Esplanade Bier Market

this is a pompus pretentious pub,,,,,not a restaurant at all,,,,,,the service was terrible food overcooked....had 2 glasses of wine and one glass came with free lipstick on the lip....go figure the bartender didnt see it. the waiter brought food to us asked if everything was OK then somseone else came up ...assumeing was the manager who wanted to interupt our meal and conversation to see what we thought of the place,,,,i told him to leave as we were trying to enjoy eachothers company....he got really offended by being told to leave us alone....i would neer go back nor recommend the restaurant to anyone else

It seems that the busier restaurants tends to...

It seems that the busier restaurants tends to have the most rude servers. This place was brutal, I had visited before and the service was okay, but my most recent visit was disgusting. I was there with two older diners and arrived at 9:00PM, I was asked what we were there for and I said a mixture of appetizers and entrees, she led us to the bar side. At which point one of my dinner companions looked at me and said it was much too loud for her. I asked the host for a quieter area and she stated that they had a full service dining room but it is only for those having entrees. I looked at her, slightly stunned and said 'yes we may all be having entrees or a mixture of appetizers' and she once again said the dining room is reserved for people eating entrees. Now I think a meal is a meal, whether you are enjoying a soup and a salad or 2 appetizers as an entree etc. I realize she was trying to imply that we should not sit there if we do not spend the equivalent of an entree, which is just plain tacky...but this place specializes in tacky service. In the end we ordered a whole lot of food that was a mixture of both. However, servers continually walked by without acknowledging us, so after 10 minutes (a real ten minutes, not exaggerating) I was so thirty I got up and I found a server and he apologized and sent someone over. To sum up this play by play we all ordered beers and water. I finished my water and it was never offered to be filled, our food check was way too late in the game. I asked a bus person who cleared my empty water glass for more water and never saw him again, my server brought me one (after I went and found him) and then never filled it. Basically, the food was okay, the service was garbage. I would not go back there or take future out of town guests there. Unless they like being ignored and thirsty!

was brutal would never return again

I had my 30th birthday at the Bier Market last night.I had over 35 people throughout the night and it is not a big place so you would think they would do their best to make us happy. I started having problems before we arrived when I was comfirming reservations and was told I had to sign a contract. When we got there they had not set up enough place settings. Then the operations manager was extremely rude. When it came time to pay. He was bringing things up that i was never told. I have never heard at any bar/resturant that a bill (if not paid all by cash) had to be on one credit card. They should be doing all they can to accomodate that many people. I would never go back there. YOur 30th birthday should flow and be enjoyable. We were supposed to stay there all night and after dinner we all went somewhere else because there was no way we were giving that bar anymore money. With that many people not one of us will go back and everyone that we know we will ensure will never return. That is a bad taste to putin someone's mouth when you are a new bar on that strip.

The appetizer was brie & lobster fondue was...

The appetizer was brie & lobster fondue was yummy. But the the main course was beef fondue, which was just a few sticks on skewers, potatoes, mushrooms and more random vegetable. The service was not that great as it was hard to get a hold of the server and the place wasn't packed either.

Went for drinks and snacks with a friend around...

Went for drinks and snacks with a friend around 11PM on a Thursday night. The hostess asked if we came for dinner or just drinks and appetizers; we responded with the latter. She directed us to the bar area and said we could sit anywhere we like. We walked around the bar area and there was no place to sit (even for the two of us). I returned to the hostess and asked her if it would be alright if we sat in the dining area as there was no place to sit in the bar area. The dining area had perhaps 4 tables occupied, and over 20 tables unoccupied. She responded, "The dining area is for our full dinner guests only" I was shocked that this establishment would prefer I spend my money elsewhere than to have me sit at one of there many available tables on a relatively slow night. I have been to the Bier Markt once before where the same rule applied and enjoyed several $10+ beers. Is this markup not sufficient for me to occupy an empty table on my return visit? I have never been refused a table at a restaurant before, especially one that is at perhaps 20% capacity. Toronto has thousands of restaurants who are very happy for your business. My advice to others is to avoid this place.