It's been years since we last ate here and we stopped by on a whim. I'm glad we did because the burgers and service were awesome. Our server Lindsey was great and very attentive. It was a great place for our 1 year old as well. You definitely have to save room for the skillet cookie with ice cream. read more

I give Kooky 5 stars hands down!!! They have really got it figured out. They have a FANTASTIC bacon/blue burger. The wings are great, and they have really good drink specials, and events. I even went to a pouting eating contest one day. Lol. It was a hot mess to see. I couldn't believe what I was seeing..(But I digress). The service is pretty good, but the cooks really make that place shine. Also, the owner Shawn Danko is a really cool guy. Chat with him about Canada. He'll give you some tips... read more

Probably best known for their burger eating contests I was pleasantly surprised buy a good wedge salad with chicken. The service was good and very attentive. read more

We were passing through Memphis and stopped to have lunch with a friend. He recommended This place. The food was great. My husband and I shared the Yonge Street burger and fries. read more

I love their 4 cheese cheeseburgers, in fact I haven't tried anything else yet! One of the best burgers in Memphis. I dined in at Kooky's earlier this month, and was in Memphis again today for an hour, I called and placed an order for takeout, boy had I been craving another 4 cheeseburger! Delicious as always! I highly recommend you try a burger today! Now to be honest, when I first dined in earlier this month, it was during Memphis in May, and was the worst experience/service I've ever witnessed. I try to always be fair and give things a second chance though! During the first dine in experience the waitress named Brittany took over for our current waitress because of a shift change apparently. She introduced herself and mentioned she would be the waitress now. Neither waitress was to be seen again at our table. I noticed a few people eating before us, these people were seated well after we placed our order! I was eating with my wife, we both ordered a burger, I don't see why this would be? Once we were finally served our burgers, nobody ever checked on us during our meal or after, offered refills, Nothing. As it was time to leave, we waited, and waited, and waited some more, trying to get the attention of our new waitress who was ignoring us. I literally could have walked out without paying, nobody would have noticed or cared it seemed. It took us a good 10 minutes to finally get our hands on the bill. Finally! I proudly paid the bill in the exact amount with no tip. Overall, disgusting service, I was pissed when I walked out of the establishment. It's a sad state of affairs when you have some of the best food in Memphis, but nightmarish service like this. Today when I went in to pick up the takeout order, I waited for 3 minutes at the 'wait to be seated' sign before anyone came up then showed me where to pick up the food at. I should know better than to go back, but I love their burgers, damn read more

Good, reasonable food! Shawn is the owner and has a great air about him! I love the tenders, prime rib sandwich, and their cookie dessert is AH-MAZING! They also have drink specials, so you can go in and get lots of drinks in a 34 oz glass! Don't miss out on Kooky!! :) read more

Though the food was nothing to shout about, it was good and fresh and hot! There's a lot to be said for that when the restaurant is full and every waitress is busy. However, our waitress, Sonia, was amazing! We had a party of 18 and she handled it like it was a table for four. She was gracious and efficient and always had a smile. The sweet potato fries were scrumptious with their honey glaze. The prime rib was tasty but chewy and the maple sirloin, though quite tasty was difficult to chew. Everyone around me seemed to enjoy themselves. It is a terrific place to take the whole family for fun, good food and excellent service. read more

Food was gross and I'm sure they know it because they have a strict no refund policy posted everywhere. So as long as the food is cooked they won't take it off your bill no matter how Poorly cooked it is. Servers and management were nice though politely told me no lol read more

We stopped in here randomly after walking past and checking out the menu post on the window. They had poutine! That was enough to make me want to stop. :) We had the poutine and fried green tomatoes for appetizers. These are HUGE servings and I think we could've easily skipped dinner from just eating these alone. The poutine was amazing and the fried green tomatoes were perfectly seasoned. I had the bacon and bleu cheese burger with sweet potato fries. They were both delicious. The fries had just the right amount of crunch but were still soft. The burger was cooked exactly as I ordered. We had quite a bit left over to take back with us to the hotel after these huge portions. I was impressed with the amount of food for the price. The place was clean and the people working were very friendly. They even had the Blues game playing on a tv, which was great since we weren't expecting to be able to see it. I definitely liked this place and wish they had a location in St. Louis. It is a definite must return to for my next Memphis visit. read more

Order the Long Island Iced Tea! Drinks were great, food was great, service wasn't that great.

Very cool place. Went on the recommendation of my friend and social director, J. Lots of unique items. I had what I describe as Canadian Falafel. It was delicious. My daughter had the maple burger with bacon (what else!) and a peach cobbler. Yummy! You will never run out of fries as their servings are very generous. And to top it off... PEPSI, not Coke!! How great is that?! Try it. You'll wish you were Canadian! read more

First time visitor here. Service was exceptional and the food was superb. Portions are big so come hungry!

Just have to say. I'm not a big burger fan. Not because I don't like burgers but because I have always to find getting it off your own grill is better than any restaurant. This place proves me wrong. Wow. This burger was the best I've ever had. read more

I've tried responding to your response on my review but it won't let me. I'll give you a full detail of my night at your establishment. I had a party of 11. I asked if we can get get seated in front but I g was currently occupied. That was understandable. We were seated and when our waitress brought out the waters, it fell it to floor and splashed not only my back but a few of my family as well. I picked up some of the cups and politely asked if we can be seated in front. It doesn't matter if our party is split into 2 tables. I would still pay it all on one tab. I got an attitude for asking that. I asked because I'd figured it would be much easier to clean up all that water on the ground, table and chairs. Finally we moved into 2 tables next to each other. Got the orders taken and I kindly asked "can you please repeat the order?" I got an attitude from the waitress. She reassured me that she got it correct but I asked to hear her repeat it. If you're a server or waiter or waitress, shouldn't you ask your customers/patrons to make sure the order is correct after taking their order. Let I remind you, this is a party of 11. So the waitress repeated it and walked away. Food doesn't come out till over an hour later which is understandable for our big party. So after 20 minutes after our order was taken, the waitstaff comes back and asks "who ordered the 16 oz prime rib". We said nobody the only prime ribs we ordered were 3 prime rib entrees that were the 12 oz. they kept on insisting we ordered the 16 oz. this goes back and forth 5 different times. So I just said "fuck it just give us that prime rib if the orders are done" I got tired of correcting my orders. All three prime ribs were over cooked. We asked for 2 of the prime ribs to be medium and the third to be medium rare. Nope all prime ribs were over cooked dry as hell. I asked my steak to be medium rare the 14 oz. nope it comes out like it hit the grill for 2 seconds plus she got my side items wrong. My nephew orders the fish and chips and it comes out burnt. We also ordered a club sandwich (forgot which one it was), we found a hair inside the damn sandwich. Also our side items were not even hot. Most of the side items were cold and the only thing that was even hot were the Mac and cheese. They did take off the club sandwich off the bill. When we got our tab, I looked at how much meat was left bc we didn't eat it. I asked for a Togo box and boxed up the prime ribs and the porkchop to give to the homeless outside. I asked for utensils and they said they didn't have any. So to you Shaun D. the owner of the establishment, we did bring up the problems when the situations occurred. This is everything that occurred that night. Oh one more thing, it was pretty warm in your establishment and one of your staff said the A/C was working correctly because of the cheap owner. Now if you have any questions to my review, you can reply and look at your cameras that evening of inside and outside that my story was true. You can see me giving that food away outside of your establishment. No way shape or form we wanted a free meal. We just wanted to enjoy a family dinner with everyone because we were visiting a patient at St. Jude and it was by far the worst experience I've ever had in any restaurant establishment. read more

This was my first time to visit and we loved it! My daughter, husband and I came to watch the Monday night football game and were pleasantly surprised. We took the opportunity to have the specials offered $4 34oz beers and $7 pound of boneless wings. We ended up ordering two orders but one was more than enough to share. Never hurts to have great leftovers though! We were debating on the sauce so the waitress brought us the strawberry jalapeño on the side and it was great and unique. Perfect heat and smoke coupled with sweet. Couldn't have asked for better service - honestly some of the best service I have had in town in recent memory. We thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of our experience and my daughter especially liked the decor. It was a fun and unexpected Monday night out that will be repeated sooner than later. read more

Great place. Poutine is quebec worthy. Tell them you are a proper Canadian and prove it and you'll have a great eff'n night!!! Thanks kooks! #ontrend read more

This is my favorite place to go for great service. The staff is always nice and the owner is thr nicest guy and knows how to run a business. The food is always good and the portions are worth the price and they have good drink specials. will be a regular always read more

Delicious food and great service!! The wings were so good and they had excellent prices on draft beer!

I was here on 3/10/2013...i did the 7lb burger challenge...I was kind of hesitant about the manager anoouncing to everyone , that i was trying it . I relayed this to the waitress, the manager came over stooped to eye level with me and calmly explained that this was how it was done. agreed and man what a sectacle!!everyone in the place was cheering for me....as i was eating it little kids were coming by wishing me good luck and high fiving me, it was a great experience...i ate about half but it was the most fun i ever had eating a cheeseburger!!!! the 4 lb patty was cooked well done and the overall burger was delicious!!!!! read more

Waited an hour and a half for my food. Didn't even finish it because I had to get back to work and ended up just throwing it away. The server did offer a free dessert but I was already in a sour mood. read more

They are participating in the Memphis Downtown Dining and the advertise one menu with lots of items online but when you there they have a different menu with half the items and everything is half sized. Very disappointed. Will never eat here again. Don't like to bait and switched. read more

Service here could've been better, not by the restaurant but by some employees. Went to have a late night meal with my wife after a good movie around 1-2am can't remember anyways...there was a group of wasted hooligans being loud as if they were in a high school pep rally of some sort. They were using offensive language, which can be bothersome to people and our waitress must've known the group and was adding to their inappropriate conversations, instead of moving them else where or simply telling them to leave. So the manager comes and moves them to the patio so they wouldn't keep disturbing their guests. Something the waitress should've done in my opinion. Other then that a really nice environment and tasteful food !! If you like drunk entertainment while enjoying some good food than this is your place ! Sorry Kooky Canuck I'm not trying to encourage drunk people at your fine establishment. read more

I took my Dad here when he visited. The food was actually really good. However the service and the wait for the food was not as good. We waited nearly an hour for two grilled chicken sandwhichs to come out and the place wasn't even half way full. read more

This was unique experience. The burger was okay. The waitress Kelly, did an excellent job for such a big group. However, things went left when we were given swai fish instead of advertise catfish. My husband brought to the manager's attention where she admitted it was swai. But procedded to say you should have ordered a burger or bbq, that's what Memphis is known for. Being a resident of Memphis it's known for lots of great food and customer service, which manager must not understand by statement given. read more

I'm sorry but I will not come here, again. Worst experiences ever! Maybe it was a bad night for them. Our waitress was very friendly but I can tell she's not herself. Our waitress spilled our drinks and got my family wet but they offered dry towels which was nice of them. She got our orders wrong. And when our food came out, our prime was over cooked and had wrong side orders. Had ordered sweet potatoes fries as a side item but gave us scraps of fries like someone else leftovers. Fish and chips came out burnt! Jesus, what else can go wrong! Mid way our waitress came to me and tells me she's leaving us because she's wet from spilling our drink and going home to change and come back here but she would not be serving us and that someone will finished us later. Which was fine. We were polite about this but a bit disappointed about the whole situation. I normally like to take pictures but it wasn't worth it. I wish I did to let you know what went down here. It was bad. I really don't know what else to say. read more

Met friends here while in town for an event. Our server was very friendly and knowledgeable. The food was good but nothing to write home about. If I had to eat here again I could and be totally fine. My only complaint was the french fries were a little bit greasy. read more

First time at the KC and everything was on point.. Our waitress Sonia brought us the two biggest, coldest, beers, and our food arrived hot. I had the chicken tenders. Good size portions.. We will be back! read more

I went to Kooky for lunch with a friend today on their birthday. We arrived just before 11:45am and needed to get back to the office by 1pm for meetings. We ordered drinks and food. At 12:25, we noticed they had not refilled our drinks nor even returned and our server was nowhere in sight. I went and found other servers and mentioned we needed to get our order as we needed to get back to work. They said they would tell the manager. 10 minutes later, our server returns and mentions they are having problems. I ask when we will receive our food, he says he will find out. 5 minutes after this the manager comes by and says I am sorry we don't have your food. She didn't offer to get something quick, she didn't offer to comp a meal in the future. Multiple chances to speed orders along, or find some form of resolution. Nothing was done. Wildly unacceptable service and response. We won't be back and we won't be ordering food here for team gatherings. read more

Simply basic. Basic food. Basic drinks. Basic customer service. Simply basic. Basic food. Basic drinks. Basic customer service. Simply basic. Basic food. Basic drinks. Basic customer service. read more

Stopped in for a snack and a drink walked out loving the BBQ nachos and our waitress Sonia! She told us some places to go while we are in town and was very attentive! Thank you! read more

A must for anyone in Memphis! The BEST BBQ sauce on earth! BBQ egg rolls should be the first of many things you order (poutine fries, Canadian bacon sliders, catfish, burgers......) you can't go wrong with anything on the menu! Friendly and attentive wait staff is just the icing on the cake (oh don't forget dessert!! Chocolate chip cookie in a warm skillet with ice cream!). To die for. Kooky will always be on my list when visiting Memphis! read more

Outstanding burgers. Wonderful service from Davin. Can't beat the personal service. This place shouldn't be missed in Memphis.

I gave one star because the food was pretty good. Unfortunately the bartender not so much!!! A group of four enters a semi crowded restaurant and was presented a 20 minute wait. We were also told that we could sit at the bar as there were four open chairs. Sat at the bar and was eventually approached by the bartender who began to throw the bar napkins and ask did we need food. We said yes and the menus came. The was NOTHING friendly about this bartender to us. NOTHING!!! He seemed very impatient when it came to our wants. It was easy to notice that the other bar patrons were actually greeted! Not only were they greeted but he did so with smiles and laugher. He actually engaged with them. One of the guys in our party had an issue with his food and the bartender took the food mumbling curse words. I hate to be in any place were I'm not wanted and it was very clear that we weren't wanted in this establishment. This was my first time here and unfortunately I won't be returning. It's sad that working in the customer service industry has come to people NOT wanting to serve PAYING and TIPPING customers!!! read more

I'd rather walk to Canada to eat. That being said, just an overall disappointing experience. I guess the quality of waitstaff has deteriorated over the past couple of years. It took 40 minutes to receive our food after our appetizer was finished and the empty plates were taken away. Food came out at different times and the first sandwiches to arrive were accompanied by cold fries. I spoke with the manager and he took back my meal. He offered to get me another one but I politely declined. He comped the sandwich I did not eat and gave an extra 25% percent off on his own accord. Kids enjoyed it and I guess that's what matters however, it will be a while before I listen to Rush again. read more

It is a bit of a touristy place, but the food was good. I had the buffalo mac n cheese, and it was on point. My girl had chicken and green beans and she wasn't so excited. Waiting times can be long at at certain hours, but it is downtown so i sort of expected. Definitely a must see at least once. read more

My kids and I had a great experience at Kooky Canuck on a Wed afternoon for lunch. The food was very good and the service was great too. Our server checked on us multiple times and was very friendly. When we ordered the S'Mores desert (where you get to roast marshmallows at the table), he brought my 11 year old a hot towel to wipe the sticky marshmallow off her fingers before we left. No complaints here- a very good experience! read more

I had to check in. It looked promising, but I'm saving the finished version of this review for another trip to Memphis.

I literally just walked out of the restaurant. It will be my first and last time dining at this establishment. I came to celebrate moving into my new office space on B.B King and after years of hearing great reviews from friends, I thought Kooky would be the perfect place for myself and my toddlers to eat. We were served burned fries, bland chicken tenders and disgusting Mac and cheese. The Canadian burger was great I would like to add. I mentioned how my children didn't like their food at all, their plates remained untouched throughout our dining and the amazing server Alexa tried to rectify the situation by telling the owner I wanted to speak with him. I told the owner that I still wanted to pay for the children's meals but I would like the meals to go towards Alexa's tip. The owner was slightly rude, in responding that he'll just take off one meal. To avoid spoiling my day already I told him that was fine. Horrid experience and resolution for a first time customer. I'll gladly take my business elsewhere during the time my company does business in Memphis. read more

I'll start out with the food, it was great and we had no complaints. We ordered the pick three appetizer, the cheese bites and egg rolls were wonderful. I ordered the fried green tomato burger, it was delicious. Everything was hot and fresh. When we first walked in to the restaurant we had to wait on the host to come inside the building. She definitely could have been friendlier and more interactive and you could barely hear her, she was more so mumbling. There were several, and I mean several, tables open that no one was sitting at (when we were walking by you could see in the other part of the restaurant). We were told it would be a 35 minute wait so we sat at the bar and ordered drinks while waiting with no problem. THE BARTENDER WAS PHENOMENAL (tall bearded man). So helpful on our menu questions, great drinks, overall great attitude and work ethic. We never once complained and just enjoyed ourselves sitting there waiting. He noticed we had been sitting there for a while and still hadn't gotten a table so he approached the young hostess and told us he would get us seated immediately. Once he told us this, we started to close out our tab. I heard him say that to the girl so I turned around and she threw her hands up because "we weren't ready" I assume. We paid the bartender and went to find the hostess who disappeared again. After standing in the middle of the restaurant, I finally asked a server if we could sit at a booth that was open, he said yes so that's where we went. The booth was right by the hostess stand and front door. Our server came and took our order, he wasn't terrible but definitely could have been more attentive. I'm not sure if they were short staffed, but there were plenty of tables for people to sit at but according to one other server they needed to be cleaned. So people were gathered waiting. Which is fine. But back to the hostess, as we were sitting at our booth I never once saw her attempt to crack a smile to the customers, she barely greeted them. It seemed there were a few servers doing her job better. She would go sit on her cell phone in the customer waiting spot. And as a restaurant owner myself, it looks terrible to have a cell phone in your back pocket anyways. But for her to be on it looks even worse, while others around her are working hard and fast. Maybe even crack a smile and be polite and I might not have even noticed the cell phone issue. Overall, food and BARTENDER were great. But customer service is lacking. read more

My wife and I were visiting Memphis for a few days and a friend recommended the Kooky Canuk. When we arrived there was a bit of a line but we were seated right away. The staff worked hard to insure that patrons were not left standing for long. Once seated our server quickly got our drink orders in and soon we were looking at a wide variety of choice. Toni had the Dosiar, a doner kebab that was good and had a canuk spin with the sause. I had the Memphis best and found a pleasent suprise with the sause. All in all it was a good experince. read more