Reposado Bar & Lounge

I was expecting more innovation from the cocktail menu. Mezcal is the «in» thing right now, yet on a fairly long list of tequila cocktails, there were only a couple of mezcal drinks on the menu, and several of those used fruity infusions of mezcal. It just seemed like a dated menu from five years ago, but out of step — for a tequila bar — now.
Also, I think if you’re going to go deep and focus on one spirit, you should design the menu in a way that guides the customer. Aside from a brief explanation of «reposado,» «anejo,» etc., the tequila (and mezcal) list is a daunting laundry list with no categorization, no descriptions of characteristics, no way for a novice to choose other than an arbitrary selection based on price point.
The space and location are good (but OMG, it’s too dark. We were literally using phones to read the menu. I like dark bars, but c’mon!), and our service was great. But you need to update and hone the menu and cocktail program.

had some late afternoon drinks here with a small group. They have a fantastic patio out back. It’s a perfect environment for their huge selection of tequilas and tequila cocktails. If you’re looking for something to do on a late-​summer afternoon, head there.

Love the Paloma’s!!! First time here and I love it! Can’t wait to come back for food soon. Try the margaritas!

Good beer selection, great for friends to get together. Variety of tapas, good for sharing with. I would recommend this place to groups of friends or date nights.

Terrible/​non-​existent service, food was mediocre and took for freaking ever, traditionally non-​meat option didn’t have meat indicated on menu, on that note, no vegetarian options at all, no water or napkins provided without passive aggressive eye rolling from server. Will definitely not be coming back, what a joke.

I wanted to have a good first tequila experience and was brought here by someone who claimed this place had the best grades of tequilas. I started off the night with a tall glass of long island iced tea, which was (two thumbs up) fantastic. My guest then proceeded to order a shot of patron silver for both of us and I was a bit disappointed that they did not offer me a lemon. Down the hatch! I took the shot like a champ (with no lemon) and it went down so smoothly and brought on a warming after-​effect.
I loved the aesthetics and ambience of the bar, I would say it takes on a mixture of rustic and hipster vibes. I definitely enjoyed my experience here and would recommend any tequila lovers/​connoisseurs to try this place at least once.

One tequila, two tequila, three tequila… more! I know it’s meant to be floor, but this place has so many wonderful tequilas you will want more before you hit the floor.
In the summertime this place has a beautiful back patio, and if tequila isn’t your thing, I think you’re weird, but that’s OK. They’ve got lots of other drink choices from reasonably priced craft beer to nice whiskey cocktails.
I hadn’t been in the winter until last week, and it stands up in the snowy months, too. I was at a private party in their side room and they had a projector and music jumping and obviously let the person decorate for their event. Fun fun.
Be aware: If you weren’t there for the party, there was a cover. What the what?

I have been to this place only on a Saturday night outing — but boy does it have great ambiance ! Live music, great drinks with great company — can’t ask for more.
The patio at the back is very charming.

If you’re a tequila fan you’d be hard pressed to find a better place in the city core. Huge variety to select from, and most mixes I’ve tried have been done very well. Only downside is that your bill can rack up pretty quickly, it’s not a place for budget-​seekers.
Bonus is that on some nights they have live music.

Just too a little walk down Ossington Avenue and the Dos Equis logo drew us in.
We sat at the back at the patio. Their feature liquor is Tequila. Lots of variety ranging from your commonly drank Tequila to your top self Tequila. The patio was cute and chill.
I was there with family and it was a nice vibe and we are looking forward to try the tapas.
Definitely a neat place to check out.

This was a pretty awful experience. The serving situation was, well, let’s say odd.
We arrived on a beautiful Sunday holiday weekend evening and took a seat on the much revered patio, seeing no host person in sight. We soon saw the server cleaning up the table next to us, but were ignored; we still waited a good five minutes for him to greet us (there we four parties on the patio) in case he was busy. Well, eventually we have up and my husband ordered at the bar. A newly arrived couple next to us apparently experienced the same confusion, as they asked my husband for a menu when he returned with our drinks, having mistaken my husband for a server.
The patio itself was drab, with unlit candles on the tables, and an enclosed wood fence on either side. The only redeeming quality was that you could hear the band from inside, who was quite good.
I ordered the Grand Margarita, which tasted watered down, and lacked any salt on the rim or lime on the side, which I would expect to be standard for a 12 dollar authentic margarita. The night continued to head downhill, as the couple next to us started smoking like it was the last day on earth, as well as the couple behind us, as well as the wait staff lining the walls and smoking on their break. As one might predict, the air soon became unbreathable in this small mostly enclosed space. We booked it outta there once we couldn’t hold in the cough any longer… My lungs may never forgive me.
I really wanted to like this place based on many local recommendations, but after this disaster of an experience, how could I?

This charming nook serves some superb margaritas. That said, it gets pretty chilly in the small space with frequent entrances/​exits. I’m not a tequila aficionado but this seems like the place to go for that sort of thing. Service is okay but –1 star for charging cover later on.

I would give 3 ½ but the band was great so giving extra. I didn’t get any food but tried few of their drinks. Acapulco Gold, their house margarita, ruby red something, and they were all pretty good. The band was playing so we paid $ 5 cover to get in and it was packed and loud. I liked the music they were playing so I didn’t mind but it was loud. So if you don’t like the music, you have to go outside in the back and even though they got heaters, it would get pretty cold in the winter.

I was here in the early evening on a hot summer day for a paloma. or two… or three. or four. We sat on the patio and I remember the chairs and tables being cute. We had tapas, I think mini empanada flight and chorizo with feta cheese tapenade and cheese plate. Our hostess was beautiful and attentive. I returned on another occasion by myself to sip tequila and the bartender was very kind and almost educational!

Reposado is a lovely small place to meet up with a friend and grab beer/​tapas. I came here on a Saturday afternoon around 3 – 4 and it wasn’t packed at all. The patio was full but we could have grabbed a seat beside someone.
This place is a little on the jazzy, sophisticated maybe even pretentious side for me… It’s also not that cheap, so I don’t think I would come here again but I see the appeal for the general population.
Patio is lovely, cozy and comfortable and quiet enough for an intimate conversation.
Inside is narrow and dark, the bar is littered with overprices bottles of tequila and various alcohols I would never try. I got a beer and we ordered tapas.
Food:
Small plantes — obviously
Chorizo with some kind of dip… good! Nothing special though, just tastes like regular sausage.
Homemade potato chips and dip — A LOT of chips and the dip was sour cream based (i think), very good I was impressed. Be careful with the chips, they’re harder than regular chips and you MAY be an idiot like your truly and cut a gum or two.
Picante crab cakes — yum! spicy, definitely recommend.
Empanadas — spicy, very good — there were 4 in an order I think.
All in all, the tapas were a good addition to the beer and we didnt walk away hungry.
PS does anyone order beer in this joint? Seriously. I just want a damn pint, i don’t like stupid martinis!!!
THERE IS SO MUCH TEQUILA. Jesus christ… I didn’t know tequila could exist in such quantities and cost this much money. Buy at your own risk, this sh*t is for serious people.

Reposado really is one of the biggest gems of the Ossington strip.
They have a really cool list of cocktails. I had the «Hot Ruby», which was stawberry infused tequila, habanero infused tequila, and grapefruit soda. Totally a standout — I’d reccomend it if you’re looking for something a little different! The sweetness of the strawberry with the heat of the habanero is really neat.
If you’re looking to try out some of the different tequilas, try one of the flights that allows you to sample a few!
The servers here are really knowledgeable, so if you have any questions feel free to ask them!
The live music is really, really good. It was sort of a latin-​inspired jazz. Love love love it. Though I reccomend sitting closer to the back, and not towards the door where the band is set up, and it can get a wee bit loud :).
We tried a couple of the tapas (take advantage of the Unilocal check-​in offer! 50% off of your first tapas plate!)
Chips & Dip — the dip was awesome but chips tasted like something you can get out of a bag
Chorizo with an olive tapanade. A-​Okay. Nothing else to really add to that comment: P.
They were okay, but really, you’re not coming here to eat, you’re coming here for some good tequila and good music! :)
Will most certainly be back soon!

Omg do I adore this little bar, so adorable. Mini patio at the back. In fact, they opened two bars for the event I was at. The second bar was in a different room actually. BTW: I didn’t come here for a Unilocal event! It was an entirely different event.
So our event was 6 to 9pm ish. The open bar closed at 9:30… but they continued the night with some jazz music and served regular customers. Kudos!
They have some pretty neat drinks. Sorry if «neat» is a nerdy word.
— mango margarita (with a piece of mango!)
— blood orange juice + vodka (SO amazing) or tequila (not as amazing)
— blood orange margarita?
I enjoyed lots of my drinks but honestly I am going to apologize as I do not remember the REAL name of any of these drinks. However they have many different kinds of tequila, and YES you can do tequila tasters: 7 different tequila shots. That’s what you can do :) I had two of those… they tasted like tequila… but it was fun. The chaser for tequila is a spicy tomato juice of some very amazing sort.
My coworker had some spicy cocktail, something with «Red» in the name. Spicy, hot, but really really nice.
I also had the crab cakes here –spicy! Very soft and tender crabmeat as well, it was good.
I’d love to come back sometime –NOT due to an event! I very much enjoyed the location, the really friendly/​casual bar, lots of summer drinks, cute patio, JAZZ @ NIGHT… also I was carded! Why was I carded at AN EVENT I WAS INVITED TO!!?

I have not been back to Reposado Bar & Lounge since I attended an Unilocal Elite Event here. All I remembered I had a really good time?
Back again with some of my fellow Unilocal friends on a weeknight. The place was quiet and I remembered we were the loudest table? We talked about future bachelorette and bachelor parties that involves strip joints? I think?
I shared a Herrudura Flight ($ 30). Someone had an anejo Manhattan ($ 12.39) and told me it was good. Another person gave me his shot of Tromba Blanco ($ 8.41) because it was not his thing, he enjoyed his Stratford Pilsener ($ 4.87) way more… And someone got really happy drinking her Virgin Sangrita ($ 1.33).
Reposado is definitely a great place to hang out and chill with your friends.
I need to go back again, maybe after a few shot of Tequlia, I will remember more?!

Petit bar de quartier, le Reposado est réservé aux amateurs de tequila, la carte est tout simplement immense et vous pouvez commander vos shots à l’unité ou bien par series de 5 pour une séance de dégustation.
/​/​Little bar located on Dundas and Ossington, the Reposado is specialised in tequilas. The selection is simply impressive, you can order your shots one by one or by series of 5 to discover the different types of flavor.

The last stop of a citywide bar crawl was at Reposado Bar & Lounge.
I came here for an Elite Event a couple of summers ago, liked it then and like it now!
Great location; if you’re jonesing to change scenes, you have other bars to choose from as Queen Street is 2 blocks away. The drink menu is quite diverse with beers and various cocktails. I had the Mango Margarita, which was delicious. The jazz band was fantastic. Reposado is overall a very chill place where you can enjoy great music and fantastic drinks.
I’m a fan !

Now this place is just cool. I’m sure the good press helps, but this place was righteously packed as the night continued on. Acting like old people, our little group settled down at the table in the front window and ordered pour, after pour, after pour, of the most reasonably priced tequila I’ve come across to date. Tequila is correctly served with sangrita and lime, though there is a nominal charge for their delicious sangrita. It’s just spicy enough, with enough fruity flavor to accent the tomato.
Strangely enough we did get a recommendation from the bartender who said that this brand new tequila was awesome, but she was pregnant. I’m sure she didn’t taste it while with child. Just goes to show you that the bartenders know their stuff. All the tequila we tried went down nicely.
5 stars. This is a solid tequila bar, with a great list. This is the place to come to enjoy real tequila. They have a small patio out back, but that crowds quickly.