Ye Olde Orchard Pub & Grill

Great service, very polite waitress and server. Had the curry lamb, was great. Good beer selection on tap.

The trivia night is, hands down, the very best of Montréal. $ 5 pints on Mondays also makes this a top notch after work destination!

Trivia night on Monday nights is the best in the city and I’ve been to a lot! The host is funny and (almost more importantly) efficient. He also gets creative with the format of questions too. Really good service overall. Get the $ 5 beer on tap and the naan pizza.

This was a very busy active pub right in the middle of down town Montréal. Tonight it was packed. There was a Habs/​Leafs game underway. The beers were reasonable. 2 beers for $ 10.00! Cheap. I had a Rolling Rock & it was delicious. Food was a side salad (which was delivered late-​hate that, like to eat salad first) also had the Jalapeño Burger. It was decent as well. Our server was very nice & delightful!

Went here to watch football and the service here was great. Our waiter Jordan was great and the food was very good. I will definitely stop here every time I’m in Montréal.

Great place to come for a Habs game. I ventured out one of our crazy winter storms and was pleasantly surprised to see the place around half full. YOO has a great Habs game night deal. For $ 30 you get two pints of their house lager, wings and nachos. For $ 15 you get one pint and wings. We went with two rounds of the $ 30 deal. They also have game night draws when you buy beer for some grand prizes and even did a draw for tickets for the next home game. Décor of the place is like an older basement pub but for guys who want beer nachos and a hockey game on the tube it’s fine. The pub does have a fairly large beer selection and of course tasty pub grub. For sporting events on a guys night out what else could you ask for? There are other options downtown but YOO does the job just dandy.

We went before a Habs game. The décor is nice and the kilts add a nice touch. They have some awesome game day specials with pints, wings, and nachos for like 30 $. I had the French Onion Soup and a salad. They were pretty good.

I’ve had a reeeaalllly average experience there. I was invited by work colleagues to meet at Ye Olde Orchard for a work shindig/​event and enjoy their trivia night. I show up, and take place at a table reserved specifically for the occasion. The waitress doesn’t greet me at all, but asks me if I’m there with the work party, I am, but then she ushers me to another table. I brush it off and happily dive into our trivia night.
It’s all going well, when about 2 hours in, our waitress must have realized she was missing out on tips, so she circles our tables asking us to order. We were all taken aback, since usually when we have rented spaces for events, they would be the ones offering us food, in exchange for plugs, ad space etc. We get ready to order, but nonono, she demands one order per patron. I had a $ 5 bill on me and that was it, so I ordered their Cream Ale (excellent drink selection, yo!). She was unusually pushy towards my Guinness-​drinking buddy, which didn’t go down well at our table. After 5 solid trivia hours, I decided to make my way home, but was stopped by our waitress again, «is $ 5 your final order?». Yes, I give tips for good service, not the way you wear that short plaid skirt. Meh.

Good wings and they have a good variety of styles/​flavours. The service from the waitresses could be better. We waited a long time to even get our order taken. I would have also liked some refills but we were only checked on once early on into our meal. I would go back for beers and wings.

We’ve been here twice already-​and there’s of course a reason we came back a second time! Our very first stop at a bar in Montréal was this NHL-​friendly pub, and it did not disappoint. Although it was not super busy the first time we came (it was a Tuesday night) we were able to watch the Rangers/​Tampa game over our first ever plate of Canadian poutine and it was delicious! Every employee was super friendly and attentive to everything.
The second time around was a Friday night, game 7 of the same series. Although it was packed, again, our server was very friendly and quick when it came to our food and drinks, along with every shot we took when a goal was scored.
Awesome atmosphere, delicious foods, and incredible service are the reason we came back a second time, and will come back again next time we visit Montréal!

Not a good pub. Went here on a Thursday evening to get dinner. ended up getting a black and tan that the waitress poured wrong (It was more like a shit brown tan) and when I was like «ummm, this is just a «tan», she scoffed at me and than refused to give me any service or attention for the rest of my time in the bar, even going as far as to just nod at me when I pointed towards her and raised my empty glass (after trying to get her attention five previous times). I had to flag down a bus boy to place a food order. The servers also wear kilts like outfits that look dumb. Being a gentleman who has worked in the service industry before, I still left a 15% tip. should have left 5%.
If you want a good bar go to GRUMPYS, it is the best. If you want a good straight forward pub, head to McKibbins or if you must, Irish Embassy. This quarter Irishman would rather support an establishment that espouses Celtic pride rather than an ENGLISH colonialist establishment any day. Vive l’irlande, nique la reine!

Great pub atmosphere and great beer. Having lived in Boston for 12 years, I’m used to really great pub food. Unfortunately, this place doesn’t have it. I had the Sri Lankan curry chicken and my friend had the cajun chicken sandwich. Both were pretty average, if that.

Okay drinks, but what’s up with the service? We gave a five dollar tip for a couple of drinks (what amounted to be a 25% tip), and the waitress made a very angry, displeased face at us and wouldn’t leave until we gave her more money. My boyfriend threw in a toonie on top of our $ 5 and she just frowned, snatched it, and left without saying a customary «thank you» or «have a nice night.» This bar is nice, generally quiet, and is an overall fine Irish pub — but as someone who used to be a waitress myself, this was beyond unprofessional. I would never have acted this way towards a customer. Ever.
Beware — this is a great bar if you want to give generally slow and uninvolved staff a 40%+ tip so they don’t lash out at you. Otherwise, it’s just ho hum.

My friends and I took a weekend trip up to Montréal from New Jersey and were staying on Sainte-​Famille. This place was not a long walk from our place and was near the main Saint-​Laurent.
Upon entering, the place looked dark and loud since there was a live band playing that Saturday night. However, we were seated in the back dining area and the noise level was not too much where you couldn’t converse with friends, but appropriate for a pub. This was a plus for me! The ambiance was warm and inviting with the faux — stone walls, wood tables, and Christmas lights. There were tvs set up for those who would like to watch some sports.
Their beer list wasn’t too bad and the prices were pretty sweet, compared to the drink prices we’re used to in the NJ/​NY area.
I started off with the cream of turkey soup and it was delicious. I ordered the chicken Tikka wrap but it was pretty bland and lacked that masala taste I was looking forward to in the dish. The fries that came with the dish were way too greasy, but I guess it went well with the beer. My friends ordered the burgers and said they were pretty good.
The staff was friendly and very attentive. The place is pretty good hangout place if you’re looking to eat, drink, and hang out.

Bonne place avant un show au Centre Bell. Malheureusement le menu à changé, et mon dessert préféré est disparu (gros gâteau au chocolat avec sauce au caramel)…
On va espérer…

Le service est un peu lent, mais la bouffe est bonne, c’est ce qui compte, non? Quoique sur l’heure du dîner un peu de vitesse c’est quand même préférable.
Un pub classique dans un sombre sous-​sol. Je vais devoir y retourner lorsque ce sera plus vivant pour me faire une meilleure idée.

I was looking for a slightly more economical place for dinner, in the vicinity of the Marriott, and happened to come across this place, also a very short walk from the stadium where the Canadiens were playing the first game of the conference finals. Don’t let the name fool you. The food is traditional pub fare, but the atmosphere is definitely early-​twenties. They have large screens conveniently placed so that you can catch a game from literally any seat, which was nice, but during commercials, they jacked up the rap music, which was highly annoying.
It’s pretty clean, and wide enough to navigate in. After waiting a little bit to get noticed, I just grabbed the table closest to the door. Service was so-​so, they’re nice enough, but when my beer’s gone, I shouldn’t have to send up a flare for another one, and while they had a decent crowd during the game, they weren’t overwhelmed by any means. It’s okay when your staff schmoozes with the clientele, but it shouldn’t be at the expense of other, thirsty customers. I chose to eat inside to watch the game and get away from all the obnoxious cigarette hounds outside (they have tables on the curb, like a lot of Montréal joints).
I had the Cajun salmon. Their definition of «cajun» means blackened to the point of being dry, with just the slightest hint of spice, but not terrible. The rice was completely tasteless, but luckily it came with grilled peppers, mushrooms, and onions. The salad was a pain in the ass, large and leafy and stuffed into a small bowl. Almost impossible to eat without it spilling onto the table. But overall the food was probably the best pub food I had of all the places I’ve hit in the last few weeks.
Since it’s a lower-​priced place in an otherwise expensive area, I guess you get what you pay for. Their whiskey list is impressive, but given the tiny shots they serve, not worth it. Their «trufflicious» cake was, well, just chocolate cake. Overall, it wasn’t bad for the price, but it’s not a place to impress a date with the food or atmosphere.
I will say, it was good enough that I will give it a second shot next time in town.

Distinguishly appropriate with Newcastle Brown Ale on tap! I love irish pubs, makes me wanna grow a beard and chop woods.
Oh! How I blushed when the waiter ask for an ID card! A saturday afternoon with no Habs game, not many patrons. I had the burger. Satisfying but nothing to fancy about. My wife had the irish stew. A comforting bar grub. Although a bit stagnant in tatste. I would come back again.

Classic underground pub in the heart of Montréal right across from the Novotel hotel. Decent collection of whiskey, pretty commercial beer selection. The food is good. It gets busy after habs games as it’s near the Bell centre and occasionally has some live music.
I had a good time here sitting at the bar for three nights. They always have some hockey game on. All three nights had a wide mix of demographic in ages. Would definitely go back next time in Montréal!

Oh the Irish pubs of Montréal! If Unilocal was around years ago I would be the empress of these little big gems. Ye Old Orchard is one of my favorite. Good pub food, tasty Guinness and if you are looking for a local beer there is a nice choice on tap. The place is very quiet in the early hours of the evening (unless you end up watching a world cup game at noon). At around 9 pm the crowds arrive and with them the noise, the vibe, the party time.

I’m in Montréal ’til Thursday. I felt like having supper at a pub so I walked to Ye Olde Orchard Pub & Grill (a 20 minute walk from my hotel). I was there in December and enjoyed it.
My Griffon Blonde was good.
When I got there about 6ish, it was fairly quiet.
I ordered what I ordered the last time … wings with medium sauce. The last time I was there some of them were a bit undercooked. This time it seemed like they’d been cooked and were sitting around for a while (or overcooked) and sauce added to heat them up. The fries were good and I ate about a third of them.
It got busy after a while.

Vous voulez trouver les ailes de poulet les plus épicées en ville? Né cherchez pas plus loin, c’est ici qu’elles se trouvent. C’est une chaîné montréalaise de pubs à l’anglaise, mais la nourriture, le service et l’ambiance est vraiment bien pensée de manières à ce que chaque emplacement semble avoir sa propre personnalité. La sélection de bières est très bonne et ils ont même la Ste-​Ambroise aux abricots en fût à l’année longue, ce qui né se trouve pas partout! Pour regarder un match de hockey, ou bien pour prendre une bonne bière après une journée de pêche entre amis, c’est une bonne place où aller!

A solid pub in downtown Montréal. If you’re after wings, beer, and maybe some sport, you won’t go wrong here.
The wings here are great. The ‘kick-​ass’ spicy aren’t too hot (for me, but then again I am VERY manly…), but just hot enough. They also come with sweet potato fries, which is cool. Some of my mates tried the curry here, and said it was really good — the menu has a lot of Sri Lankan dishes (I think the kitchen staff are Sri Lankan), and I’ve heard good things about them.
The first place we sat down was a bit smelly, but they reseated us when we asked (watch out for the both near the toilets!) so it wasn’t a big deal in the end.
There’s a few screens around the place so you can definitely see whatever main sporting event is on (eg. hockey), but they’re not huge/​everywhere so I’d probably go somewhere else if that was my main focus.
We got there early (5pm) on a Thursday and there was plenty of room, but it did fill up after everyone got off work.
I was going to give this place three stars, but the the waitresses wear kilts, so it gets an extra star. WATCH OUT: the waiters also wear kilts, so if you’re going to check the staff out, make sure you’re checking out the right ones…