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Bier Markt

3.0 (292 reviews)
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Live music
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Moderate noise
Outdoor seating

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Sirloin medium rare. Perfect!
Ed U.

Broccoli chowder 5/5 Sirloin steak 5/5 Cheesecake 4/5 First time here, thanks to our company holiday party. Close to public transit / Union station. Cool vibe with not so loud music. Great food servers. Great place for bigger groups.

Jennifer K.

Mid Summer Evening+Patio+Great Selection of Beers+Yelp Drinking Buddy+Free WIFI Equal a relaxing and enjoyable experience at Esplanade Bier Markt I would have enjoy myself drinking beer and just daydreaming...... I found the food here uninspiring and boring... Beer Beer Beer! Just give me the beer.

Sharon M.

I was really happy to be able to sit on the patio outside. Not because it was a nice day (which it was), but the inside honestly gave me a "spooky house of horrors" vibe. Dark heavy curtain blocking the entrance, extremely dim lighting, metal contraptions behind a glass wall being eerily lit by red light. All it needs are a couple of skeletons and the look is complete. But who knows, maybe it's just because I had a little too much to drink. Having been to the Bier Markt at Don Mills, I was pretty sure I'd know what to expect: a drink menu that would take a day to read and food that borders on forgettable. I was happy to see all the drink selections again but I was also pleasantly surprised to find the food much better here than at the other location. I got the wild and tame mushroom risotto and while my friends said they have a homemade recipe that tastes better, I was still pretty happy with my order. The portion was large and the risotto was creamy with an abundance of tasty shrooms. My SO ordered fish and chips, which was satisfyingly crispy. To wash it down, I got a strawberry beer, which tasted more like soda than alcohol. While I still think this place is overpriced, I am grateful that they aren't cheaping out with their portion sizes. You're paying for decent food in a great location with the option of utilizing a pretty comfortable patio. Hopefully, you decide to enjoy it on a day when the restaurant next door isn't starting shit and 5 emergency vehicles aren't flashing their sirens in your face for 30 minutes. Good times. (64/100) - 2016

Fish and Frites... Let's Play count the fries...Looks like the chef got a bit hungry and ate my fries.  Fries are stale too...

If you're coming to this place, don't come for the food. If you're coming for the food, don't order the Fish and Frites. It costs $18 and I thought the chef ate my fries (see picture) not to mention they were stale. I'm pretty disappointed. I mean, how can you mess up fries? It's cheap and quick to make, why not make a fresh batch? The fish was mediocre at best... Thick batter. Service was alright but I don't feel my meal was worth it.

Heidi J.

Awesome place!! Great service & great food!! Super friendly & fun vibe. Came across this place by chance after leaving the pub next door due to its rude service. Glad we did! Our server Brandon was the best!!! Definitely made our dinner that much more enjoyable Check this place out! Plus they have a ton of different beers! Pretzel was so good; the best I've ever had.

Maia E.

My boyfriend and I went to see the Raptors game at the ACC and we parked at the Esplanade area. There's a bunch of restaurants along this area. In the summertime this area is a great place with lots of patio options. We decided to go to The Bier Marker because their menu looked interesting. The place was packed with a lot of people since it's Saturday and also maybe some of the people came from the Raptors game like us. We got seated right away and the service was great. Our waitress was very polite and attentive. I felt so bad for her when her when the 2 beers on her tray came crash down and spilled beer all over the couple next to us. My boyfriend ordered one of their specialty beer which he really liked and I ordered a glass of pino grigio. Usually we have our calamari. They have the pretzel calamari on the menu which we thought was interested but then we decided to go with the drunken duck wings which was duck drumsticks marinated in bier. It was ok. A little bland and not too flavourful. For our mains I got the coconut curry mussels and substituted frites for beer batter onion ring. The curry was not that flavourful and tasted a bit bitter. Its a good thing I got the small. The onion rings was essentially the same batter as the fish and chip. It was very greasy I did not enjoy it and only had one of the rings. My boyfriend ordered a burger with sweet potato fries. The potato fries tasted a bit fishy. We think they fried the potato fries with the onion rings at the same time as the fish and chip. The couple next to us had fish and chip. Also the portion was so small. The burger was also bland nothing special. All in all I would probably not come back but glad I tried this place.

smoked meat poutine
Eli G.

Day two, poutine two. This time it had larger fries, better smoked meat, but a gravy that I wasn't a fan of. http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/esplanade-bier-markt-toronto?select=SGE9M4fQ611XkdQXupJ9SQ#densFidAujO-U8ZgStBOCw If you're here, go for any of the mussel or flatbread dishes. Leave the poutine to the pros.

Monsieur, with Black Forest ham, emmental, sweet Dijon, sunflower country bread, served with Swiss gruyere fondue

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