📍 West Queen West, Toronto
15 restaurants · 2026
🍽️ 15 Restaurants
Tiki rooms, dance clubs, and dive bars running west from Trinity Bellwoods — rum punches and subterranean rooms define the late-night texture here
Top 10 in West Queen West
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Motto
A brunch spot on the Queen West strip, tucked among the shops and galleries near Trinity Bellwoods. It's a daytime room built for the weekend-morning ritual — coffee, a plate, and ...
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2
Tiger Blues
Tiger Blues is a Korean fusion spot on Queen Street West built around unexpected pairings — the Sogogi taco stuffs braised beef and a chojang-based salsa into a taco shell, and the...
90
3
Lyla
Lyla sits on Sudbury Street near BMO Field, a contemporary Mediterranean restaurant built around coastal dishes, handcrafted cocktails, and a menu that moves along the Mediterranea...
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4
Cafe23
Cafe23 opened in February 2019 on Queen Street West, founded by Steve Lipari and Vanessa Sansonetti. The modest storefront opens into a multi-level space with a small Japanese mapl...
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5
The Roasted Nut
The Roasted Nut is part café, part working nuttery — the Queen Street West location dry-roasts its own nuts on-site daily, in what the shop calls a 'live theatre' of roasting visib...
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6
Plush Cafe & Bar
Plush Cafe & Bar runs all day from a spot tucked beneath a boutique hotel on Queen Street West, directly across from Trinity Bellwoods. The kitchen works a multicultural comfor...
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7
Squirly's
Squirly's has anchored Queen Street West since 1988, opened by original owner Leo and named for a pet squirrel he had as a kid — a detail that still shows up in the bar's branding ...
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Bar Prima
Bar Prima opened on Queen Street West in 2023 from chef Julian D'Ippolito, who trained in Michelin kitchens across Italy, Germany, and the Netherlands before running the kitchen at...
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9
Little Ese
Little Ese is the newest project from Nathan Godin and Elena Arsenov of Pnut Gallery Hospitality, dropped into Queen West with a park-facing patio and NY-style thin-crust pizza. Th...
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10
Karahi Boys
The karahi is the entire point: chicken simmered hard in a shallow steel pan until the sauce tightens and clings, offered in Charsi, Potohari, and white (chitti) styles that each t...
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All 15 Restaurants in West Queen West
White Squirrel Coffee Shop
80
The Drake Underground
78
The Shameful Tiki Room
78
Done Right Inn
72
Apt. 200
71
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