The Libertine Public House is a modern gastro-pub on Stephen Avenue. It attracts a lot of downtown clientelle due to its location. It is a lot larger than it looks from the outside, with two full floors of seating.
We were at Libertine recently for a friend's birthday. We had the upstairs area reserved for us, which was nice to have such a large space. There were well over 75 people there, and the Libertine didn't have enough wait staff to handle everyone. Even though our friend had given estimates on the number of people attending, they had only allocated 1 waitress and 1 bartender for the reserved upstairs area.... Not enough for a full floor of people. We ended up ordering our drinks directly from the bartender. Which was a good thing, because it turned out that the waitress was putting all the drinks ordered through her onto one bill. If you've ever had to split a bill between a large table, you know that it can be challenging. Imagine trying to split a bill between 50+ people, many of whom you have never met, and who are all leaving at different times. It was pretty unorganized.
As for food, the group had pre-ordered the roasted pig along with a bunch of salads served up buffet style. Everything was decently done.
I feel like the Libertine has the potential to be great, but they need to iron out some of their organizational issues.
Review #22 of Yelp's 30 Day Review Challenge