Underground Garage

Small location, but tons of fun. Good music and I didn’t feel like I was 100 years old. Coat check was $ 2, but the line went quick. Bar service was pretty good for a Saturday night. Good crowd too, all of the people there were pretty easy going.
Just watch your step once you have a few drinks, the bathroom is upstairs and the dance floor is a step down from the main bar.
If you’ve clearly had too much to drink, they give you a bottle of water when you leave. :D

I was at the Underground and my large group started smelling terrible chemical fumes — so bad we had to leave after multiple people felt too dizzy. Fearing a gas leak or something, we told management and the bouncers/​wait staff. They told us contradictory and weird things ranging from ‘they just painted the stairs’ to ‘someone was huffing gas in the bathroom.’ As we left, we saw the bouncer spraying febreeze — covering up the clear chemical smell. But downstairs, waiting for a cab, we saw a worker dressed in a full on hazmat suit spraying for cockroaches in the restaurant downstairs. The area where my friends and I were had an air vent near it — we must have been smelling those noxious fumes. And Underground’s management was trying to cover up that smell. How terrible.

Always a good time. Cheap prices. Everyone welcome. All different people there from suits to college kids to industry staff. Been open for years. Which in Toronto says a lot about a place. Staff has been there for years.

After the Beautiful People Parade that I experienced at Brassai mere moments before, our arrival at Underground was a complete 180*. We entered about 20 minutes before the live band started on a Friday night, and I think there were 2 women to about 100 dudes. Like dude, dudes. Like a LOT of flannel and beards, dudes. I was a little concerned considering I, myself, was in a group of about 15, including 5 single guys! Fortunately for my single comrades, the crowd shifted after the band started so it wasn’t a complete sausage fest.
The cover was $ 7 for entry and another $ 2 for coat check. Maybe it’s just me, but I’d rather pay $ 10 and have a complimentary coat check than have to shell over money twice. It’s the middle of winter: if you’re not wear a coat, you’re insane.
I was completely exhausted when we got here (like gripey, put me in a cab, why are you torturing me, exhausted), but after the band started, I was unstoppable! The music was great. And no offense to the band who was a great cover band, but the motown segment in between sets really lifted me up — loved the variety!

This place is the tits — in fact, it has tits hanging from the ceiling (well, they’re bras, not actual tits…) I love coming here. It’s my go-​to place for last-​minute plans because it’s always a good night. The bouncers and servers are really friendly. Usually it’s a mixed crowd but everyone is always drunk. The music is good and the drinks are affordable. You can come in dressed like a washed up pirate, damsel in distress, big booty hoe, whatever makes you happy. No dress code. I recommend this place for anyone and everyone… unless you’re a jerk. I usually judge a bar’s crowd based on my bathroom encounters. The biggest indicator of a douchebag-​ridden cesspool is when the girls in the bathroom fix their makeup for more than 30 seconds and refuse to make eye contact with one another. The bathroom in Underground Garage is as much fun as the dance floor.
Oh, a negative: I once fell down the flight of stairs when I was coming from the bathroom. It might’ve put me in a coma but I can’t remember…

Now people associated with this place are stalking me on Unilocal… classy! Apparently they don’t like people telling the truth and will try and abuse you through the internet for telling the truth… wow… you’d think it’d be easier for them to treat the public appropriately and respectfully in the first place. just another example of the disgusting nature of this hole in the wall.

Cool people, cheap drinks, really nice music! Perfect spot if you’re looking for a good time!

A night at the Underground is always a good night. Great music, great people, and great (cheap) drinks.
The feel of the Underground is very grungey and just down right dirty. There are bras hanging down from the ceiling and the décor is just very eclectic and weird.
I usually drop by on Saturday nights which is a pretty good night for music. There’s a mix of top 40, dance hits, 90’s rock and punk, and then some country music (I can only bump to country music when I’m drunk). There’s people bopping around all over the place, but the very hot and steamy (carpeted) dance floor is where it’s at– fully equipped with booth seating and a statue of a porn-​stache ridden man.
The bartenders are great. Very quick, attentive, and donned with a very heavy hand. It’s about $ 6 for mixed drinks and they are strong as f*ck. I usually feel the hit at about 8 drinks deep, but I felt it at about 5 here. This is also probably the only place where the male bartender can call me «babe» and I won’t get creeped out. There’s something so adorable about hipster bartenders… or hipsters in general. Anyways, great service all in all. I love the bartenders.
If you’re looking for a really dirty, fun night out, then the Underground is your place.

Wow, this place is just as it was five years ago (last time I went) but now it’s no longer in the basement, which is interesting.
Good music, there was a live band playing rock (an awful lot of 90s. You know you’re getting old when the music of your youth becomes a theme.) Service was quick and friendly and the prices were decent. $ 5 cover on a Friday night.
The bathroom stalls didn’t lock, which is annoying, but they were clean.

The bartender here was incredibly rude. As someone who works in the industry (and I mentioned it to him) he was not anything you would want in bartender. Drinks were not even a shot and you get a dirty look on the side? No thank you I don’t want to pay someone for a snide comment. I want to pay a bartender who gives me a well mixed drink and makes me feel welcome at a place. Not to mention the last time I was there my friend got attacked by one of the employees. Guess she wasn’t having a very good day, and my friend bumped her and then the girl jumped my friend. Pretty bad from an employee of a bar.

I might just be in love with this place!
I have ended up spending NYE here as well as the Friday before Christmas 2012.
Reasonable priced booze bonus.
Stairs to negotiate when drunk; tricky.
Dance floor is a little on the small side but still lots of fun.
Female toilets feature a door that does not close properly.
The odour in this place can leave a lot to be desired.
I am not really selling this well.
The club has a real eclectic mix of people; could be criticised for being a bit of a ‘meat market’ but it is truly fun. Expect a variety of tunes and to dance the night away in a laid back, casual venue.
I believe there is sometimes live music too.
Honestly this place is so much fun!

I cannot get ENOUGH of this place.
it’s safe to say,
find me here
every Saturday
(mad rhyming skills)
That is all.
xoxo
M.

Not bad. Was a fun crowd on St. Patty’s day. Live music was ok, too. The bathroom was FILTHY like most dive bars. Tall boys were $ 5. WIN. Big fan of cheap beer, especially in Toronto. Girls were cute and friendly. I would come here again.

This seemed like a cool place, but we were here late on Friday night and being the annoying American on his first night in Toronto and drinking a shitload of beers and realizing how superior Canadian beer is to its American counterparts — even though I’m a huge fan of Anglo-​Irish imports — I was a bit shithouse and left early. It seemed like a bit of a sausage factory, not many chicks, though the girls that were here were young and hot — making me feel like a fat old man. Thanks.
The décor reminds me of Uncle Moe’s Family Feedbag from the Simpsons with all sorts of crazy crap on the walls, as well as bras hanging from the ceiling. Interesting.
Also the doorman lived for a spell in West Paterson, NJ. Nice guy. I swear.

Sometimes low expectations are where it’s at.
Probably not worth the 4 stars for everyone but i’ve only ever had good times here.
This is kind of the strangest divey bar — a bit of anachronism on King West.
I stumbled to this bar more than a few times not even knowing it was the same place until I saw the less than awesome décor. The people were a strange mix of college kids, hostel kids (there’s one right across the street) and cruisers with popped collars. and the music isn’t all that danceable (aka pop) with sort of a rock-​ish tilt to it. WHY the four stars? I don’t know, to tell you the truth. partly because I’ve never had a bad time here and partly beacuse I feel I need to bring the avg up.
True that the bottom bar pales in comparison tot he top dance area. So try not to end up at the bottom bar. You might end up giving this place a ²⁄₅ yourself if you do.
This ain’t as bad as you think it is. This TYPE of bar almost reminds of croc rock– it’s kind of the place you end up at even though you try hard to be creative and try someplace different. and by the end of the night you wonder why you didnt’ want to end up there in the first place because you actualyl had a kickass time.
Also similar to croc rock– don’t expect a good time and you will inevitably have a good time.

FUN FUN FUN for the entire Family.
In regards to Amanda D’s review that may have been true at that time? I have no idea but I only starting going there this past couple months and have always had fun.
It’s usually an even ratio of sausage to chicks; other times it does lean more towards dudes. Music is always enjoyable with the popular alternative playlist.
What’s with the hanging bras and polaroids of flashers? Nice touch to enhance the ‘scummyness’ of the décor…
Why only 3 stars? THE DOWNSTAIRS SUCKS BALLS. One time it was too full upstairs and they confined people to the basement dungeon downstairs???

This place looks like a pothead’s amped up basement. It’s dark with lighting provided by Christmas lights, coloured stage lights and a disco ball. The walls are plastered with posters and flags and the ceiling is decorated with bras, panties and more flags. The beer is cheap and they have a full bar. This place is a dark dive with an atmosphere I dug when I came downstairs, even though no one else was there at that point. However, once people started filing in, the clientèle wasn’t entirely what I expected. It was mainly 30-​something young professional men with a lot of drunken aggression towards women who aren’t interested in them.
Which brings me to my most important point: my friend and I had one of our scariest bar experiences at this place. Hardly any girls came to this bar, except a couple who were escorted by their boyfriends. This left my friend and I as the only girls in a bar with a sign outside that boasts «Sexy Girls!!» My friend and I weren’t bitches or teases to the six men from separate groups who constantly harassed us, unsettlingly stared us down and tirelessly tried to buy us drinks. When we refused to let them buy us drinks, they harassed us about letting them get us water. Uh, roofie alert, anyone? There are a number of other red flag proposals and encounters that I won’t go into that somehow all took place within the hour we were here. I will warn that the girl’s bathroom is at the end of a long hall with an open main door to the bathroom and stalls with the locks removed…
Regardless, none of the staff did anything except one who semi-​apologetically thanked us for coming when we hurriedly left after we gave one guy who harassed us and left proper time to leave in case he was waiting outside.
Perhaps this was an isolated incident, but we received this aggressive treatment from so many of the male patrons (including one who yelled and one who didn’t say anything but stare at us and shake our hands like a psycho), it seems unlikely that it’s just a coincidence. I wouldn’t recommend this bar to girls going out with their girlfriends, unless you’re looking for a bad hook-​up. This bar is sleazy. I will never go back.