McKibbin’s Irish Pub

Tried a few different things there. The best was the mozzarella sticks coated in tortillas with a spicy mayo.

Je n’ai pas vraiment donné une chance à ce pub Irlandais en commandant des nachos et des quesadillas mais c’était quand même très respectable. Bön choix de bières en fut. Service rapide, efficace et amical. Stationnement facile.

Après une longue soirée au travail, j’aime bien rejoindre des amis ou collègues pour une bonne bière au McKibbin’s, et je succombe très souvent à ma gourmandise et mon choix s’arrête plus souvent qu’autrement sur les nachos! La portion est plus que généreuse, bien assez pour partager avec des amis! Le choix de bières est excellent et le service est bien, mon verre reste rarement vide longtemps!
Un seul bémol, la musique est un peu forte, ce qui peut être désagréable certains soirs où on désire discuter sans avoir à se crier dans les oreilles!

Solid 4 star. Try the Frickles. Great local pub with some good brews.

Recently I went to McKibbin’s Irish Pub. Truthfully I’m not a picky eater nor someone who often complaints. Yet, our lunch that we had was horrible. May sound harsh, but it was simply horrible.
Yes, the service was good and our waitress was kind and polite. But not more than that. We went on a Friday, and it was also a clear sign that they were short staffed. An Irish Pub on a Friday short staff. Not at all a good impression. Keep in mind this location recently had a shooting during a fight on a weekend night.
We had ordered fish and chips (We were told that’s their specialty) and a French onion soup.
The French onion soup tasted like salty thick water with colour. The bread which the soup should have, was not toasted, therefore it was a soggy old tasting piece of bread. The onions were not fully cooked, therefore they tasted crunchy. The cheese was a lump, not beautifully melted as it should be.
The Fish and chips, were incredibly greasy. Yes, I know it’s fried food. The level of greasiness was simply absurd. It absorbed through the paper and dripped a bit from the one piece of fish. Yes, just one piece. The batter on the fish was slipping off each time it was cut, to only realize how much grease there was in this dish. The fries were Ok, if you like fries that taste as if they were warmed up and, not freshly made.
Luckily our waitress never asked us how our food was, nor if we needed anything else. Otherwise, I would have shared these exact comments to her. I know it’s not her fault. But, if a simple bowl of soup can’t be well prepared and your specialty was disappointing as well. I think it gives me a good reason not to return. Again. Very disappointing.

Very disappointed… Not very clean. I took the family there for my son’s 18^th birthday, they kicked us out because my daughter is 16. Do not take your family there!

For some reason McKibbin’s is one of the go-to’s of my friends so I gave it a go about a year ago. I understood why very quickly! The atmosphere is nice, surprisingly not noisy even though the bar is big (probably due to the very good placements of heavy duty wooden walls that diminish the sound), good quality furniture and appropriate spacial management for seating, very welcoming bar and a friendly staff.
The food is also decent. It’s at McKibbin’s where I fell in love with sweet potato fries! There is also a stage for the occasional bands. I’ve heard two play which were mediocre at best. Surprisingly a lot of security but I understood the need after I’ve seen a bad drunk threatening to get the Russian mafia to shoot the pub up after getting thrown out of a bar.
I’ve never tried The Rim Reaper Challenge as I already passed 20 minutes under a sink with tears rolling down my cheeks after trying Cage Aux Sports’ 9−1−1 hot wings and didn’t wish to permanently damage my taste buds but it seems quite fun if you think you’re up to it!
+1 for deep fried pickles! (I liked them and I usually hate pickles 0. o!)
The one thing that killed it for me is the price of the beer. 19.95 $ FOR A PITCHER OF MOOSEHEAD?!? WHAT THE F****! McKibbin’s has without a doubt the most expensive pitchers of piss-​tier beer I’ve ever seen.

This review is on McKibbin’s at Pointe-​Claire.
Great place to drink, eat and chat with friends. Been there for lunch, great and efficient service. You will not run out of mayo nor ketchup, I got huge basket just for myself! WIFI available.

Decided to watch Price shut the Americans out in the Olympics with a friend. Service was great and efficient. I recommend the Prime Rib steam. It was very good. The taters and veggies also hit the spot.
I like the mild wings as well as the potatoes.
The cheesecake WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD. It was sooooo good.

It is almost an oxymoron as the ambiance was queerly muted. An Irish pub without the usual disonnance is to the analogy of Santa Claus without diabetes. To be fair, It was a lazy sunday aftternoon.
McKibbin’s Pickles! Do get them. Ummm, deep fried sourness! We also had a homemade irish stew. It had all the usual suspects; lots of potatoes, braised lambs and of course Guiness. The portion was large enough to feed 2 persons. So we skipped deserts.
I will be back on St-Patrick’s day for the rowdiness… I hope.

Had a nice dinner here on a fine summer evening where we had the chance to sit on the patio. Interesting that this pub is in a strip mall but nonetheless it’s in a nice quieter area with ample parking. I came with a friend and had my 4 year old daughter along with me when were at the greeter entrance they mentioned «law states that after 7 PM kids are not allowed. It was 6:30 PM and I bluntly asked «are you going to kick us out at 7 then»? to which they replied «no».
The menu comes out on a «newspaper type print». My friend mentioned the Shepard’s pie was very good there!
For the meal we ordered the irish spring rolls as an appetizer? They were okay sort of tasted like bland indian samosas! For the main meal I ordered the fish and chips and a full order of shepards pie for my daughter. Fish and chips were great! Two pieces of crispy light haddock on a bed of chips with coleslaw and tartar on the side. Washed it down with a pint and all was happy!
True to their word they didn’t kick us out. We left around 7:20PM.
Prices were very reasonable and food and beer was good!
Only complaint is that people were smoking on the patio. MIP probably deems this as outside but it’s really gross to eat while people are smoking in this day and age!!! I can’t imagine how gross restaurants were in the 70’s and 80’s when people smoked like chimneys!
Otherwise a nice dining experience!

I have had the occasion to hit this pub twice this week. The first time was so good I had to come back to see if it was just a fluke. It wasn’t…
Even though this location is in a strip-​mall (you can hit a bookstore, grocery store and toy store when you’re there!), when you step inside the door, you are transported into a true irish pub. Both nights (a Monday and Wednesday) were packed with people — young/​old, couples/​singles).
But this is Unilocal — which is about food — and this place solidly deserves 4 stars (if not more). Monday night, I had the special — corned beef sandwich, cole slaw and fries. REALLY REALLY good. I have yet to figure out the difference between «Montréal Smoked Meat «and «Corned Beef». In fact, they call fries «chips» and the slaw was «creamed cabbage». Call me an ignornant American, but it was still wonderful. The second night, I had the Shepards Pie, which was equally as good. It was odd that it was served with a salad. The light salad clashed with the heaviness of the SP. My only critique of the SP was that it did not have more veggies — where are the peas, green beans, etc? It was ground beef, corn, and mashed potatoes on top.
TVs are a plenty here — perfect for watching a hockey game. There is also a stage, but there were no musical acts scheduled the nights we were there.
Service is attentive and the atmosphere is very casual. This is my new favorite bar in suburban YUL…

Top notch folks, top notch. The chicken and leek pie was classic. I also enjoyed a really tasty kronenberg 1664 on tap. The truly fun part was sitting around listening to all the other people cursing at the hockey game en francais. I didn’t order it, but I saw they have a Titanic burger which looked epic. The only thing I would suggest is if you’re really hungry, you might want to eat a little something before coming in, because the wait for the food was very long. It took more than 60 minutes to get my dinner. I didn’t care because I was with some folks and we were busy kicking back and socializing.

With limited choices in the west island, adding a mckibbons is great. The ambience of this particular location has much to be desired, however. Lacking the cozy atmosphere of other Irish pubs, this one feels cavernous and the sound carries making it difficult to talk.
Still, like the other (better) mckibbons locations, the food is good and there are some good beers on tap.

A great Pub with a friendly (attractive) staff. They have a great selection of beer, even though the waitress didn’t know what a Hefeweizen was, but I was happy with their Weissbier (white beer). They have excellent food. As appetizers go; their Guinness Nachos are great and I recommend their Frickles (fried pickle spears). The main dish I recommend to everyone is the Irish Stew, because #1 — baby animals taste the best and #2 — seriously, it’s an awesome dish (its large enough to share with someone, though you may regret sharing). The atmosphere is very lively and fun to hang out and throw back a few.

A great «local» pub with friendly staff. Most nights have live music. The food menu isnt bad, but wish they had a few more healthy options.

Always a nice atmosphere, often live music. Black Velvet is the best. Good bison burgers too!

The first «true» hot wings I have ever eaten. The Rim Reaper is no joke and there will be consequences in the bathroom the following day!

Avoid at all costs: Local gangs are known to Have pickpocket rings working inside this place. They steal your wallet and immediately start spending at the surrounding Futureshop and Fairview. (WATCH YOUR PURSE AND WALLET, IF YOU GO)
One star for takeout. Avoid at all costs. We were a gang and ordered wings, guiness beef nachos, chowder, and fish/​chips to go for the Heat vs Lakers… bad idea. The chowder was put in an foldover, aluminum base with cardboard cover (the type you would use for chicken and rice or pasta) and OF COURSE the liquid went all over the other food. They have to be retarded to use this packaging for soup– my god– not exactly air tight guys! Ok so the soup thing was bad, and it just went downhill from there… the nachos were packaged with no thought either. Four portions worth of nachos were bundled into layers of aluminum foil into the form of a silver canon ball à la Jack Sparrow. So the warm beef softened all the chips into soggy crap. Also, not enough salsa for a to-​go order. Anyway, it’s clear they have no to-​go experience and don’t care about investing in real packaging to protect their food integrity. My friends hadn’t tried McK before, so I looked like an idiot for actually recommending McK for our gamenight.
Usually, I would call the manager, but honestly this takeout experience was so lame and careless– I wasn’t in the mood to give helpful feedback. (I was too busy entertaining guests and making excuses for the weak food)
But all was saved, because the game was amazing (as always) and the MTL microbrew we had stocked was perfect enough to wash everything away;-)

Fantastic neighborhood pub. Friendly staff and great food. Try the Guinness chicken wings.