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| - Even though this place is less than five minutes away from my work, I've never visited Urban House Cafe before. It's not really a cafe and more of a bar and my expectations weren't the highest for this place because I don't expect bar food to be the greatest and only expect passable food as opposed to good food. Well, they definitely did surprise me when I came here with a few amazing beautiful Yelpers and their gorgeous friends on a Thursday night where they had an entree + a pint of beer for 10.50, which is an amazing deal.
Pros:
-No matter what type of person you are, business dude, student, bar maven, bar hopper, clubber, drunk, etc, you don't feel uncomfortable in this place and everyone gets treated equally.
-Their non-bar food (i.e. anything other than burgers, fish and chips, sandwich, etc) is actually quite decent and very good portion sizes. I ordered the curry pad thai with chicken. They didn't do the Canadian Asian fusion thing like add ketchup. It was noodles with a sweet curry with some large chicken pieces, which were grilled very well. I quite enjoyed this dish.
- A few others at my table ordered the chicken fajita and penne (or linguine, I totally forget), but the presentation of all dishes were excellent. It looks like the cook/chef actually takes some pride in their food, which is more than I can say for a lot of bars/pubs.
-While we came on a Thursday and most of us got the $10.50 special with a pint of beer, they are very accommodating for substitutions. A couple of people wanted sangria's instead of beer and just paid the difference on the specials.
-Their regular prices aren't too expensive either. Entree's were 7.95 and nothing was over $10 (that I could see). Most beers are $4.00-$5.50 for a pint and even the most expensive mixed drink was around $8.
-They knew they were going to have a very busy night and warned us in advance that it'd be best to pay upfront if we wanted split bills. While some would find this as a con, I think it's very nice they gave us notice upfront and it shows they know how to do advance planning.
Cons:
-Men's washroom is kind of grungy.
-Cash only
Verdict: Probably one of the better bars/pubs in the area at a reasonable price. I'd say for quality, it's right up there with Fionn MacCool's, better than Bishop & Belcher and Spirits, but this place definitely has the best value.
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