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| - Disclaimer: I did not grow up in Oakville and I have never met Eric Hadley. Friends and I stopped in here based on the many recommendations of the Yelp! Elite Oakville crew, but unfortunately we never thought we would have to bring one of them along to enjoy the same meals they have been writing about.
Hadley's. Home of very large tables. Why are your tables so big, anyways? (I actually know the answer to that... it's because a Portugese man made them for a great cash price, presumingly out of parts he already had - like GIANT table tops. Literally... an IKEA Jerker desk is a 2-top here).
What went down:
- My group of 4 arrived at an inopportune time... There was only one empty table (suitably sized to seat a SWAT team in full riot gear) and we sat down. Someone came over and said it was reserved (although there was nothing to indicate that when we had all sat down).
- We asked how long for a table and heard "not long at all, why don't you wait at the bar and we'll get you going with some drinks," which was fine, except....
- We waited for over an hour for a table, and the "reserved" table remained empty for the better part of 45 minutes while we waited at the bar watching no less than 4 other groups get shoo'ed away from that lone empty table.
- They would not let us carry a tab at the bar, or transfer drink charges to our table. We had to pay at the bar whenever we ordered something.
- Finally a table opened and we were seated, but it was over an hour wait. If we had known EVERYONE had just sat down, we would have gone somewhere else instead of waiting that long. It was lame to say it would be just a few minutes when they knew that no one had even gotten their food yet.
- There are only ~6 tables here, and they could easily fit 10 if it was more thoughtfully designed.
The good:
- Everyone at my table had the pulled pork and it was good. The pork was good, the bun was excellent, the sauce was okay... that equals good.
- They have Mill Street Stock Ale on draught. Rare... and great news.
- Really good selection of bottle beers.
- The beer is reasonably priced.
- The fries looked good (but none of us tasted them).
- The coleslaw was good.
- The server was friendly.
The bad:
- Of the 4 sides we got (2 mac & cheese, baked beans, salad) no one loved their side dish. 2 People didn't like them at all and they went untouched.
- Both the mac & cheese and the salad had upcharges as a side dish... this is clearly on the menu but I thought it was lame ($2-$3 additional charge),
- The mac and cheese eaters both complained that it wasn't great - there was no crust on top; it was spiral pasta tossed in a cheese sauce.
- Aside from ribs, there was nothing else I would have really considered getting on this menu.
Overall, this is not the best pulled pork in Toronto but it is better than Smokin' Bones (which I hate). It was definitely acceptable, but the inappropriately advertised wait time and cash-bar-situation was not.
I am 100% not in a rush to go here again. If I was closer to my house I might get takeout to give it another try, but it isn't, so I'm not.
Thinking back on the beer selection though I might be pretty happy to drink here sometime when I wouldn't care if I had to sit at the bar.
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