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Bogart's is a classic Chophouse with a West Coast flavor.
Six of us annually get together to try out a restaurant we have never been to and this year Bogarts was on our list. Our waiter was very friendly and professional and explained the courses. He did not try and upgrade us from the advertised $28 menu to the alternative $38 menu...it was just there if you wanted to try other foods! We all had the seafood chowder which was excellent, scallops, mussels and other morsels in a tasty rich red broth. Six out of six liking it isn't bad! 5 in the party had for the main course steak striploin which as other reviewers commented was cooked more than asked for. Rare at Bogarts = medium and medium = well! Apart from that the meat was aged perfectly and tasty. The stuffed chicken breast and rissotto was excellent and the desserts all very good. Oh, that creme brulee! The wine pairings were well priced and the jazz in the background very pleasant. We were not rushed as in some DOV restaurants (we had an 8.00PM sitting) and didn't leave till nearly 11.00PM. A very enjoyable evening.
Bogart's is a great place to go for steaks. That's what they are all about. My hubby & I went and had the sirloin and ribeye - both cooked and seasoned perfectly. It's not a fancy meal but well worth it, especially with that entertainment book coupon. The hostess was extremely friendly and we got to sit in one of the large booths by the front, so that was a nice treat. =) A good alternative to Earl's on a Friday night for sure. =)
I really wanted to like this place, I really did. I came here last night for a belated xmas dinner with my girlfriends. It ended up to be one of the most unpleasant dining experiences. The prices are fairly good compared to the other chophouses.
We started off with 4 appies between 3 of us - I ordered the tapenade which was really salty and overpowering. We ordered the roasted chicken breast (nice) and a rib-eye and NY steak. Both steaks had a lot of grissle and the "side of veggies" was no more than a garnish. The dessert was a bargain at $6, except they were not even close to spectacular. As K put it, the meal can be unexceptable, but a good dessert can turn the dining experience into a great one. That did not happen here. Not only did it take forever for the dessert to arrive, it looked and tasted like it went straight to the plate from a wholesale mass-produced cake. I kinda expected in-house made desserts from a restaurant of this calibre.
The best part of the meal? My cappucino that came and was finished way before my dessert arrived.
Worst part? The total lack of service. Our server came over to "warn" us that because a party of about 20 came in last minute and she would be "very busy" attending to them and would not be around very often. Made us feel very unwelcome and not as important. It wasn't like we were sharing entrees and drinking water all night. We spent good money here and did not receive the service we deserved. With a $200 bill w/ no service, I think we made a huge mistake of dining here.
Was here for a buddy's bday dinner. Cool and Casual "Old Boys" atmosphere . Live Jazz performance put me in the mood for a nice cut of steak and a glass of phat red wine.
The problem? We waited too long for our food - almost 45 minutes. But for 23 dollars, the JUICIEST medium rare ribeye steak I've had in a long time. Will go back for a fair priced Juicy steak.
Very casual though noisy, it's great to go with a few people, a large party or even bring your kids along. Live music or no, it's generally loud enough that restless, semi-rowdy children will go unnoticed. Prices are more than reasonable. The BBQ back pork ribs and lamb shank are tender, though too bad the lamb is still a little too gamey for me. The steaks are inconsistently, and unevenly cooked. One half of it can turn out medium to well, while the other 50% divided vertically down the centre can be thoroughly pink when medium-rare is requested. The mashed potatoes are smooth and buttery--simply perfect! The martinis aren't potent enough but they do sport a fairly large list of it.
The service is alright.
Nothing exceptional, but a good solid choice for the price range.
Well, we went back for dinner and it was great. Top notch service led by the owner, who was on the floor greeting tables. I always appreciate seeing an owner take pride in his/her establishment.
The food was excellent, and delivered in timely fashion. I sampled the thick cut of prime rib which was melt in your mouth perfect. A definite step up from the Keg or similar restaurants.
$5 martinis and live jazz accompanied by stong service and great food will always prompt me to return. Well done.
Value was strong at $110 for two, including 4 drinks, appy, dessert, and two entrees.
ate here on valentines day and it was our first time at bogart's so we were not sure what to expect. it was a solid experience and i would definitely return without a doubt.
i ordered this seafood pasta which was absolutely magnificent: flavorful creamy sauce that accompanied the pasta and a good portion of shrimp and scallops that came with it. one of the best tasting pasta dishes i have ever had. my gf ordered the pork chop dish and it was equally as delicious.
our waitress was polite and friendly the whole evening. she brought our refills when we needed and was around in case we needed anything else so her excellent service made the dining experience that much better.
the prices are very fair relevant to the portion of food that you receive and in terms of the quality itself. there are very few places in town that charge prices like this and still give their customers the satisfaction of being full after.
they have a lovely environment with a jazz band that starts at 8pm... always a pleasure to have live and relaxing music to accompany a meal.
again, terrific restaurant that hits all the right notes... i would recommend this place to anyone.
I had been telling a friend of mine about Bogart's for quite some time so we decided to go during the Dine Out in January. Everything was exactly as I had described - food and wine was fantastic, atmosphere/ambiance was exceptional and the service was solid.
Ever since then, my friend had been practically harassing me to go back. As an added bonus, I had a coupon in my Entertainment Book so we took full advantage of it. As usual, I had the Tenderloin - cooked to perfection and the seasoning was spot-on. Even though we were full, we still forged through and ordered desserts, opting for the creme brulée as it is my favourite. It was delicious. I have yet to have a bad experience here and I've dined at Bogart's at least a half-dozen times within the last year. I will keep coming back.
This place was exactly what I was looking for, a decent non-special-ocassion steak place. At 26 dollars for a very good rib eye, I'll come back here often. A couple words of warning: 1) DO NOT ORDER vegetarian pasta -- it was literally inedible and should not be served to human beings. It is a steak house, but all food served should be at least edible if not great, I had to dock them a point on that one. 2) order your steak one doneness under what you actually want it -- they tend to overcook the steaks here. I wanted medium, ordered medium-rare, it was perfect! With entertainment coupon, it's a real steal.
I recently experienced Bogart's for the first time because I went in for dinner while Kenny Coleman was performing there. It was a busy Sunday night because of the entertainment but we managed to snag the last table on the floor. Kenny was better than the food. One dish I liked, another I strongly disliked (over-salted and not tasty). The service is satisfactory - no wow-factor but no complaints. The prices are reasonable and the decor is that of an upscale pub.
This was one of the better restaurants that I've been in for a long time. We were greeted immediately at the door. We got a seat in a nice corner. The wine and martini lists has a good selection. I had a martini to start and some wine with dinner. We ordered the Antipasto platter for 2 which was a great start to the meal. With crostini, olives, meats and cheeses. I ordered the rib-eye steak and my boyfriend ordered the veal chop. Both were melt in your mouth good. The portion size was good. I can never get dessert because it is so filling. The sides of seasonal vegetables and mashed potato for mine and gratin for the veal chop was good. On this night there was live jazz. It felt very old school Hollywood steak joint.
Our server was very attentive. Our water glasses were never empty and he pour my wine into my glass when it was getting low. Our utensils were replaced after each course.
I am very impressed by the whole ambiance. It was not too loud and the dark cherry wood added a great accent.
Overall I would recommend everyone to try at least once if not be a repeat customer (I know I am). It is a bit pricey but it is worth it.
Went there with a friend on a Tuesday night during Dine out...found the restaurant half empty, which may be more a sign of the times than a reflection of the restaurant's quality.
Our greeter and server were pleasant and prompt. Surprised me a bit that while no one was sitting at the bar, the TV was on, and my companion compulsively kept glancing at the screen. Ruined it a bit for me, I think. Ambiance on the whole was OK, a bit drafty, but the place was half empty afterall.
We started with the beef carpacio (decent) and seafood chowder (pretty good, maybe a bit too much pepper), then for main course we had the chicken (really good, but the risotto was under-salted) and steak medallion (beef was a bit gristly, potato was COLD!!). For dessert we had the chocolate mousse (standard issue) and creme brulee (the top was completely burnt and bitter). Wine pairing was not exceptional. that's a 3 out of 6 for me...50%! Barely passing.
I'd have to say I'm a bit disappointed with the whole expericence. I'm all about the quality of the food (will put up with crappy service if the food is excellent). For such a slow night, and during Dine Out when you're suppose to showcase your restaurant to bring in more clientele, Bogart's simply didn't cut the mustard.
I may come back to give them a second chance after dine out, as it's pretty close to home, and try something on their regular menu.
I've read some of the bad reviews and to say the least I am surprised. Then again, I've only been here once so far and bad experiences can happen at any time. Until it happens however, I will be back.
Went here with my parents and brother for a birthday. Our server was good, he wasn't super chatty as the family was catching up, but he was very helpful and timely. We had mussels and fries for the appy, both were excellent. I had some sort of a stuffed chicken special (can't remember exactly what it was) and it was fantastic! Everything on my plate was delicious. The rest of the family enjoyed their meals as well. The prices were reasonable for the food we got. Would definitely try it again, and hopefully continue to have good experiences.
4 of us came here because our friend was playing jazz and we decided to make a night of it. It turned out to be a really great night of food, drinks and music!
We had amazing steaks done to perfection! Desserts amazing!
Drinks - Wine was really good at a very decent price and there $6.00 martinis on Fridays! You just can't beat that! OMG they were the best martini's I have ever had and I dine out all the time everywhere!
Ambience is great and cozy with live music a great touch!
My new favorite place, I will be back for sure and I highly reccomend the steaks, wine and martinis!
Had a terrific time here the other night, with the Dave Davies Trio performing.
Food: steaks were cooked JUST RIGHT! Both the sirloin and the ribeye sampled by our table were tender and juicy. Huge martini list...the PHD is tasty! Food came out quite quickly.
Service: Attentive and friendly, and unpretentious. No complaints here!
Ambiance: The room is dimly lit, and feels very intimate. The jazz is awesome. The only quibble I had was that there was a party with a crying baby whose wails occasionally drowned out the music, but that's not the restaurant's fault (or the baby's, really). At the back near the bar there are taller tables that seat 4, and let you see the whole room, but still feels nice a cozy.
Coming with an entertainment book coupon offers great value, but I would return without one too :)
I enjoy Bogarts a lot, food and service is consistantly good. Good specials on Fridays too. There is an Entertainment coupon which keep the cost more reasonable, but all in all I think its worth visiting even without one.
I came here back in September with a large group of girls and had a very nice time. The ambiance is great (deep reds and rich browns) and they have a nice lounge area.
After being to Gothams and other steak houses I can say that the steak was just as good if not better. It was perfectly cooked, it was tender and it was seasoned to perfection. Delicious. Also I had the jumbo prawn cocktails which had very plump and juicy prawns.
I would definitely go back.
Visited this place back in June 2009 based on the dine here reviews, not sure if it's gotten any better, but I somehow doubt it. Where do I begin?
Entered the restaurant, looked very promising, but it was all down hill from there. We were celebrating a friend’s birthday so we decided to buy her $50 GC to cover the cost of her dinner. First and last time we will do this, when looking back we should have just paid for the dinner, why we opted to buy the GC is beyond me, but lesson learned. Big mistake, will explain later on.
We were seated @ our table which happened to be literally 4 maybe 5 feet from the 3 piece band that was playing that night. Asked if we could be moved, but was told all other tables were booked. Fair enough. The server was a complete ditz, we barely saw her most of the night. Granted the restaurant was very busy, but they had 2 what seemed like managers wandering around aimlessly really doing nothing at all. Anyway, sat down, and suddenly something fall onto my chest, looked down and it was a huge ant. I hate bugs, nearly freaked out but was able to maintain my composure, flicked it off and it landed on the table and my friend brushed it off the table.
Ordered a Caesar easy on the spices, now I can handle a decent amount of spice, but I prefer my Caesar to be on the mild side. The drink was so spicy I had to keep watering it down just so I could drink it. I was considering sending it back, and usually I have absolutely no problem sending things back, but didn't have a good vibe about it, so chose to just keep my mouth shut.
Next dinner, ordered the lamb shank. In fact I believe at least 3 of us at our table of 7 ordered it. It was absolutely the worst lamb shank I have ever had. It tasted like they boiled it in plain water, no braising like the menu claimed, completely tasteless. It was nowhere near fall off the bone tender but more on the tough stringy side. Has put me off Lamb shanks since. No one @ the table was impressed their meals.
We opted to cut our losses and go for dessert somewhere else. So we asked for the bill. They were nice enough to give us all separate bills, we paid and then started to head out. We didn't realize that the birthday girl and another friend were still in the restaurant. We waited a few minutes thinking they had gone to the bathroom or something, but when a few minutes seemed to turn into what felt like 10 minutes a couple of us went back inside to see what was taking so long. The birthday girl said that her meal including tax and tip only came up to about $35, however when she gave the server her gift card, the server never came back with the change. So she finally tracked the server down and asked her where her change was. The server responded, I thought that was my tip. The Bday girl, said do you really think after a dinner like this I would give you a $20 tip on a $30 bill? The server said she would have to contact the manager. The manager took his sweet time to come over and talk to us although I don't know why as he wasn't doing anything at the time. The manager finally came over and informed the Bday girl that as her bill was less than the GC amount she would either have to forfeit the rest of the GC or pay by other means and us the GC at another time. They do not give change on GC's. For real? What establishment refuses to give change on a GC? Not only that, they failed to inform us of this when we purchased the GC and nowhere on the GC itself did it state that. So she gave him her credit card and he went away to process her bill. He was literally gone for another 15 minutes. It felt like we were being scammed. At one point, they tried to tell us her credit card was not working, but instead of giving her another option he just kept trying the transaction until it worked. At this point she signed the receipt, and opted not to include any tip at all. Unfortunately that left her stuck with a GC she'll probably never use and a manager who just made $50. If only we had known and were not so eager to get out of there, we could have combined a couple of the bills used the GC and just given the Bday girl the cash.
The worst part was that our friend had a mediocre bday dinner. How Bogart's stays in business is beyond me.
Had a great time last time so I went there w/ my hubby over the weekend for our 1st anniversary. BIG MISTAKE!
Our reservations weren't until 8pm due to DOV but figured it wouldn't be too busy. We were promptly seated & given our menus. 10 minutes later, our waitress came asking for our drink order. No smile, no small talk.
Appies were good. Waited 20 minutes for our steaks - I medium & my hubby medium-rare. Another server brought them & left. Didn't say "enjoy your meal". Waited for our server to bring some fresh cracked pepper... 5 minutes later, still waiting. She’s chatting w/ some other servers in a corner. Tried to flag her down but no luck. I saw a pepper grinder behind me & just ended up doing it on both our steaks since they were getting cold. Purposely left it on our table so that she could see how inattentive she was. I cut into my steak & discovered it was rare, not medium as asked. After a few minutes our server noticed the pepper grinder was still on our table & came to take it w/o apologizing. Since I hadn't touched my steak, she then clued in asking if my steak was cooked to order. I told her I asked for medium but came rare. She took mine to the kitchen to fix it. 5 minutes later, it came back more like medium rare. Still didn't offer pepper. By that time I didn't care. Too hungry! I noticed that it was a little smaller since the piece that I cut off originally to see if it was done was gone. W/ the lack of service, I was hoping that the steak would redeem them. WRONG! She even forgot our desserts & had to ask us again. Remembering 6 things isn’t too hard. After our meal, we wanted to go but our server was MIA AGAIN! We ended up flagging down a random server for our bill 10 minutes later. Our server finally brought our bill & mentioned that the mandatory gratuity that was already charged. HELLO?!? WHAT SERVICE? At least have the decency to mention that at the beginning or on the menu.
Even the live jazz music couldn't save our evening.
Went there over the weekend and I must say that i'm extremely impressed. First of all, the live jazz music was great. Great ambience and great service. We ordered the duck, lamb chops, salmon and steak and they were all cooked to perfection. Seasoning was great. Flavours all blended wonderfully and every item on the dish complemented each other. for desert we had the pear spice cake which was really good and the tiramisu was great as well. The only thing that disappointed me was when I called to confirm the reservation, the gentlemen who answered the phone was no gentlemen at all. Quite rude and unpleasant. Asides from that, I would go back.
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