Casey’s Bar & Grill

I haven’t been to a Casey’s in a really long time, but this visit might change that…
I had a really nice dinner, and a great time!
Food: They just launched a new menu yesterday when I went. I decided to try a new menu item, Fried Chicken with mashed sweet potatoes, seasonal veggies and a homestyle corn/​onion bread. Everything was delicious! The mashed sweet potatoes were something I’d never had before and they were quite nice. It was a great portion and reasonably priced too. Others at my table had the Bison burger which looked incredible, was massive and I was told was very tasty as well. The Jambalaya was nicely spicy/​hot and was a great portioned size as well.
I didn’t have any dessert, but they had dessert nachos, cinnamon donut holes, cheesecake, and the $ 4 mini-​desserts which are a fantastic way to have a little sweetness without busting your pants (or wallet).
Service was awesome as well — our waitress was attentive and friendly, offered add-​on suggestions but wasn’t pushy about anything.
I would definitely return, the only bummer about this location is no more AMC for movies after dinner!

I went there with a group of four today, and I must say I was disappointed.
1. Overall atmosphere
They do not take reservations for groups under seven. We were seated right away at a booth, but the booth has very little leg room. The overall lighting is very dark, and the lights dimmed down even more in the middle of the meal for no reason.
2. Appetizer
We ordered a Fiesta Nacho to start. First of all, when I think of nacho, I think it contains some sort of ground beef. Nope I was wrong. It contained an insane amount of tomatoes instead. Yes this is our fault for not reading the ingredients list before hand, but was still slightly disappointed on the appetizer. We also asked for extra Salsa/​Sour Cream to share, but they cost $ 0.99 extra each.
3. Entrée
For entrée, two of us ordered steak and two of us ordered burgers.
This is the part that ticked me off the most. This place serves steak, but there’s no option of mash potatoes as a side. My steak came cold, and my friend’s came barely lukewarm. We were in a rush to go somewhere else, so we didn’t really want to complain and just ate our food. According to my friends who ordered burgers, the burgers were decent, but the fries were absolutely TERRIBLE. Soggy and plain. It feels like it just came out of the microwave.
4. Service
A lot of upselling. Yes, they do it in every restaurant, but this one is by far, the worst. A lot of items on the menu are suggested, and of course, with extra charge; The menu doesn’t really tell you you can substitute sides unless you ask. They were pushing for us to order drinks really badly. The waiter asked us three times if we intend to order any drinks from their (not so) awesome drinks menu. We didn’t end up ordering any.
As for the actual service during the meal, our water never got refilled. As well, since we paid by cash, we expected exact change back. Nope we did not. About $ 2 was not given back to us, and we were expecting it to be given to us so one of my friend can get some change. We did end up tipping enough, but I personally was not pleased with the service.
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Overall, mediocre food with really pushy service. Don’t think I will be back again if I have a choice.

stopped by for lunch — surprised that the by the flavors in the sinapore style noodles i had… service was excellent, amazing that a chain can do such an impressive job.

We took my mom here for a Mother’s Day lunch. It was nice that the place wasn’t overly busy. Our service was relatively quick but got slower & slower as more people trickled in. The food was served after about a 20 – 25 minute wait & tasted good. But afterwards we were left to sit idle for quite a while before the waitress came by to see if we wanted refills on anything or dessert. We ended up sharing the Pecan Pie which was delicious. All in all, an okay experience, but nothing stellar.

I do not exactly know why Casey’s mission in life is to piss off their customers and serve terrible food, always, every time, every location…
With that said, this is so far one of the better locations that I have found. The food is always hit and miss here. Staff always seem to be too busy to serve you and are not very happy and cheerful. Its like you are personally bothering them by coming and expecting to get service while you try too enjoy at best edible meal…
I like the penne pasta, which is a simple pasta dish with peppers, and somehow I ended up without the peppers, its the whole reason I order this dish, the peppers are a nice touch and yet I was being blamed for asking it without the peppers! Even when the manager came, she could have cared less and looked annoyed to have to crawl out of her hiding place.
If you are lucky enough your meal will come out right the first time!

Came here for a late dinner date. As we entered the hostess graciously opened the doors for us. We asked for a seat on the bar side however no tables were available there so we settled for the much more empty dining room.
We were seated in a big comfy booth. Very simple and classic décor with shades of terra cotta and brown and wooden tables and chairs, very causal feel vibe.
Our waitress soon arrived and showed us the menus and went over the specials. She asked to take our drink orders but I hadn’t opened the drink menu yet so I asked for a few more minutes. Deep into conversation I neglected to read the drink list yet and our waitress arrived, my date ordered a beer while I now started reviewing the drinks, they have a good assortment of cocktails, I told the waitress I needed more time as she waited for me decide. Finally when she came back I knew exactly what I wanted:
Sex in the City Cosmo — Smirnoff vodka and Sour Puss raspberry liqueur shaken with an all-​natural raspberry purée and a splash of cranberry juice. Served with a strawberry rock candy rim.
This was super delicious yummy, you couldn’t even tell there was alcohol in it (which I liked) it was fruity and sweet, I could of easily knocked back 4 more of these but the aftermath would have been dangerous. I also loved the rock candy rim!
After perusing the dinner menu for some time we were ready to place our orders. I got the:
Mango Mahi Mahi — Pan-​seared and served with zesty mango and lime salsa, sautéed fresh vegetables and rice pilaf.
I’ve never had fruit with my fish before but I really enjoyed this combination, very refreshing, the fish cooked perfectly included 2 nice size fillets, and I enjoyed the simple rice pilaf.
My date got the :
Bacon Cheese Burger — Aged Cheddar cheese, grilled bacon, dill pickle, lettuce, tomato and red onion with a side of Sweet Potato Fries
I was lucky enough to snag a few bites of this! Super moist meat, nice toasted fresh bun, classic combo of toppings with great flavour. Overall a pretty up there burger! I liked how they served the sweet potato fries in a mini fryer basket, fries were pretty good too.
After about 20 – 30 minutes of waiting for our waitress to clear up the table and bring on the dessert menu we had to call her over. We enjoyed that she gave us time to talk but in a pretty empty restaurant we would have expected prompter service.
I ordered a pot of tea and for dessert I knew what I wanted the moment I saw it on the menu:
Peanut Butter Brownie Sundae — Fudgy peanut butter brownie chunks layered in chocolate peanutbutter ice cream, drizzled with hot fudge and topped off with whipped cream.
Even though this was suppose to a mini dessert it was bigger than I expected but I would never dare to share it! It was really delicious and a perfect ending for a pb/​choco lover like myself!
Service maybe hit or miss but overall a really great meal with a solid menu, great cocktail options and desserts!

Never been to a Caseys, the Service was fast and friendly. The dinner was well prepared and tasty. You get sometime more than you can chew as I needed to take home my left overs. The Atmosphere was perfect to have a evening with a loved one. Will for sure go back

Came here to kill time before Avatar 3D with my son. Pricey for portions. Beer was super cold though. Lively bar… loved watching the drunk fall asleep at the bar, nice touch. The manager evicted him so that was amusing too. My son texted pics to his friends. Wouldn’t recommend it. Wait staff busy. Not particularly friendly. Two TVs with nothing on, others had sports, which was fine. Maybe if you have a seat inside its better. We were at bar. Been here before. Patio is ok, but noisy. Unimpressed.

The only reason I went to this Casey because I got this $ 15 coupon in my mail box. Even after reading the negative reviews from our fellow Unilocalers, I decided to give it a try.
I went there on a Saturday early evening at 6:30 pm after shopping at Scarborough Town Centre. I felt so welcome when I told the host I need a table for one…“For 1???” «Yes, for 1.» «There will be a wait.» hmm the place is not too busy. and I saw empty tables. Luckily there was a booth at the bar area opened up, and I got to sit there.
At least with Unilocaler’s advices I stayed away from all those fancy Asian Fusion items. I ordered Mahi Mahi with Mango Salsa/​rice and a Berry Binge Smoothies. The portion was quite small for the entrees but it was perfect for me. The fish was quite tasty. not great. but is ok.
The restaurant did get really busy with a long wait around 7 pm. The management start passing around free finger food for the waiting customers which I think that is really nice gesture.
The services was ok, my waiter was a little busy because there were a group of 15 seating right behind us.
I don’t know if I will be willing to come to eat at Casey again without any discount or coupon…

Here’s a big «amen» to Maureen P’s review. You got it exactly right.
In my particular experience, it was the «Asian inspired» Spicy Korean Beef. No, it didn’t exactly make me sick (although the price almost did). But anyone with any first hand experience of Korean cuisine — and by «first hand experience», I mean having heard of Korean cuisine, or maybe knowing someone who knew someone who ever passed a Korean restaurant on their way to McDonald’s — it would be immediately clear that there was nothing particularly Korean about the Spicy Korean Beef.
Also note the word «Spicy» in the name of the dish. That may be the only time the word «spicy» comes to mind when eating the Spicy Korean Beef at Casey’s.

One word to describe my dinner experience here is…
Meh.
It was nothing worth repeating a visit. Nothing blew me away and nothing was nasty or anything like that, but nothing was memorable either.
I’m often baffled when I discover American cuisine restaurants have added «Asian Inspired» items to their menu. I had the wonton shrimps accompanied with chow mein. The wonton shrimps were pretty good, but the chow mein was not-​so-​good.
Casey’s I suggest you do some research. Try a couple mom and pop Chinese restaurants or go to a mall food court to consume some Manchu Wok. Yes, Manchu Wok’s chow mein is nothing close to the chow mein served at authentic Chinese restaurants. But news flash Caseys: you don’t serve either version of chow mein. And for that, I think you should NOT call yours chow mein. Ya hear me!
As for dessert, I don’t consider store bought cakes and calling it your own considered quality dessert unless you’re bringing it to a potluck. Ladies and gents I know it sounds good, but take my advice when I say pass on the mini peanut butter brownie sundae.