Lick’s Homeburgers & Ice Cream

Hamburgers are nasty. We couldn’t finish them because of taste and we had to go somewhere else to eat. The fries are good and its a Lick’s that serves Falafel and Swarmas, very strange, i wouldnt go there if u wanted real Lick’s hamburgers.

I wound up with a Groupon for this place and was excited to go for a burger. I gotta say, it just was not doing it for me, even for half price.
The burgers are not that good and the fries were simply bad. I would pass on this place.

Delicious burgers both vegan and not made however you want it. They have a variety of toppings and sauces to choose from that blow away pretty much any burger joint in town. The fries are well cooked and they have a separate grill and tongs for veggie burgers. Look no further for a burger in Toronto. My only wish is that they would expand outside of Ontario, but you can get their frozen veggie burgers at some Sobey’s locations.

Lick’s is in trouble, and this location, along with several others in the GTA, has closed. Groupon has a live offer on now, and it’s filtering through other online deal sites. Not such a great buy.

Easily, the best burger I’ve ever had! Been going here for years and will keep coming back.
What made me write this review is the brand new app, i think it’s called Collectr+, that they now use at this location. With every 7 purchases I make of a full meal, I get my next one free! They also have a couple deals exclusively for students that I’ve seen a few students take advantage of. Makes the food almost the same price as mcdonald’s and all the other cheaper places, while maintaining their amazing service and quality.

A better quality of fast food hamburger/​homeburger joint!
burger was huge, meat was a bit on dry side. Fries was just Fries. Onion rings alot better.
combo came out to $ 10.30 ish.

Really like the Homeburgers. The call this Express but somehow it always takes at least 10 minutes to get my food even if there is no one else there. Lick’s nature burgers are absolutely delicious. I was really sorry when the location at Yonge and Eglinton closed a few years ago but have managed to fill some of my cravings at this locations.

This review is only based on one thing: the poutine special. It fell short, unfortunately. The fries were good, but they weren’t topped with the requisite squeaky cheese curds, and gravy was just okay. On top of that, the serving was pretty tiny compared to their advertising poster. You could get a poutine double that size for the same price ($ 5.00, including a drink) at any chip truck in eastern Ontario or Québec. Nice try, Licks, but no cigar. Maybe I’ll stick to their famous burgers next time.

A step up from a Harvey’s veggie burger, Lick’s Nature Burger is a delicious pattie that lets you indulge in fast food with some taste. Like Harvey’s, you can specify what you want toppings-​wise on your burger, and the selection is usually pretty decent variety– and quality-​wise.
As well as the veggie burger there’s some ‘healthy’ sides (salads ‘n’ such) and there’s even an option of sweet potato fries now. But I don’t think i’ve ever been in a Lick’s (or any other burger joint) and seen someone order salad. The healthier options are there though. They also have a small chest freezer with packaged Lick’s products if you want to recreate the magic at home.
This location has pretty decent and prompt service — there’s usually one person out front who is unbelievably cheery to the point of weirdness. Plenty of seating, which is very nice come winter time when you want that big ol’ comfort food combo. Make mine with rings!

I went here because it was close to where I’m staying and they have veggie burgers, even though they were the Boca burger style of fake meat that is not usually my favorite. I’m from the States, maybe the same company’s called Nature burger here.
The fries were great. The only weird thing was that my cheese was added cold and shredded to my bun with the other fixin’s. Back home we use slices and they are usually melted on. Maybe it’s a Canadian thing.

Desperately craving my fix of cow, I headed to Lick’s in search of the perfect burger. Yes, a real beef burger (as opposed to the fake veggie kind that I usually consume).
I had avowed not to be won over by the oh-​so-​delicious nature burger, and instead to venture into the wonderful world of good, old fashioned ground beef. You know, the kind that comes from cows…
A party awaited and I didn’t want the usual pre-​drink sushi (and the next morning’s aftermath). Figured it’d be wise to go for something a little more substantial.
Jennifer meet THE HOMEBURGER.
A premium patty of lean ground beef, seasoned and grilled to perfection.
It had been a long time coming. Oh how I missed you!
Overall, Lick’s is a great chain. It’s fun, consistent and friendly. At the Spadina location, the flat screen TVs mounted on the wall above the cashier as you first walk into the restaurant give the impression that the Lick’s Hamburgers chain must not be doing too poorly!
I love the bright red tables, how the staff, fully clad in matching uniforms yell out your order to one another and how you can put as many pickles on your hamburger as you’d like.
I actually can’t wait to go back.

Decemburger Fail.
Some things just aren’t what they used to be.
I grew up in the suburbs east of Toronto where Lick’s got its start, so I’ve always been partial to the chain for sentimental reasons. I even had a stretch where I dined at Lick’s almost daily. Needless to say, I was excited to put my hometown favourite up against Toronto’s finest burgermongers and see who came out a winner. Lick’s, regrettably, took a licking.
I think the whole singing and cheering shtick Lick’s was once known for has worn off. When I ordered my Homeburger with cheese combo, the cashier sighed like an exhausted pony being prodded for one more mile before shouting to the kitchen «one and one» (said combo’s Lickname). No enthusiasm, and I don’t blame her.
It was about 3PM on a Saturday, and the store was not at all busy. Notwithstanding the fact that there were at least three people working and at most eight customers in the store, the dining area was messy. Also, considering it’s a burger joint, the napkins were lousy — thin and inabsorbent.
Before I even made it to the dining room, Team Lick’s managed to (briefly) mix up my order with that of the woman in front of me. Even worse, the grill-​monkey and cashier-​doubling-​as-​dresser were so disorganized that my cooked patty sat, lonely, aside the grill for at least a minute and a half before a third staffer paired it with my dressed-​and-​waiting bun and sent me on my way.

The thing that is the most interesting about this location is the fact that they advertise that it’s an EXPRESS version of the restaurant. Waiting 15 minutes for your veggie burger does NOT equal express. Good thing their veggie burgers are juicy and delicious otherwise I’d never go back. At least I am the wiser now and don’t bother hitting them up on a quick lunch break anymore. I have no idea why it takes them so long to make something simple, since you know, it is a fast-​food chain, and why every time I buy something it’s a totally different price than the last time. Still, I keep going back for more.
The veggie burger is so large and filling that buying a combo just seems ridiculous. Now I’m totally on the mini-​burger combo train. It’s literally the perfect amount of fries for a lady. It still ends up costing like $ 6 bucks, but it’s worth it when you don’t feel like a bloated whale after eating. Instead it’s perfectly fulfilling… and vegan. Two thumbs up for the burger, zero for service.

See my reviews of the Lick’s location in Oakville to read about how unbelievably amazing their nature burger is.
This location, though stocked to the brim with Licks goodness is missing the authentic feel that the other Lick’s locations have. Here they play 80’s and 90’s music, rather than hits from the 50’s. There is no ice cream parlour, something that adorns every other location I’ve been to.
So definitely come here and mow down on some grub but if you’re looking for a more authentic Licks experience I suggest hitting up the Beaches location of any of the 3 in Oakville.

Hands down one of the best veggie burgers in the city! Even the meat eaters among my friends have been known to come to Lick’s just to order a veggie burger. Conveniently you can buy frozen patties at Metro (formerly Dominion) in packages of four if you want to recreate the experience at home, but definitely stop by this express location to try a freshly made one!

I’m always surprised at how much people love Lick’s. I mean, sure, it’s decent far as far as the fast-​food set is concerned (and when compared to the charbroiled hockey pucks at Harvey’s, it’s damn near heavenly). But I am still puzzled because it is both mediocre and pricey.
I think a big part of it is the fact that I know a lot of vegetarians. And as someone who has gamely bought the Nature Burger both in store and in the frozen grocery store variety, I do freely admit that’s a tasty veggie burger. But overall I’m not sure that I like Lick’s enough to go again unless someone specially requests it.
For one thing, this particular location is brutally slow. I have gone in at close to peak times and slower times of day, and either way it feels like you are waiting for an eternity. You can take a seat and wait for your name to be called but overall I feel like they are trying to squeeze past the fast-​food style in terms of overhead but with longer preparation times. Also, as I mentioned the price — any given sandwich combo is going to round out to about ten bucks. Hot dogs are around $ 4, a crime when there’s a perfectly good vendor across the street selling them for 2.50.
The poutine is so-​so, the burgers and veggie burgers are decent as I mentioned. The «taters and cream» is about as good as it sounds… a little overkill on the toppings, and fries that can’t really hold up to the deluge. I haven’t had the pleasure of trying Lick’s ice cream but it seems popular with the kids.

I once made the stupid mistake of wanting to go to Lick’s website and thinking I knew the URL. Well as it turned out, it wasn’t a family hamburger restaurant website I was directed to, but rather an adult site with no relation to food. A little embarrassing side note.
This location of Lick’s is called Lick’s Express. I’m not sure what makes the restaurant an «express» version. True, it’s smaller than most Lick’s, there aren’t as many seats in the store, so maybe I’m guessing that differentiates. I’ve always been a big fan of Lick’s. I missed their 21 cent or 23 cent days, where they would have one item on the menu for that price on the 21^st or 23^rd day of every month, but I figured that wouldn’t last too long anyways.
Their veggie burgers, bar-​none are one of the best fast food restaurant-​style veggie burgers I’ve had ever in my life. And trust me, I’ve had my fair share of veggie burgers. The great thing about Lick’s is that the grill their veggie burgers on a separate part of the grill than they grill the meat variety ones. They also use separate utensils as well. I’m not really one of those picky people, but I appreciate the effort.
Lick’s constantly has coupons and specials (i.e buy a fries and drink and get a homeburger for $ 1), so always be on the lookout for those. Even when you buy a meal, often times they’ll give you coupons back. My recommendation is that if you haven’t given Lick’s veggie burger a try, it’s worth a shot!