The wings were pretty good, however I can't seem to understand why the buffalo locations seem to be much better? I also do not understand why there is a $10 price difference for 50 wings from Buffalo/Toronto. read more

Honestly, I am so disappointed with the service :( No one approach us after we seated for 10-15mins. They have lots of staff walking around and I don't understand why no one ever tried to take our order. And so we walked out and went to a different restaurant down the street and they have much better service. read more

Great wings! Very quick service and relaxing atmosphere, a nice little wing joint with a long history and good reputation

I went to the Tuesday wing night last night and it's safe to say Duff's shouldn't be famous for its wings. At an admittedly decent price of $7.99/lb (with the purchase of a beverage), I received a bowl of small, dry wings. I ordered the medium hot wings and to their credit the sauce met my expectation for a wing and beer joint. That said, every bite of wing disappoints as your mouth is met with a half-mouthful of chicken you could expect from the sale rack in the freezer section at a grocery store. At least the grocery store charges less. You can get better wings for less money and have a better time elsewhere. 1.5/5 read more

My waitress had a very bad attitude. When I asked her about the size of food because it was my first time being there, she was sarcastically replied me "hmm, look at that table close to you , and you will see" She also made a mistake about our order but rather than apologizing, she said "misunderstanding happens, its ok". I was shocked how rude a waitress could be????? She even threw things to our table. When we complained about it to the manager , he apologized many times but we already paid a pricy bill of course with no tip with no courtesy. I won't return read more

Great Service, Good Food! Beer list that is so-so... I love this place because of the service and the Wings! That's it. Other than that there isn't really much to hoopla about. I have tried some of the other items on the menu. Stick with the wings! The Fries, quite honestly as far as fries go. They aren't to my liking at all. Not crispy most of the time, and taste like MC D's only soggier. The beer selection, I would actually expect better from a place this busy, but then again, we are there for the wings and cold beer. That is what you get. Oh, Did I mention they have the BEST service in town? They do. read more

Wings = perfectly cooked Spiciness = overhyped I went to Duff's for the first time as I'm always looking for a place with hot enough food to slow me down, and numerous people told me Duff's could be that place to bring me to my knees; I've never had restaurant food that could do it so I was excited. What I found was that the wings were awesome, they were perfectly cooked and breaded, just the perfect chicken wing. I'm a wing nut and this and a small pub known as Westend in hamilton are the only two places I've eaten at that do wings properly. The spice level is greatly overhyped though, I ordered armageddon and asked for them extra saucy, I got them and was immediately disappointed by the heat level; I should mention the flavour of the sauce was awesome. Got half way through and still didn't have a tingle so I got a bowl of armageddon sauce on the side and started using the wings as spoons to scoop the sauce into my mouth seeing if it would give me a burn at any point, it didn't. I ended up just spooning all the sauce into my mouth and got a light tingle but that was it. I'm a spicy food not and I have a very high tolerance so if you aren't they may very well still seem obscenely hot, but that being said I can still make hot sauces at home that I will struggle with and for all the hype and the "armageddon" label these didn't come close. I'll still definitely go back though because the wings and flavours were top notch but sadly my search for a food joint in toronto that can give me a burn continues. If anybody knows any places that could potentially do it reply and let me know. read more

Easily one of the best place for wings in Toronto, especially if you like your wings spicy! I have regularly eaten at duffs for about 4 years now and have never had any complaints. The service has been consistently good every time I have been there and the wait times are reasonable even when the place is packed. It is a relatively small restaurant though and being popular, they tend to fill up fast on weekends and Tuesday nights (which is their wing special night) so there does tend to be ~20 min waits on those nights. The food is great though, they easily have some of the hottest wings in Toronto and I wouldn't recommend the top 3 hottest flavours to anyone who cant take some SERIOUS heat. For those who don't enjoy clearing their sinuses and sweating profusely while eating wings I would highly recommend the "hot honey garlic" which is one of the tastiest wing flavours my friends and I have ever had. Their onion rings are also among the best; fresh, crispy and delicious and I highly recommend them over fries as a side. Overall its a great place to go if you are in the mood for wings, more of a restaurant than a bar however they do have a bunch of TVs on the walls to watch games. Food is usually about 15-20 bucks a head and drinks are reasonably priced. read more

This was the first wings place I tried after I moved to Toronto, and since then they are the benchmark for every other wings restaurant. Their wings are the best. Meaty, large enough, and they always give you an extra one or two in the order, I guess just in case one was randomly too small. Good service, good atmosphere, fast (although try to go during the weekdays to avoid the long wait time for a table) and decent prices. Good job guys. read more

There is nothing famous about this place. The wings had no taste and were cold. Will not return any time soon. read more

FANTASTIC! Not too expensive,my family gets over 100 wings from here sometimes and it does not take too long to make! Incredible barbeque chicken wings, even great the next day. For sure the best chicken wing joint in the city! read more

I have been a lifelong fan of wings and am always on the search to find the best. I have tried some of the best around North America, but had never tried Duff's. I have been told time and time again that Duff's in Buffalo and Toronto have the best wings out there. So on a recent trip to Toronto, my wife and I stopped into the Duff's location on Bayview. These are now the wings by which I will measure all others. Yup, they lived up to the hype and now sit at #1 on my list of "best wings"! We popped in mid-day on a Monday and found the place to not be crowded at all. This place is downtown, so you either have to park on the street at a meter or find a local parking garage. We found a number of metered spots available on the street right in front of the restaurant. Upon entering the small restaurant we saw that you could sit either inside or outside. We opted for an indoor table since it was looking like it was about to rain outside and ordered their #4 combo. The #4 gets you 20 wings, with fries and a large pitcher of beer for around $35. You can split the sauce on the wing order, so we got 10 Hot and 10 Super Hot. We ate the Hot first and those wings were amazing. The sauce was the best I have ever tasted. Perfect amount of heat and great flavor. The Super Hot wings were very good as well with a noticeable jump on the heat scale, but not too hot. Enough to make you sweat, but not to the point where your tongue is burning. We preferred the Hot over the Super Hot due to the great flavor that came through in the Hot wings. The fries were also very good that came with the meal. We actually contemplated ordering another order of the hot wings since they were so good, but declined since we were already pretty full. Duff's gets five stars for serving up what I would consider "the best wings I have ever had"! read more

20 wings: $20.50! I couldn't believe it. That's what you normally pay for a decent steak. But wings? Even the server owned up to the ridiculous price they were asking. So add a side of fries, another order of wings and a beer or two and you're looking at a $80 night! Unreal. Avoid this like the plague. GIANT RIP OFF! They're wings. Nothing more. And these, by the way, are no better than almost anywhere I've been. The only difference is the price. read more

Decided to give Duff's a try since I've heard so many good things about them. The overall look of the restaurant is good. The wait staff is average. Not overly fantastic customer service, but by no means bad. Anyways, we ordered the calamari to start hoping that it would be fresh. Sadly, we were wrong. The calamari is frozen and chewy. You can tell by the taste that it's frozen. Mine was not even hot all the way through. Really disappointing. I opted for the Tuesday night wing special, 1lbs of wings for $7.75. A pretty good deal. I ordered Bold BBQ, my dinner date went for Medium. We were so excited to try them since everyone raves about them. The wings are mediocre at best. The sauces are good, with a lot of options (mild, medium, bbq, salt & pepper, etc). However, the wings themselves just don't cut it. You'd find wings just as good at Kelsey's Half Off Wing Night for cheaper. Overall, this restaurant isn't somewhere that you must go. There are better gems in the area. Especially when they're serving frozen calamari. Also, they charge for refills on fountain drinks. You can buy a pitcher of fountain pop, but once that's done you'd have to buy another. It's always a turn off when I go to a restaurant and they charge for fountain pop. Similarly like I mentioned above, I'd recommend passing this place if you're looking for good wings. read more

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Buddy of mine showed me this little gem years ago been hooked ever since. best buffalo wings in Toronto if not the GTA. Always fast and polite services. keep it up! read more

I really want to know WHO can down those Armageddon flavoured wings???!!! I had a single TINY nibble and tears immediately welled up in my eyes -- and I have a VERY high tolerance for heat (even by Asian standards). Then I look over to their wall and there are people who have eaten more than 40 of them. If I ever meet one of those people, I will bow down to them because I am not worthy (like... literally). I had to pack the rest home because my whole system was on fire. The next day, I rinsed the wings thoroughly and cooked them in instant noodles. The soup turned into a pool of FIRE. I have never felt as defeated as I have by those chicken wings. I went back again and ordered the Superhot wings (number three on the heat ranking): they were much more tolerable and very tasty. The wings were very juicy and the amount of battery coating was perfect -- saucy but not soggy. The next I go back, I will order the Death flavour; I think I'll be able to handle it. read more

A great wings place for me has to offer juicy plump wings and a decent selection of beer. This place meets those two criteria of mine. The only thing they're lacking are different flavours, granted they have a gazillion different levels of hotness for the wings but that doesn't equal different flavours. We had an order of medium and a order of bbq wings. I prefer the medium sauce, just the right amount of hotness. For jokes a friend of mine dared another friend to try the armageddon sauce which is the Holy Grail of hotness. A siren goes off in the restaurant when someone orders it, I guess it's a warning that someone will get hurt real bad. Just taking a whiff of it will burn your nose. For kicks I decided to try it first, i took one small bite and my eyes watered, head was pounding, then I started to get heart palpitations, and began to sweat profusely, to top it all off my lips and mouth burned for a good hour. Meanwhile my buddy was able to eat the whole wing without breaking a sweat, which I applaud and admire greatly. How he was able to do it, I really don't know. I would never put myself through that much agony again! The name armageddon was appropriate, it did feel like my world was ending, a slow and painful death. Another plus about this place is that they offer poutine for an additional charge to come with your warp/burger/sandwich. It's a heart attack waiting to happen with all the fried food, but hey, might as well go all out! Poutines should be mandatory in all bars across Canada. The sandwiches/warps/burgers look like they were the typical fare you'll find in other bars, nothing to write home about. My Duff's crispy chicken sandwich was good but nothing to rave about, come here for the wings. read more

best wings in toronto, hands down. i've been coming here for years, and will be coming back again and again

Have been a customer for years but their wings have gone downhill - they're busy regardless so they don't care. Still better than pub wings but not enough to want to go out of my way to go to Duffs anymore. I do like that the owner is almost always there. read more

I love duffs. We've been coming here since the late 90's when we moved to the city. We've been gone for a decade now but every time we come back we make a point of coming here! And the best thing is that NOTHING has changed...same great food, same great atmosphere...love it! read more

I'm from Buffalo, there is a on going battle between Duffs and The Anchor Bar on who invented the chicken wing and who has the best. We left Buffalo 18 yrs ago and went to p.a. then to Nashville ( great place) the wings were awful in both both places. Believe me I'm glad there is a Duff's here. read more

Wings are great. Celery is nice and crispy. Biggest downside is the price. 16$ for 1 pound of wings is mother*ing expensive.

Great wings and excellent blue cheese dressing. A bit on the pricey side, bit the sauce (very hot - go a step down from your norm) is excellent. read more

The best wings in Toronto, no contest. I've been dozens of times and never been disappointed. Excellent spiciness gradients so that you can get what's right for you, plus some other flavours. I recommend the medium-hot. Good wedges too. If I want wings, this is the only place I think about going. read more

The wings here are very tasty and nicely cooked. However, the 2 stars i've taken off has much to do with my disappointment with the armageddon sauce. I've heard much about how crazy spicy it is at 850 000 SHU, but it didn't faze me one bit. The sauce is very overrated. read more

The service is terrible. We arrived for lunch when Duffs opened. We placed our order immediately and we said we were in a rush because we had three 2 year olds with our group. 45 minutes later while the tables around us were served food, we still did not have our food. We left. The owner said we arrived too early and that's why our food was not ready - totally the wrong response. We will not be going again. read more

The wings were OK, but I've found much better going through the cheap chicken wing calendar at http://www.cheap-chicken-wings.com

Not entirely happy with my last visit, I felt rushed the whole time, from when we got our table to ordering and payment, everything was rush rush rush. Not sure if am goin back read more

Been going here for over 12 years and the service and quality has never dropped. By far one of the best wing joints in the city.

We used to be regulars at this place as we live in Leaside for many years. On our last visit we noticed that our server added 15% tip to our bill. This was the first time for us so we asked if they have changed their tipping policy. Our server told us that it is at the discretion of the server to add it to the bill or not and it does not apply to everyone and she felt that she wanted to add it to our bill. First of all the service was poor to begin with and such a policy sounds very discriminatory. After mentioning it to the manager he confirmed the policy. So be aware that at this place you may be charged an extra 15% tip whereas the table next to you might have the liberty to pay a lower or higher tip at their own discretion and based on the service. This is unfortunate as we like to support our local restaurants and shops but have stopped going to this place! read more