is expected with the food. Not worth my $ 10, I should have gone to somewhere else. 1 star for filling my stomach, I was starving. Never going back there ever again. To be honest, Hero Burgers have better poutine and service for half the price.

Don’t plan on dining in. It seems designed to ensure you won’t.
Nice service. Refreshing to see personable people behind a restaurant counter.
Disappointing poutine. I think they are hiding so so fries and mediocre gravy under toppings that distract the tastebuds.
Not worth the time it will take to work it off on the treadmill.

This is the first Smoke’s franchised location. Staffs are very friendly (as long as you don’t act rude like talking on the phone when ordering or throwing money at the cashier ;)) and efficient comparing to any other branches! Fries are hand-​cut and almost all the items are cooked in house. I recommend Montréal or anything with smoked meat because they are big portioned and always kept fresh. Authentic poutine starting from $ 6.77 is very reasonable I think.

For a poutine, this is REALLY good!
I’m not a fan of fries/​fast food but I HAD to try this, especially after all the hype and the increasing pressure from my friend.
Yeah, a Canadian that doesn’t enjoy poutine? Who am I?
I came here after I left my name down at snakes and lattes and I was surprised at what a small store this was. I would’ve expected it to be huge because I would imagine it would get super stuffy and claustrophobic in there.
The girl was very smiley and friendly even when I took awhile because I don’t know the menu well.
I had a snack size pulled pork poutine and the pork was delicious! I don’t like pork (yeah sorry for the pickiness, don’t have dinner with me) but it was amazingly flavoured, thorough taste throughout and it pretty much melted in my mouth. Loved it.
The cheese is chunky — some may be a fan of that, but I’d prefer melted down cheese. Not complaining that much though because it’s not that big of a deal.
Snack size was enough to fill me up even though the price is pretty steep for what you get.
The tables were kind of sticky and seating was uncomfortable. Good thing many people weren’t eating there.
Not bad though, not sure if I’d go back but those are for personal taste reasons, not because the restaurant is bad!

being a 2 minute walk from my house makes this super dangerous. when I die I want to be buried in poutine.

Man. Here me out right quick.
This is a warning to all you non white brothers who got the random feeling of poutine in yer stomach. Don’t do it, smokes ain’t worth the what’ll come out at night.
Anyways this is my second time coming to smokes cuz again I had that feeling of raging hormones of fries needed to be had. First experience was…
Ya dis this time I walked in and shorty was a sweet heart (that’s the only reason dis joint got a star) and helped me out. She ain’t even enjoy the food and said the quality been going down hill since time. If you ever read this shorty them double pig tail hairstyle was mad cute ahah, never seen a older girl brave enough to rock that but you did. It was bulking season otherwise maybe possibly there was a chance of singling and mingling
I got that nacho grande wit chicken pieces (bless her pretty white heart) and lemme break it down for you non white people. If Godzilla ate some spicy chicken Curry with some jerk chicken with some milk with some goat cheese with some pineapple mushrooms with some laxatives… It still wouldn’t be as bad looking and tasting as this.
It’s like I’m digging into liquid diarrhea and pushing myself to eat and lying to my friends that it tastes marvelous cuz I was stripid enough to spend 11 bucks on crap.
I literally quit eating potatoes in general (not all because of this but half cuz of this). Srs (respect the srs tag fam)
Save yer selves fam

My first experience at any Smokes poutine. unfortunately, I was disappointed. Although this location wasn’t tasty for me, I hope other locations will be a better experience for me.

What you need to know: They make a KILLER poutine.
Ask for the peppercorn gravy.

I like Smoke’s, it’s one of my favourite poutine places. But after visiting this location on a few occasions, I’ve come to realize that I’m really just a fan of the Adelaide location.
I don’t know what the issue is here since they should be using the same recipe and ingredients. The few times I’ve been here, I’ve found the fries to be super dry and rather overcooked. Makes the whole thing much less palatable.

Every time I get a poutine here there’s something off about it… it’s like the fries are old or something, or just dryyyy… I wouldn’t say this is the best I’ve had in the city. I would recommend getting something with at least a vegetable because the 3 pork or the Montréal ones are just too dry all together.
So many choices though, and I can never settle… walk out of there wishing I had tried something else pretty much every time.
Other than that, i find the quality is consistent and the cheese is melted preeetty nicely all over the place. I would definitely come here after a drunken night, but wouldn’t track across town just to grab a poutine.
PS Abbas.

Pretty tiny Smoke’s — not as nice as the one near Queen. We ordered our poutine and there was barely any gravy on it, and maybe four cheese curds. Tsk tsk tsk.
Service and quality are very hit and miss at this particular location, and there isn’t a lot of room to sit. This Smoke’s definitely tends to be cleaner than the one near Queen, and the clientele is a definitely more tame.

I love me some good poutine but the one at this location of Smoke’s left me wanting better.
Dropped in on a sunny Sunday. There was no one at the counter or in the kitchen. We waited a few minutes and then re-​opened the door to set off the ‘ding’ of the bell. Waited a few more minutes and finally a female employee emerged from the back. Seems like we interrupted her as she was not pleased that we were there.
We ordered the Traditional ($ 5.99) and it was ready pretty quickly. The employee passed us the poutine and then disappeared into the back.
Unfortunately, I don’t think the fries were fresh. The gravy was kinda warm but there were some cold congealed chunks in it. It was just gross.
A few more customers arrived and had the same wait for employee to come out, first the female came back out and then a male employee emerged from the back room, looking disheveled. I really don’t want to know what was just interrupted. Ugh.

It’s poutine. Maybe it’s because I’m from the west coast, but I have a difficult time distinguishing ‘good’ and ‘bad’ poutine. Hell — I like Costco poutine a lot (… dem crispy fries… drool…) and I pretty much only eat poutine after I’ve been drinking or recovering from a night of drinking and I’m just looking for a greasy fix.
Smoke’s is really in the middle of range for me. I guess the curds, gravy and fries seem fine? I dunno.
But the interesting thing is the choice of toppings — I grabbed the triple pork — which is bacon, sausage and pulled pork. You can bet that I love porcine. If you’re drunk/​hungover — this is a gift from the heavens. Eating this semi-​sober… it was alright.
Also, do not let the box sizes fool you. I opted for the large size since the boxes looked deceptively small and I’m just a big eater. However, they mound up the poutine to the point where the staff needs to ask if takeout customers need the box closed for them.
My advice — do not get drunk and stumble in here demanding the large. You’ll hate yourself in the morning.