Big Mort’s Little Pub

We were in town for a hockey tournament and made a reservation at Big Mort’s and it was awesome! The food and service was excellent. We pretty much took over the place and the boys had a great time. Plus the pizza was the best!

I was a bit unsure about going in when we arrived, based on the appearance of the joint
, but carried on and I’m glad we did.
Based on previous reviews I ordered a pizza — The Canadian while my son ordered the Rueben.
The pizza was a treat. Perfect crust with delicious toppings. The cheese was stringy and ideal on the pizza. I would go out of my way for the pizza if I’m ever back in this area again.
The Rueben was reported as excellent too.

heard some great things about their pizza, definitely a solid pizza, everything was really good, I have a thing for the sauce at House of Pizza on Richmond Rd near Westboro… the best, all homemade etc.

Oh Mort’s, another good pizza from your bar today! This brings me back to my initial time at Mort’s.
I remember the first time I came into Mort’s was for an Ottawa Senators playoff game during their Stanley Cup run. EVERY one of the sports bars we walked into were full to capacity. Our final stop was Local Hero’s on Robertson and they were full as well.
We were definitely a little bummed but saw this little building beside Local’s called Mort’s Pub. I asked my friends if they wanted to check this place out instead and they agreed to check it out. We walked through the parking lot and onto Mort’s property.
When we first walked in there was this funky smell and we noticed that water was leaking into buckets in multiple spots of the pub. We looked at each other, smiled and said oh yeah and grabbed a table were there was no water dripping into a bucket.
The funky smell did not go away and we did not get used to it BUT there was sitting room inside of a pub where the TV they were showing the game may have been worth more than the pub itself.
We looked through the menu and our server came over to take our drink orders. While she was over we asked for a recommendation on food and she told us to try the pizza. We ordered a Mort’s special and the rest is history!
Mort’s pizza has perfectly cooked crust from the edges to the bottom. You won’t suffer from topping collapse because the bottom of the pizza seems almost undercooked. The toppings are plenty and the cheese is pretty good. It’s unlike the cheese they have at some delivery places that for some reason seems runny.
Mort’s also does take out and delivery. This place is truly a hole in the wall but it’s got some really good pizza!

«Why on earth would anyone go to that place?» is likely what you will ask yourself if you ever drive by Mort’s, and for good reason. At first glance it’s a box-​shaped pub in Bells Corners located beside Local Heroes. Nothing really sticks out about it except for its name, and it looks like a grand total of five people can fit inside. I had the same reaction until a buddy of mine came with me to Mort’s as a joke. Well, it is no joke. The décor reminds me of a rundown, dive bar. There is a small bar, a few tables… that’s about it. Here’s there it gets good: Firstly, the food is excellent. the pizzas are great, as are the rest of the options on the menu. One wouldn’t expect a pub to have good pizza, but they even deliver. I think that say something about the quality of the food. On the drinks side of things, the beer was cold and delicious. I drink enough to know a good beer to a bad beer. Some places don’t clean the lines for their draft that often which one can taste in the beer. The beer there is great. It’s not a big bar, mind you, so they might be limited in what the serve as far as booze goes. This is the perfect place to have a few drinks with some buddies and shoot the breeze, or read the paper and have a bite to eat.