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Cocktail Bar
Toronto, Canada · Small neighbourhood cocktail bar · North America
Cocktail Bar is a tiny, bric-a-brac room on Dundas West, with a patio and familiar Hoof-era drinks such as the Absinthe Whip and Manhattan alongside newer serves like Deep Cut and Truth Hurts. Canada’s 100 Best lists a daily 5–7pm happy hour with house cocktails at $12.
Description source · Checked 2026-10-08
Canada’s 100 Best’s 2026 profile. The happy-hour offer is quoted from that profile; its latest update date is not stated.
Plan Your Visit
923 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Style
- Small neighbourhood cocktail barChecked 2026-09-27 · Source
- Hours
- Sunday–Thursday 5pm–midnight; Friday–Saturday 5pm–2am.Checked 2026-09-27 · Source
- Booking
- Walk-in only; the owner page provides an email for other enquiries.Checked 2026-09-27 · Source
- Prices
- The 2026 Canada’s 100 Best entry lists house cocktails at $12 during the daily 5–7pm happy hour; it gives no other current drink prices.Checked 2026-09-27 · Source
- Menu
- The owner currently publishes a seasonal cocktail list including Coffee Colada, Pink Flag, Absinthe Whip and Deep Cut, plus spirit-free drinks and snacks. The online cocktail list omits prices.Checked 2026-09-27 · Source
Hours and menus can change. Check the venue’s latest details before visiting.
The score & its evidence
Seven signals. One score.
41.6 / 100
The composite combines the seven weighted signals and the published adjustments. The chart shows each signal before weighting.
Read the full calculation- Guest ratings
- 70.0
- World's 50 Best
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Top 500 Bars
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Spirited Awards
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Regional Recognition
- 86.7
- Serious press
- 4.1
- Social Vibes
- 63.0
Weights: Guest ratings 23% · World's 50 Best 12% · Top 500 Bars 10% · Spirited 12% · Regional Recognition 18% · Press 10% · Social Vibes 15%
Missing evidence, confirmed none and evidence outside a scoring window each contribute zero. We do not redistribute their fixed weight to other signals.
Social Vibes
Score read updated:
Sentiment score
90/ 100
The existing 90/100 remains the historical proprietary read. This check qualifies cited sources without recalculating the score.
Score context
The earlier exact-URL Wanderlog review found aggregate and summary material without guest bodies. The Restaurantji citation was inaccessible in this check. The original customer quotation and broader synthesis remain unverified; the historical score is preserved.
Guest sources checked:
Publication and posting dates are distinct from visit dates. The original score, confidence and stored evidence remain unchanged.
The historical sample remains stored, but its exact wording and attribution could not be verified in the available source evidence.
Other cited sources
- wanderlog.comWanderlog — Prior aggregate-only hold · Stored quotation/date not verified
The stronger prior exact-URL review reported only a generated summary/aggregate, without guest bodies. That historical access limit is preserved; no fresh request or sample authentication is claimed.
- restaurantji.comRestaurantji — Unverified cited source · Stored date retained; publication/visit not verified
The citation was not readable in this check; its author, quotation and publication or visit dates remain unverified.
Crowd signal
Google 4.5★ across 756 reviews.
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Awards
Results from the three global systems scored separately in our formula.
No recorded global awards in the scored window.
Regional Recognition
Regional and national lists, local awards and bartender peer picks considered for this room's Regional Recognition score. The strongest result from each program and year scores; assessed guides use the latest accepted dated status once.