Live the poutine fries and the holy smoke burger! Fried green tomatoes are a must also.

Found this gem after searching for best burger in Memphis. My husband said it was the best burger he's ever had. He loved the cheese bites too. My burger was excellent as well. We will definitely visit on our next trip! read more

The atmosphere is awesome, but the food was a let down. I tried the Canadian and it left me wanting more. We waited a really long time to sit and get our food. Our order was wrong. My kids wouldn't even eat the rice krispie treats they were so bad. read more

The best food, drinks and servers!! Had THE best dirty martini ever. Highly recommend. Check out pic #2 on the wall and the skull on the bar. Googly eyes everywhere! read more

Kooky Canuck - New American Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

Fun vibe, good menu and decent drink happy hour- wish it had more choices of cocktails though. The biggest downside is that the check out process to close tab was rather slow. The awesome person who took my order at first (wearing plaid shirt) was attentive, welcoming and great but after he left I felt forgotten about a still a good visit and experience overall though. The fried cheese bites some what resemble a mozzarella stick but not as stringy. read more

Food was amazing & portion sizes were WOAH! I ordered a drink, and it was almost fish-bowl sized. Some kind of punch! Good, but a little sweet for me! I brought my 12 year old and 5 year old for a great dinner, and it was definitely delievered. The atmosphere was kid-friendly, and our waitress made us feel welcome! The burgers we ordered were all different, but fantastic! I don't think we could have gone wrong by ordering anything on the menu. I hope to visit again soon! read more

We stopped in for lunch while on vacation in Memphis. Cool spot and good beer list! We are from Metro Detroit with French Canadian relatives and the menu was awesome! Lots of choices that are even hard to get here in Michigan and only available in Canada. I had the French Canadian meat pie. it is one of my fav dishes, and I can only get it in Canada. The waiter told me up front it would take a while since they bake them to order, which was totally fine with me. Food gets presented and I could tell by the crust the pie wasn't close to being done. I took a bite, and sure enough it was ice cold. Our server was very apologetic and he really felt bad. Now my husband has his food, I told him to eat without me. 25 min later I get my food. it was really good, but the wait....almost an hour from ordering to actually being able to eat. The pie itself was HUGE and could have been shared. A smaller size would have cooked faster. read more

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The best juiciest burgers in Memphis. Best poutine outside of Montreal Quebec Canada. Beef gravy is out of this world good. Portion size good. All went away happy and full. read more

We had a fantastic experience! Edward was our waiter and provided us with excellent service!!! Food, drinks and dessert was fabulous!!! Definitely recommend this place when visiting Memphis read more

This was my 1st foodie experience in Memphis, and I very much enjoyed it. Googled things happening today and this popped up for their Happy Hour. My bartenders, Daven & Courtney, their manager, and the regular who was at the bar were all really personable and had a great sense of humor. I got Poutine Fries- amazing. Moscato Wine $2.50 (and it actually tasted good!). On top of all this goodness, I had a great chat with them about things to do, places to go, etc. Glad this was stop #1 read more

Kooky Canuck - Happy hour - New American Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

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Once again, found ourselves lunching at the Kooky Canuck while visiting and it did not disappoint. True Canadian cuisine ... original comfort foods with all the traditional fixings, was a sweet taste of home!!! My steamy hot dogs were even better than I remembered and the poutine top shelf!!! Shawn Danko has outdone himself, a native Montrealer myself, I have the reserve the right to judge!!! Thank you Shawn and your amazing staff for an epic experience, you easily impressed our US friends with your outstanding food. read more

Kooky Canuck - Poutine alla Canadienne favorite - New American Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

Always has Great Service & Yummy Food!! I would recommend the Kooky Club with Fries & a side of their ranch. I would also recommend the Chocolate Chip skillet dessert!! We have been a couple times & will definitely be back read more

Meh. Bar food, decent happy hour, bar tender was personable and friendly. I hope Memphis opens up more soon so that there are more choices!

Happy hour here is quite happy: $2.50 domestic bottles, house wines and well liquors. Four different large flat screens are playing four different sports channels. Music is a little too loud in the bar area, but that's a bar after all. I ordered chicken strips as an appetizer and I should have stopped there (big and delicious), but.my company insisted on ordering am actual entree. I ordered "build your own burger" with blue cheese. It came cooked to perfection and the fries were outstanding. They made it to my top five of the best fries. The server Troy was efficient, friendly and polite. I did end up taking the most of my delicious burger home and it was still good later. The restaurant was clean and well-maintained. The bathroom was clean as well. I definitely recommend. read more

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Great Service. Great Food. Fantastic Bloody Mary! BBQ Egg Rolls and the Fried Pickles are a must! They are just right!! Burger was delicious (black and Blue , cooked medium well) ... it's two meals on one plate!! read more

Kooky Canuck - $5 Bloodys - New American Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

I love this place. I got there early and they were not busy. I had Canadian beer and Canadian inspired food. Amazing.

This place has great food and great atmosphere. We have never been disappointed with any food that we have ordered and the Wedge Salad is the best I have ever had in any restaurant. Service was very good as well. If you are in Memphis, you need to eat at this restaurant. David was our server this last time and took such great care of us! You won't be sorry you ate here. read more

Visited 1 time while in Memphis. We were staying at the Peabody Hotel and this restaurant is right across the street. They had a good variety a bar food and cold beer. I had a very tasty burger and fries. Servers were friendly and efficient. read more

Awesome place. Very nice, clean, and helpful. My son got the chicken tenders and fries. I got a burger and my husband got the catfish po boy. read more

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We have been talking about trying this place for a long time as it seems to be a very popular place for a good burger. On the rare occasion that I get to spend a workday lunch with my wife, there are only a few places we like to go. However, this time we decided to try a new location and we were not disappointed at all. I will start with the service and cleanliness. The service was absolutely outstanding. Ashley was right on time with everything and always maintained a cheery smile that made you feel like she cared about the service she provided. Everything was right on time and there when you needed it. The overall cleanliness was okay but the mens room could have used a bit of attention. Not awful, but not sparkling either. The food was really good. I had a build your own with jalapeño's, cheddar cheese, and of course...bacon. The burger was cooked perfectly and was very juicy. The bacon and jalapeño's were delicious and a great addition to a well cooked burger. I really liked the onion rings and thought they paired well with their dill ranch dressing. Oh, and I have to agree that the bun leaves A LOT to be desired. Very dense and just not that good. Honestly, my wife and I both took the burger off the bun and ate it with a fork and knife. read more

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Home of the biggest burgers! Can't come here and not get a juicy burger and fries! Nice spot to hang out on a weekend in downtown Memphis. read more

Kooky Canuck - New American Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

So this place is the talk of town and therefore we definitely had to try it and they didnt disappoint. We were supposed to have made a reservation but only noticed we didnt when we got there with a group of 10! They were really nice to fit us in which made our night.They have a variety of beers yu can try, they are known for their burgers and desserts as well. I started off with the pierogies whihc was so good! Cheese duds were amazing. And ended it with a big burger "younge street" and i loved every bite of it. Its a really nice place with multiple sections to accommodate both small and large groups. The manager was really nice. For dessert we decided to go with the birthday Celebration dessert which had about 18 scoops of ice cream filled with all sorts of fun candies and fruits. It made us feel like kids again! Its just a walking distance from Beale st so no need to uber just walk. You will enjoy it! read more

Kooky Canuck - Menu - New American Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

In the battle of Man V Food. On that day, food WON!! I went to Memphis one weekend to party and eat good BBQ. I had seen the episode of Man V Food where Adam Richmond tackles the 7 lb burger and loses badly and I figured, well, that looks absolutely amazing and I can at least say that I tried the challenge. Well. I went there for lunch after a hard night of partying. I was starving and my mind was set on trying to hit this challenge. If you look at my profile picture, that's me trying the burger challenge. I was like the 1947th challenger. The Kookamonga Burger is a 4 lb ground chuck burger with 2 lbs of hamburger bun. There is lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, onions, and cheese. The total weight comes out to around 7.5 lbs. The diameter of the burger is a little bit bigger than a foot and the total height with everything is about 3 -4 in. The burger takes 45 minutes to cook and is 1 in thick. When I first bit into it, I surprised by how tasty the meat was. The seasoning was spot on and how they were able to cook a 1 in thick burger and have it so good ... I will never know. But anyways, you have 1 hr to finish this challenge and you don't have to eat the fries. When they first brought this burger out, I asked them how people usually tackle it and they told me to cut it into pieces. Well. I cut it into quarters and I managed to chow down about 3/8ths of the entire burger before I was completely full. (I ended up taking a 1 hr nap afterwards by the hotel pool looking like a bloated whale). Someone could have harpooned me mistaking me for a whale. When I did this challenge, there were only 5 guys who had successfully completed this challenge. 3 of them were professional eaters who did it under 15 minutes while the other 2 were fat guys who did in above 50 minutes. Apparently there are now 7 people who have completed the challenge but there have also been 2700 challengers as of August 2010. But if you do win, you get to autograph the plate and you get a picture on their wall of fame. The plate and your picture are framed and put up at the entrance so that everyone can see it. Let's just say, my picture will not be on the entrance of the door. So my friend and I sat at the bar to watch some football while my food was being made and the bartender was pretty cool. We asked if there were any good places that had bottle service in the city and she pointed out a place on Beale St that was really good. We ended up going there later and the place was pretty good so props for her. read more

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We stopped by for a late night snack and cocktails...loved the BBQ egg rolls and their signature cocktails were huge! I've eaten here before and love the burgers and their wings are excellent! Everything at this place is big, especially the burgers and their drinks...Tuesday night special is $5.00 signature drinks. I believe they are served in a 32oz mug. Overall, pretty cool place. read more

So thought we would try this place since we had a 20% yelp.check in offer. Should have been 90% off .... it was awful. I ordered the prime rib. I would assume this is what possum would taste like.. took a few bites and determined it was absolutely the worst "prime rib" I have ever eaten. I would rather have eaten .. well anything else.. you would have assumed the server would have asked if something was wrong but he didnt... my friends burger looked good and she said it was ok.. kinda scary they have a sign when you come in the door that states if the food is brought to your table it's not coming off your bill.. should have been the sign that made me turn around..I will never return here and would highly reccomend elsewhere.. read more

Kooky Canuck - Prime possum.. definitely not prime rub.. awful - New American Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

I had lunch here on 9/22 with a large group (7 other people). It was just ok - not the best, not the worst; just solid mediocrity. THE GOOD: My party reported that the fried pickles were outstanding (I don't care for pickles so I didn't eat them) and the cobbler was good too. Our server was very attentive and the food came out quickly. THE BAD: Hand cut-style fries are RARELY a good idea and they were not good here. Hand cut friends rarely get crispy and are usually limp, flavorless and greasy - this was all true in this case. The burgers did not have any flavor either. THE UGLY: We were told when we came in that we'd have to split into two tables because they don't move tables for large parties - then moved tables for two other groups while we were there. Also, redeeming our 20% off Yelp offer was difficult - esp with the manager saying "I hate people who use Yelp" loudly and in hearing of all the customers. There are better places to eat in Memphis but this wasn't awful. read more

The food was a little salty for my taste, I found a few of the waitresses to be a little moody. But it is a happening place and if you are in Memphis Tennessee you shouldn't go off of anyones review on here you should go for yourself, you might like more salt, you might like the setting, I do want to say the setting is different read more

Hubby and I are in Memphis for a few days and after a long drive today, it was nice to find this FUN little place just a half a block from our hotel in the heart of downtown Memphis. After sitting in a car all day, it was nice to get out and walk, even in the Memphis rain. This place is FUN, our waiter Travis was efficient, and spent a lot of time making sure we were well taken care of and just talking to us. Travis also explained the menu and specialty items to us. We started off with the Fried Pickles as an appetizer. These Fried Pickles were amazing. We were told that the Kooky Canuck makes their own pickles. The breading on the pickles was just right and not greasy. These were dill pickles and the slices were about an inch thick. We ordered beverages and their 'tall' beverage is 32 ounces and served in a mug. They have a full bar and a specialty drink menu. They have several craft beers on tap and we saw folks enjoying their adult beverages throughout the restaurant. For dinner I had the Maple Sirloin steak. It was wonderful, tender and sweet due to the maple syrup glaze. The mashed potatoes were just a tad dry but flavored with blue cheese so had an interesting twist on the spuds. What made this dinner was the green beans. i had read about these green beans, and they are wonderful I would go back just for the green beans. What was also fun for me was that my meal was served in this cute little cast iron fry pan, just like the one my mom had and I inherited. What a neat serving idea. Hubby had the Kooky Canuck's version of the Gyros. He got two Gyros and instead of fries substituted cole slaw. His comment was that everything was so fresh, the veggies on the Gyros were fresh and the cole slaw was fresh. The decor of this place is Canadian, which for me was a reminder of my home in the great white north of Minnesota. There were several hunting trophies mounted on the wall overlooking the dining area and the area that separated the bar from the restaurant was made of poplar branches (or at least that is what they looked like to me). Since this is Memphis, I would have liked to have heard some blues rather than the typical juke box offerings. The Blues Brothers would have been perfect background music. Several people were eating desserts and we ordered ours to go so we could eat them for breakfast. I am so looking forward to Maple Bread Pudding for breakfast. Hubby will have Peach Cobbler. This was a fun and delish experience. read more

I would give a 0 if possible.. DO NOT COME HERE. TERRIBLE SERVICE!!! Lucia forgot to place our appetizer order, Didn't bring napkins, sides, drinks or anything else we ordered. Didnt care to write it down and then had the NERVE to give us attitude.. the idiot manager comes and says we were rude, when she should have apologized and comped the meal for the entire terrible experience and she had no clue what went on and listened to inaccuracies instead of realizing we are paying customers and there is no excuse for terrible service. Train your employees and stop making excuses for them. Not worth ever going through an entire meal of terrible experience/ service. NEVER AGAIN!!! ZERO RATING!!!! DO NOT COME HERE!!! read more

We had a party of 6 and all of us had something different from the menu including gyros, wings, chicken nachos, fish and chips, smash burger and the catfish po' boy. With all of that said everyone had the same thing to say about their meal... excellent food and good service! Highly recommended! The restaurant was clean and had several televisions to watch whatever sport you are in to. We also enjoyed the food challenge wall and the multiple celebrities pictures from their visit to the Kooky Canuck! read more

Last Summer, I was lucky enough to go to Memphis once a month and we always stopped at Kooky Canucks. What is not to love about a place that prides itself on a 4lb hamburger that you're dared and timed to finish. Someone actually finished this massive beast in 7 minutes! Check out my pictures! I have seen tables of 12 order the burger and slice it like pie and still not finish it. I don't go for anything crazy like the burger challenge but I do enjoy their normal sized burger and their prized fried pickles. I have to confess, this is the first place I have ever tried fried pickles that were spears and while normally prefer the bite size slices, I was surprised how this became my favorite fried pickle! I get the classic burger with blue cheese, bacon and worchestire sauce and cooked medium rare it is perfection. If you can manage to go for dessert I recommend you try the warm cookie. Just like the burger, this over sized cookie is served in a skillet and just out of the oven! The melty and gooey chocolate chips are just the tip of the iceburg! They add on a generous scoop of vanilla bean ice cream on top and voila-HEAVEN!! Up for the burger challenge? The Kookamonga Burger is 4lbs of fresh ground-chuck, two pounds of custom made hamburger bun, and one and a half pounds of lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, onions, and cheese...SEVEN AND A HALF POUNDS TOTAL of delicious COW! Fries are optional and they always give you a beverage of choice served in a giant carafe! There is always someone in the restaurant foolishly trying the challenge so even if you stop in for drinks, you can watch the show as yet another person is added to the wall of shame. TOTAL CALORIES: 12,387 and TOTAL FAT: 266.8g!!! The location is easy to find, only a few blocks off Beale Street so it works perfectly on your walk of shame back to your hotel room for the night. Even if you're seated at the bar, they have a great bar menus with quick bites to cure a hangover in process or even if you're craving a burger the size of a VW bug. read more

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Cute place. However, we had both terrible service and poor food. We waited at the front counter for 10 minutes before we were greeted. Then finally got to a table. Took the server 10 minutes to talk to us. Immediately ordered our drinks, app and meal. We waited another 15 minutes for our drinks. Then got our food about 2 minutes later. The appetizer arrived with our meal. Fried green tomatoes were hot but flavorless. The poutine was not very good. Very disappointing. Gravy was bland. Cheese cold. Got a veggie burger that arrived cold with the melted cheese now hard. Salads came with no dressing. Had to ask 2 times. Overall can not recommend this restaurant. Had such high hopes. read more

If you are looking for a burger and a beer in Memphis, this is your place. Funky elk and other game heads on the wall surround this Canadian themes bar restaurant. Even with the Canadian beers on tap, and the game heads on the wall, you won't think you are in Canada, but its a nice change from typical southern food. The big pane windows allow you to see the passersby on the street and they can see you too which gives it the feel that you are still part of the activity of Memphis. Enjoy! read more

Kooky Canuck is one of my favorite places in Memphis for hot wings. Yes, that's right, fantastic wings from a place known for it's burgers. In fact, I haven't even tried a burger (or anything else from the menu) because I can't stop ordering the wings! Kooky's wings are large and slightly crispy which is exactly how I like them. They have several sauces to choose from including strawberry jalapeno. The wings are served with fries and dill dressing for dipping. The dill dressing is pretty tasty and worth a try even if it sounds a little unusual to you. They will happily allow you to order blue cheese or ranch dressing instead if you like. The price is very reasonable... 7.99 for 10 wings, fries, dressing, and veggies for dipping. It's the best wing deal downtown. Another reason I really like Kooky Canuck is because the owners, Shawn and Lana, are lovely people. They take a lot of pride in their business and it really shows. They also know how to throw an awesome party. If you are ever invited to a Kooky Canuck party, don't hesitate to attend. read more

Went for lunch today with a group from work. It was fantastic. Everyone got something different and everything was great! Our server, Sarah was awesome!! We will definitely be back! read more

Devon made our drinks and wow what a bartender that man can make a Bloody Mary! He put all the right fixings in it and even told us he soaks the cucumbers overnight to perfection! He is a fantastic employee make sure you get a Bloody Mary from Devon if you come here! read more

The food was just mediocre at best. The floors and tables were sticky and there were no toilet paper or paper towels in the restroom. Service was slow probably because they're understaffed read more

I've been wanting to try the Kooky Canuck for a while, but I hardly ever get downtown. I'm so glad we made the trip last night! We had the poutine, which looks and sounds like a disaster, but it was very yummy. I had the veggie burger with sauteed mushrooms and it was great, but way too big to eat in one sitting. We also split a skillet cookie and it was ooey, gooey deliciousness! Service was great the atmosphere was nice, and kid friendly. I would definitely recommend the Kooky Canuck to everyone! read more

Kooky Canuck - Chocolate chip skillet cookie - New American Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

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I was in Memphis for work, and the Kooky Canuck was conveniently located walking distance from the Peabody Hotel. Great environment for watching a game, and the food and service was great! read more

Walking around downtown Memphis around dinner time and came across this place. There was no wait when many other places had 30 minutes plus of wait time (I think we got lucky because we saw many others wait after we got seated). There was only one vegetarian option on the menu, a veggie burger. A Morningstar veggie burger... not homemade. Although my review is not just about veggie options, that's why they still get 4 stars! My mom got the eggrolls and said they were DELICIOUS!! We also enjoyed some nice cold beer and walked football and enjoyed our time. The waiter was great and did not rush us to move along or pressure us to order more drinks. One thing I did notice for kids was a balloon maker. The BEST balloon maker I've ever seen! He did some really awesome, unique balloon art that I haven't ever seen made before! read more