Mascot Brewery King St

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   Rui

   Toronto

   3 reviews

   1.0

   3 reviews

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   In any other business, when you buy in bulk, you get a discount. Why is it that the restaurant industry thinks that it's appropriate to charge a premium disguised as a "tip" when you come with 8 people or more? I steered 16 of my friends to this place and we were slapped with an outrageous 20% "tip". It's not a tip if you charge me for it! A tip is meant to be voluntary, as in, the client should chose whether to give a tip and how much that tip should be. How is 20% justified? The service was not exceptional. Mistakes were made. There were delays. The food was not "great" by any stretch of the imagination. In January 2022 the minimum wage applicable to service workers was increase to the standard minimum wage. Before that time it was understood that a tip was to help service workers make up that gap. Today there is no gap. And BTW the standard tip for meh service is 15%. We got meh service. And why is a "tip" more worthy when serving a group of 8 or more? The 15 of us had sat at 4 different tables of 4 people each and ordered that exact same items? Is that somehow less of a burden on the servers and the kitchen than when 16 people sit at a larger table? I don't think so. I wonder if the restaurant is pocketing some of that tip... see the CBC Marketplace episode titled "Tipped off: Exposing where your tips really go".
   

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   Khaya

   Toronto

   2 reviews

   2.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on November 29, 2024

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   The service was messy and uncommunicative. We waited over 5 minutes to be seen at the door, when there was no one else waiting and the place was about 2/3 full. We were seated and our drink and food orders were taken very promptly. Our drinks were brought right away. When the food came out, it was only one of our orders, which was warm, not really hot. We said we were waiting on another and the server seemed surprised. We then waited an additional 10-12 minutes for the other dish, during which time we had to ask another server again, and were not told anything, like whether the order had been forgotten or something. Also, both orders were the same thing. I know it's on King St, but $7 for a side of a small bowl of romaine lettuce with caesar dressing on it is pretty outrageous. Two stars for the drinks and the vibes, which are good. Fun for an after work beer, not great for dinner.
   

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   Sebastien

   Toronto

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on November 26, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Everything was delicious. We had the smashburgers, which were smashin good.
   

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   Jennifer

   Toronto

   3 reviews

   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on November 16, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great drinks, food and service. Our go to before the theatre!
   

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   Catherine

   Toronto

   5 reviews

   5.0

   5 reviews

   Dined on November 2, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 3

   Our meals were excellent but the service was outstanding - friendly, attentive, personable, accommodating.
   

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   Lauren

   Toronto

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined on October 18, 2024

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   Service was terrible. We ordered food, but they forgot to put the order through.
   

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   Jim

   Toronto

   4 reviews

   2.0

   4 reviews

   Dined on September 13, 2024

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 1

   Beer was okay but place needs updating and was pretty much empty on Friday afternoon.
   

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   Tina

   VIP

   Toronto

   2 reviews

   1.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on September 12, 2024

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 4

   Terrible service . We did not get the food we ordered as the waiter forgot and we had limited time to reorder. Beer orders were wrong and duplicates and then he dropped 2 beers and splashed all over our feet. He did not pick up glass for awhile.
   

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   Simon

   Toronto

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined on August 22, 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Good spot for drinks. Nice selection, good patio. Ambiance was good, our server when we got there at 4 was great too and gave some great recommendations on beers
   

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    Wendy

    Toronto

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on August 2, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    Found this gem of a restaurant while in Toronto for a concert - food was amazing (highly recommend the wings!!) beer was awesome (bought some to bring home!!) and the server was very polite and personable … will definitely recommend to others!!!
    

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