Beast Restaurant Toronto Serves Meat Lovers Brunch on King Street West

Beast Restaurant Toronto offers a Canadian menu focussing on whole beast preparations and local meats. The cozy dining room serves one of the best brunch menus on King West. In the summer, locals line up at Beast restaurant to snag a spot on its coveted outdoor patio.

Beast Restaurant Toronto

Toronto’s favourite west end neighbourhood brunch spot can be found tucked away on Tecumseth. The restaurant sits on an unassuming tree-lined residential street just north of King Street West near Bathurst.

Step inside Beach Restaurant Toronto and you’ll find an intimate no-frills dining room. If there’s good weather on a weekend you’re likely to find a line snaking out the door as brunch fans patiently wait for a finger-licking-good morning meal.

American culinary icon Anthony Bourdain gave beast his stamp of approval during a visit to Toronto, “If I weren’t eating here, by the way, I’d be over at Scott Vivian’s Beast in King West. His food got me here in the first place, after all. And it is delicious…The man knows the good stuff, and he knows what to do with it.”

The dining room at Beast Restaurant Toronto.

Bar at Beast Restaurant Toronto

The drinks menu at this popular King West restaurant features a well crafted and diverse offering. You’ll find top quality Japanese sake alongside craft cider, and wine (bubble, red, white). The resident sommelier has a penchant for showcasing local Ontario bottles from Niagara as well as new world wines from Spain, France and Italy. Beast is also one of our favourite intimate bars on King West to sip craft cocktails.

Ontario Caesar: dillon’s vodka, walter well spiced caesar mix
Corpse Reviver No. 2: tanqueray gin, lillet blanc, triple sec, lemon juice, dillon’s absinthe
Dark and Stormy: kraken black spiced rum, house ginger beer, lime juice
Lot 40 Manhattan: lot 40 rye, sweet vermouth, bitters
Mezcal Negroni: mezcal, campari, sweet vermouth

Cute house made bread with whipped butter.

Beast Restaurant Toronto Menu

Chef Scott Vivian is the culinary mastermind behind Beast restaurant. His locavore menu does a great job at celebrating Ontario’s local producers and farmers.

Chef Vivian switches up his menu on a weekly basis to reflect what fresh products are available to his kitchen. Chef de Cuisine Jason Poon is tasked at evolving the menu to satisfy the diehard regulars visit often.

While dinner at Beast restaurant in Toronto can certainly be a late night romantic affair. We’d suggest starting your love story here over the restaurant’s popular brunch service, Wednesday to Sunday (and holiday Monday’s too!)

Sweet Potato Wedges with pecans, maple vinaigrette and sultana raisins.

Brunch at Beast Restaurant Toronto

Fried Pickles: side of ranch
Crispy Pig’s Ears: Valentina’s, creme fraiche, feta
Buttermilk Biscuit: smothered in pork sausage gravy
Wedge Salad: iceberg lettuce, bacon, semi-cured tomatoes, pickled onions, crispies, ranch or blue cheese dressing
Poutine: fried gnocchi, gravy of the day, cheese curds, creme fraiche
Ace Hill Breakfast: choice of beast bacon, spicy chorizo sausage, pork belly, peameal bacon or crispy pork hocks served with two eggs any style, buttered toast or multigrain bread and tallboy of ace hill pilsner
Eggs Benedict: peameal bacon, smoked fish salad, or guacamole with poached eggs and Tabasco hollandaise on an english muffin
Meat or Vegetable Scramble: three eggs, combo of the day, buttermilk biscuit
French Toast: duck confit, cranberry mostarda, whipped creme fraiche, maple syrup
Huevos Rancheros: crispy corn tortillas, mexican-style chorizo, refried black beans, guacamole, tomato-red chile sauce, sheep’s milk feta and two sunny side up eggs
Beastwich: fried chicken thigh, pimento cheese, pork sausage gravy, fried egg
Chicken Club: fried chicken thigh, beast bacon, tomato, iceberg lettuce, ranch or blue cheese
Walking in Memphis: smoked brisket, bbq sauce, coleslaw, cheddar cheese
Pollo Loco: fried chicken thigh, guacamole, ranchero sauce, sheep’s milk feta
Bruce Leroy: fried chicken thigh, house kimchi, kecap manis, kewpie mayo, fried egg
Buffalo Bird: fried chicken thigh, buffalo sauce, iceberg lettuce, pickles, ranch or blue cheese
Mad Maple: fried chicken thigh, beast bacon, ontario maple syrup, fried egg
Bone Marrow French Toast: half portion of french toast with an oven roasted marrow bone on top
The Tarana: peameal bacon, white cheddar, daikon slaw, fried egg, ballpark mustard, martin’s potato roll
Scott’s Breakfast Sandwich: english muffin, pimento cheese, beast bacon, house kimchi

Pork Terrine with pickled watermelon rind at Beast Restaurant Toronto.

Dinner at Beast Restaurant Toronto

Canadian Oysters
Garlic Parmigiano Rolls: marinara sauce
Winter Squash: burrata, pumpkin seeds, chimichurri
Beet Root: radicchio, blue cheese, toasted walnuts
Brussels Sprouts: tehina, dukkah, pickled fresnos
Bison Tartare: kewpie mayo, celeriac, salsa verde, crispy onions
Bone Marrow: escargot + mushrooms on toast
Pork Hocks: sweet soy, beast kimchi, roasted peanuts
Hokkaido Scallops: fregola, parsnip, grapefruit, daikon
Grilled Quail: cranberry mostarda, celery
The King of the North Burger: beef patty, white cheddar, bibb lettuce, au poivre sauce, martin’s potato roll
Beastwich: fried chicken thigh, pimento cheese, pork sausage gravy, buttermilk biscuit
Mad Maple: fried chicken thigh, beast bacon, cheddar cheese, ontario maple syrup, buttermilk biscuit
Sticky Toffee Pudding: toffee sauce, creme fraiche