Wild Wing

Terrible service!
I came here Sunday night (jan ³¹⁄₁₆) a little after 6pm. There were only 2 – 3 other customers in the restaurant. My family and I sat down and were presented with menus. The waitress didn’t take our drink order. We waited 20 minutes for her to come to our table before I went up to the bar to find her. She was busy texting on her cell phone. I told her my family and I were ready to order. She said «OK». I asked if she could please come to our table to take the orders, said said” OK «again. We waited an additional 10 minutes and she still didn’t show up. We decided to leave. As we walked out the door we saw her behind the bar on her cell again. This is unacceptable considering there were only a few other customers in the place. Avoid this place, they don’t deserve your patronage. We ended up going to Wild Wings on St Clair near Runnymede instead.

Honestly I’m torn between a 2 star and a 3. I gave it the 3 but only barely. We bought a groupon and used it in Dec. When we arrived around 5pm the place was empty. We ordered (it was just the two of us), and our waitress was friendly and great to deal with. No issues there at all. The wings however were bad. The texture of the wings were a chewy mushy consistency. If I were to guess I’d say that they were cooked at too low a temp. They were thankfully cooked all the way through, but the texture was horrid.
Also on that visit the woman’s bathroom stalls did not have the lights on and I had to use my cell phone to see the toilets. One was covered in urine. So this visit pretty much sucked. Our waitress and my husbands company were the only redeeming features.
We wrote the company and received a discount if we came back. Frankly since we are from out of town we didn’t think we would use it, however found ourselves nearby a few weeks after with a larger group of friends so we thought we would give the restaurant a second try (other Wild Wing’s in different cities have always been consistently better).
Again the service was good, although slow, since she seemed to be the only one working the floor and bar.
The discount was honoured, and we received our food. Thankfully it was all in a much better condition. Stuffed burgers, wings and jalepeno poppers were ordered. This time our wings were almost crispy and for sure better than the first visit. Making the longer wait time almost worth while. Our friends said their burgers were cooked fine, but a bit bland. Unfortunately overall I’d have to give this location a pass, especially with so many other options nearby.
One interesting thing about the location is that it holds local chess tournaments, as well as some other local based community events. Too bad the food just can’t match.

Don’t even bother. Really poor quality — wings were over breaded with almost no sauce on them, most pathetic side of fries I’ve ever seems (10 – 15 fries???) and literally a single carrot and piece of celery as the «side of vegetables and dip.» Clearly the kitchen staff is being told to skimp out by the owners. Huge disappointment.

What happened to the wings at this place! utterly the worst wings we ever had there… must of changed the supplier for wings or pissed the suppliers off as I dont know if I was eating pigeon wings… wings used to be plump and crispy (i think breaded as well)…man what a waste of money… sorry wild wings, will not be going back

This place is seriously the worst. Just go anywhere else. The nachos are pure comedy genius.

I only review when things are good or bad. If its middle of the road, I don’t waste my time.
The Good — $ 9.99 Cdn pitchers on Saturday
The Bad — hands down the worst chain pub food I’ve ever had. Im not going to go into details, if you can imagine what «chain» pub food is, this is it to a T.
I’d be willing to guess that within 12 months of Oct 5^th 2013 this location will no longer be in business.
I knew better before going in, unfortunately it was 8pm the LCBO was closing and I needed to eat before drinking.

Wings — Extra hot just isn’t hot at all. Seriously need to re-​index. At least they were meaty…
Beer selection — BORING
Bathrooms — stalls are so dark even during mid-​day you cant see anything. Hate that.
We did get to watch NFL countdown and service was OK, but business was slow, so not sure what busy would look like.
Not going back. If you are in the area, go to Gabby’s

Been here a few times now.
Bar staff always good.
Wings are good but the rest of the food should be skipped.
Ordered «nachos» in the description «layers of cheese» what we got was nacho chips with a sprinkling of cheese.
We actually sent them back! We were told once they came back that the «recipe» calls for 4oz of cheese and it was now doubled. They still had no cheese.
We were told that the manager would not do anything about this since the «recipe» had now been doubled for the amount of cheese. But she could knock off 50%.
The «cook» had a dress shirt on so I suspect he is also the owner and only cares about his bottom line of profit.
Hoping a real sports bar opens in the area.
I don’t care to support places that offer a sub par product for premium prices.

Was here for the first time last night to watch the Canucks game…
When I walked in the place was practically empty except for a handful of drunken middle-​aged men at the end of the bar. I grabbed a seat near the front and waited for my friends to show up. The waitress was nice and polite, and as the game was just beginning quite a few people started pouring in.
The Sunday special was three appetizers and a half-​order of fries for 20 bucks. We did the math and it was only about a dollar cheaper than ordering all the items separately. We also passed on getting a pitcher of beer because there was no price difference whatsoever between the jug and individual pints. Makes no sense.
Appetizers weren’t very good — definitely on the microwave tip. We got some jalapeño poppers, potato skins, and mozzarella sticks. They were all rather sub-​par. We decided to tackle some chicken wings: an order of honey garlic and cajun dry rub. Both weren’t very good either. They weren’t very big, and they worked out to be over a dollar each! They were about the size of my thumb. The cajun ones were better than honey, but they were also extremely salty.
So the food wasn’t very good and not really that inexpensive either. But we were there to watch the game, and they have multiple TVs and plenty of beer, so that’s what it basically comes down to. It’s hard not to snack on something when watching a three-​hour game but I will have to think twice about what to grab on the menu.
I’ll be back. My friends live in the area and it was a good enough vibe, but I might just make sure I eat a lot before I roll through. Beer and service is fine, food is questionable.

Tried to order on March 18^th. A guy answers and asks if I can hold. Leaves me on hold for over 5 minutes. I decide to call back and nobody answers my calls for over 15 minutes. I decide to start making a dinner at home just in case (while still calling them to see if I someone will pick up the phone). I make a full dinner at home and still nobody picks up the phone. So for over 45 minutes now this restaurant has not taken a phone order during prime dinner hours do they not think that might be odd and should check their phones?
The wings are not that great to begin with but I had a craving for wings. In this economy forget ever getting my business. I’ll go out of our neighborhood to pick up good wings.

Blort — breaded wings? Where do you think I am, Canada?
First the good — their fried pickle spears are really, really good. Order those or die.
The wings are just plain average. First of all, you don’t bread them. Second, the sauce has to be amazing. This one is just a bit oily.

I’m not averse to Wild Wing as a business or restaurant — as a chain, they’re (probably) one of the better places. The one in Kingston was routinely very good when I used to go a few years ago…
This Wild Wing, however, is the worst I’ve been to. Poor service, uneven cooking, and skimpy portions on sides that I don’t remember from other WW’s. $ 7ish dollars for a handful of from-​frozen sweet potato fries transcends offense into the realm of comedy.
Others have already summed up the particulars of the typical Wild Wing experience — 100+ mostly redundant flavours, tacky from-​box tex-​mex stylings, macrobrewery beers, big screen tvs — so I won’t dwell. If you like that sort of thing, it’s here for you. The wings are good, no complaints there, the rest… meh.
Like most WWs, they double as a sports bar and regularly show UFC cards but fat chance getting a table. They don’t take reservations, and the local and not-​so-​local drunks snatch up tables hours before the shows begin. The servers are woefully ill-​equipped to deal with space management, so you’ll regularly see tables for six serving one person. How is that a money maker?
Of small interest, there’s a sort of weird little back room that houses a dart board and a few tables separate from the rest of the place. You’ll see it when you look for the bathrooms. I suspect this would be a decent place to avoid the loud ruffians… but really, if you’re coming to a WW, isn’t half the point that you’re welcome to be a loud ruffian amongst loud ruffians?
You want a private room to play darts… go someplace else.

The truth is that I’m torn. Politically, I really want to dislike Wild Wing, and it’s because it’s a franchise chain, and because franchise chains tend to threaten local pubs and bistros and so ruin a local area’s unique vibe and character. There are enough stripmalls and carboncopy eateries in the world already, as far as I’m concerned.
The Wild Wing Corporation has seemingly sprung up all over downtown Toronto in the last year, clearly trying to homogenize and muscle in on the growing Buffalo wing craze. This particular location is very probably trying to draw customers away from my own personal and beloved haunt, Loons, which is about a block away at the Roncesvalles/​Howard Park intersection. I’m worried.
Thankfully, Loons still has it down when it comes to solid, stick-​to-​your-​ribs hot meals apart from the standard pubfare, and their wings are seriously good, all considered. But I’m afraid that I do have to admit that, in some ways, Wild Wings is a like an upstart, young Sugar Ray Leonard here, giving the well-​established challengers some bopping and swerving moves in the ring.
To start with, WW boasts some 91 flavours to choose from, and about half of those are actually not some variant of hot and spicy. This is good news for those of a mellower palate who simply want to enjoy some pleasant sauces on their poultry limbs instead of feeling embers from Hades sliding down their throats.
These flavours include a variety of assorted clerverly-​named blends and fusions of any or all of these: BBQ, jerk, pineapple, maple, curry, honey garlic, Thai, mango, garlic, Cajun, chipotle, lemon, dill, kethcup, buttermilk, parmesan, ranch, caesar, mustard, hickory, black pepper, teriyaki, and yes, chocolate.
But I’m a fire man, and the hottest to be offered here include «She’s a Hottie» (triple suicide blend), «Cadillac Ranch» (caesar/​ranch/​suicide), «Home On The Ranch» (ranch/​suicide), «Bubba’s Backfire» (BBQ/​suicide), «Catch Me If You Can» (maple/​suicide), my personal fave «Dusty Muckaroo» (honey garlic/​suicide), and their two super inferno options, «Sweatin Bullets» (a suicide/​smokey BBQ fusion) and Ring Of Fire (blend of various suicides). Whoah.
Wings are offered in counts of 9, 18, 28, 36, 50, and 100 pieces, all with option of regular or boneless, breaded or not. It’s a tad expensive here, but if you’re smart you might show up on one of their specials nights: Tuesday (14 wings for $ 10), Wednesday (double wings and a pitcher for $ 30), or Thursday (pint and pound for $ 13).
Wings are served with ranch or bleu cheese options, but in cups that are half-​full at best. The metal busket (like those found at Duff’s) is useful, as are the particularly firm and large wetnaps available.
Sometimes the vibe is cool and distant, but you can always relax on the extensive side patio with its young trees and view of passing streetcars.
The brats eat free on Sundays. The meatheads enjoy UFC on the big screens here. If you’re driving and it;s after normal business hours, take a chance and park in the Master Mechanic’s lot across the street.
The biggest drawback is the price and the general lack of unique character (unless fresh-​from-​the-​box psuedo-​Western is your thing), but I have to say than tham thar wings is purdy damned okelydokely.

This is a tacky wings place. I bet you’re excited. Well it’s not Hooters. Sorry.
Wings are about a dollar each. They have many types of sauce and TVs to watch popular sporting events.
The wings tasted pretty good. About 40 minutes after consuming them though, it felt like there was a civil war going on inside my stomach. I think the technical term is «Gut-​Rot». Anyways, it almost beats eating wings at home or at Hooters.
No great deals to be had. A few rowdy locals, though.

I usually frequented the location at Yonge and College but it closed! Much to my delight this new franchise opened. My wife and I decided to check it out and it was okay. For some reason the wings didn’t seem as high quality as the location at College. I’m not sure whether all locations get the same meat/​ingredients but these seemed of lesser quality.
My wife asked for an Ameretto sour and after what seemed like a long wait our server informed us that they were out of lime bar mix? I would have offered to make a fresh squeezed one but hey that’s just me. I ordered a draft Heineken and it took forever. I noticed they were changing the keg, why would they not just say so?
Our apps were good, pickled willy’s and potato skins. We love the GarPar so that was a no brainer, we tried a new all-​dressed wing and they were great, reminiscent of the chips.
One thing that miffs me though is that they charge for any kind of sauce. My wife doesn’t like hot sauce so I asked for some Tobasco or Frank’s but the wanted to charge me for it.
All in all, a good experience. You can tell it’s a new location but we are happy to have one in our hood.

This brand new location of the rapidly expanding franchise replaces a pizzeria/​bar that I haunted since I was just a smurf. So upon entry, I almost expected WW to impress me as payback for buying out C. J Gino’s and one of the best pizza pies in town! Well alas and alack, I’ve been back to WW three times since they’ve opened and I haven’t yet felt remunerated.
Some notes:
The wings are good (albeit not Buffalo good).
They’re big, they’re expensive, there’s about 100 flavours, and they’re breaded (blasphemy to any Buffalonian).
Their heat rating chart is out-​of-​whack («hot» is not hot at all).
Since they have about ~100 flavours, choosing is a real pain since who knows what «Garpar» or «Lock, Stock and Barrel» actually taste like in advance? Sure there’s the sampler platter, but you pay even more per wing just for the variety.
Wait staff is nice and knowledgable, even though it’s a brand new location. I was pleasantly greeted by an out-​of-​town «BOH Trainer» who is a representative from Head Office who stays with the new franchise until it’s up and running smoothly. Very impressive!
As of my last visit, the patio is was not licensed, so all brewskies must be chugged inside.