Tracks Brew Pub — Restaurant in Brampton

Decent Beer, Terrible Food. I had their famous Old Mill Lager which was a surprisingly dark lager. The locals call it "Old Dirty" ... Anyhow when I hear "brewpub" or "craft brewery" I have come to expect that they put the same amount of time into the food as they do their beer. It's what makes going to a brewpub a good experience. Good beer AND good food.

Unfortunately for Tracks their food is terrible. Really really bad ... I've never even written a review before but I was shocked into doing so to warn others. We had a table for 4 and ordered a variety of dinner items on the menu .. all of which were disappointing.

Our Nacho Starter had melted cheese on the outside but was cold in the middle (the cheese was dry and not not melted in the middle) .. The nachos tasted like the ones you get at the movie theatre ... way too salty ... no salsa or guacamole or hot peppers ...

My Veal Parmesan main course was so tough it was impossible to bite off a piece ... the entire piece would slide off the bun. It was like trying to eat leather. Someone else ordered the Chicken Parmesan which was served burnt and greasy and somehow tasted like a frozen chicken dinner put through the fryer.

The Fish and Chips had a pool of oil and grease oozing off it and tasted disgusting. I'm not sure how you can mess up Fish and Chips. The side order of coleslaw was the only edible part. Finally someone else ordered a Caesar Salad. The lettuce looked like it was 5 days old and came out of a precut bag that you might buy at Loblaws.

I'm a big supporter of local brewpubs (I wish there were more in Ontario) so it pains me to have to write this review. Brewpubs have a tough time competing with all the big box bars like Jack Astors etc... so they need to serve quality "craft food" along with their "craft beer" ... that's what I expect.

One last thing to mention was that the Mens washroom upstairs was full of tiny blackflys. There were 20 or 30 clinging to the wall above the urinal. Also we had to constantly ask our waitress for everything. Napkins, cutlery, more beer, please take away our awful food ... the only way to get service was to flag her down.

In summary, Tracks has a decent beer ... but really awful food....

Review Edit after the first indoor dine in experience.

Highlights: Perfect Bar experience, ambient light, warm & cosy not a huge beer selection but their home brews are good centrally Located in Brampton downtown Food Quality & Portion Size is good Reasonably priced

Been here on the Halloween night and the indoor dine experience was just amazing. Its a fun & lively karaoke night, just the right time to be here. Was cold outside, and cosy & warm inside. Sat at the bar counter, seating was comfortable, bar tenders were polite & engaging.

It was busy, so it took some time for the food to come to our table but the wait was worth it.

I often looked at this Pub from the Go Train passing by Brampton downtown and this one day got to visit the pub. It wasn't crowded since it was a long weekend, & unfortunately it was drizzling & only patio seating was open so the pub had setup a big umbrella for us.

Server was super polite, served a cold chilled home brewed beer and the food quality & quantity was good too. I will be visiting...

We went for a meal before the theatre. We made reservations and were there on time. We were waved to tables to sit anywhere. We grabbed our own menus from another table. It was a good five minutes before drinks got ordered. We got nachos with pulled pork and bacon and cheddar burger. The burger and fries were good. The nachos were good but they had lettuce on top. Warm lettuce would not have been my choice . A different couple came in after us and were seated personally and given special pre theatre menus . ( what ? ) They seemed to be catered too a lot more than we were. All in all no real complaints on the food , it was just the service. The decor in the place is very unique and a lot of the fixtures from the knitting mill were still there. The cables that hooked up the computer screens and alarms etc seemed to be clumped together in the ceiling. It did look very quick fix rather than neat and professional. I have been here in the past but this visit sadly was...