The Charlotte Room

The tables are spread apart and its bar service so it makes for a great spot to be off on your own with a group of friends. You really feel like an island removed from the rest of the bar; like it’s your own space. The bar staff are amazing — fantastic people. The selection of drinks and food is thin but the overall experience makes up for it.
There is a collection of board games, from Jenga to variants of charades. There are also a number of pool tables with one nearly always available. I like the sofas and quiet ares that add to the feeling that you are at someones house rather than at a bar.

This place is Ranchy.
My friends and I went here to celebrate my departure and we were told great things about this place.
When we first walked it, it was quiet and full of people in there 30s. We didn’t mind since we all are in our 20s. We found a few places to sit near a pool table since we wanted to play. We waited for a server to come but she looked too busy chatting with the older people beside us to even pay attention so we went to the bar ourselves and ordered. The gentleman bartender was a total ass. He gave us snoody looks and didn’t treat us like his other customers. He gave us so much spazz and attitude because we ordered a whole bunch of drinks that he had to make.
Anyways, we went back to our sitting area and thought it would be good to play a game of pool. I went up to him and asked for the supplies needed. He gave it to me and said to return it on the hour. Whatever, we did that and we payed. We decided to play for another hour. When I went to ask for the white ball, he told me he couldn’t give it to me because there were people waiting to use the table.
I noticed that there were 3 other empty tables but I figured the customers had prefered this table. I didn’t mind. My friends and I waited for two hours sipping drinks and talking. NOO ONE SHOWED UP and the 3 other tables were still empty!
I went back to ask him if we could play and he told me no. That we had already used it for the night. So I asked if we could relocate and use another table. He seemed to get angry by my asking so I dropped it and we left.
DURING THAT WHOLE TIME, THE FEMALE WAITER WAS STILL TALKING IT UP WITH THE OLDER PEOPLE BESIDE US. SHE DIDN’T PAY MIND TO ANYONE THAT WALKED INTO THE PLACE.
THIS PLACE SUCKS!

I was only here for a short while at the tail end of my friend’s surprise birthday. They had booked a pool table and a small corner for a drop in birthday party.
When I was there, we had a dedicated server, who was super friendly and seemed to be really on top of things. I know they were busy with a large party of rowdy Second City alums, but seemed like she still was able to make it us every so often, even though our drinks sometime disappeared.
They have couches, and small tables. You can play board games, pool and we had brought our own cake and snacks and they seemed really cool with it.
It’s steps from King and Adelaide, so take a walk of the strip here instead!

super hidden bar/​pool lounge in the middle of downtown and just right behind MEC.
there are tons of pool tables (haven’t checked the prices) and a mini patio up front.
the bar at the back is ok. beer is priced at $ 6 – 8 a pint. food wise — not too much choice for vegetarians. and none for vegans. well unless you consider salad to be food. I think they had 1 or 2 salads on the menu.
GAdventures office is right next door so you might bump into employees of that company at the bar at any time of the day… and night=) ahahaha

I really like this place. Nice clean pool hall. Good quality tables. Nice micro –brew beer selection on tap and good nachos. Cool atmosphere and friendly staff.

Been using this hidden gem at least 5 years. Yes, with its location, I am sure it attracts a lot of nearby offices which honestly is fine by me. At least their patronage keeps The Charlotte Room in business. I will agree with its nondescript façade. If you blink and there is no one outside on their tiny patio/​slab of concrete, you could walk right by it and not even notice.
I never had a bad experience here. The staff is friendly, there are 7−8+ beers on tap plus other choices via bottle. It is a small quaint place, their back room is cool, with exposed brick and comes with an upright piano in case your the heart is moved you to play.
Very laid back vibe, with a lot of warm accents, it’s quiet and with a touch of class.
I do not eat here, simply because their menu strikes me more like snacking menu than an actual meal, plus there are no tables to eat at except for their high and poker tables (yes you can do that here too!). After all, this is a lounge not a restaurant.
Their pool table rental fees are quite higher than let’s say Rivoli’s so if you do play pool keep an eye on the ticker since it could add up.
As long as this place remains afloat, I am okay for it to remain a hidden gem of a place.

The Charlotte Room is a surprisingly big pool hall near King West. It’s on a particularly unassuming road, and would be very easy to miss if you were in the area. They had a reasonable selection of beers when I was there, featuring a lot of stuff from local brewer Mill St. I thought their appetizers were good, but it’s probably not a place to come for dinner. It’s probably a good place for work events and the like, and I suspect a lot of their business comes from the near by offices. I can’t think of too many places to play pool downtown, let alone places that aren’t sketchy. So this is definitely a place for that.

best poolhall in Toronto by a mile.
great place, always have a really good time there.
the billiard tables are good quality and very nicely spaced apart, nice warm vibe inside the room, menu is solid and the selection of beers on tap is excellent, staff is always very friendly too.

This is a default corporate watering hole for the nearby offices. I struggle to imagine this place like something I could call «my place», or where I would like to invite friends, etc.
Essentially a faceless, tasteless, dark bar. There is a pool table there, oh yes, fun!
No value in ordering food, and the drinks selection is next to nonexistent. You can get Sapporo, or Keith’s, or Stella, or Sapporo, or Keith’s, or…
«See you at Charlotte’s after the meeting, let’s chat about that!»

To be completely honest, it bugs me that I don’t go here more often, as I always have a dandy time. The Charlotte Room is tucked away in a side street, Charlotte Street oddly enough, that allows it to have a nice secluded patio away from the majority of traffic. You enter either from the patio side, or in the winter, through what appears to be an apartment or office building-​style lobby area. The first time you enter it sort of takes you aback.
Once you’re in the Charlotte, you’re faced with the main reason many go there. Pool tables. Several tables wait to be played all in good repair. The bar at the back is full service and the menu is small and focussed, relying on pub-​food faves. TVs are available to watch sports on in the comfort of comfortable furniture. It sort of feels like a gentleman’s club (not that kind of gentleman’s club, thank you, remove your mind from the gutter) for the non-​executive type.
There is a side room that is also available for performers of many kinds. Typically it’s open to the likes of poetry readings and the like, but once a month, the Charlotte opens its doors to free stand-​up comedy one Saturday out of the month. I’ve been lucky enough to be on a few of the shows, and the crowds are always great. The great response, the food (the nachos, by the way, are a delight), the pool, the room, I should go more than just for the shows. If you feel like going, call me and I’ll get my coat.