Reviews of The Rockpile (Night Club)

Mike Trudeau

Great concert venue!

Jeremy Gabbs

Great place for a night out could have been 5 if the drinks are cheaper.

Jonathan Payne

It's a dive and the food is WAY over priced

John Price

Awesome venue

pete klinger

The best live performances at this venue.

John Price

Awesome venue

Jeff Chisamore

The absolute best live music venue in Toronto!

Sarah Nicholas (Away With You)

A great place to spend one of there all ages event. I came for the Halloween event and I was lit. It had a DJ on a stage with a dancefloor, two bar areas and a seating area. The music was really good and the service was quick. It does get kind of tight when people start pileing in but overall you still have a great experience.

Steve Simpson

Great club with great bands and awesome staff!

Ryan Preiano

Need more sound engineers like Jake.

The Fowl Wowl

This is a great bar! Kick a** Live music! Check them out!

The Fowl Wowl

This is a great bar! Kick a** Live music! Check them out!

Joanne Bugeya

Hard Rock all the time!

E S

20$ for cover? Get out !!! Not even a receipt, thanks but not coming back

E S

20$ for cover? Get out !!! Not even a receipt, thanks but not coming back

R Smaczny

Grimy place but i got to see malmsteen there.

Dan Sutton

Rock Bands and Karaoke

Lee Hall

The service atmosphere food drinks location and the karoke

William Murray

Great place to be close to the band ...only bar to get quality live acts .

Omar Seraj Kazi

Casual, clean, great sound stage, nice staff.

Sheree Cadarette

I went there for karaoke last year, for my birthday. For concerts and/or live shows, I think the space is AMAZING. I adore the retro 90's feel of the place too. But for me, nights out should include great food and this was where the place fell short for me the most. If they pumped that up more, the place would be prime. Im also not a fan of doing karaoke on a stage, but that is my own personal preference.

Ryan Anderson

Decent venue, friendly staff, very easy location to get to.

JOE D.

Hard core rock bar, good quality bar food, i like it here.

J W

Great LIVE rock n roll venue with great sound and a concert feel.

Karola

Free parking. Not too many places like this around anymore. Great price for concert tickets. Great talent and line up. Beer $10 can but that's how they stay in business. Some food. People seem to know each other. Bring their kids. Need ear plugs. Get your picture taken on the mugshot wall.

Bonnie Sargent

Good music, great energy and two bars!

James Alcock

Dom always treats the bands that play the Rockpile fairly, and Jake is hands down the BEST Soundman in the GTA, and one of the best I Canada. There is a real sense of Brotherhood among the bands that play there and those that attend the shows. I have opened there, and headlined there with three bands. I've attended numerous shows and always have a Blast. Bands that come out to The Heavy Metal Jam the last Thursday of every month more often than not end up getting booked there as well.

Sherry Herzog

Great venue best bands and sound

Tasha Snailz (Electric Snailz)

One of the "classier"rock joints in the city. The stage is great and their regular sound tech is renowned with good reason. Its clean and well maintained, and there is plenty of parking space.

Dillon Ray

Went to see wifis funeral here last week. Had a great time

R. Anthony H. Rock (Evolutionary Ethics)

Great Venue for Live Concerts, especially those by Route69 Productions...you'll Pop your Cherry...

John Robbie

Rock bar. Gets quite loud. Cover charge for Live music

Dalibor Milenkovic

Nice place with live bands (rock / metal).

Stephen Sollie

Cool venue. great poutine.

Careful Body Care

Went Saturday evening with friends from work to see Night Prowler, excellent show. you have to have them back. Great crowd and service was good.

Frank Del

Nice venue, great bands! Cold beer!

Bojan Dubovljevic

Awesome place for small concerts!

Brian Greene

The rockpile is my favorite place to go. Tons of great bands play there. The staff and security are always super friendly . The food is really good

Scott Roffey

Loved this place....an old school dive bar but the stage show...light show and sound system were top notch....great show and enjoyed incredibly....but they need more staff....only one waiter for the entire bar....so you waited a lot for a beverage....other than that this place is cool and has a real cool atmosphere

J. M. Ziadeh

Having played in various clubs and dive bars in Toronto from over the years, I always appreciated the Rockpile West as a standout in the local club scene. Large stage, great lighting, a second patio stage (for outside gigs), minutes from Kipling Station and enough space in the crowd to set up a Wrestling ring (which HAS happened on more than one occasion!). My favourite decorations were the police lineup chart, celebrity mug shots (all in good taste), and you can't go wrong with ....an electric chair!

WD Petryga

Great place to perform! Live bands, excellent stage. Dark and dingy decor. Food is OK. Casual. Patio with summer karaoke.

Michael Reider

Great concert venue, if you are seeing a band here they need your support, a bit of a walk from the subway though!

Christina P.

The owners are really nice. They were super accmodating to me ensuring I ended up with a chair because I really needed to sit. Sound was great for Sven Gali.

Alex Ahmed

Great people great music legendary place

Shannon Boyle

Love seeing rock bands here ????

Terry Smith

Scruffy, but it's like tattered jeans in that it's a fashion statement. Good beer, food, audio and live bands. I go all the time. Recommended.

Matthew Waltho

As an artist who plays here frequently, I can honestly say this is the best place in Toronto for small bands to get some time in the spotlight.

Chloe Raimond

Good service

David Isaacson

Great venue to see a live show. Been here a few times and been a lot of fun.

Dick Fairthorne

Classic rock venue with huge classic PA system. Big rock and roll sound.

Tyler-James Skakun

Rockpile has always been safe, clean, and a great venue for bands to perform and for people to watch! Lots of parking and security are nice! Venue has one of the best sound techs in the business as well!

Laura Heale

The sound. I'm 44. I went to support my sons show. As a mother, it was hard to stand by and watch how rude and arrogant the security were to my son. Add to that, I personally have never before paid money to be treated so disrespectfully. Both my son and I are well brought up, kind and and polite people. My opinion is that the club would make money if they didn't put so much effort into repelling potential customers. I wasn't allowed to purchase a drink or go outside to smoke and gain re-entry. (One man did amend the not being allowed back in eventually ) The reason given is that I had no id. And, apparently that's the law. Is it? Weird. For the last two decades I have not had to show id the LCBO, The Beer Store or any other establishment. Perhaps because I usually frequent places with decent security staff who have social skills. It's too bad since Stacey is great. Jake is phenomenal.

David Clark

A real rock and roll bar.

Breane Oatway

Always love going to the rockpile. Great time. The best staff. Good food. Love the atmosphere. Bathrooms always clean. Sound is quality. The staff is honestly the best from security to bartenders ect. Never had a bad night there and will go back for sure

Jordon Kehoe

Pretty standard grunge bar

Michael Norman

Ok small place to see Metal bands

Brenda Miller

Saw live stage - Moorheadache tribute to ( Motörhead) fave son “Ace of Spades” & Sons of Sabbath (Black Sabbath) tribute band

Siri Van Gruen

Called 2 hours before 9pm to ask if they were open for the night. They said yes, put on my fishnets, and when I showed up at 1130 they were closed.

Alex Rogue

I'll be back :) \m/

RPGDMCA

Great for rock,roll and metal!!!

Mr. M

(Translated) I remember the Mercules concert well ???? (Original) Koncert Mercules wspominam dobrze ????

Lorraina Needham

Always lively some awsome ppl go there

John Moniz

Awesome bar!this place rocks!!!

Georgian Bay Hypnosis

The last of the great rock bars in my opinion it's gritty heavy and very loud the way it should be

Dmitri Kouznetsov

I am a 40 year-old engineer who sometimes comes to this place to support his friend's band. Today was the last time for me though because I literally got yelled at by the door-lady for sitting down to drink my $10.00 beer at the bar. Apparently, it's a new COVID-related rule, which I would've been happy to comply with if it was explained to me in a respectful manner. Instead, I got reprimanded like a schoolboy. I'm sorry, but there's really no reason for me, or anyone else, to put up with this?

Dan Martin

Cool venue. Drinks were overpriced

Man Una

Great "organic rock" pit

R. G.

Amazing sound. Friendly staff. I love this place.

Allison Gordon (Allison Leigh)

It was a good night.The Bar Needs a deep clean though...

Gabriel Jasinski

doesn’t exist anymore god bless

Tommy Santos

Look if you want to see good rock bands that's the place to be.

Pledius Manly

Great staff awesome place to see your favorite local musicians and bands from the past and bands to be.

Ali Collins

Interesting venue for a concert. Fairly small with some tables near the back. If you're vegan looking for eats I wouldn't recommend it! The bathrooms and common areas could definitely be cleaner. But if you're there for a show it's not bad.

Phreddieboy

Awesome niche rock bands for 300 or so rock and metal fans. Tasty burger on toasted bun w/ fresh tomato lettuce & onion, great fish and best French fries anywhere. Dominic and his staff are real people pleasers. Pat Travers was wicked and very friendly.

Gaia Miranda

Never miss a Pat Travers show when it's going down! Great venue and good place to hear live music!

VivaBlackMesa

Been to a few concerts and it's a great venue if you like to be close to the show. Overpriced drinks, trashed dirty bathrooms. Nothing special

Shaela McCracken

Good service

Veronika Hovhannisyan

Rock here always alive!!

bac teria

Sad place.

Steve Read

Great place to see your favourite Hair Metal Bands of the 80's at a great price.

Mark Boller

The greatest venue for intimate hard rock concerts IN TORONTO area. Need more parking and more locations. Maybe one in Scarborough and one in Thornhill.

Zsolt Sabou

Great concert venue free parking aswell lots of underground artists come here and they go hard

Brandy Kroll

An awesome rock bar with live bands and great people!

Sargent Starr

Great staff awesome place to see your favorite local musicians and bands from the past and bands to be.

Metal Queen

The Rockpile is home sweet home for any fan of The 80's, Pretty Boys, Long Hair, Leather, Lace and having a great time !! The food is pub fare and delicious and very reasonably priced ... you must try the French Fries !!

Karan Mendoza (GBMtv)

Good place friendly staff

Jake Disman

Personable staff, great food, anazing sound and lights, and the biggest stage for a vwnue if it's size in the GTA

Anne Cuzzicanne

Fun, fair sized, 2 bars

Dave Lapsley

Somehow, this small venue along Toronto's far west end has become a near essential stop for rising and old school rock legends alike. You'd drive right by it in 4 seconds, but I've seen some great music come outta this place.

W T

Great time. Friendly environment. Service was exceptional. They put on a lot shows here. Seems to me they are often cover bands but excellent sound. We saw cover bands of Neil Young, Led Zepplin, and Pink Floyd. Considering going back soon. Metallica cover coming soon.

Kat's Metal Litter Box

My second home. Everyone is nice. Good bands and monday night jams.

brandy richard

Awsome staff,awsome food and great music

Priscillia Akiwenzie

I always have a great time here. Cheers ????

nick knickle

Its only for rock bands, food is not good, place is really dark inside and its super loud in here during any performances. An alright place

IM StillStanding

Every time I come to an event here, the staff is very friendly and helpful, excellent customer service. But yesterday they went out of their way to make sure I enjoy the fries I got.. I was a bit under the weather and couldn't finish them (finishing them now! YUMMY!!) but the staff was literally looking for me to make sure I got them while they were still warm, and packed them for me when I said I might just need to take them to-go. You guys rule! Thank you for continuing to stay open during these hard times and for the joy and kindness you give your customers!

Cindy Mcalpine

The best night club for live bands playing, the owner and servers are all very nice, great people! My favorite placd to see live bands, the best!

Kristy Em

This rating was of Bert & Ernies, not the Rockpile.

J F

Wow, last time I was here it was still Bert & Ernie's, I think back in 2006. They really changed up the place!

Rahuel Alvarez

Great stage for concerts. The sound is very good in this place.

Dan Martin

Cool venue. Drinks were overpriced

Andrew Patrick

Many local bands do and have played here. Extremely good sound. Very cool surroundings. Photographs of bands who've performed there. Tons of parking right by the highway with an Apache Burger within walking distance. Beautiful bartenders and very cool staff. 1980s rock and roll vibe here.

J.E. S.

Great place for enjoying live music with friendly stuff/service.

Lorne M

It's amazing sound quality service all off it

Mathew Dobbin

Awesome place

Marianna Lvovskaja

Great customer service/staff, awesome bands, great sound! Always have the best time at The Rockpile!

Josh Reid

Great Venue for live music! Amazing sound, greats lights and some great Live acts! Support Live Music!

Dacker

Staff were awesome for Richie Kotzen meet and greet, cool rock vibe. 2 horns up ????

Panda Coolin

Amazing sound and amazing staff!!!

Sam Pietras

Waaaaay to expensive. Why is a can of Canadian $9 in Etobicoke????

scott mcandrew

Amazing

tuntroll Tuntroll

Maybe if they cut down on all that security they wouldn't need to Charge 10 bucks a beer, well 9 plus tip .

Christian Palicki

great place to enjoy life music and they are taking care to bring the best sound to any band. They make you feel welcome and keep you safe!

Parris Brooks

Absolutely love this place. The owners are soo nice. When I started out playing, they gave us the opportunity to play and get our name out there. Drinks are obviously gonna be a little more pricey so I dont know why people complain. Overall, great sound.... like unbelievable for the size of the Venue. The last time I've visited was last year when eric johnson performed. However, I do plan on visiting again soon. The crowd is very friendly, the only thing I would suggest is they do a little renovating but I love the theme

L R

Great music, amazing sound guy

eddie lo

I agree with Kat's review. Very nice staff, they care about the customers and the place too. Everybody seems considerate and polite, including the other people in the place, at least every time I come.

Malin Ska

Pricey but great host. A shame that it is closing

E S

20$ for cover? Get out !!! Not even a receipt, thanks but not coming back

Keelie Cook

Great experiences, great service

Darth Zilla

I love this place. Great music good wings! I just wish they would fix it up.

Brett Harrington

Awesome setting. Amazing sound!

Jason L

The trashiest place I've ever experienced ( so far) in the city. I came here to view a rap artist I'd appreciated for many years and only found underage girls getting top less on stage (with an excitable unattractive host at that). It was incredibly uncomfortable and icing on the cake : I waited a literal 5 hours for a no show main act. #moneynotsowellspent

Becca Bruzzese

I'm cool with overpriced drinks, I get it, bars have to make their money somewhere. $6-7 for a tall can is reasonable. But $9.25 for a tall can of PBR? Ridiculous. I've paid less for a craft cocktail. On the plus side, really great and friendly staff, lots of parking, great venue. Just drink before you show up, unless you're rich.

Frank Degrassi

Great Jam sound and Host

Danny Lazary

Need more live music supporting clubs like this! Best venue around for local and recording artists! Love it!!

Ed Boal

Great music

Kilian O'Donoghue

Small and sleazy

Frieda Nagel

If you are looking to rock out hard you can't beat this place. Great stage. Folks are friendly and the players top notch.

Kulwant Kanda

Nice

Dwayne Maracle

Good place for live entertainment

Sam Cam

Security and management have a history of sexual violence against visitors under 18 years of age (all ages events). THE ROCKPILE IS NOT A SAFE PLACE.

Louis Christou

Books a lot of rock bands past their prime who did large stadiums so you can see your music heroes up close and personal.

Mitch Dunford

Always brings in the best bands

Marco Christmas

Overpriced beer, $9 a bottle, they really drag out the concert, went there for a tribute band, got there at 8 pm, stayed to almost midnight, and it still had 2 more hours to go, had to leave, otherwise I'd be stuck there for 6 hours. Another time, I waited almost 3 hours before the band showed up. I will never go back.

Robert Etcheverria

Very cool place to rock out

Mike Hawkins

miss this place

Laura Lobo

Great place for live music

guy senneville

5 Stars for the shows and atmosphere but the place needs to be refurbished.

Desi Feher

The Great Tribute Bands are here!

Joseph Samuel

Went for a Tech N9ne show, great atmosphere and live. Awesome concert.

Mich Woods

Nice place to have fun overnight with your girl.

Eric Liu

Never been inside. But I live 3 blocks away and can hear their music through the night on the weekends. I assume this place is popular. But just hope they can be more considerate to the neighbors.

Brad Cook

Not the greatest bar in the world

Guy Inguelph

I saw intervals here great venue and floor , if your playing here maybe the stage is to close to the floor.......

Michael Mike

Garbage venue. Waste of a night.

Krystal Fekete

Was there for the madchild show last night, bar needs to be remodelled, couldn't believe the number of underage people that were there and getting served alcohol we sat at table near door beside the bar and didn't see anyone get ID the whole night. There was a young girl that was stumbling in and out of the door all night security wouldn't let in any further then the door who looked like needed help, my friend ordered fries I didn't have any as I could tell the fryers hadn't been changed in quite sometime. My fiancé used the bathroom a couple times each time coming out with more horrific story, first time came out said men's bathroom had urine all over the place another time came back and said there was a used needle in the bathroom stall.As someone who has been in the industry for 15+ years I was very disappointed in what I seen last night not only as someone in the service industry but just as a decent human being it's truly a shame bar has so much potential if ran correctly. On a positive note the staff was friendly.

Rae Rea

The venue could use a renovation but the staff is ridiculously awesome. Will return many times!

Armand Lapierre

Always a great place to see great live bands up close!

Roland Murray

Great place to see live rock bands