1881 Steakhouse and Burger Bar

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   David

   Toronto

   4 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   4 reviews

   Dined on October 18, 2024

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

   Server was an awesome. Check to make sure my wife’s dinner was gluten free
   

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   Mike

   Toronto

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on October 12, 2024

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

   We ordered steaks and they were perfect. Great meal, cool looking place
   

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   KERRY

   Toronto

   16 reviews

   4.0

   16 reviews

   Dined on October 6, 2024

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

   Good food and daily specials are a great reason to visit.
   

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   Katerina

   Toronto

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on October 5, 2024

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

   The food was OK. We got the spinach dip and it was very runny and had very little spinach in it. I was also surprised how bland it was. For our mains, my partner got a pulled pork sandwich but needed to request a gluten-free bun. It was $3 extra for the bun (which is pretty outrageous to begin with) but that would have been OK if the bun had not been one of those styrofoam GF buns. There are so many good GF buns out there and if you're already charging $3 per for them, I would think you can afford better buns. I got the Peppercorn sirloin and upgraded to the garlic mashed potatoes. Again, not too happy about the fact that I needed to pay extra for a side that is pretty common with a steak, but it was what I really wanted. The steak was cooked just as I had requested (between Medium and MR) so no issues there. But it was a bit gristly and that was not pleasant. Otherwise, an OK steak. But the garilc mashed potatoes were incredibly bland and I was really shocked, considering that I paid an additional $2.50 to get them. As well, they were so whipped and devoid of any cream, I almost felt like they were from a box, but I can't imagine that was the case. They just did not have the consistency of mashed potatoes. Finally, we were very disappointed in the service. Our server was very pleasant and sweet but not particularly attentive. It was not a very busy night in there so this was quite surprising. I had to ask for things a couple of time (e.g. a glass for my beverage), and when each course was brought to us, it took a while for our server to come and see if we needed anything else. We ended up getting more from our food runner than our primary server. At one point, my partner had to get up to ask for BBQ sauce and our server was just sitting on her phone so he to ask someone else to help him. So not a horrible experience, but sadly I don't think I would go back here.
   

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   Lori

   New York City

   4 reviews

   3.0

   4 reviews

   Dined on October 4, 2024

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

   Disappointed! Order two apps. Cauliflower bites was okay, Spinach dip was absolutely horrible! It was just melted cheese for $17.00! 3 meals ordered I had the Buffalo wrap. Chicken extremely dry other two meals were hamburgers and they said they were not bad but not great either! A $170.00 dinner plus tip and I would not go back or recommend it!
   

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   Robert

   Toronto

   3 reviews

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   2.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on October 4, 2024

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

   If you are going for drinks, you should be okay. Stay away from the food. The food options lack quality, variety and value.
   

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   Crystal

   Las Vegas

   2 reviews

   1.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on September 15, 2024

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

   Very poor service considering it wasn't busy. Will not go back.
   

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   Jennifer

   Toronto

   7 reviews

   4.0

   7 reviews

   Dined on August 31, 2024

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

   Better than when visited in the past. Food was good, but comparable to other places, nothing over exceptional, and service was good and attentive. Nice country atmosphere
   

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   HayleyK

   Toronto

   2 reviews

   4.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on June 23, 2024

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

   Loved the ambience of this place! The cowboy feel was so much fun and the pricing felt really fair on the menu. Our server Brie was also lovely. The only thing we were dissapointed by were the burgers. They were a bit dry and not too flavourful.
   

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    jimmer

    Toronto

    6 reviews

    3.0

    6 reviews

    Dined on June 9, 2024

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

    The Western is located in the heart of downtown Guelph, where there are a wide array of dining establishments that cater to the pub grub crowd to the haute cuisine gourmands. If you seek good value and a decent dining experience, that's somewhere in the middle ——look no further. JG
    

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