Trinity common is a pretty cool bar. I went with a group of 8-10 and we sat on a table on a Saturday night. It was pretty loud. It's better for smaller groups. read more

Fantastic patio in a great people watching spot in the heart of Kensington Market. Nice selection of taps for beer. I had a sawdust city beer called Princess Wears Girl Pants (a personal favorite) and the tuna ceviche huge portion and well prepared. Service was great friendly prompt. Really crowded patio means be prepared to have your table hovered for. read more

Hello, I came here on a tuesday for buck a shuck with 3 other people. I initially wanted to write a review with decent respect and elaborate structure... But this place is a joke so I'll treat it like one too. My buddy and I were trying to decide between 2 bottles of small pony craft beer with the help of the server, who had gone to consult the bartender for an opinion. We were informed that no one at this establishment had tried either of the bottles, but we happily and adventurously ordered one without any bias. The manager on duty had taken it upon his grace to deliver our bottle to the table with a tray, but I feel as though he should have brought it over in a bucket with a mop strapped across his forehead, since the bottle was overflowing like a violently flushed clogged toilet. I'll be honest, I was impressed at first because it looked like a circus act, but I promptly recalled... "Hey.. That's my beer on your tray." This manager began to pour the remnants of our sad bottle unevenly into two glasses, which resulted in him demonstrating yet another entertaining act of what seemed to be my 4th grade science experiment of pouring liquids back and forth between two beakers. To further his gallant act, this manager doubled down with the "It's supposed to be like this" (In reference to the beer that had overflowed into his tray) and left - balancing the 300mL of fine craft sour to dump into the sink like a good textbook employee. Note that it is a $30 bottle of beer, which is fine because the 50% of the bottle that made it to our glasses actually tasted like it would have been worth the money. I brought this up to our server, not as a complaint, but because the whole scenario just seemed hilariously stupid. She was apologetic and offered us shots of which we refused. We just wanted (Full) pints of good beer, which we apparently had to cross our fingers for. I understand that bottled crafts are carbonated above average, but that was definitely a mistake to lose so much product. And it was evident incompetence from sir manager in technique, knowledge, and etiquette. Captain spillsalot never revisited or looked at our table since the flood. Other notes include... -Grey preshaved horseradish that was more of a paste. It looked more like a dustbunny on my plate of.... -Room temp oysters served on arugula Our serve was diligent and good, up until she was clearing our table and dumped oyster mignonette on my knee as a finale. She promptly joined the joke. All being said, definitely check this place out if you're masochistic. read more

Great spot in Kensington for affordable comfort food with a great selection of craft beer. The atmosphere is trendy and the waitress was super friendly and gave awesome recommendations - the Trinity burger, wings with their Sticky Dill sauce, and chicken and waffles. Everything tasted great but the highlight was the Trinity burger which was juicy and topped perfectly with pickles and sauce. The fries were not as crunchy as I would have liked and they only came with the burger and not the other two dishes. But their portions are more than generous and will be sure to leave you stuffed and satisfied! read more

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Cute place in Kensington. Despite being a fan of communal tables, i found this one a bit intensely crowded. I recommend sitting by the bar. Food was overall great. I found the beans to be too sweet, but then again i don't have a sweet tooth. I'd go back for a pint and small sharing plates. read more

Here is a compare and contrast exercise. What is it like to get a beer at Trinity Commons, and what is it like to get a beer at its smaller neighbour, Pamenar? Pamenar: Enter. Walk up to bar. Place order and pay. Receive drink. Take it to a table of my choice and enjoy at leisure. Trinity Commons: Enter. A sign tells you to "Wait to be seated." You wait five minutes to be noticed. Get seated with a menu. Because you are only one person, wait another five minutes for the single, overworked waitress to return for your order. Order a beer. Wait fifteen minutes for your beer. Drink most of your beer before waitress returns. Ask her for the bill. Wait 8 minutes for the bill. Wait three minutes for her to return with the machine. Pay. Get the hell out never to return. Plus the beer tasted like dishwater. read more

My BF and I went in for wings, we were there two days before and they were delicious so we went back. I ordered the hot and he ordered suicide - as per our order the time before. The food arrived and my wings were properly coated in sauce and his were absolutely drenched, I mean gobs and gobs of gloopy sauce, nothing like the time before which was crazy hot but also tasty, this was absolutely flavourless... just an enormous amount of hot peppers blended and dumped onto the wings. We guessed the kitchen was taking the piss because inexplicably every member of the staff was walking by our table to see if he could eat the wings - it was not a quality check as the cooks were even walking by. I get it, you order suicide you get super hot wings, but I don't want to drink sauce from a franks bottle when I order hot wings any more than I want my wings swimming in a pool of it - suicide or not. And given my wings had a normal amount of coating and his was just stupid, it's a super rude thing to do with someone else's money and then claim "well, you asked for suicide". Yeah, coated in suicide. Not swimming in a pudding-like pool of it and considering we had them and loved them a couple of days before, it was a shit excuse. I'll go somewhere else next time, I suggest you do to. read more

Do you ever find yourself wandering around Kensington market? If so, wander yourself here. Magical wings - if Harry Potter had babies, these wings would be them. Trinity burger - melts in your mouth Fried chicken and waffles is 100% better than your mamas (no offense to your mama) Craft beer selection is extensive and delicious, ranging from fruity brews to dark coffee chocolatey goodness. 10/10 would smash read more

Super cool atmosphere, good price, but waited almost 1:30 to receive my dish. Anyway, I really enjoyed the food. read more

Trinity Common - BURNT ENDS Hash 'n Eggs, Double smoked BBQ brisket, onions, peppers and 2 eggs, baked with fresh cheese. - Bars Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

A little on the pricey side of things, but great service and an awesome selection of brews and liquors. And let's not forget the food...... Not a huge amount of selection, but it all looks delicious! read more

Trinity Common - Great selection for a bar rail! - Bars Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

We were trying to decide where to go to dinner one night and someone suggested this place. Sure, why not. Neighborhood: plan to see everything on your walk there... wow, so many culture changes and great people watching. It is definitely a younger/hipster area with street artists, artistic graffiti... etc. Such a fun place to walk through. We got here at about 7 and we were able to sit right near the patio. The location was a lot larger than I had expected it to be. Servers were quick and friendly. We were given the beer menu (front and back page... with a ton of ciders) and the menu of food (only a couple of options for dinners). I ordered the ribs and instead of potato salad, I got fries... best choice of my week... maybe even my life. The ribs were good. They had great seasoning/flavor. There were I think 6 ribs that came with my dinner. The most amazing part however were the fries. They were made absolutely perfectly. I had said to the group that they were the best fries I had ever had... If not the best, definitely in my top 5. They were salty and were super fried, without being incredibly greasy. nom... They only had a few items on the menu... so that would be my only downside... I think that there were ribs, wings, and tacos. They may be working on adding more food to the menu, but as it is, quite good!!! read more

Very Hip space. Great food, friendly staff and reasonably priced. Located on Toronto's historic Kensington Market area. read more

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Love this place!! I always go for drinks so I can't say anything about the food. The staff is always nice and the ambience is chill. This is one of my spots to stop at whenever I'm in the area read more

Very funky unique space with clever cocktails and food options. A little on the pricier side for this area but for a step up it's worth it read more

Trinity Common - Sail away ! With a sailor Jackie ... Radler plus two ounces of dark rum. A sailors delight - Bars Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Another Kensington gem. I loved the vibe and laid-back type atmosphere of this bar-pub. Due to my severe reaction to alcohol, I do not always enjoy myself in a pub type setting, however, I could see the appeal of this place. Staff were very friendly and take time to make their recommendations and make quick banters. There are a wide variety of draft and craft beers that are available for your pickings. The music varies from live DJs to a breezy playlist. The food was what hooked me. During the summer, especially, the ceviche taco just brings out all that summertime freshness. The bouquet of flavours were very well balanced with the citrus, savoury and sweetness of the seafood. I loved there house hot sauce displayed in a cute miniature bottle that packed a punch. I was obsessively lathering all my food with it...I was so tempted to grab a bottle and run off with it (but don't worry, I kept my dignity partially intact and left the bottle with its rightful owner). $1 oysters were a nice treat, though they were quite small but fresh...pretty typical. As 2 birds with one stone type deal...they offered Wanda's Pie in the sky as their featured desserts that day. I LOVED the peanut butter cheese cake-and I'm not even a peanut butter, chocolate nor heavy creamed cake fan! OMG, it was not in your face sweet but instead the texture and taste were on point....drooolssss. The best part of this collaboration is that I could get desserts late in the night. Overall, lovely place that have a little of everything for everyone. Great vibe, decent food and happy company. I would love to come back, time and time again, when in the area. read more

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4/5: Think of a nicely dimmed restaurant with good food, good beers, and great atmosphere at a fair price: You get Trinity Common. I came went here for an evening date a few days ago and, based on my one experience, this is a spot with all of those points. The food was good. Not amazing but solid good. I ordered the Cuban sandwich (which came in a bun that wasn't pressed unfortunately, but flavor was there) and my date ordered the Steak sandwich. We also ordered a plate of Tuna Ceviche to start (which came with a side of chips). The portion size for the Ceviche seemed small when it first arrived to our table but once we started digging into it, it was a decently sized appetizer. The sandwich was a good portion and really filling. Service was good. We were seated as soon as we arrived and they were just persistent enough that you felt tended for but not rushed which was great. Food came out in good time intervals and nothing was rushed or delayed all evening long. All in all a solid experience, I would like to visit again to see if there's consistency with the quality and service. Also, Trinity Common is also known to be a popular brunch spot, so I would love to visit for brunch sometime as well. Recommendations: Always reserve, even if its just a group of two. The restaurant got busy really quick even on a Tuesday night. They have a pretty varied menu so try something new! Match it with a nice craft beer from their beer menu (I recommend the Railway City - Black Coal for any stout lovers out there, think Guinness with a shot of coffee rinds...but in a good way). read more

Are you f-ing kidding me?? Stopped in for brunch an hour after they opened....only 8 items on the menu but were told two were already sold out. Went to order a tea - no tea. Was told I could go next door at the shop to buy one and bring it back. What restaurant can't just go buy a box of Red Rose tea to have as an option for brunch? SERIOUSLY? Love the space as a bar or for an event but doesn't work as a restaurant. read more

I came here late on a Saturday night and was pretty happy to find a place with the following: 1. Good beer selection 2. Food until midnight (I think?) 3. No cover charge (but no live music either) Its a pretty cool place to hang out and catch up with people as most of the bars in the Kensington market area are smaller/darker/louder than Trinity Common. There's no cover charge but there are lots of bars in the area that have live music. When I went, the crowd was pretty much all college aged. This may or may not be your thing if you are bar hopping in this area. read more

Excellent food, drinks, and service. Whenever I am thinking where to go for a drink on a patio with some delicious snacks, trinity commons is usually the first place on my mind (and if its not I kick myself for wasting time yelping when I inevitably end up here). I have never had a bad experience, bad cocktail, or a bad plate of food. The fries, mushrooms, sausage... just all delicious. This is my go to place and now that the weather is warming up, my ass will be a permanent fixture on that patio read more

Terrible bar, out of every draft beer, sold out of all the food on the menu, the music is way too loud and they do not take AMEX,

Probably the worst service experience ever! My friend's wife ordered a glass of wine which had a fly in it. We told the waitress and she came back saying that her manager said, "we won't be able to give you a new glass/drink, but we can take the fly out for you..." Can't believe this response! Ridiculous! read more

Affordable booze and a very cozy setup. If only they have a bigger patio and sangria and pitchers.

I thought the service was great I really enjoyed my time here! I love the open space that they have great for a good group of people! Food price wasn't that much !! read more

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I thought the food was amazing! My friend said the beer on tap was amazing too. Only thing was that service was pretty slow, and I found it a little pricey. Make the burgers come with fries too!! I was disappointed when it wasn't :( read more

The food, drinks and service are great. The one thing holding this place back is that it's way too loud. They had a dj playing best of the 80s crap at ear ringing volume. Servers could barely hear our order, conversation was a shouting match. The couple next to us left because of it. A table next to us moved and had all of their food shifted to a table near the front because they couldn't take it. The food here is fantastic but would rather opt for take out than to return. It's that ridiculous. Crazy fun fact: We went to see a metal band play across the street at Coalition after. We both agreed that the metal show wasn't as loud as the stupid dj at dinner. There's your reference point. It's louder than being at a metal show. What a shame. read more

Good beer selection. Great location below average service. The service irritated me to the point we decided to skip dinner and go somewhere else read more

it was drizzling outside so we were looking for a place to grab some drinks and the fire pits outside drew us in. strong tasty drinks. get the buffalo cauliflower. read more

Had their fries and Spicy Caesar. Fries was great! However I felt the spicy Caesar wasn't done well, all I could taste was the clomato juice. read more

I was here on a Sunday night and it was fab. Not busy, but they have a great drink menu and live music. The guys playing on Sunday night was incredible. This place loses one star because the service wasn't great. Our server was friendly, but slow to refill our drinks. We had empty glasses sitting on our table with no sign of our server. Given that it wasn't a busy night, not cool. read more

Fabulous drinks and an incredible salad plus okay ribs and stuff. Great vibes and great staffing

Didn't get service here for an hour for a table of two people. Made eye contact and tried to wave down staff, they said they'd be back. They never came back. Instead they decided to tend to two tables that came in 40 minutes after we did, I assume because there were more patrons so they would make more money on tips, I don't know. Warm oysters that made me ill and overpriced double bar rail. Will not be coming back here, too bad it seemed like a nice place. read more

Excellent selection of beers and great patio in the heart of Kensington Market. Haven't tried the food but menu looked great.

My boyfriend and I came here for the first time because they were one of the only spots around that were playing the sports games. It was super busy and we got a seat at a high top table that has communal style seating. Our waitress was super friendly and knowledgeable about the cool craft beer selection. She was able to help me choose something that I really enjoyed. We both were super excited over the French fries here.... definitely something unusual to love but we were obsessed. We did notice that our server disappeared without notice and we were followed up with an equally nice, but extremely busy male server. We ended up just leaving after the one drink and food as the service was just too slow. Until that point, everything was awesome and we will definitely be back. read more

Brutal customer service. I brought my friends last Sunday afternoon because I thought their burger was good. My friend ordered one and asked the waitress if the sauce on it had dairy because she was lactose intolerant. The waitress assured us there was no dairy and we even discussed other vegan restaurants in the neighbourhood with her. When the burger came out, there was cheese on it. My friend reminded the waitress she was lactose, and politely asked if she could get a new burger without cheese. The waitress informed us that she talked to her boss and that she could bring a new burger but we would have to pay for both. THIS IS THE MOST BANANAS THING I'VE HEARD. My friend is too sweet and agreed because she was hungry. Now she's stuck with two burgers, one she can never eat, and a super bad taste in her mouth from the waitress. Very obvious the waitress was new and didn't want to get in trouble with her boss so she made us foot the bill. You can't have this type of customer service in 2016 and expect people won't put it online. You also can't last as a restaurant treating your customers this way. It would've cost you a couple bucks to fix the problem and would've saved you three customers who would've gone all summer and now won't go back and will tell our friends to do the same. Super bummed. read more

This place is super funky and has a great selection of beers. We did not eat here but had drinks here two night. If you are looking for a funky place to have beers and hang out this is your place. read more

Came by for a quick afternoon bite around 1. Seemed to be serving the brunch menu, which was pretty diverse. Had the chicken and waffles. Chicken was to die for. Waffles were...waffles. Burned at that. In any case, would still have the dish again! Would have earned that fourth star had service been better. The hostess seemed bothered by us. We tried to sit at a picnic table but she cleaned it without drying it. Despite the service hiccup, would recommend trying it! read more

Drinking some wonderful brew great service and beer also had great appetizer Buffalo cauliflower bites yummy

I'm a big fan of this place. I keep going back there time and again, and the place is always packed. Why? Because their service is great, the selection of craft beers is terrific, and the atmosphere is relaxed/casual and chic at the same time. They now have live music on Sunday evenings. Must haves: the Old-Fashioned cocktail, Breakfast Caeser, Kennsington Burger and Trinity Burger. The menu items may be a bit pricey for a lot of people but quality is worth it. read more

This is a review of the time we didn't get in. We wanted to check it out a couple of weeks ago but were saddened to learn that the whole bar was closed for a private event. They even had a little sign drawn that said 'closed for Jay-Z'. The bouncer was friendly enough but I couldn't sweet talk my way in. Nevertheless, I'm posting this review to find out if JAY-Z was really there (this was during NXNE). I'm guessing no but then who was there?! read more

Best place in TOROTO!!!!!!   Going to Uni so far away   I've been missing home ,like so much but this place is, like so good its like, a slice of like, my home town in like,the  suburbs right here in the heart of downtown !! Its  so amazing that belongs in like ,the best  strip-mall in Oakville.. OMG !! THE  Best DJ ever !!!!! .....All the best pop music hits its like ,the top top 40 am  radio hits I like , listen and dance to in my car on the 401 ( big yikes LOL) like, the last time when I was visiting the big city from Oshawa blasting it all night long LMAO!!! YOLO !!! ....( OMG I love Justin Bieber!!!!!!!!)  .The  crowds at Trinity  aren't intimidating  attractive cultured educated  stylish people .Trinity Commons has a cool  real small town  university  "sorority/frat boy" vibe !!!!! .The food is like , as good if not better than like,going to the fancy   chains like, Applebee's  or like ,Red Lobster or like , Hard Rock Café !!!!!   Trinity is on fleek for us conservatives from the suburbs that need a break from like, all those snobby artsy well read well dressed down town  liberal socialist commie hipster "sheeple" getting vaccines  that need to be "fashionable" "hip" and  "cool" and "woke" all the time !!!! When ever I visit my sorority sisters we like , are definitely going to Trinity for their famous (but naughty LOL) "sex on the beach" ,juiccy pussies" and "blo job" shots!!!! ...and they even made us martini  drinks that were  blue ?!?!?! can you believe it, blue drinks that tasted orange ????!!!    LOL!!!!  OMG !!!! ,Trinity is the best !!!! Trinity is so drip!!!( I even met a boy and he plays college  Hockey ... !! ) If your tired of those Queen street/Ossington types like making you feel unwelcome ,Trinity is the place to be !! Its so high key its "da bomb" its the" shizzzel" ! OMG !!! YEET!!! read more