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Occasions Restaurant

3.8 (58 reviews)
ModerateGreek

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Good for groups
Outdoor seating

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I'm live at Coxwell and Queen and have lived and worked not far but for a reason I don't know why? I've never been here at all. I've been aware of it. I used to cook at Rockies Sports Bar in the Days Inn at Kingston Rd and Queen back in the late 80s and early 90s. I've had my regular customers praise Occasions but for some reason never tried. I took my old girlfriend from back during my Rookies days who's visiting from out west for dinner. It was incredible and delicious. I don't ear out much, being a retired chef so I prefer home cooking. But I'll definitely go back. I was also surprised to find a server working there who worked at Rookies when I worked there. She's been working at Occasions for 17 years. That says something about the place. See again Heather

Chicken Souvlaki
Doris M.

If u like your salad separate from your meat & u only like Chicken souvlakis And you want Rice all underneath your chicken ,which to me was very odd. (There is no place for rice in a souvlaki), and the smallest corner of a pita bread, then this is the place for you, definitely not me. It was overpriced. I had to eat all the rice first before I could dump my salad in the container & try to have a normal souvlaki. I'm a steak person, but they only had chicken & pork ! Pork ?? Really ?? Never heard of that before. Anyways, I would never get another souvlaki from there. Idr what else they had.

Menu may 2023
Sheila B.

Occasions has been in the neighbourhood for over 30 years. I've had so many things on the menu, we've probably dined over 200 times lol ! They open at 10am for full menu including breakfast. The eggs bene is excellent not pretentious. It's 2 eggs (not 3) but only $14. It comes with home fries, or hand-cut fries and toast. I usually ask for slice tomatoes and skip the fries. The French onion soup is done perfectly like the classic. Sooo much cheese it's awesome and only $8 If I'm really hungry I get the hot turkey or hot roast beef. It's all roasted and sliced in house with mash/veg/ gravy. It's hard to find good old fashion hot sandwiches. They are known for the Thursday night rib special $22 for a full rack. Comes with soup/ salad, homemade fries & veggies. The ribs are fall off bone fantastic. The burgers, baked wings (yummo), grilled chicken Greek salad, roast beef dip are excellent too. It's a diner/pub grub place. Nothing fancy but good quality homemade food. Attaching their current menu(s) in pics. Service is friendly and efficient. Never a waiting game. The one star off is for the $3.25 charge for fountain pop. Everything is so reasonable (price wise) on the menu, not sure why pop so overpriced.

Interior from the front
Nam H.

Friendly family style diner on Gerrard and Coxwell. Came for breakfast and it was exactly as expected. Familiar diner food with great service. Nothing fancy here in terms of food, but comforting to say the least.

Henry L.

Always drove by but never inside... Finally decided to give this place a try after years of wondering. Turns out a few friends who live nearby also had the same thought. Hence we decided to all give it a try together. There is a pub side and a restaurant side. We opted for the restaurant side. Service was great. We were greeted by the friendliest server. She was knowledgeable of the menu and had a good sense of humour. Always checked in on us throughout the meal. Unfortunately, I forget her name (Dina?)...sorry! The food was good. Just as we expected...the greasier the better (go big or go home...right haha) So we decided to share a bunch of things: chicken wings, dirty bread, calamari, chicken & Pork souvlaki sticks, nachos, jalapeño poppers, and a beef burger. Two things that really stood out were the chicken wings and dirty bread. Just like its name...the dirty bread was indeed D.I.R.T.Y! haha took garlic bread to the next level. Baked with loads of cheese, bacon bits and jalapeño. It was delicious! For the chicken wings, we got a pound of naked wings (Give it a try...You kind of forget how good naked wings tastes without all the dressing) as well as a pound of medium wings (which we asked for baked since the menu stated "they're famous"). Both were really good. I definitely prefer the baked version. Will definitely have to stop by and have a wings night soon. All in all, we were all glad we finally gave this place a try. We left with our bellies full of beer and greasy food and will definitely be back to do it all again soon.

Trevor T.

Dingy on the inside and out. I've tried time and time again to like occasions but I can't. The food is mediocre at best. I had a french onion soup there that had no name croutons and tasted of salt and MSG. The standard bar style food. The wait staff a lot of the time are busy tending to their own children that and being babysat by a plate of fries in the booth near the service station The wait for everything is terrible, my main reason that I don't eat here anymore is the 30-40 min turnaround on a meal. Seriously if it's going to take you that long to cook it better taste of ambrosia and come with a happy ending. To sum it up, I don't like it, but I gave it a fair try.

12 oz classic burger with fries
R W.

I really like this restaurant, the price is fair and dishes are really well portion, you definitely will be full and the most important is that it is tasty. I ordered the classic 12 oz burger to go with fries and it was savory and juicy! You may say this place is similar to all the diner/bar restaurant around the neighborhood, but trust me, Occasions Restaurant is more delicious and fair for the price you pay. Lastly, there are various choices in the menu. It may take a long time for you to try everything and they have daily specials. In conclusion, it is good!

Occasions Restaurant: Ribs! Good price, great taste!

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i had bruschetta and chicken wings; the brushetta wuz ok and i luved the wings; price for wings $13.50, the service wuz good.

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Good food, good prices, friendly staff. It's not the most modern place, but that is kind of what I like about it.

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3.4(16 reviews)
6.0 km•Yorkville

The restaurant has recently gone through renovations and has become even more beautiful. The mani…read morefloor is beautifully decorated with a separate bar and a DJ. It's suitable for gatherings, birthdays and is fully functional during the dance nights on the patio. Patio is covered and heated and on Friday & Saturday nights will only offer bottle service and dance parties with a live DJ. We made a reservation for Friday evening on the patio. Unfortunately, the servers seated all couples cramped in one corner, even though there were many tables available; that made everyone uncomfortable. We ordered Red Wine, "Trio Dip" and "Spaducci Skewers". The food was delicious, but we could've enjoyed our night even more if the sitting arrangements were better.

So came by for a friends birthday, once we arrived, we were brought to the patio outside…read more Several requests for bottles were not available so group settled to what was available. The table ordered a bunch of different items. Everyone has mixed opinions about their food. The sliders, this was so incredibly dry that I had to ask for any sauce to eat it. Paired with fries which were tasty. I had asked to have my food packed (all items ) they didn't pack half of it. The service was good, she was sweet the ambiance was nice but overall, the food review for most guest present was below average. Several chicken skewers brought to the table were uncooked (pink) and had to sent back for further cooking.

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Paros - Hamachi crudo

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Milos Greek Restaurant

2.6(57 reviews)
26.5 km
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Food took so long to come out... we sat for an hour waiting for our food…read more.. It was really hard to flag down our waitress as she never made eye contact towards our table, so my friend had an empty drink for 20min. The food was good once it came out though. I had the Gyro dinner, which came with rice and potatoes, and was super good!

Milo's Greek Restaurant has been in its Pickering location forever. It was here when I moved to…read morePickering, 25 years ago, and it has been ages since I've been back. Me and some family members were in the area, and decided to give it a try. We were greeted and seated promptly and then, for the longest time ... nothing. As it turned out, we'd spend a lot longer at this restaurant than we had anticipated. After about 20 minutes, a kind and apparently exhausted waitress appeared, so we ordered drinks and saganaki to start. 10 minutes later, our drinks appeared, and we ordered our main courses then. Although the menu gave prices for wine by the glass, half litre or bottle, we were told that they don't have enough wine to offer any more than a glass at a time. Strange, and unexpected. Eventually, the saganaki (Greek flaming cheese) arrived, and it was really, really good - a generous triangle of grilled, flaming cheese, easily split between the three of us. It was served with some odd bread, which resembled buttered and toasted hot dog or burger buns. This helped take the edge off our hunger as we waited for our main course. And waited. Looking at the time, I noticed that we had already spent over 60 minutes in the restaurant, which was extremely chilly on a cold winter's evening. Many customers, including us, wore their coats throughout the evening. Apparently, the restaurant dining area is heated only by two electric fire places. Our waitress came out and let us know that we had to wait because my daughter's order of octopus was taking a while. At this point, we had already committed to being here, so we had no choice but to see it through. Finally, the food came out. My daughter's octopus was, sadly, overcooked and tough, but still tasty, and the lemon roasted potatoes were excellent. My husband's roasted lamb did not seem like it was prepared as a roast, as there was no browning or roast] flavor, but seemed to have been prepared in a pressure cooker or slow cooker. I had ordered the Moussaka, and had high expectations, based on my memory of Milo's creamy, eggplant-filled, nicely seasoned Moussaka of my distant, long-ago previous visit. However, my portion of Moussaka had the oddest texture: rather mushy and grainy. The well-seasoned, savory tasting ground beef of my memories had now been transformed into a rather average-tasting ground beef mixture that would have been equally at home in a sloppy joe. And I could not find an eggplant in the casserole at all ... well, maybe it had somehow been reduced to such mushiness that it lost it's eggplant quality, but I could swear that it was missing. It was all edible food, though, but not up to our expectations. I hate to give any place a lowly, two-star review. I had hoped for much more, because there is so much about Milo's to raise one's hopes: it's not a big chain, but locally, family-run; it has an appealing and timeless Mediterranean decor; and the menu offers many interesting Greek choices. A few small changes would be an upgrade: better bread, some additional staff and a few space heaters would be a good start. Milo's is the type of restaurant that I would love to support, but I've read enough reviews with similar observations that I am unlikely to return.

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Classic Greek diner close to terminal 3 of the airport. Have been multiple times before and the…read morefood is solid, reasonable, well priced and huge portions. You could easily split the pork or chicken souvlaki dinner between two people! Come hungry. Most recently came on a Sunday evening - it was gang busters! Line up almost out the door. Service was quick and the food came fast. As there was no seating. Took it to go. Solid recommendation in the vicinity of the airport where a lot of stuff is overpriced.

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Zet's Restaurant - Place was packed! Not much parking but a few more spots around back. Can only exit northbound.

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3.9(298 reviews)
2.6 km•Greektown, The Danforth
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Mezes has been my go to Toronto greek joint for decades! This newer location is where pappas used…read moreto be. It is stunning architecturally. The made it an indoor outdoor seating space for the patio. The restaurant interior is tiered with and upper deck and ground level like their older restaurant (now their take out pick up location). If you heard downstairs, there is the most cozy atmosphere! (Like dropping into nana's living room but classy!) Their food is always phenomenal. Today i ordered the small kria plate (think a mix of four types of hummus like substances) with the extra naan (always get the extra naan!) I've been to a number of greek restaurants in my day and no one does the kria platter quite like here. For my main, i ordered the octopus appetizer. Don't let it being an appetizer fool you, that octopus is one meaty boy! Service was great as usual. No water pitcher was left empty! As always i will return to this wonderful establishment with my friends and family in the future.

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