Beer selection to die for, nice patio area in the summer, but has a long wait. Indoors seating is limited, but classy and intimate feeling. Try their beer flights and sausage appetizer player! read more

good food, good beer selection and some HOT bartenders. But crowded and full of wanna be Frat boys and Urban GIRlillas. Still I like the mussels. read more

Stopped here for lunch. Had an excellent burger with fries. Now...normally I am a pescatarian (vegetarian that eats fish) but on occasion I feel that need to eat burger. This was one of those days. The burger (to me) was great. Medium, juicy etc. etc. are outside and that was good. Service was good considering the place was packed. What else is there to say, aye? read more

Visit this place with confidence. I'm somewhat a regular on the patio and they're super. Great service, food is slightly a cut above the average bar food experience and the selection of brews will leave guessing what to have next! read more

Apparently they don't want my business. Hostess claimed 30 minute wait despite many empty tables and no people that looked like they were being seated. Found room at the bar and were totally ignored by the bar staff for at least 15 minutes before we decided to bail and go to a better beer bar (c'est what)! Pretty sure I will never bother wasting my time at Bier Markt again! Unless I'm in Cleveland, Mcnultys Bier Markt Cleveland is the bomb! read more

My husband and I went here to celebrate our anniversary. I'll start by saying if what you are looking for is a nice, quiet, quaint, intimate atmosphere...walk right past their door - you won't find that here. It's very club/pub loud. The "pub" section and "restaurant" section are separated. We were entirely overwhelmed by the beer menu (100+ varieties) so we asked out waitress for a suggestion, she was great, let us know some of the favourites, her favourite, and what was suggested to pair with the meals we ordered. We also had a Radler sampler - it was pretty good, very unique! We ate the oysters (delicious!) cheese fondue, Ghant ribs and a 1/2 kilo muscles (a la snob) Everything was incredibly delicious! we had the flour-less chocolate cake for dessert, also really good! Our waitress was great! One of the other ones in the section was a little lacksidaisy "not give a crap" but she wasn't serving us so I won't hold it against anyone...her and the guy at the table next to us could use a course in social filters though! We would definitely go back! Aside from being really loud, the atmosphere was nice! Great food, great service! read more

Tasty food, excellent beer selection, wonderful service with a smile. We were happy without meal. Yes, it's pricy, but it was a nice evening of dining for these tourists. (although, the intentional misuse of German umlauts was a bit annoying) read more

Our waitress was super friendly and very knowledgeable -- she gave us great suggestions about which beer to pair with the food we ordered. The quality of the food is quite good. My dinning companion and I both ordered fish that night -- ahi tuna and salmon -- and both dishes were tasty and the fish was cooked perfectly. However, a word of caution for vegetarians: your choices here are very limited! read more

This bar is amazing to me, there are hundreds of beers in over the world. Delirium - a Belgium beer is always my choice when i come here. In summer, you can enjoy the beautiful weather and atmosphere in a patio. There also have some great appetizer u should try. I dont remember exactly the name, its some kind of tacos. You also can order a set of beer to try and expericence all the different tastes. read more

Ive been here many times but last week while waiting for patio seats the bartender during lunch was quick and friendly. Efficient wait staff and professional and observant. Was during lunch rush around 1250 and i hope to return to this venue because service was so good. read more

Beer selection pretty OK but slightly mundane ie. hard to order a totally solid flight without settling for some dull choices. There are tiny bars in Toronto that offer more & better tap selections. Service kind of terrible with failure to bring right beers or, if they ran out putting in a substitution without asking what we'd like. * What's the point of ordering a flight if THEY pick the beers?? * Food-wise the burgers were like ground up pencil erasers, really bad texture and dry. Such a waste of potentially magnificent cow. The fries did not make up for the lack of awesomeness. A fairly inexcusably bad & somewhat overpriced experience; I honestly felt embarrassed to bring someone here, because with craft beer you don't want to scare people away. Beer and food should be pleasure not pain. read more

Went to this place for a get together with about 15 friends. My main gripe is the price; everything on the menu is extremely overpriced for what you get. The restaurant seems to think that by listing all its menu items in French or omitting letters from their names, it will make their food seem more fancy and worth its extra cost. It doesn't. Food seemed to be prepared by a chef trying too hard to be fancy for the sake of being fancy, rather than a chef who's actually good at what they do. For example, the "mushroom soup" comes as a bunch of raw mushrooms in a bowl and a tea pot filled with hot water. You add the water to the mushrooms yourself. Maybe it's just me but what makes soups good tends to be the blending of flavours you get by simmering the ingredients together for a while, not cooking vegetables from raw with your own hot water. "Poached mushrooms" would have been a more accurate menu name. This is not soup. This is DIY boiled mushrooms. The "Steak Frites" was $35 for a 14oz steak and fries. Nothing else. Extra sides are a total rip off at $7 for a tiny salad or grilled asparagus, $9 for some other mixed greens and $12 for some prawns or scallops. Steak was OK. It's a steak. Fries were a small portion, with a tiny cup of ketchup. $18 for a chicken salad which was, according to the person eating it, not very good. If you're looking for a pretentious place to eat with a bunch of hipsters who think they're eating fancy food this is the place to be. The menu tells you everything you need to know; it's a place that tries too hard to be fancy and charges extra just so you know you're being ripped off. Prices are 50% above and beyond a "chain" restaurant like Jack Astor's or East Side Mario's with 0 extra benefit. You'll notice most of the positive reviews on Yelp mention the beer selection, but even those reviews say the bar staff are awful, and those reviewers even admit they didn't try the food. Let me be very clear here so people aren't confused: the food here is overpriced and not at all worth what you pay. I had no problems with the bouncers (was wearing shorts and a t shirt), but sounds like some other people have. Avoid this poser restaurant at all costs. read more

I love the weekends in the Bier Market. live shows, nice crowd... very good food and amazing selection of beers. I love going there with a group of friends or with my wife. highly recommended. read more

I would give 3 starts, but they carry my favorite hard-to-find Danish beer (Tuborg) and that yields an extra star. The moules (mussels) are definitely worth the 4 stars as well but the large party (read: non-cozy) atmosphere just doesn't quite fit the menu. I think things here are a bit overpriced as well, but when you look around and see 10,000 sq ft of party space, it's easy to understand. read more

The restaurant itself is great - when you walk in, the hopps smell does take you aback :) but that is why it is a beer market. The beer is good, service was good. I ordered the NY strip streak - which was alittle underseasonded and I needed salf...otherwise, everything else was ok. read more

I love the smoked meat poutine, i'd walk across broken glass for a bowl of it. Staff here is friendly and the bartenders are quick and professional. Great live music and a young but mature crowd ensure you're gonna have a good night with friends and meet some new ones. read more

I love this place. Great food, great area of Toronto and great beer selection! If you are looking for a nice IPA go for the Boneshaker. If not, you still have over 100 beers to choose from. read more

The difference between a good restaurant and a bad one is toilet paper which. This one doesn't have.

Great selection of beers and very good mussels and appetizers! Would return when I am in the area for sure.

If you like bland franchise food with the flavor of styrofoam this place is for you! Go for the extensive beer list and eat somewhere else. They do however have great service. read more

If you love beer, you'd love this place. Very wide selection of beers, ales, lagers and all other variations of this drink from all over the world. With this selection of beer, food becomes of no importance, but it is still very good there. Their menu matches beer to every food item, even to desserts, which surprised me. Too bad I had enough by the time we asked for the sweets menu to try that combination. The place seems always busy. They have themed food "faestivüls", like shellfish, fondue etc. Probably nice to try once. I've been there during shellfish one, but I opted for a salad as I am not a big fan of shellfish. Must admit the salad was good. Price-wise, it is probably on the expensive side, but if you want quality, you have to pay for it. read more

We were there from 8:00-9:30pm and luckily we made reservation ahead of time because the place was busy when we got there. The food was delicious, the beer was great, and the waitress made us feel home. She made beer recommendations which was great for first time comers because it took me a long time to go through 10+ pages of beer selections. The only thing I did not enjoy about this place was the noise level and I was not expecting it at all. I had to yell when I was talking to my friends who were in close distance from me. And on top of the noise there was a live band playing. I would rather go there for brunch and or lunch but not dinner. read more

The beer selection is amazing, the vibe is also fun. The food is just okay, pricey for what it is and I have experienced much better. Go for drinks, skip the food! read more

Our server was phenomenal but as for everything else it was sub-par. When our food came out the fries were ice cold, and not just one batch but all 4 of our servings of fries. They then forgot the bacon on the chicken sandwich as well as the chicken was cold. By the end of the meal we were ready to pay and leave. The Bier Market is not on my list of places to return to read more

It's too bad that I have to give a bad review for Bier Markt because of a few bad wait staff and a manager who doesn't know public relations... I had made reservations for 8 and two of my friends were a bit late and they were not allowed inside as apparently it is their "rule" not sure where this came from. They were required to wait in line to get in even if you had reservations. So if you are going here make sure you have your party all come in time. Gillian and Paul(manager) were not cooperative at all. The management needs people with better PR Skills to run a place like this. Otherwise the beer was good, love the ale's there. Like I said I am very sad that I have to rate this bad because of a few people. read more

Was at the Bier Markt with some friends this weekend (8 of us in total) for their Fondue Festival.. We were all looking forward to the cheesy goodness but were all sadly disappointed. My Boyfriend and I ordered the Brie and Lobster $23, and the Normandy $23. Another couple ordered Gorgonzola, all in all we all order all the main fondues that were featured. Not a single person was impressed with result. Our Normandy came first, all you could taste was Mustard. No cheese flavour came out.. the "fresh baguette" were cold and untoasted, plain white cold baguette was unappealing.. you were given two skewers with three one inch slices of a sausage, which was hardly filling but was the only item that tasted someone decent.. The small portion of green apples were also lacking. The second fondue that came which we were looking forward to was the Lobster and Brie. Sadly again tasteless. ice cold fingerling potatoes slightly mushed, cherry tomatoes and again cold plain white baguette. with four tiny lobster croquettes ..this is $23? not worth it. again flavourless and extremely disappointed. My friend's Gorgonzola came and we thought for sure it was be full of flavour.. it tasted like Rue. Could not pick out any sharp taste you would expect from Gorgonzola... needless to say she was extremely upset. The only redeeming item we had that night was the beer.. although my second drink came with an extra seasoning of old lipgloss stuck to the rim of my glass.. Not mine that's for sure, I wasn't wearing any sort of lipstick or lip balm or anything! Gross!! - you'd think i'd get a discount out of it? .. nothing. For two people, for two fondue orders, and two beer each... came to $88.86 Tax and gratuity already included (a 15% tacked onto the bill without even a word) MAKE NOTE!!! Check your bill.. they add on 15% even if you think the service is good or terrible. Let's say this.. Go there only for Beer.. but check your glasses as soon as it is placed down in front of you. Do not bother ordering food unless you have no tastebuds. Fondue, a definitely SKIP IT! read more

ALL YOU CAN DRINK WORK PARTYYYYYYY how can it not be five stars lol but really it was friday and i got liquored UP selection gets an A++++++ servers were a blast after 11pm friday it gets crazy busy read more

The place is OK if you only go for beers. The food is below average and definitely not worth the money. If you really need to eat in this restaurant go for the fries. Service is pretty lousy too, we had to wait a long time for the waitress to take our order and to get new drinks or other stuff like salt & pepper to the table. Even tough it was a beautiful day on the patio and the beer was refreshing the overall experience was bad. read more

Had a pretty bad experience tonight. Went to dinner there with my pregnant wife to celebrate our anniversary as she was having a craving for Schnitzel. At no point was I asked if we were celebrating anything special. However the Hostess did ask us if we had been there before. We advised we had been there once before. She did mention a couple of beers before she left which was nice. I noticed before our server came that literally every table that surrounded us still had dirty plates on them. Our server was attentive to our needs when we first sat down. When I asked about non alcoholic drinks for my wife he suggested a Shirley Temple which my wife took him up on. I then asked him which beer he suggested for me to get with my Schnitzel and his knowledge and selection was great. The food was good however both my wife and I were given butter knives to cut the Schnitzel. Not the best choice. We used the knives anyway and turns out this was a good choice as we did not see our server again for the entire meal. In fact a Hostess came and packed up my wifes dinner and took her order for another drink. She returned with the food packed up but with no drink. Our server eventually returned with the drink and apologized for not being around as he had a large party and that there was only 2 servers. The last time we were here the service and food was much better. Will think twice now before we go back. Especially when there are lots of other restaurants on the Esplanade. read more

Visited on 04/16/16 - the food is pretty consistent, you can't go wrong with the schnitzel - plenty selection of beer - ambiance is good although you need a bit of stomach to get past the smell of spilled beer which sometimes can be as offensive as a locker room...that's what you can expect from all the kegs :) - the live entertainment lately has been horrible, most of the bands sound like they just graduated from the garage. Even after a few heavy handed Chimays, they sound horrible. read more

Visited the bier Markt on Tuesday 17 2018. The beers were great which was really appreciated on a hot summer day. we ordered 2 apps, the calamari for $15. Was ok not a huge portion considering the price! The second one was the bier battered onion rings at $8 and they horrible. I joined the party after the apps arrived otherwise I would have asked for it to be returned and replaced by something else. I shared the farm house chicken salad for $19 and that was simply delicious. My friend ordered the Beet and Quinoa salad for $15 and it was basically a spinach salad with less then 1/4 cup of quinoa and about 5 small slices of beets. She expressed her displeasure to the waitress and was told that she could probably bring additional quinoa and beets for an extra cost. My friend then said that she would like the extra at no cost then the waitress came back to explain that it would be a much smaller portion and that it would take a while to come out of the kitchen. By the time the extra quinoa and beets came to our table the salad was almost gone and the quinoa was ice cold. Not sure why it took so long to come in the first place since it was not freshly cooked Another interesting fact is that the waitress was insisting that we keep our used cutlery from the apps to use for the main. It was awkward since we had a long delay between the 2 since we were enjoying a nice patio night. Take a close look at your glasses when you receive them. I think they use a quick wash machine and it does not clean very well heavy residue from juice and citrus. This place has a great location, beers and patio but that's about it unfortunately! read more

Food appears to be warm, rather than hot. Not sure how long the staff waited on the counter until they brought it out. Drinks are standard; many interesting variety craft beer. We had ordered desserts and hoping to have either cappuccino or espresso ... most restaurants would have these days. The waitress said we don't do cappuccinos here. Then was hoping maybe just espresso? Before she started offering her choices, she said , 'oh, I am having a brain fart ...!'. That was not one of the choices I was expecting. So I said, espresso? She then said yes and walked away. Moments after, she came back and said, 'oh, turns out we have Monte Cristo, do you want that?'. I was confused because I just wanted an espresso without any liquor. To make it easier for her, I said that's fine. When she finally delivered the 'Monte cristo', turns out to be espresso. She quickly dropped off without much explanation. Bill came, she charged Monte Cristo instead of espresso. Clearly she didn't know what she was serving. More training needed. read more

Schnitzel was okay and fondue was so-so... Great beer selection though

I wanted to love this place, I really did! Service was slow, and most disappointingly, the fondue was terrible! I think the cheese wasn't warmed up enough prior to serving; the cheese was actually not melted and the candle didn't seem to be doing anything (hence why I assume the cheese wasn't warmed up enough beforehand). I love fondue and anything cheese, so I thought this one was going to be a winner. I also had the mussels, which were okay but nothing to write home about. Definitely better than the fondue though. read more

Service is really good but live music sucks. I dont know what's wrong with the bands they hire.

I would not recommend this place for group events. We made reservations yesterday at 3:30 pm for 15 people from work. At 5 o'clock, the waitress is telling us that we have to move from our reserved seating since another group was coming. The person who took our reservation did not indicate that the seating was time limited. They did not end up moving us because another group cancelled. The place is a bar and the idea of limited time reservation does not make sense. We spoke to the manager who said that we were there already for 4 hours. Yes and we spent $850 dollars. Never again will we have a group event at this place. read more

Very disappointed with the food and the service. The food was not worth the price. $17.00 for 8 chicken wings! The service was slow and distracted. Waited a long time for the food. The Keg service and food is hands down much better. read more

My husband and I went in for a beer and were pleasantly surprised with the re vamp- it was so much more than we expected. We look forward to coming back soon! read more

Very disappointed! Bye bye Bier Markt. Our family went for brunch and were sadly disappointed with the food. Our orders were cold. Poorly seasoned. Our waitress was quick in getting our orders and following up but her assistant was terrible. Either no interest in her job or not well trained. My son ordered the steak and eggs ... steak was supposed to be med rare but came out barely pink. No steak knife so he had to use his bread knife. Food was cold and poorly seasoned. No offer for salt or pepper and none on the tables. My mom had the pasta - the pasta was undercooked and the sauce tasted like cheap salty jarred stuff. Twice I sent back my bacon because it was barely cooked. Portions were small. Overall a very disappointing experience. We have gone to this location several times in the past and will not be going back again. Only positive was our waitress . ... she was attentive and sweet. read more

I find that a good time to go to this place is for Lunch during the week or on Saturday. (Does not open until 4pm on Sunday) especially on a nice sunny day. They have a great appetizer consisting of various cold cuts of meats, cheese, bread etc. Good for sharing when one just wants a snack with one of the great varieties of draft or bottled beer. read more