Duke's Refresher St. Lawrence a fun spot for both brunch and casual nights out, offering a lively atmosphere, great drink selection, and creative comfort food. We have visited twice: once for brunch and once for their Wednesday Date Night special. For brunch, we tried "The Full Monty", "The Morning Woody", and "Duke's French Toast", paired with a "Jolly Rancher", "Duke's Lager", and a "Morning Mimosa". Brunch is available every weekend from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and the menu puts a fun twist on classic brunch dishes. On our second visit, we tried their $69 Date Night special, which is designed for two people and includes a choice of a shared appetizer or dessert, two mains, and two drinks. You can also order extra and pay the difference. We ordered the "Calamari", "Spinach Artichoke + Goat Cheese Dip", "Meat Lover's Pizza", "Sauced + Tossed Fingers", "Cookie + Cream", "Beach Hair Don't Care", "Tequila Sunburn", and a beer. Everything was enjoyable, and the value of the Date Night offer is great. The service was friendly, the atmosphere was energetic, and it's an easy place to spend a relaxed evening with friends or a date in the St. Lawrence Market area. read more

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Great place for a fun night out. They have a ball court, table tennis, and various pinball/arcade games. I think they're known for their chicken tenders which are decent. It's a good space for a big group - they play sports on the big tvs as well so lots to do, you can play, eat, watch. Service is friendly. read more

Dukes Refresher - American Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

I had supper at Duke's Refresher and Bar on the rooftop patio Thursday evening. $5 happy hour beer ... right on! I had what I always have at a Duke's Refresher ... chicken fingers and fries. It's a big meal and I never finish it. I like them because the chicken fingers are made with real chicken and are big. Yum! Abby took good care of me. read more

After a long flight I arrived late and wanted a beer and some good. I had a couple of nice IPA's and a pizza. The staff was friendly, the other customers were friendly too. I enjoyed the spicy/sweet pizza the server recommended. read more

It was a bit expensive but the portions were large enough. I would skip the Mac and cheese next time but that chicken was pretty decent. Great hangout spot for after a game or concert. There's lots of games and tables so it'd be a good option for large groups. I went on a Friday night but service was still great! It was just a bit sticky everywhere read more

Dukes Refresher - American Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Friday night, girls night! Right in the middle of St Lawrence Market area. Although I have often been in to this area for work related meetings for one decade, I did not notice this pub until today. Looks like this place is relatively new (since 2019 just before the pandemic) but has kept good reputation since. Glad that we tried this place today. We were here right after work around 5. I made reservation but the sign at the entrance hall said you can walk in and have a seat. Because I had reservation I stayed there hoping to get someone's attention but for good 10 mins no one came up to me. I went to a bar area and asked - then finally was taken to the table reserved for us. But no one came to the table for a while to bring menu and take orders, so we walked up to the bar area again asking for menu and someone to take care of our table. The server who finally came to our table explained that, there was someone who was assigned to our table, but this person was late coming in for work. Really? :( But service went OK afterwards. Drink: Happy hour draught for $5, and I was pleased to know that they have my favorite Town Brewery Square Wheels IPA! Excited:) . Also tried Ceasar... but it was not impressive virtually and taste-wise. Not as tangy and it tasted kinda thin and cheap, and the flavor was weak. Food was good though. Beef and mushroom poutine was one of the best that I had before. Home cut fries with a lot of tender stake cubes. Also a lot of flavorful sautéed cremini slices. And most importantly, the gravy was very good! Packed with flavors in this dish, I strongly recommend this. Our choice of pizza was Great White. The dough was perfectly chewy and thin, great texture and flavor. The use of 4 different cheese (Grana Padano cream, Truffle Cheese, mozzarella, brie) was impressive, each asserts it's own flavor yet all blend well to make the pizza so rich and harmonious. Roasted cremini mushrooms was again, hitting the perfect texture and flavor point. I will come back!!! read more

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My husband an I stopped in for lunch as it was a quick walk from the Novotel hotel where we stayed. We had just checked in and dropped our bags before looking for somewhere to eat, which is how we found Dukes. It was quiet when we got there, just a handful of other guests. The staff were so personable and made some great food recommendations while we were there. Very chill and I imagine very fun in the evening, but absolutely perfect for lunch and drinks after a morning of travel. read more

An amazingly FUN bar to come to in downtown Toronto! On arrival, you must find your own seat, and this could be a challenge. I came with a group of 5 on a Saturday evening and it took my crew 30 minutes to find a table. Once you're at your table, the servers will come around regularly to check up on you. While you wait for your food, you can check out the bar games--like pool, ski-ball and even a small basketball court (which was my favourite part). I ordered the Chef's Fav pizza and it was marvellous! Full of flavour and was a big enough size to share. Only flaw was the pizza was a little too salty for my liking. My friend also ordered the Buffalo Poutine and their chicken was over salted as well. Either than this, the place was great and had such a fun ambiance. Would definitely check this place out again! read more

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Duke's was super! Big fan of the happy hour, friendly staff, tonnes of room for seating, and some fun games and activities to do. Food is great, I tried the dill sandwich and some of their beers. A great location just walking distance from union station, making it very easy to connect with out of town friends here. read more

Good Pizza. Cool games. Nice bartenders. Great location. Big TVs. Nice sports bar. Recommend

This sports bar offers a fantastic hangout atmosphere with arcade games, ping-pong, and basketball. Plenty of space, decent food options, and friendly servers make for an overall great experience. read more

Nice place to chill out. Located on Front Street to the west of St. Lawrence Market. We came here for a small drink. Their nachos was really good, crispy with a lot of cheese on top. Service was great, a very nice waitress hosted us. read more

Dukes Refresher - American Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Great big bar, they have arcade games, pinball machines, ping pong table and more. We just dropped by for a drink, the cocktail was made perfect. Prices are reasonable. They do have outdoor and rooftop (wasn't open today) . You seat yourself and both bar menu and food menu is placed for you to take on your way in, as you can seat yourself anywhere at the bar. Do visit when your in the Lawrence st market area! read more

Dukes Refresher - Peachy keen - American Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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Has a specific and chill vibe, good pizza, and great service. Perfect place to come for dinner after a day on the islands/waterfront.

Love love love this bar! Such a great vibe in the city, the atmosphere is loud but a good loud, it's popular spot. I like that it wasn't crazy packed on a Friday night. The food was AMAZING! So good for a bar, we got chicken fingers and French fries and my gosh the fries were so good. The games were so fun especially the basketball, it's an amazing vibe to hang out. The cocktails were hilarious and so good. read more

Dukes Refresher - Restaurant main level - American Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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For a pub, they nail at the food! The margherita pizza is crunchy in a thin crust, fresh, delicious! The place has a super creative and fun decoration. It's a nice place to have fun! They also have fliperama options! The service is very friendly and energetic! read more

Dukes Refresher - MARGHERITA PIZZA - American Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

[3.5/5 stars]: Came here last Friday night for a friend's birthday. We had dinner and drinks. I didn't know, but this place is basically the refurbished space of the old Jack's ok front. It's pretty cool and has its own basketball net and ping pong tables which you can use and play free of charge. Which is amazing because you have to pay an arm and a leg to play ping pong at spin. Additionally, their pitchers were $6 and their shots were $4. Huge plus! Cheap drinks and free ping pong and basketball. They also have skeeball but you have to pay a dollar to play. We ordered beers and the meat lover's pizza which was okay. Our server was extremely nice but took 35 mins to flag him down and bring us the bill. Service was slow. It was a busy place. I would totally come back here for the cheap drinks and activities but not too impressed with the food. It was just pub food. read more

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Great bar with a very friendly staff! Stopped by for a drink and to check out the place ir was nice. read more

The food was fantastic the service is excellent the scenery is amazing Toronto is phenomenal! read more

Dukes Refresher - Thomas and Carolyn drinking on the patio! - American Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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Really amazing atmosphere! Fried chicken was also the juiciest in the gta! Loved the casual layout and who doesn't love a place that has skeeball! read more

I wanted to like this more but the "Nashville Hot" Chicken Sandwitch tasted literally nothing like it should have. There was next to zero real capiscan hot flavour. Just a disgusting oddly spicy flavour. On top of that the bun was soaked with the gross sauce. Terribly disappointing. read more

Will at the bar and the rest of the staff were great Filled us in on all of the great local beers and gave us many ideas for the rest of our stay Including calling a friend in Greek town for dinner reservations Great food Service and chatting The velvet painting collection is worth the trip alone read more

We came here before heading to a show. They service was great, attentive and quick. It has a fun bar and games atmosphere. The buffalo chicken sandwich was only okay, it was stringy, dry and wasn't that tasty. The poutine upgrade was half decent but not great. The mushroom burger was quite good and he sweet potato fries upgrade was worth it. We tried the alcoholic raspberry lemonade, it was nice if you don't feel like a beer. Overall it's a decent sports bar with bar food and most people are drinking beer here. If you sit near the back watch out for stray ping pong balls. read more

Loved this place. The bartenders made us feel right at home. They suggested drinks, offered samples and answered our questions about Toronto. Cool place with games and food. Highly recommend! read more

I've been a regular at Duke's since they opened last year. They don't have a designated patio space so it was sad to see them close in the beginning stages of COVID. But I was back last week and ordered their pepperoni pizza and wings to go and was surprised to see that they had a makeshift sports bar going where patrons could stand and eat! Can't wait for them to be open again. read more