If you're an American or English-Canadian wanting a good time in a great new city, why on earth would you go to the one place that is the most like what you could experience back home? That is the question I've asked myself all too many times.
Listen, I'm one of the most obnoxious people on earth, but this place brings the obnox-o-meter to a whole new level. Trying to have a conversation in here with a friend sometimes feels like trying to study ancient Egyptian algebra during a World War 1 artillery barrage. Except the artillery barrage sounds like men with backwards hats chest bumping (the friendly way and the more aggressive variety) and yelling random shit like, "BRYAN!!!" and "Yeah, bro!" Full disclosure - quite honestly, I hate this bar more than any other in Montreal. I've gone dozens of times (with friends who insisted on it) over the past 6 years and have tried - I promise you, I tried - to have a good time, but rarely ever have. It's just got that nauseating je-ne-sais-quoi to it. The only thing forcing me to give it two stars instead of one is that they serve beer and they don't murder you with the prices. What I perceive to be an overall douchey atmosphere is what brings it down so low.
Different strokes for different folks, I guess. I'd suggest trying out Foufounes Electriques, Brutopia, Saint-Sulpice, Hurley's, or anywhere else for that matter before this place.