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| - Me and my partner had been coming to the Pour House for over 5 years, it was always one of our favourite spots for yummy comfort food, fantastic old world atmosphere, beautiful decor, great music and great service... Alas they decided to renovate.... and they completely ruined it... The decor is completely changed, now there's nothing special about it, it looks just the same as any other restaurant downtown. They used to have dark wood benches, with high backs and mini stained glass accents (gorgeous! and what made us try it in the first place) fireplaces, decorative books, as well as lots of Celtic / Irish details. The music selection was awful (they used to play Classic Rock and Alternative). It is all gone... in fact you don't feel you are in an Irish Pub at all anymore....
THE SERVICE: We were greeted fast, but our hostesses weren't nice or friendly, just a pair of pretentious young girls who showed us to a table... (you used to be able to choose where to sit); our table was nice but the AC was blowing right over our heads and we were freezing pretty much the whole time.... (on a warm day!) Our server was much nicer but looked stressed... They also got rid of the kilts for the servers which was always a nice touch and added to the atmosphere of the Irish Pub.
THE MENUS: are all changed.... they used to have an award winning Cottage pie which was very delicious (the kind that your grandmother would make), and mushroom and steak pie also amazing, a killer meatloaf (a favourite!), awesome potato skins, and a wide selection of delectable burgers, just to name a few items... Not anymore, none of them. When we looked at the menu we were not excited about any item in the menu, but were already there, we were starving and we had ordered drinks... so had to order something. My partner had the Chicken pot pie, which was the closest to what she would have ordered before, it was fine, but not as good.... I had the Chicken Curry, also good. No complaints about the taste of the food per se.
Other than those, there was no much we would have wanted. Also they only have one type of burger now (+ a veggie option). Coffee was ok. Water was better than before, I'll give them that.
THE RENOVATIONS: The bathrooms were in need of renovation for sure... the doors of the stalls and the stalls themselves needed to be changed, however even with all the "fancy" renovations, the bathrooms were barely touched, and the stalls are still the old barely functioning ones.... if they were spending so much on renovations they should have applied the money where it is needed....... As said above they "modernized" their look, the beauty of the what the Pour House was is gone, when entering it use to feel as if you were stepping into an Irish Pub in Ireland, it was so inviting. Now it is just one more restaurant. We used to come here all the time, as a couple for date night, with our son - they used to have a nice kids menu-, for brunch with friends and for many birthday parties at night.... We won't be coming back, and we need to find a new Irish Pub... So disappointed!
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