We go here whenever we don't want to cook. The food, service, and ambiance is super consistent. The food is tasty and good happy hour out of most happy hours in the area! Great for lunches, especially during patio season when the third floor roof is open. At night, it's moody and dark, lit by candles on the table and the tvs at every corner with sports playing or generic videos. Dishes that I always get are the creole blackened chicken, avocado kale salad and truffle fries. The sunset soda is also a great, cheap and low calorie drink. Honorable food mentions are their featured (at the time) crab dip and the salmon aburi sushi. read more

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This was not our first time at a Cactus Club but this was the first time at this one. As expected it did not disappoint. It was a Sunday night , the day after Valentine's Day and it was packed. Good thing we had reservations. Despite how busy it was we were seated right away and our server Sarah was an absolute gem. Our drinks came out quickly and well made. They have a great wine list and we took advantage of it. So, ambience - check. Service - check. But it was the food that blew us away I started with the Wagyu carpaccio that emma's to die for. Just perfect with the crostinis. The my wife had the avocado bowl with salmon and I had the mushroom striploin. Both meals just freaking delicious- these folks have it down to a science and the food was off the charts. Some people may disagree because it's a chain restaurant but when they hit on all cylinders, which they have every time we've been there, it's awesome. Cactus Club - highly highly recommended. Ask for Sarah - she is amazing. read more

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One of the gold standards of casual dining meets elegant ambiance. Date Night - Cactus Club Work lunch/Dinner - Cactus Club Drinks - Cactus Club It's a one size fits all if you want an elevated dining experience where you feel taken care of. Of course it comes with a price tag, but those willing to participate will get themselves many brownie points. Food/Drink is always consistent on each visit. Staff are typically very friendly. You also don't feel judged by anyone when you're in the place cause there's so many different crowds that come here for the vibes. You'll mostly see the Finance crowd since it is in the heart of financial district, but there's all types that come eat here cause it's just so consistently good. Steak & Frites w/ a glass of wine - 8/10 Angus Burger - 8/10 Ravioli - 8/10 read more

Most premium casual spots in the financial hub fail to balance high-volume guest turnover with consistency. Cactus Club at FCP is the exception. If you're using this space for a high-stakes business lunch, you need strict execution & they deliver. The front-desk seating logistics are handled with impressive speed - zero dead time between arrival and being corporate-seated. Ordered the Millionaire Cut - exact medium-rare specification, clean presentation, no bloat. The floor management operates with high situational awareness, ensuring tables are serviced without interrupting ongoing strategic discussions. It's a frictionless environment built for professionals who calculate the ROI of their lunch hour. High efficiency, predictable quality. read more

Overall, a decent place with a solid happy hour deal, although I wish it extended at least until 6 PM. I also wish their happy hour would be more expansive and include more food options as I've had better happy hour experiences. While the food was okay, the customer service can benefit from improvement. Going into the restaurant (10 minutes before we arrived) we checked the booking page and they had plenty of tables available but upon coming in, we were told that they don't really have any tables. I mentioned the website and was told that sometimes "it's wrong". After all back and forth, they did place us at the bar but it took a while to get the order in and the staff were barely checking in on us. I do love their heated patio as it is a nice space but definitely recommend making a reservation to avoid any back and forth. read more

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Whenever I'm in Toronto I will make a point to come to Cactus Club on Adelaide. Seriously! The customer service is unmatched, the food is delicious, and the vibes are amazing! Our bartender was great! Super attentive and friendly and had great suggestions on what to order. There's different areas of the restaurant -- a second floor and rooftop and of course regular dining and bar areas. Bathrooms are super clean and the entire restaurant has such a nice vibe, I'll be sure to visit next time in town. read more

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If you are ever in Downtown Toronto, I definitely recommend trying Cactus Club! It's one of my favourite places to eat at in the city, and the food never misses. Service can be a hit or miss depending on the time of day you go, as they are usually quite busy. When its comes to the food all I can say is, that it is AMAZING! There's one dish i'll come back for over and over again and it's the Blackened Creole Chicken! This dish is so delicious, and I can't wait to eat it again soon. 8/10 recommend!! read more

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This is my go-to when I don't know where to go! They have such good happy hour deals. The peach bellini hits every single time. The calamari is delicious and their sushi is actually really solid too. Overall, the vibes are always good here. It's usually busy, which I love because it makes the place feel lively. Service is always great and the food has never disappointed. read more

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The food was delicious, and worth the price, the service however, left much to be desired. My partner and I went to this location this past Monday at 7, while it is a busy time of day, Monday's are generally more relaxed. Our waitress left us for a good 15 minutes to decide on drinks after she sat us. While this was not an egregious time frame, we were also left with our empty plates for an additional 15 minutes. This combined with a dirty stack of dishes left next to our table the entirety of our meal. We were sat in view of the bar and witnessed MANY workers pass by without clearing the plates. We had made our reservation a month in advance and specified it was a Birthday (also did not receive a "birthday" dessert either, as is usually expected at a restaurant when celebrating), while under no circumstance a customer should be left next to an un-bussed table for an hour, it was especially disappointing given the day. I would recommend a person order take out for the food rather than eat in given the lack of care I witnessed from the waitstaff. I was really excited to go here, but I unfortunately will not be coming back. I can't justify paying the price of the food combined with service that simply was not up to par, for any establishment. If the staff can't handle a Monday at 7, I can't imagine what the weekend looks like! read more

Came for lunch and thoroughly enjoyed it. The service and ambiance were excellent. Really enjoyed the waitress, she made a mistake serving my cocktail (requested no ice) but she resolved the matter immediately. Our starters were the tuna stack and calamari. Amazing. Tasty. The tuna and avocado were fresh and it was really flavourful. The calamari was sliced thinly and lightly battered, seasoned well with an almost five-spice taste. Really enjoyable. I ordered the spaghetti portafino which I was so pleasantly surprised with. I didn't know I'd enjoy it so much. It had lots of prawns and a bit lobster but the texture of pasta with the fennel chilli crumb really completed the dish. My friend ordered the crispy tofu bowl, which I forgot to snap a photo of, but he swears by it and orders it every time he's there, so it must be good. This is a great pitstop for lunch after meetings and located on the main floor of First Canadian Place. read more

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We came after a ball game on a Thursday night. The place was filled but there were spots at the first floor bar. The food was excellent, small bites at larger prices, but excellent. The drinks... I could write a book. One of our drinks was the peach Bellini (which one of the reviews recommended and they were not wrong). It's small but mighty. This drink is premade in a machine and hard for a bartender to mess up. I ordered a Long Island. It came like lemon seltzer water. Absolutely no alcohol, perhaps they thought I ordered a zero? I sent it back. The next... a vodka martini. That's as basic as you can get. It still came wrong. The top of the martini was watered down, the bottom pure vodka. The bartender making the drinks was quite young downstairs. Perhaps he didn't understand the mechanics. Perhaps that's where they learn?For a self proclaimed cocktail bar...no thank you. read more

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Had a wonderful time recently at Cactus Club when we stopped in for their late night happy hour menu. Lots of food and drink options. Our server was reallly great and made sure we had something special since we were celebrating a birthday. read more

I used to love the food at this place. Went for dinner recently. Not happy hour. Ordered from normal menu and got this salmon aburi. The pieces were ridiculously small and clearly cut in halves. Usually these are in rectangular shape from when I started eating here in 2016. Price has gone up but the portions are deceivingly being reduced. Not to mention front of house is so disorganized. Kept everyone waiting in the lobby and not really asking anyone if they need help. Everyone thought everyone else was in line but they were just waiting around. Probably won't come back unless for happy hour. The bar tenders were super nice but saw loads of them playing around with the cucumber and lemon with their bare hands after touching payment machines and money, jokingly shoving the garnishing in each other's faces before returning it to the container to be served to customers. They were poking fun at how poorly the garnishing were cut by the kitchen. Definitely didn't order a drink after seeing that. read more

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rooftop was cool and cheap happy hour menu. smash burger just ok. Madri on tap! avo dip was tasty. was busy but service good

Came here for happy hour and I think they have a great selection of food and drinks. My only shock about this place is selling non-alcoholic champagne for almost $60 a bottle!!! Insane. But definitely check out the happy hour and rooftop. read more

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We came here for a weekday dinner and the rooftop patio was packed and the waiting time was more than an hour. We were lucky we had made a reservation in advance. Even with that, we waited for 10-15 minutes for our table to get ready. I strongly recommend to make a reservation for patio or lounge, to skip the line. The vibe on the rooftop patio was amazing; so vibrant. The staff were very friendly and welcoming. We ordered "Baja Fish Taco", "Tuna Pome Bowl", "Avocado Kale Salad with Salmon" and "Truffle Parmesan Chicken". Our food was delicious and fresh. Our favorite was Avocado Kale Salad. read more

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Came for happy hour!!!! Seated at the bar. The server was welcoming and nice. It wasn't horribly busy when I went so I was served pretty quick. Ordered the steak frites. It was okay... I asked for medium rare and I felt like it was a little too over cooked, but whatever I still ate it and enjoyed the atmosphere. The patio was delightful! Was a gorgeous day to be on the patio! Definitely will come back !!! read more

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Located near to my work, I often visit Cactus Club for work lunches. It is a great place for that. Good food, nice ambiance and you can either do a quick starter or a detailed lunch depending on the of meeting you have. There are shareable to dine in with friends . What I like are their Zero proofs, wine and hibiscus drinks are my favourite. Service is decent, depending on the server but is always pretty occupied so you have to smartly time your requests, sometimes you get late as you are waiting for server to see you, but not their fault, so many table to each server. Their patio is a spot for rooftop summer lunches. read more

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Got a Bellini here. The drink was really good and the vibes were amazing. The servers were attentive and made sure everyone was happy:) read more

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Such a vibe. Visiting for work however always visiting for personal. I love Toronto disclaimer. Food was really good. Great variety and the sushi rolls were great. I have a food allergy and the wait Staff and management expressed concern and care when handling our table. So kind. I had the avocado salad with light cheese and easy change. It was a beautiful refreshing salad so good my boss ended up ordering it the next day. The drinks. Omg. I am so picky about cocktails and I typically don't like sweet drinks at all. This was the perfect blend of tart, Refreshing and flavorful but not where you question if alcohol was present. It was so pretty too!! Was so good we Went back for lunch the next day. I'm curious about the other two floors because it seemed been clear a reservation was required. read more

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BRING BACK THE LAVA CAKE. Honestly you guys got rid of a absolute masterpiece never coming back you got rid of the one thing I came there for very upset. read more

Dined in for lunch on Friday with my friend. I was seated at a table in the dark corner where even one dish barely fit. Is it kinda discrimination against Asian? The resto was not that packed. I asked for a bigger table and was moved to another table tho. Won't go back ! read more

Here's the thing: after seeing so many raving reviews, my expectations were set fairly high. But honestly, nothing stood out as exceptional. The food wasn't bad by any means, just not particularly memorable. Service was fine, the atmosphere was fine (going early on a weekday definitely helped avoid the rush). Overall, it was standard. read more

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Wait staff was rude. We had a reservation for happy hour but she let others go ahead of us. The cocktails were just ok. The atmosphere is nice and that's because of the downtown vibe. Overall, a disappointing experience. Not worth coming back when you're treated poorly. read more

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Went back with my niece for lunch one day. Also a great meal. We had the burger with fries and some drinks. read more

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We tried to walk in on a Friday night with kids - but a good idea! Ha! Be cause this place is jumpin on weekend evenings for the youngins. BUT we were able to go for a Saturday lunch where they make the third floor its spot for dining. Service was attentive. Food was fine. I would say skip the sushi rolls and enjoy their fried options ESPECIALLY their fried chicken and pickles. It was so good we ended up ordering two! read more

This was my first time trying Cactus club and I absolutely loved it. The service was not the best our waiter left mid way through us eating and did not make us aware which I didn't appreciate. The ambiance was nice I went on a midday on a Wednesday and it was packed they were playing good music and it wasn't to loud. The food was AMAZING the sushi was really good very balanced not to much rice I would've liked a larger portion of ginger considering the amount of sushi, the salad was good nicely dressed not soggy very fresh and the toppings complemented eachother well, the drinks were delicious if you aren't into sweet drinks I'd skip this one but over all very good. Finally the blackened chicken this is my go to dish when I eat out and when I say this is the BEST I've had the chicken was so juicy and flavourful seasoned so well the mashed potaoes were so creamy and light the asparagus was a nice side and went well with the dish. Over all I enjoyed the food and would dine here again 9/10 read more

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Wonderful experience at Cactus Club! We came around the winter holidays for lunch on a weekday and were seated on the second floor. Weekday lunches here definitely skew toward a Financial District workers crowd. It was pretty busy but we had a reservation which saved us time waiting. We had a very pregnant person in our party, so was glad to see an elevator in case she needed to use it. The whole place has a very cozy vibe, despite being such a huge location! Our server was wonderful and gave us some recommendations as well! The food we got was all delicious and perfect! Portions were good, tasted good, and looked good too! We asked for the appetizers to come out first, which took about 10 mins. The rest of the food took about another 10-15 mins to come out. The prices here are definitely higher than usual, but I think it may be worth it for special moments with friends and loved ones! read more

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The atmosphere is great. We sat on the rooftop balcony. This is a great meet up for dinner, friends and celebrations. The music is a little loud for easy conversation. But the urban music was great! They were playing a good mash up of popular hits. Our waiter was so pleasant, and helpful. We had plenty of drinks. The Bellini was a popular choice if you like sweet drinks. As for food; the tacos were a favorite amongst our table. I found the tacos to be over battered, but that's a personal preference. The hot fried chicken and vegetarian sushi was good, the steak was great. (These are all comments made by those that ordered.) And my kids like their burgers. The fries were a little over cooked for their liking. I think if the food was amazing it would have been better. read more

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Food was very yummy - prices are on the high side but for Toronto not bad. The servers Ray and Maggie were fabulous! I will say the hostess(es) were a bit snobbish and made us feel we were not welcome because we didn't have reservations for the bar. Not a great first impression. read more

Why the heck would anyone even go here. Food is extremely mid and tiny portions. Imagine Montanas/Jack Astors/Applebee's chains but watered down and price jacked up. There is no specialty or anything special to draw people in. Not that the food was bad, but just not worth the price. read more

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I have been to other Cactus Clubs and have usually had a really good experience. We have been to this location twice and have had issues both time asking for a plain burger. Both times were very clear - no toppings, no condiments just burger bacon and bun. Last time they brought it out with everything on it and then brought it out again with everything scraped off so still remnants of condiments on it so we had to ask for a third try. We joked about it going into this visit and again were very specific. The burger had to be brought out four times before it was correct this time. Server said the manager would come and talk to us but then he was "too busy". Calamari wasn't warm (minor issue) but the rest of the food and drinks we ordered were good. If you have specific instructions or need something special from the menu I would avoid this location. read more

It's a great place to go during happy hour! Many options for drinks and the environment and vibe is great. We ordered tequila shots as well, but it is so expensive $15/shot, so definitely no shots next time but overall, I love this place and will definitely come back again! read more

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Both food and service are amazing. Have visited multiple times and suggest making reservations because others recognize that it's a great place to visit as well as enjoy a nice meal read more

Our food and service was outstanding. Joey our waitress was super friendly, knowledgeable, kind, patient and very generous with her time. The sushi was so delicious! Tomorrow is my 60th birthday and she heard me talk about the crème brûlée and brought me a beautiful happy birthday creme brûlée and sweet kind birthday card. It was so thoughtful and kind. She is the best waitress I have ever had so kudos to Joey for making my evening so memorable and for being a wonderful ambassador for your restaurant and Toronto. read more

Was taken here for lunch a while back. The food was great but unfortunately we were forgotten about and had to take our dessert with us. Even though this wasn't the fault of our server will still go back as the meal itself was delicious read more

German Mike made our experience very pleasant! made a big difference! Ask for him when next you are at the restaurant and you will see the difference between good service and great service. Thank you Mike for your attentiveness! and great sense of humor. I ordered a few "shareables" vs a meal. The calamari and the chicken sliders were tasty and of course the Truffle fries!!! read more

Honestly, probably my favourite "large" chain for food. It's a bit pricey, but when I compare to other chains like Joeys or Jack Astors, I think it's much, much better. Ambiance: 4/5. Very nicely lit, feels like a classy atmosphere, and everything flows nicely... from the structure, to the lighting, and service. Only negative is it's a bit too noisy to be able to chat with your company, but still a great ambiance. Service: 4/5. Very friendly waiters and waitresses, only giving a less star because we had to wait a bit longer than expected for the waitress to come and ask for our bill. However, she was very friendly and great during the meal itself. Food: Creole Chicken 4.2/5 - I really enjoyed this dish. The butter is so tasty, the same as what's on the creole steak and prawns. Very good. Overall: 4/5, as mentioned, my favourite chain. read more

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I went to Cactus club cafe for drinks. They have a cool rooftop patio which has a retractable roof so if it rains they can close it. It's a bit loud but the vibes are great for drinks with friend or date night. Make sure you make reservations ahead of time the place is packed. Though you can also grab a seat at the bar. Lots of bar seating. I didn't have food since I ate a a company function beforehand. But the food was amazing the few times I've been for lunch and dinner. You can't go wrong. I had a few of these frozen peach Bellinis soooo good. Highly recommend for a night out! read more

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We had to change our reservation a few times but they accommodated us and we were so thankful! Great service. The food was delicious!! We kind of just shared a bunch of different things and appies. I would highly recommend this place for a date night or even large groups! read more