The Rhino

4/28/2008 11:11:50 AM, monday, april 28, 2008 [ Updated monday, april 28, 2008 ]
Friday night, arrived around 700. Service was friendly but, well, pretty slow, and forgetful and it was not super busy at that point. We had to ask for a both the beer menu and food menu a couple times each. Fish and chips was average, tasty, in a giant portion! Reversed the usual lots of fries, not much fish ratio. Burgers were enjoyed by my fellow patrons. Tap list was okay, we mostly stuck with Tankhouse (seemed more malty and less hoppy than normal) and Blanche de Chambly. Bottle list is extensive, and fairly cheap on average, but its mostly stuff from the LCBO or available elsewhere. A lot of them aren’t actually available anymore. We tried to order 4-5 things that were not available, which would have been fine, but if you are going to have a tent card on the table pushing Unibroue products, maybe note the fact that theres a few on the list you do not actually carry. Atmosphere is okay, its a biggish room with a fairly broad spectrum of people. All in all we enjoyed it, and we’d go back, but I don’t think I will make a special trip again.

4/9/2008 8:09:42 PM, wednesday, april 09, 2008 [ Updated monday, june 02, 2008 ]
Very Queen Street West feel, all sorts of different people. Been there a few times now and service has been inconsistent between excellent and indifferent. Blown away by such selection in Parkdale westend, almost brought a tear to my eyes. And at reasonable prices, only 2 times retail, as opposed to the 3 times downtown. Unfortunately, many not available. The food was great too!!! The biggest downside, do something about the men’s washroom, wow did it stink of urine, is that where the Rhino goes. Not sure where to deduct the points off for that so will take it from Ambiance. Drive by it everyday on the way home and never realized how good it was. ill be having dinner there many times in the future to avoid rush hour traffic home.

8/1/2007 10:09:34 AM, wednesday, august 01, 2007
very nice selection of bottled brew and enough on tap. a large bar with patio, the service is good enough and overall is nice place to have a drink.

6/18/2007 3:06:52 PM, monday, june 18, 2007 [ Updated saturday, july 21, 2007 ]
Huge area inside with the bar in the middle. Good selection of micro’s on tap and in the bottle (Ontario bottle prices insanely cheap). Cask ale available as well. Not great service, serviceable food. Has its charm, but maybe a local could give a better review - my visits there have been only ok.