The Fox & Fiddle

Needed a place with TVs to watch the Raptors game so we decided to come here. There are many TVs, lots of speakers and projectors as well. Great for large groups too.
This is my first time here so I wasn’t sure what to expect so we started off with the calamari. And this is BY FAR THE WORST CALAMARI WE’VE EVERRR TASTED. Couldn’t even finish it! There was ZERO taste so I had to a lot of salt and black pepper (and I’m pretty anti salt so that should tell you something).
For my main meal I got the veggie nachos which were actually really good. I liked that it was real marble cheese and not that cheese whiz gross crap that a lot of other places use on their nachos. I was preparing for the worst since the calamari was so nasty. My boyfriend got the beef burger with fries which he also liked. The fries tasted homemade which is always a bonus.
As for our waitress, she wasn’t too attentive but the restaurant was pretty packed so I didn’t mind too much. Although we never formally complained, when she asked how the calamari was my boyfriend said it wasn’t good. So she did discount the calamari 50% which was appreciated.
I probably would come here again but not as my first option. Every restaurant I go to I always start off with calamari as my appetizer but DEFINITELY NOT HERE EVER AGAIN. I loved the atmosphere which had a large part to do with all the Raptors fans in here cheering on our city. I gave three stars because of the calamari, the inattentive waitress and my boyfriend’s beer was pretty flat.

No service, then a non reassuring visit from staff and no drinks even though it’s been 15 minutes. Why have a place this large if you do not have a system to accommodate. We ordered food but if drinks have not arrived in 15 minutes… did they even get the food order? Wow!

Service is slow, food is sub par. Ok for nachos but I wouldn’t recommend anything else. Given you’re on the Danforth there are many better places one can go. Bloody Caesars are disgusting.
I wouldn’t recommend.

I came here with my boyfriend for a drink and some apps on a Friday around 8pm. The food was awful — the wings tasted freezer burnt, calamari was bland, and the server didn’t even check in to see if we were satisfied. I also had a Caesar as my beverage of choice and the rim was some sort of powdered celery salt. Yuck. Brutal service and terrible food. Need I say more?

Staff are great and everyone is very friendly! Good place to hang out. They receive their meat order every Wed. So if you want quality and very fresh liver, Thursday is the day! Great experience.

I enjoy it here. Great food and good drinks. The staff are friendly, I had the waitress Tianna and she was great. Reasonably priced for the danforth. It’s worth trying out if you’re in the area.

all i have to say is that the guy with glasses and dreads server guy is the chillest guy ever i love it ^_​^ !! thanks for your positive vibes man.
I’m on macros so I cant eat most of the yumy burgers on the menu but it’s nice to get a little drink from here ^_^

I came here for paint nite with a girlfriend and we both agreed the food here isn’t that great.
This is more like a last resort when everything else is closed. Honestly do not come here for food, the sangria is the only thing worth having and that is stretching it…
We had the spinach, cheese dip was very small for $ 13. It was half a cup and over cooked. The pita bread was burnt.
The kettle cooked chips were very oily and not very tray. The dips were ok but weak flavor.
Overall this is a a last ditch effort. Paint nite needs to pick better place that the food isn’t horrible.

Was here thanksgiving weekend. Horrible food, service, atmosphere. Even the door guy was insulting. I reserved a table for my friends and family but apparently it didn’t matter because the game was on so no one had a place to sit as a group .My food was horrible and pretty much everyone of our bills were off! Never again!

I had eaten dinner in the area with a friend and we decided to drop by to have a drink and catch the end of a Jays game. From the outside this place seemed like a normal Pub, but on entering we were greeted by very hostile low class bouncers. There was obviously something about us that rubbed them the wrong way as they were very rude towards us from the get go. I’ve never experienced anything like that before, and I’ve been to some pretty sketchy places in my younger days.
Bottom line, if you’re someone who is using Unilocal and can read complete sentences, this is most definitely not the place for you.

I used to love this place, but then they fired a favourite server because she gave us occasional shots for free.
We would spend hundreds of dollars as a large group, several times a month, and we appreciated the fact that we were ‘special’ customers’.
yet management took this as stealing.
FYI, Fox ownership — nobody cares about your generic brand. we went regularly, in large groups, for the service, the location and the patio (admittedly pretty good).
They used to make a big event out of UFC fights but this too has lapsed. None of my group of friends and colleagues have been back.

… I ordered the fox special drink and there was at least about 6 bugs dead just floating in my drink and some were frozen in the ice… Disgusting!
but otherwise customer service friendly.

My partner and I used to love going here our first summer in Toronto when we lived just north of the Danforth. It was simple and consistent if you wanted a few pints and nachos (which had lettuce on them at the time, which we loved). We especially enjoyed our regular table inside just at the open window, so it was like having the benefit of sitting inside and outside at the same time. After living away for awhile again, we got to visit here again recently on a gorgeous Saturday in July for breakfast, and stopped in for nostaglic purposes. We were the first customers of the day and took our regular table again which was nice. The place has been slightly done over inside, with now less of a sports bar feel (although it still has at least one big projection screen), and more of a basic bar/​almost family restaurant feel. Still about ten tables on the patio, a large bar in the center of the main dining area, booths down the sides toward the back. We never sat in the back, but I know there’s a small basketball game where you can throw the ball around, as well I think a pool table and maybe something else. Bathrooms in the basement.
Service is basic, friendly.
This visit we both tried the eggs benedict and were satisfied. I had mine customized with spinach and tomato (meatless). Quite standard.
Although there’s nothing special about the place, I’d go back anytime.

I have been there many times, but no more, they have horrible customer service and business tactics, they use to charge $ 5.00 of UFC nights (fight nights) and they would have no room, no seats and no where to stand, where ever we stood, we were blocking someone’s view, so decided to leave but they would not refund the cover charge for 4 people so that’s $ 20 just wasted, then we drove from TO to Etobicke to watch the fights
also the place is nothing special, been there many times for drinks and snacks

Taste of Danforth, Iriana and I met up with my brother in what I consider the most NON-​GREEK setting during the Taste of Danforth lol!
After Astoria we decided to walk around and eventually make our way to FNF! The place was packed!!! but thankfully there was not a lineup! the staff seemed a bit pretentiously overwhelmed, but again it was a street festival. Looking at their drink menu we both came to a conclusion to have SANGRIA, one RED and WHITE!!!
In the past most sangrias served at bars tend to be watered down, but this place really packed a punch! I like a strong sangria! and the fruits actually taste fermented! which is a KEY COMPONENT in my books, the longer the better ;)
Overall they have a big patio and the service was fast considering the place was at capacity.

Looking for a patio to sit at along the Danforth and found this place.
First we saw 3 different waitresses in 5min all asking if we knew what drinks we wanted. After telling the first one we needed a moment, was slightly annoying to see a 2^nd and a 3^rd asking the same.
My friend was in the «middle» of the patio so people (including the waitresses) kept on pushing her seat to go through.
Also, waitresses did not take the menu back until about 2 hours after we were there.
Drinks were ok.
Food was awful.
I got the cheese burger and my friend the fox banquet burger.
Buns were dry (after 10min they were actually becoming hard), patties were really not good. My friend’s bacon was really overcooked.
My salad was better than my burger so it says a lot about the food. Sure it’s a pub but I have been to many pubs with food much better than this!
If you’re here to watch a game, it’s neat i guess with all the screens and even a private screen for every booth. Other than that, no.

We were forced to go there more or less, as we wanted to see the Grammy’s live. We called in before hand and asked about the possibility to watch that and they said, yes, it is available if the show is not on paid channels, it wasn’t.
We found ourselves in a large pub, though the entrance may send you other signals. Think of Big Nick few blocks west at Danforth. We were able to find the most quiet booth, which was the one in the end of the hall, but unfortunately where there were all the loud sports games. Which, as you can imagine were used at least twice on that evening.
We got a real gem server for the evening, unfortunately can’t remember her name. Anyway she was nice and smiling and asked for what we wanted to drink. Cranberry sodas, as always. Then we got the TV figured out. You can actually use your own headphones if needed. Since the place was loud and it was two people we skipped that option and turned the volume up. It was quite nice, but you really can’t handle watching all that show like that, as your eyes are in a really bad angle and… that corner happened to be very cold, so we had to put out jackets on to keep ourselves warm.
Our kind server got back with the drinks and we ordered for starter the sweet potato fries. Then continued exploring what else is there to have as main, but as some other reviewers had mentioned, the prices were actually quite high, BUT plus points for vegetarian options on different sections. Yey! We actually found suitable options, but never end ordering anything else, but dessert, as we got so full having those sweet potato fries. They were in abundance and they were amazingly good, nice and crisp with a sauce.
Dessert was exceptional. It think we asked the server recommend us and she said that these are real good. Yes the cheesecake indeed was amazing. So good and filling, fresh and nicely presented.
I think we were lucky, as we didn’t order much, we had a nice server who always came at the right moments, though it was loud and cold in that corner, we were pleased that we were able to enjoy the Grammy’s, as that was the reason for us to come there in the first place.
Thank you our nice server :)

Ambiance: Its a SPOOORTS Bar with lots of huge screens and a lot of ambient noise.
Beers: Decent number on tap but nothing special
Service: Really hit or miss, depending on who is working and how busy they are.

Came here on Friday night for some drinks with co-​workers.
— Good for groups: at 9:30, it wasn’t too busy so we were able to get a table for seven right away
— Good location: within walking distance from Chester Station, there is also heaps of Green P or street parking
— Reasonable prices: only had their beer on tap, but co-​workers were satisfied with the pub grub
— Great entertainment: live music was awesome, the guy who sang on Friday is the regular here; he did some great acoustic covers
A 4-​star in my books.

On the night in question, the place was dead and the bar was clearly overstaffed. The service was fast, because the staff had nothing else to do, but it wasn’t super great as they don’t seem to have any top caliber staff in the first place.
The drink prices are fair considering that this bar is right on the Danforth. I didn’t have the opportunity to try the food but the menu was pretty straightforward with typical pub food. Also to comment on their menu, they need to hire a new company for their menu design. The photoshopping done on the stock photography was TERRIBLE!