The second I walked in a should have turned around. The place is very run down and not very well maintained by the looks for things. You get a nice stench coming from the basement every time the door to the washroom opens. Not something I enjoy while having a beer and eating a meal.
This scares me to think how the kitchen is maintained! If at first glance you can see poor maintenance, what does the back look like where no one can see?! It doesn't surprise me I had an upset stomach after eating there.
The portion was small, and something seemed off with the blue cheese dip. Doesn't surprise me I felt sick afterwards.
Such an environment must not be the greatest to work, which is unfortunate for the staff, who were very friendly and asked multiple times how things were and if I needed anything.
Live music was pretty good. I find live music at a lot of small pubs is always too loud and overbearing. This was not the case. I was still able to enjoy my conversation and have the music in the background.
All and all the staff and music are not enough to bring me back again. Definitely a first and a last for me!