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Mahjong Bar

Q: Where is Mahjong Bar and how do I find the entrance?

Mahjong Bar is at 1276 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON M6J 1X7, near Dovercourt Road. From the street it looks like a small pink corner store — walk in, and the entrance to the bar is through the strip curtain on your left. The 2,000-square-foot bar sits behind the storefront.

Q: Is there a cover charge at Mahjong Bar?

On a normal night there is no formal cover or guestlist system — you walk in like a bar, because it is one. Special events or takeovers can run differently, so check the bar's Instagram (@mahjongbar) if you're going for a specific night.

Q: Do I need a reservation at Mahjong Bar?

No — walk-ins are the norm. Mahjong Bar also takes reservations through Resy, with seatings that run about two hours. On Fridays and Saturdays the room fills fast from about 9pm, so book ahead or arrive early if you want a table rather than a spot at the bar.

Q: What food does Mahjong Bar serve?

Chinese small plates and snacks, priced roughly $8 to $22 — the menu has featured crack wings, cheung fun, fried chicken bao, Vietnamese shaking beef, orange chicken fries and a Hong Kong ice cream toast for dessert. It's genuine drinking food, not an afterthought.

Q: How much are drinks at Mahjong Bar?

Cocktails run about $16 to $22, shots $7 to $12, and zero-proof options $6 to $14. There's also draught beer, bottles and cans, wine by the glass and bottle, and a rotating soju selection.

Q: What are the hours at Mahjong Bar?

Public listings show Mahjong Bar open nightly from 6pm to 2am, but the bar doesn't publish hours on its own site — check @mahjongbar on Instagram before making a special trip, especially early in the week.

Q: What is the dress code at Mahjong Bar?

There's no published dress code. The crowd lands between casual and dressed-up — smart casual fits perfectly. It's a come-as-you-are room by nightlife standards; nobody is judging your shoes at the door.

Q: What is the age requirement at Mahjong Bar?

Mahjong Bar is a bar, so it's 19+ — Ontario's legal drinking age. Bring valid government-issued photo ID: passport, Ontario driver's licence, or a provincial photo card.

Q: Can I book Mahjong Bar for a group or private event?

Yes — groups are welcome, with two house rules: parties of six or more get an automatic 20% gratuity, and large groups aren't given separate bills. For bigger celebrations or private bookings, submit the form on this page with your date and headcount and we'll help coordinate.

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1276 Dundas St W · Behind the pink corner store · Cocktails, Chinese small plates & DJs

MusicDJ sets, varies
Best NightsFri & Sat
AreaQueen West
Dress CodeNone — smart casual
CrowdMixed, date-night
FormatHidden bar

Plan your night at Mahjong Bar

The fast version of this whole page.

How to get in Walk into the pink corner store, through the strip curtain on your left — no list, no cover on regular nights
Hours Listings show nightly 6pm–2am — confirm on @mahjongbar before a special trip
Best nights Friday & Saturday — the room fills fast after ~9pm
Dress code None published — smart casual fits right in
Drinks Cocktails $16–$22 · beer, wine, soju · zero-proof $6–$14

Below: full details on finding the entrance, the food, reservations, and what a night looks like. Or jump straight to the booking form.

Request a Table or Group Booking

Mahjong Bar has no guestlist — we help with table reservations and group nights. We respond by text or email within 24 hours.

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At a glance

The fast facts about Mahjong Bar in one place.

Address 1276 Dundas St W
Hours Nightly 6pm–2am (listed)
Format Hidden cocktail bar
Min Age 19+
Entry Walk-in (no cover)
Drinks Cocktails $16–$22
Size ~2,000 sq ft
Food Chinese small plates

Our take on Mahjong Bar

Our honest take, updated when something changes.

TorontoNightclubs Editorial Visited multiple times Last reviewed July 2026

4.3/ 5

Vibe & design 4.6
Food & drink 4.2
Nightlife energy 3.8

Best for

Date nights that need a reveal — the walk through the curtain does half the work
Cocktail people who still want the room loud and busy by midnight
Starting a Dundas West / Queen West night before the clubs

Skip if

You want a dance floor — this is a bar that parties, not a club
You've got a big group and want separate bills — house policy says no
You hate waiting — weekend walk-ins after 9pm usually stand first

Mahjong Bar opened in 2018 and the trick still lands: from the sidewalk it's a little pink corner store near Dundas and Dovercourt, shelves stocked, lights on. Walk in, push through the strip curtain on the left, and you're suddenly in a 2,000-square-foot room with tall ceilings, warm glowing light, and a 36-foot mural by Toronto artist Gabriella Lo running down the wall. Toronto has other hidden bars; none of them commit to the bit this completely.

What keeps it on this site rather than a restaurant guide is what happens after 10pm. The cocktail list is legitimate — $16 to $22, with proper zero-proof options — and the Chinese small plates (crack wings, cheung fun, fried chicken bao, shaking beef) are real drinking food. But on Fridays and Saturdays the DJ pushes the room from dinner-adjacent to party, the seats disappear, and the energy holds until close. It's the best version of the bar-that-parties format on this stretch of the west side.

The limits are structural. There's no dance floor and no late-night door program, so if your night needs a proper club, this is the warm-up, not the destination. Tables turn on roughly two-hour seatings when reserved, weekend walk-ins after 9pm often start standing, and groups of six or more take an automatic 20% gratuity with no separate bills. None of it is unfair; all of it is worth knowing before you bring ten people.

Bottom line: arrive around 8 or 9, eat and drink properly, and let the room turn up around you — then walk ten minutes to Ultraviolet or Apt. 200 if you need a dance floor. As the first act of a west-side night, Mahjong Bar is close to unbeatable.

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Mahjong Bar vs other west-side venues

If Mahjong Bar isn't right for your night, these are some alternatives worth knowing.

Venue	Best for	Music	Price	Door difficulty
Mahjong Bar	Hidden cocktail bar with small plates and DJ energy late	DJ sets, varies	$$	Easy — walk in
The Dock Ellis	Sports bar next door that gets loud and party-like at night	Bar playlists / events	$	Easy
Ultraviolet	Structured hip-hop club nights, guestlist & bottle booths	Hip-Hop / House	$$	Dress code enforced
Apt. 200	Apartment-styled party bar, no-fuss dancing	Hip-Hop / Throwbacks	$$	Line, not list
Future	Late-night bar-club energy on Queen West	Hip-Hop / Top 40	$$	Medium

How to get into Mahjong Bar

Practical tips for finding the door and timing your night.

Finding the entrance

Look for the small pink corner store at 1276 Dundas West, near Dovercourt — it looks like a bodega because it is one.
Walk in and head through the strip curtain on your left. The bar is the 2,000-square-foot room behind the storefront.
No password, no buzzer, no theatrics beyond the curtain — you just have to know it's there.

No guestlist, no cover

On regular nights entry is a straight walk-in with no cover — it operates like a bar, because it is one.
Special events and takeovers can run their own rules; check @mahjongbar on Instagram if you're going for a specific night.
Capacity is real — on packed weekend nights you may wait at the front until space opens up.

Reservations & walk-ins

Mahjong Bar takes reservations through Resy, with seatings that run about two hours.
Walk-ins are always in play, but from about 9pm on Fridays and Saturdays the room fills fast — book ahead or come early for a table.
Use the form on this page and we'll help coordinate a table or a group night.

Hours & nights

Public listings show Mahjong Bar open nightly from 6pm to 2am — the bar doesn't publish hours on its own site.
Weeknights are calmer and better for conversation; Friday and Saturday bring the DJ-driven energy.
Confirm on Instagram before a special trip, especially early in the week.

ID requirements

Valid government photo ID is required — passport, Ontario driver's licence, or Canadian provincial photo card.
Mahjong Bar is 19+ — Ontario's legal drinking age.
Photocopies, photos of ID, and expired ID aren't accepted.

Dress code

There's no published dress code — this is a Dundas West cocktail bar, not a King West door.
The crowd lands between casual and dressed-up; smart casual fits perfectly.
If you're continuing to a club with a real dress code afterwards (like Ultraviolet), dress for that door, not this one.

Groups & celebrations

Groups of six or more take an automatic 20% gratuity, and large groups aren't given separate bills — plan the money side before you sit down.
The room suits birthday dinners and pre-club gatherings better than full-blown club-style parties.
For bigger bookings or private events, submit the form with your date and headcount and we'll help coordinate.

Insider tips

The storefront actually sells snacks — the bodega isn't just a prop.
Order food early: the small plates are a genuine reason to come, and the kitchen side winds down before the bar does.
Check out the 36-foot mural by Gabriella Lo along the main room — the design (with Grey North Design) is half the experience.
Closest TTC: the 505 Dundas streetcar to Dundas & Dovercourt — the stop is steps from the pink storefront.

About Mahjong Bar

The hideaway behind the pink corner store on Dundas West.

Mahjong Bar opened in 2018 at 1276 Dundas Street West, near Dovercourt, and it's still Toronto's most committed hidden bar. The front of the address is a small pink convenience store — a working one, stocked with snacks. The bar is what's behind it: push through the strip curtain to the left of the counter and a 2,000-square-foot room opens up, with tall ceilings, warm glowing light, and a 36-foot mural by Toronto artist Gabriella Lo. The interior was built out with Grey North Design, and the reveal from bodega to bar hasn't lost its effect eight years in.

The program is cocktail-bar-plus. The list runs $16 to $22 with a proper zero-proof section ($6–$14), backed by draught beer, bottles and cans, wine by the glass and bottle, shots, and a rotating soju selection. The kitchen sends out Chinese small plates and snacks in the $8–$22 range — crack wings, cheung fun, fried chicken bao, Vietnamese shaking beef, orange chicken fries, and a Hong Kong ice cream toast for dessert. Groups of six or more take an automatic 20% gratuity, and large groups don't get separate bills.

At night the room turns. DJs play on busy nights, and Fridays and Saturdays after about 10pm run loud and full — closer to a party than a lounge, though there's no dance floor and no door program. That makes Mahjong Bar the ideal first act of a west-side night: eat, drink, let the DJ warm you up, then walk ten minutes to a proper club. For the wider field, see our best clubs in Toronto guide.

Groups & bookings at Mahjong Bar

The ways to lock in your night. Mahjong Bar doesn't run bottle service — here's how booking actually works.

Walk-in

Through the pink storefront, no cover on regular nights — first come, first seated

Freeno cover
Table reservation

Bookable seatings that run about two hours — the smart move for weekend prime time

À la cartebook a table
Group table (6+)

Automatic 20% gratuity and one bill for the table — budget accordingly

À la carteone bill
Celebrations & private bookings Popular

Birthday dinners and bigger nights — submit your date and group size

On requestcontact us

What booking gets you

A guaranteed seat — the thing that runs out first on Fridays and Saturdays
The full menu — Chinese small plates ($8–$22) alongside the cocktail list
Cocktails $16–$22, with zero-proof options from $6 and a rotating soju selection
The room at its best hour — seated before the 9pm weekend rush hits

How it works

Mahjong Bar doesn't sell bottle-service tables or minimum spends — everything is à la carte. Reservations run on roughly two-hour seatings, walk-ins fill whatever's left, and the only structural costs for groups are the 20% auto-gratuity at six-plus and the single-bill policy.

Submit the form with your date and headcount and we'll help set up a table or a group night.

No guestlist, no cover, no bottle minimums — just book the table before the weekend crowd takes it. Submit a booking with your date and group size and we'll help arrange it.

What a typical night looks like

How a Friday or Saturday at Mahjong Bar unfolds, curtain to close.

6–8pm

Early seats

The calmest window — easy seats, full menu, and the room at conversation volume. Best hour for a first date or a proper run at the food.
~9pm

The fill

Reservations land and walk-ins start stacking up at the front. From here on, tables are luck or planning.
~10:30pm–1am

Peak energy

The DJ takes the room up — loud, full, standing-room at the bar. This is the bar-that-parties hour, and the reason this page exists.
~1:30am

Last call

Drinks wind down toward Ontario's last call as the room starts to thin.
2am

Close

Doors close at 2am per public listings. The clubs a short walk south on Queen West run later if the night isn't done.

Photos

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Mahjong Bar location & directions

1276 Dundas St W, on Dundas West near Dovercourt Road.

1276 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON M6J 1X7

Dundas West · near Dovercourt Rd · next door to The Dock Ellis

TTC: 505 Dundas streetcar to Dundas & Dovercourt — the stop is steps from the pink storefront. The 501 Queen car at Queen & Dovercourt is a ~8-minute walk south
Parking: Street parking on Dundas West and side streets is limited at night; Green P lots sit off Dovercourt and Ossington — transit or a rideshare is easier on weekends
Contact: mahjongbar.com · @mahjongbar on Instagram
Finding it: Look for the pink convenience-store front — walk in and go through the strip curtain on your left

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Similar venues in Toronto

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Apt. 200

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Future

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Baby's

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How we verify this page

Page built from Mahjong Bar's own materials, Toronto food and nightlife coverage, public review patterns, and reader feedback. As a hidden bar with no published hours, the practical details (hours, special-event nights) are the ones most likely to shift — check the bar's Instagram before a special trip, or use the booking form and we'll confirm.

Address & venue details: from Mahjong Bar's official site (mahjongbar.com) and established Toronto sources.
Hours: from public listings only — the venue doesn't publish hours on its own site, so treat them as typical rather than guaranteed.
Menu & pricing: from the official menu — cocktails $16–$22, snacks $8–$22, group policies as published.
Editorial review: the TorontoNightclubs.com team's independent assessment of vibe, food and drink, and nightlife energy.
Reviews: aggregated from public Google profiles. We don't operate, own, or earn commissions from Mahjong Bar.

Page last updated July 7, 2026 · Information current as of July 2026

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Mahjong Bar FAQ

Quick answers to the questions guests ask most often.

Where is Mahjong Bar and how do I find the entrance?

Mahjong Bar is at 1276 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON M6J 1X7, near Dovercourt Road. From the street it looks like a small pink corner store — walk in, and the entrance to the bar is through the strip curtain on your left. The 2,000-square-foot bar sits behind the storefront.

Is there a cover charge at Mahjong Bar?

On a normal night there is no formal cover or guestlist system — you walk in like a bar, because it is one. Special events or takeovers can run differently, so check the bar's Instagram (@mahjongbar) if you're going for a specific night.

Do I need a reservation at Mahjong Bar?

No — walk-ins are the norm. Mahjong Bar also takes reservations through Resy, with seatings that run about two hours. On Fridays and Saturdays the room fills fast from about 9pm, so book ahead or arrive early if you want a table rather than a spot at the bar.

What food does Mahjong Bar serve?

Chinese small plates and snacks, priced roughly $8 to $22 — the menu has featured crack wings, cheung fun, fried chicken bao, Vietnamese shaking beef, orange chicken fries and a Hong Kong ice cream toast for dessert. It's genuine drinking food, not an afterthought.

How much are drinks at Mahjong Bar?

Cocktails run about $16 to $22, shots $7 to $12, and zero-proof options $6 to $14. There's also draught beer, bottles and cans, wine by the glass and bottle, and a rotating soju selection.

Does Mahjong Bar have DJs?

Yes — DJs play on busy nights and the room gets loud and energetic late, especially on weekends. It's still a cocktail bar, not a nightclub: there's no big dance floor or structured club-night programming, but the back half of a Friday or Saturday feels closer to a party than a lounge.

What are the hours at Mahjong Bar?

Public listings show Mahjong Bar open nightly from 6pm to 2am, but the bar doesn't publish hours on its own site — check @mahjongbar on Instagram before making a special trip, especially early in the week.

What is the dress code at Mahjong Bar?

There's no published dress code. The crowd lands between casual and dressed-up — smart casual fits perfectly. It's a come-as-you-are room by nightlife standards; nobody is judging your shoes at the door.

What is the age requirement at Mahjong Bar?

Mahjong Bar is a bar, so it's 19+ — Ontario's legal drinking age. Bring valid government-issued photo ID: passport, Ontario driver's licence, or a provincial photo card.

Can I book Mahjong Bar for a group or private event?

Yes — groups are welcome, with two house rules: parties of six or more get an automatic 20% gratuity, and large groups aren't given separate bills. For bigger celebrations or private bookings, submit the form on this page with your date and headcount and we'll help coordinate.

Is Mahjong Bar a nightclub?

No — it's a hidden cocktail bar with late-night energy. You come for the reveal behind the pink storefront, the cocktails and the small plates, and stay because the DJ has turned the room up. If you want a real dance floor, Ultraviolet and Apt. 200 are both a short walk away.