Ottawa Foodies

I was in their pub near Pretoria bridge(Canal Oak). Lovely location and nice patio. MY PHILLY SLIDERS were really Good! Wide selection of good beers.

The only Royal Oak I've ever been impressed with is the one at Gloucester & Bank. It's close to home, the decor is nice and the food/service is consistent. It also tends to be a quieter in the evenings once the after work crowd has gone home. The patio is large, they have a decent pub menu. And it's not a bad place to watch a hockey game.

Last night they had the half of their patio open, which was fantastic given the weather. The service was okay, but mainly because they seemed to be understaffed given how busy it was. And we were there more to enjoy a beer on the patio and to chat than being waited on.

They've redone the menu and dropped a few items (the butter chicken wrap, sadly) but added deep fried pickles and some other new appetizers and mains. Mr. Nanook had the Philly sliders, which were miniature Philly Cheesteaks and I had the California Club sandwhich, which was really tasty.

We enjoy the Wellington location fairly regularly. Service is good. Food is predictable. Beer selection is certainly above average.

The food is really nothing to recommend, and the service at the Pretoria location, anyway, is quite slow. It is, however, our local pub, so we go there for a beer to visit with friends after dinner or to watch a game on tv.

Thumbs up for having Strongbow cider on tap!

While they do have a decent selection of imports, most of them are considered fairly "mainstream" these days amongst the local beer geeks. Though I still go here often because they are good beers, and the food is pretty decent as well. Fuller's ESB and London Pride find their way onto my table fairly often. Would be nice to see them carry some Ontario Micros, though.

kmennie, the downtown Oak is the only one to go to. Just not for the food. Sketchy patrons are all part of the fun (think of it as street theatre), and the service is usually good there, although I haven't been in a while. The food sucks, as it does at all the Oaks but there is nothing wrong with the beer.

I do not want to send anybody to the original Oak in Centretown; it's filthy, in more ways than one, but.

The one in the Glebe is quite nice nowadays. The Guinness even comes with a 'shamrock pour,' a bit gimmicky, but certainly appreciated after getting half a pint of foam, etc, at other places.

And my god, my pictures are awful. But. Good beer.

We've been going here once a month lately and I've had one of the burgers every time. Contrary to what many people say it is possible to screw up hamburgers. Fortunately these guys actually make a really tasty one.