Reviews of Bob's Burger Bar (Restaurant)

Mike LeMaistre

Edit - Really happy to see that Bob’s is using biodegradable containers! Got a veggie burger and fries and couldn’t be happier. Veggie patty is tasty and made with veggies not just a simulated meat soy burger.

Sean Kennedy

Fantastic food, with very friendly and prompt service.

Joe Bulhoes

While the menu sounds great our experience was so so, id love to give them another shot maybe not near closing but here's our experience 3 thistle dogs, all over cooked and dry 1 thunder crunch burger that was so overcooked its not shocking its called "thunder crunch" 1 - smokehouse burger, overcooked but had good flavor 1- Philip cheese steak. This was the star of the meal and gives me hope it was an off night Service was good and bad, it's hard to say but the cook was super pushy to the waitress, the waitress was a doll just a little flustered with technology Overall a sold 3 out of 5, and like I said ill give them a shot next time I come through again if I have time

Petey0128

Great Food

Robyn Stahls

Great dining experience. Grace was an amazing server

Eat Drink World

Great burger place the fatboy burger is good has chili, tomato, onion and lettuce. Burger was a little more cooked that I like it but still pretty juicy. The daily soup which was hamburger soup was tomato based with beef and veg was pretty good.

Kimmy Skead

The food is delicious and the people are friendly. This place is one of my favourite places to go and relax with friends and family.

Jo Cool

Good beer

George Catchpole

Perfect setting!!!! Beautiful Kenora Waterfront

david fehr

Friendly service and great food

Ashley Marie

Great service!! Awesome food!

Astral Asteroid

Served fast and friendly, crazy burger was amazing. 10/10 will come again

UnderwaterMaiden

My parents have been raving about this place for months (they have a vacation home north of Kenora), so I decided to try Bob’s while I was visiting them on my vacation. Wow. Was so impressed. Waitress knew my parents, Bob came over and knew them by name and remembered lots of details. Asked me where I worked and where I was from. And, I’m 99% sure he cooked those burgers for us himself. We all ordered a Fat Bob with cheese, and we shared some avocado fries. Sooooo good, they do not make burgers like that in Toronto!!! Bought a Bob’s Burger Bar t-shirt for myself and my boyfriend. Will be back (sadly it will probably be next year) but honestly, you gotta eat here. Way to go Bob!

Rob Johnston

Friendly atmosphere and staff. Bob will always put a smile on your face. Good Burger's too.

Wil Derouard

Great lunch. Smokehouse and ThunderCrunch were awesome. Fresh and home-made.

Dean Letander

Great place to eat

Steven Leibel

Very nice local burger place that seems to contribute a lot to the community. Very well priced and food overall was delicious. The smokehouse burger and poutine were both dishes that I tried and was quite pleased with. For those who care, they use dill pickles on their burgers. I took a star off, because they put onions in their burger patties (which I dislike). And they also got my order wrong, missing some of my toppings on my burger.

Matthew V

It's good. Nice place.

Andrew Longe

Good burgers!

Randall Burrell

We had an amazing lunch. The burger was one of the best I’ve ever had!

David Mack

Definitely a pattern in Kenora. Was in today looking at the menu to order. Waited and waited and waited..... left unserved And hungry. Herd good things but the experience was definitely not a reflection of what I was told.

Benjamin Cheater

Definitely the best burgers in all of Kenora I recommend anything in between In Between the Bun

Evan Krecsy

Simply awesome. Had a fat bob burger with fries and gravy. I love the chili they use, which reminds me of several places back in Winnipeg. Everything about the burger was fresh and delicious. Can't wait to go back.

Cameron Kolodie

By far the best Burger restaurant i have ever been to. I’ve been multiple times and it’s always consistent and theres always great service.

Stephen

Food here is simple, simply good!

Jeness Mosionier

Bob is so friendly and cares about his guests and his food. The food is fantastic the service is great. Try the daily crazy burger!!

Allison Walmsley

Extremely friendly staff, well packaged, straight up yummy burgers:) we had the fat bob and the smokehouse, would definitely reccomend!

Nicole Jackson

Half price Fat Bob burgers on Tuesday were amazing. Bob is so friendly and gave me some travel tips. So glad I came to this great fixture in Kenora. Will definitely go back. PS. The side salads were fresh and tasty.

Carson Maffey

The best burgers and fries

g c

does not follow the health covid 19 protocols ...... place should be shutdown.

Cole Maier

Save your money and go to DQ. This place had a big time delay between me and my friends order even though our food was ordered back to back AND the same dish was ordered. The “smokies”/thistle dogs look like something I could make in 5 minutes at home buying Schneider’s hot dogs from a grocery store. Overall it was a 17$ meal for a hot dog that should be 3.95. It was a big waste unfortunately.

Bati Nisi

So good! We had Bob's burger???? Friendly environment, and we meet Bob!

Wendy Slobozian

Had the fish burger and Caesar salad fantastic service was awesome will be back next time I'm in town again

Marcel Reid

Excellent service and Excellent food! Keep it up Bob!

Michael Putnam

Traveling in Kenora. This was the top non chain restaurant. Walked in and it seemed a little low budget but hey it wouldn’t be the first time I entered a strange entrance and got excellent food. We were seated by Bob himself. We chatted and he made some recommendations and gave us the low down on what to pick. The special was ribs this night and the soup was homemade pea soup. I ended up ordering the Fat Bob with pea soup. The burger was fantastic! It was juicy and tasty. Just the right amount of spill off the bun. The pea soup was really well done. Like other posters I did find that service was quite slow. When we were done my coworker wanted to have a chilli dog to go. It literally took 28 min to get a chilli dog to go. It was shame because up until then everything was great. I would have been happy to give a 5 star but this significant delay was the reason for four stars. I can only guess it is because all being fresh made. To be fair the waitress was super nice. ? Kitchen delays. I would go back though. And it was great to meet Bob himself.

Derek E.

This is a must go to place in Kenora. Great burger, great brew selection, Lake of the Woods on tap! But above all what I appreciated was the local friendly vibe, the wait staff were super chill and fun, and the owner was personable and involved. Will be back next time I'm in town, I hear there is live music and a rotation of unique, must try burger offerings as well.

Teresa Heinrichs

Holy s*** that poutine, so good!

Alcock Lake

Kind of a dive bar.. food was good and reasonably priced though... beer selection is ok and again prices are what you'd expect in a not quite snazzy place .. I'll be back

Todd Burns

Best burgers in Kenora!

Randy Thistle

Food was excellent. I'd eat there twice a day if I lived in kenora.

Lea Joly

What a friendly place ! I had a great experience , food , local beers and staff are amazing !

Wayne Grandmont

Burgers are great and the beer is cold!!!

Kic852

My boyfriend and I stopped by recently and I have to say the food and service was excellent. The burger was large and incredibly flavorful, definitely one of the best I've had in recent years. Bob really knows what he's doing. We had quite a large order with 2 burgers, 2 poutines, and chicken strips with fries and it was all done within 20 mintues. The waitress/bartender kind of caught me off guard with how friendly, professional, and sociable she was. Definitely made us feel welcome and the best service I've had in years. I used to live in Kenora 12 years ago and that was the best meal I've had since I started visiting again. This place will do just fine through the pandemic.

Matt T

I have yet to find a better burger bar in Canada, I make a point of trying every best burger in town and nobody compares to Bob's

eh Guy

Burgers arrived in a timely manner. Food for 4 was warm fresh and tasty. Fries were great. Good portion size. Good service.

Jay T

That was a REALLY good burger! Good fries too.

JJ Chepil

Ordered at 4:15 Didn’t get my meal till 5:30 and it was pretty good but a little on the greasy side. I might come back in the future

Candace Backlun

This was the first place me and my partner stopped as we arrived in Kenora for our holiday. The view is spectacular and the server we had (Lindsay) was very friendly. We never had the chance to try the food, although, they were having a bbq special that day and it looked great. My partner was introduced to the local beer, Channel Marker and said it was the best summer beer he's had. My caesar wasn't the greatest as it lacked Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco and tasted more on the tomato side of liquid, not clamato juice. The payment process was a bit of a hassle as well. Cash only on the patio and only some drinks available, if you wanted any other drink, i.e, a cocktail, they had to go to the other bar a few stores down and make them. If you pay debit, you have to go to the sister bar as well to pay. Once that gets fixed, it would be a hot spot to spend an afternoon for sure. Will be back next time we're through.

Steve

Bob's burgers Eh! I had the classic "Bob's burger" well prepared, staff was friendly had a good 15min talk with a staff member who grew up within walking distance of my house small world eh. A good place to grab a burger and a beer without spending to much.

Matthew

Good burgers. Service was a bit slow but the friendly lass serving me made up for it.

David Elliott

Awesome.!! Best burgers/ pouting ever

Jimmy Bejjani

Very poor service and understaffed restaurant. It took 45min to get our food. There were no napkin nor cutlery on our table. The waitress forgot about our order, yelled at customers and us, and made some inappropriate jokes to us.

Les Alcock

Very good

Rick Penner

Very friendly service, a little slow. Great burgers.

Barry Hardy

Good owner, service,food , atmosphere and music

Ryan Leroux

Amazing food!! ????????????

P.

Good meal and very friendly serving staff. I've been here a number of times and always had a good meal. They don't rush you and the meals are served in fairly good time, and not too fast so you get to enjoy your salad or drink while you wait. The serving staff were very attentive and topped up your drinks promptly after asking if you wished more The steak I ordered was perfectly done, just to my order and everything was served hot. Bob, the owner, stopped by to chat and see how our meal was. There is a real comfy home town type atmosphere. I've been here a number of times and have never been disappointed by my meal or the service.

Kaachim Pahpasay

Best burger's in K town. Bob's awesome and friendly. Staff are awesome and friendly. Food is served hot and delicious and fast. Love going there with my family. Awesome all around.

Jenna Paypompee

Great service and delicious food! Definitely going again.

Rogue Carriere

BBQ burger was amazing!! Poutine was the best we’ve had in a long time. Definitely stopping here after fishing trip:)

Ton j

(Translated) Nice man, Bob (Original) Aardige man, Bob

Tess Osgood

Delicious!

Cody Ives

4 of us visting Kenora decided to come here on Monday (Labour Day) for lunch. We wanted to sit on the patio, so we walked inside to let them know we were there, and even though we made eye contact with several staff members, none of them actually greeted us until we had to ask if they were even open. Our extremely young looking server (who did not introduce herself nor was wearing a nametag) advised that there was not a drink menu, but they had a full bar. After a while, we ordered our food and she came back out to advise me they did not have the chicken for the Thunder Crunch. I asked if they had chicken fingers, and they didn't. She asked what I would like instead, but hadn't actually brought a menu. I decided on just fries, and it was at that moment she brought out a drink menu for us. Several minutes later, another table showed up who was greeted by another server who then proceeded to tell that table about the prime rib sandwich special they had on, that our server had failed to tell us, even when they didn't have the chicken for the Thunder Crunch. Another table then showed up and was greeted by our server, and once again she failed to tell them about the special, and also didn't tell them about not having any chicken before them ordering, which resulted in at least one of their kids crying. We never got asked how our food was, and only once got asked if we wanted refills. When we went to pay, the Thunder Crunch was still on the bill. Overall, not a great experience regarding the service. The food was decent, but that was the only redeeming quality.

Deborah Betesta

Delicious!

Don Parks

Best food in Kenora!

A P

It seems any time we order take-out in Kenora you get half the amount, than if you were dining in. Not with Bobs, you get a large amount of fries with your meal I mean a lot! Every time! Not too mention the burgers are always phenomenal and the home cut fries are to die for. I’ll not waste my time and money ordering take out anywhere else.

Olivia Mahay

Fast service and delicious food, stopped here on my way to Manitoba, worth it! Staff are friendly as well

Jackie Romans

We had heard how good this place was so the next time we were in Kenora we made sure to stay for dinner. We came as a group of 10 (mix kids & adults) and everyone loved their meal even the picky eaters!!! The servers were excellent, wait time was reasonable, price is on par. We will definitely be back and will bring a larger group!!!

Chad Poate

Best Burger in Kenora.

Jason William

Probably the worst most disgusting food ive ever eaten . I had chicken cordon bleu, which was the special. Picked it up at took it home . the chicken was disgusting . must have been cooked days earlier and very obviously microwaved. The salad , wich was only lettuce , was warm and brown. I didn't even get my fries and was going to go back and get them , but by the time I was done eating what i could stomach , I said forget it , that was enough bad food . my mistake though , when the waitress had to go outside and get the cook , who was outside smoking , I should have gone back in and got my money back. Awful food , dirty restaraunt , dirty staff . obviously haven't been back since , and will never go there again. Zero on a scale of 1 to 10

Jean-Marc Rizk

Garbage service. After waiting 45 minutes, the waitress was screaming at us for asking about our order.

Jim Okolita

It's a great watering hole for that afternoon cocktail.

Faye Tycholis

Good food and friendly staff.

Kevin Goddard

Good food

Chris Killey

The Fat Bob burger is pretty good but, perhaps the staff was having an off day. When you say it will be ready for takeout, with everything labelled, in 15 to 20 minutes and I come back in 16 minutes, don't roll your eyes and mutter, "this is why we said 20 minutes". Because you didn't. That everything in the bag was not labeled is ok, but that the gravy was not included in the bag is not ok. Not impressed. Not a repeat.

John Guthrie

No pretense here. But the food is good!

Hubert Beauclair

Cold beer, great food, great atmosphere.

Behn Carlson

Awesome atmosphere once you get inside. Great food

Speed Eide

Hade a great time eating there.

Andy Thompson

Was so good. Definitely heading back. Great service and prices

dirk digg

Great Burgers

walter salcedo

Nice accomodation..surely be back

Dana Wallbridge

Best poutine in kenora I'd say. One server gets a little too distracted sometimes and takes a while or forgets to bring the drinks. Not a big problem gives me more time to think about what to order sometimes. My husband gets something different everytime. I always go for the poutine. He loves the food