Spot 1 Grill & Music Hall — Restaurant in Brampton

We were excited to take our family to see Steve Michaels at Spot One. Unfortunately, the expectation far exceeded the reality. No one could properly explain the seating arrangements; concerts are “general seating”, so, booking early gets you a reservation. We were advised to book a dinner at the restaurant to guarantee seating for the event. Despite booking when the entertainer advertised, our seats were by the washrooms.

The meals were absolutely horrible beyond belief; different drinks were sent to our table, we had: the garlic bread, a submarine bun sparsely sprinkled with with marble cheese; cocktail shrimp sautéed in oily, tasteless marinara was their buttery shrimp; overcooked and watery fettuccine with brown-tipped broccoli; rubbery “chicken” with a gelatinous, non-discernible supposed mushroom sauce; non-prime cut, non-fat rendered steak with overcooked and colourless “seasonal veggies”.

It is a rare occasion when we don’t leave a tip, but our experience at the restaurant and with Deanna did not deserve any extra expense, her response, after putting her hand in my face to silence me, was to yell that she didn’t make the food as she literally watched my every stroke on the cash machine, yelled that I left no tip for a $100 table and then told me she’d remember my face. Eat elsewhere! We loved Steve Michaels, but seeing him in a venue where he repeatedly remarked on the sound was so not worth the $50 non-refundable tickets. Future potential clients who read other low reviews will see our experience wasn’t...

The burger is very similar to those I've had at Apache Burgers. The patties aren't the homemade styled patties like Craft Burger but surprisingly have a decent taste and are as large as the bun itself. The bun was one of the freshest I've had in ages at a burger place. There are no 32 toppings to choose from. Toppings are standard, nothing fancy or gourmet about this spot at all. Fries are what they are, frozen McCain styled, but they are plentiful and well cooked. I ate in and my food came on a plate and the burger was left open faced.

Oh by the way there is a Magic Burger on the menu. It is a 6 ounce patty with cheese, a fried egg and topped with a couple of onion rings. Pass the beta blockers please. While I might not venture back in to the MSG (isn't that a funny acronym for this spot :) for a burger I'd definitely consider their all day brekkie (three eggs, a pile of bacon and an even larger pile of home fries) or one of their big fat Greek salads spilling over with feta, spanich...

Bar part itself is very small but when they open up the doors to use the banquet facilities / Music Hall it's bigger.

Boneless chicken bites are actually chicken strips which were served warm but not hot. Nachos and cheese were good but you will pay extra for every single additional topping. Feature food was jerk chicken pizza. We were offered a sample slice and it was really good---- something they may consider adding to the menu on a regular basis. A pitcher of beer was ridiculously overpriced at 21.95. Same thing is 14.95 or 16.95 everywhere else. Service is super friendly... and attentive but seeing as there were only eight people in the bar we'd expect nothing less. The night we went there were a total of 8 people in the bar to see a Bob Marley tribute. Wasn't much of a Bob Marley tribute more of a reggae / other stuff. Evidently they were a last-minute sub for the headliner. Lots of TVs to watch the hockey game. Good sight lines for all of the TVs.

Definitely a second...