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    Celtic Corner Public House

    3.7 (81 reviews)
    ModeratePubs, Music Venues
    Open 11:00 am - 12:00 AM (Next day)

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    Live music
    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for groups

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    stained glass windows
    Owen R.

    Half dive, half British, Irish style pub. Needs some fixups, renos.. Bulky wooden cupboards along bathroom.. Poor cushion seating.

    Steak &  Guinness pie
    Philip H.

    I've been putting off this review not because I wasn't a fan, but because this place is totally awesome. 5 stars across the board from service to food to beverages. Decor is cozy, well lit, large distressed wooden tables, feels like a real Irish pub, but located right across the ferry terminal in Dartmouth. Great live music, traditional Irish pub fare, steak and Guinness pie is my personal favorite. The service is always friendly and fast. When there is a band playing I find it a bit loud, but it's a small place so it nothing they can really control. Oh yeah... don't forget to check out the patio in the summer for the BEST view of Halifax. No wi-fi and not accessible to wheelchairs.

    Seafood platter
    Lesley M.

    Let's start with the good - the patio is great! Went here on a really sunny lovely day. Really big and has great views of the harbour, It's a really great place to visit in the summer, I'd suggest taking the ferry over from Halifax, to double your great views of Halifax action. The bar downstairs is large and really nice as well. Good beer selection. This all sounds great right? Why the two stars? Here comes my two star review: the food. My friend and I ordered the seafood platter, it was not that great.. not even for a pub. I've eaten a ton of seafood over this past summer and this was the worst. It was so bad I was sick all night when I got home. Really disappointed, I have an iron stomach usually, but not with this seafood platter. I'd suggest going and enjoying the patio and a drink, but maybe avoid the seafood platter!

    Great foods
    Nikki E.

    My husband and i and my mom stop and eat here. They foods are amazing. My Curried Chicken pennie. Its amazing tasty and lots of flavor. My mom also really like her salmon. Its fresh and prefect.

    a band playing on stage
    Jeff S.

    The Celtic Corner is definitely the best bar in Dartmouth. I live in Halifax so I don't get there that often but since I grew up on that side of the harbour I have lots of friends that still live over there. When we meet up it usually is the half way point which would be the Celtic Corner. This place has a fantastic patio that is open during the Summer months, you walk up a set of back stairs, through a parking lot and end up in a little oasis overlooking the harbour with great views of Halifax. They have your standard bars on tap, reasonably priced and some decent pub food to indulge in. Friday nights are the best night to go if you are looking for a bit of a crowd. Which is a mix of locals who have lived in the neighbourhood for years, and people coming home from work in Halifax. With the new buildings in the area you get a good mix people and there is always a story to be told at the end of the night. There is a live band on the weekends, mind you it is usually one of those typical maritime bands playing hits from the 90's and staples like "Farewell to Nova Scotia" and "Barretts Privateers". They also have a great breakfast menu, reasonably cheap and good portions. Try their Breakfast Quesadilla. All in all a decent spot to have a few pints with friends on the other side of the Harbour, great excuse to take ride on the Ferry and see Dartmouth.

    the front of the building
    Bethany J.

    Celtic Corner can do no wrong. It has fantastic in-person dining and their catering side is just as wonderful. I've been fortunate enough to do both many times and I never leave feeling unsatisfied. Located in downtown Dartmouth, just across from the library, it says "Irish pub" like few places do. The interior is done up with gleaming wood and brass, with both tables and booths available. There is also a private room for functions to the right of the door and several more secluded booths at the back, which are perfect for business lunches. Often, there are also armchairs by the fire which make a great place to wait for the rest of your party. In warm weather, they open up the rooftop patio which is well shaded and affords a great view of the harbour. I can't think of anything I've tried that I didn't care for. The house salad is a great combination of both green and pasta salad with a tangy dressing. The Steak and Guiness pie is to die for, as are their sandwiches. On the catering side, Celtic Corner provides a generous allotment of food. Give them as much notice as you can, as they are busy and I have sometimes been out-of-luck when hoping to make a last-minute order. Celtic Corner does three things right: good food, good service and good beer. Once you try them, you'll agree.

    Photo from Celtic's Official Web Site
    Krista L.

    The Celtic Corner is a terrific downtown bar and has become a true watering hole for many Dartmouthians. The bar is laid out on one floor with a separate section off to one side - presumably for larger groups, and with 4 little enclosed booths in the back, and a rooftop patio open in the summer. The Celtic Corner offers many of the traditional items that you would find in a pub, but also offers some of their own specialties. Personal favorites are the Greek Chicken Salad and the Chicken and Curry Kaiser. They pub is also famous for its open-mic night and frequent live entertainment. Check the events page on their web site for more information.

    Fish and chips in the sun!
    Jacqueline N.

    Classic Pub, delicious food, great service and MAYBE the best patio in the HRM. Oh you want MORE??? Well I don't get to Dartmouth too often but when I do in the summer, I usually end up here on the patio. They have such a fantastic view of the Halifax skyline. The perk of Dartmouth is looking at the waterfront of Halifax. The food is simple but consistent. You will not be disappointed but it is your standard pub fare. Their Fish and Chips were pretty on point, even in a city full of F&C's. The service is always great friendly, helpful and not overwhelming. There are a million more things you could say that are great about this place, but really it's fun, cozy and always worth the trip!

    Calamari
 Overall: 2.8/5
 Recommend: No
    Domenico S.

    Dish: Calamari Overall: 2.8/5 Recommend: No Brilliant Calamari in rarely found in an Irish a Pub. However, Celtic Corner is a landmark in Dartmouth. I had to at least give the dish a shot and if nothing else, there was bound to be great entertainment and good company. ... Value: 4/5 Not a great dish, but a heaping amount of squid. It's like no one has told pubs that I'm supposed to feel mildly ripped off, and that they're supposed to overcharge for their squid regardless of quality. First timer: 1/5 I wouldn't advise this as a spot for first timers, it's not a fair entry into the dish ... Was this dish good? No, not really... See the full review at www.squidverse.com

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    Review Highlights - Celtic Corner Public House

    Located in downtown Dartmouth, just across from the library, it says "Irish pub" like few places do.

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    The Old Triangle Irish Alehouse - Cornbeef Sandandwich & Plowmans lunch.. yummy

    The Old Triangle Irish Alehouse

    3.9(211 reviews)
    1.9 kmDowntown Halifax
    $$

    Great atmosphere. Live music most nights. Food is great comfort food. It makes you feel warm…read moreinside even if the weather outside is cold. We had the curry and chips - which was an amazing pulled chicken on top of fries with a great curry gravy. My wife had the Dublin Pastie - which was a puff pastry stuffed with chicken and a bunch of other yummy stuff. The waiter was very good with suggestions on favourites. He made sure to check in on us, we never felt rushed or ignored despite the many people in the pub. Also would recommend you try a flight of the draft beers - the recommended local breweries flight was great in variety and flavour. Would definitely come again!

    I came here for a casual work meeting with my colleagues on a Sunday afternoon. It was quite…read moreenjoyable. I got the lobster roll with Caesar salad. While the roll itself was small, the lobster salad mix was fresh and tasty. While I generally prefer fresh lobster off the shell with melted butter for my lobster rolls, the one I got from the Old Triangle Irish Alehouse was not bad at all. The Caesar salad, on the other hand, was absolutely phenomenal. I love how every piece of lettuce was well covered in the dressing, served with some of the tastiest croutons I've had. I did not expect that at all. The server was friendly. I also really enjoyed the live music.

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    The Narrows - Narrows house

    The Narrows

    5.0(1 review)
    2.1 kmNorth End

    I can't believe The Narrows Public House isn't here in Yelp, and I may regret adding it. This place…read moreis a special dining experience. Even though we knew about where it was, we walked right past the beautiful two-story historic house initially. We knew by taking a look at the website they do not accept reservations, which was fine with us. We were, however, going on a Friday night. On walking into the main entry, that space was packed wall-to-wall. Within a few short minutes, one of the staff greeted us. They don't exactly have a formal wait list here, from what I could tell. The staff member offered us the drinks menu and asked if we'd like to order something while we waited on a table. We ordered up a couple of pints, then looked around for some open space to stand. They have two standing bar rails, one in the main area near the bar itself and another one in the middle dining area. This place has about the most creative layout of booths and tables I've ever seen. They do have an outdoor patio out back, but we didn't take a look at that. They have quite a few very comfy two-person booths around the interior. It appeared the way the wait list worked was that they either have a phenomenal memory, or they actually use the bar tab you open to work like a wait list. It seems to really be more about how many you have in your party, and the exact size of any tables/booths that open up. We might have waited about 30 minutes or so for our table for two up in the front of the main dining room. Every single person on the wait staff here is amazing. Let me just get that out of the way. The beer list is great, loaded up with so many good local and Nova Scotia craft beer options. The food menu is what really makes this place special, though. We were on vacation, so we may have a tendency for our eyes to be bigger than our stomachs can handle. There was just so many amazing looking dishes. We started out with a pickle jar, fried taters, and the tomatoes appetizers. I have to say, and my wife agrees, the tomatoes dish was the best of everything we had. Its made up of sliced cherry tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, shallots, capers, and garlic chips. All that is sitting on top of creme fraiche. By the time you're finishing the dish, you start thinking about a straw to finish up that creme fraiche. Good grief, that was so good. Don't pass on the fried taters, though. Those seemed to be mashed potatoes formed into rectangular big fries, cooked almost like panko and served with horseradish sour cream. After all that, we could only muster splitting the deli style chop salad with cold water shrimp on it. Our great waitress talked us into an order of the brown bread, a very soft kind of Irish soda bread I believe. That bread just melts in your mouth. If you decide to venture out to The Narrows, you're in for a total experience. You'll feel like you stepped back in time to a real British pub... the house must be from somewhere around the mid 1800s. Every room is warm and cozy, with beautiful woodwork and curious antiques in all sorts of nooks and crannies. You may have quite a long wait depending on the size of your party and how busy the place is, but trust me... its worth every minute.

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    Woodside Tavern - Cheeseburger and fries

    Woodside Tavern

    4.4(5 reviews)
    1.4 kmDartmouth

    When searching the interwebs for a potential new trivia location, I learned a lot of new things…read moreabout the Woodside Tavern. Other than hosting a monthly trivia night (sorry, not frequent enough for my team), they have a ton of live music (the Gus' Pub of Dartmouth?) and some dabs of South Asian food on their menu, including Nepalese momos. Intrigued, I popped by for lunch while in the area. The expansive space was mostly empty when I showed up on a Monday afternoon, with a couple slot jockeys at the back of the bar. Their stage is at the front, with seating for a few dozen across several tables and booths. Wood paneling, dart boards, and a pool table complete the expected vibe. I was quickly seen to by the warm and welcoming woman working the front of house, and I went with the aforementioned dumplings, as well as their lentil soup to get a little more veg in my meal. The lentil soup came quickly, flanked by a slice of toasted whole wheat bread. It's not traditional, but it is about as telling as the very noticeable menu descriptions like "mild curry" and the "mild" sauce that comes with the momos. There's a lot of hand-holding here, and catering to more delicate palettes. I'm a big fan of dal makhani, although I'm used to it being much thicker, and more of a curry dish than a soup, but this warm and earthy, albeit thinner, version was delicious nonetheless. It didn't pack any of the heat that dal makhanis often do, but I was in Dartmouth's oldest bar, after all. The momos arrived shortly thereafter, with seven large, pleated dumplings in a spiral around a small ramekin of (mild) sauce. The steamed dumplings were tender and moist, with pliable wrappers that held up well. The minced chicken had a punch of flavour from some sauteed onions, and the (mild) tomato and sesame sauce brought a lot of flavour and depth, as I eagerly dunked each momo in it. My next time there had me coming for a mid-week dinner, and I sat in the same spot as before up on the stage and by a window facing Pleasant Street. I ordered up at the bar this time, grabbing a pint of Moosehead and the cheeseburger (with added bacon). It was pretty quiet once again, so the food didn't take long. The menu states that the burger has a hefty 7oz patty, and it was definitely broad and thick, although it had a light, almost meatball-like texture. The cheese wasn't quite as melted as you'd want, but the bacon was nice and crisp, and the toasted bun held up well. Not an award winner, but a satisfying dive bar burger. The accompanying fries were of the crispy coated sort, which I'll give the Woodside a pass for, since they were likely never going to have hand-cut, twice-cooked fries. So they were crisp, and a light seasoning added a little je ne sais quoi. It's cool that the Woodside is mixing up the menu, compared to their dive bar peers, and doing all kinds of live shows, and I look forward to coming back to experience both!

    The owner Harry​ runs​ it with his wife are welcoming and if pressed you can get a wonderful…read moreconversation on almost any topic. I can't​ say more about my admiration​ for these two. They offer like previous​ reviews amazing burgers and a famous curry. But let me tell you its ALL about the onion rings. Hand made to order, better than A&W's by a mile. They also offer free pool on Saturday​ and Sunday​. On top of the ​easy going atmosphere​, the charm of the owners and these onion rings is what brings​ me back time and time again​.

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    The Brown Hound Public House - Shepherd's pie

    The Brown Hound Public House

    4.0(1 review)
    2.3 kmDowntown Halifax

    Located near my place of employment, it was an inevitability that I soon ended up at the downtown…read moreBrown Hound (which is also the latest Halifax-themed elocution phrase). It's slightly off the beaten path, occupying the lower level of the Benjamin Wier House near the corner of Bishop and Hollis. The historic building is the perfect setting for a pub and the plentiful stone, brick and wood transports you away from the contemporary towers that could have been copy and pasted from any city. This truly feels like Halifax. The menu has familiar bar bites and British fare, but is more compact than most of its peers, with about a dozen mains and has as many apps, which lends more confidence into the effort being put into those dishes. Popping over for a pre-holiday lunch with co-workers, I gave in and went for the steak and Guinness pie. Savoury pastries have a special place in my heart (both figuratively and literally with how hearty they are) and I was eager to see what Brown Hound's was like. Despite our moderately-sized group, our food came out in quick order. The pie was doused in a layer of gravy, and came with a side of fries and a smattering of roasted vegetables. The pastry was flaky on top and supple enough below to hold everything together. I appreciated that the chunky tenderloin tips were fork-tender and not at all dry, and the rich Guinness gravy made for a lovely hot mess. I feel like a lot of restaurants have given up on making good hand-cut fries and take the easy way out and get coated fries from their food service provider, and Brown Hound seems to be amongst them. I like them well enough, and they are true to their name, but it seems like a cop out and makes them inedible to people with celiac. A return visit saw my wife and I coming by for dinner on the patio. It wasn't quite as sunny as would have been ideal, but that's a common sentiment in Halifax. It's a nice space in the cul-de-sac/courtyard though, with plenty to take in, from the historic buildings through to the new. This time around, I opted for their house burger, while my wife got their shepherd's pie, and I sipped on a pint of Breton Brewing's strawberry rhubarb sour. Our food came in good time, and we hungrily tucked into our dinners. I really enjoyed their burger! Interestingly, it's a mix of beef and pork, and I'll go out on a limb and assume that's a food cost control effort. I don't mind, and you don't really notice for better or worse, but it does restrict your potential clientele a bit if they don't eat pork, especially since I didn't see an no all-beef option. That all said the patty and its accoutrements tasted great. The jalapeno Monterey Jack cheese was nicely melted and brought a mild, but quite noticeable pop of heat. The bacon was good and crispy, while arugula brought its signature peppery bite. The remaining standard toppings - tomato, onion, and dill pickle - brought some freshness and contrast against the richer items. I was looking forward to the rosemary aioli, but it didn't stand out from the other flavours. The toasted bun held up well against its messy payload. The menu said it was the beer-battered fries for this, but it was a from-frozen, skin-on variety, which while not amazing, were still decently crispy and solved my aforementioned accessibility issue with the beer-battered ones. My wife's shepherd's (technically cottage since it was beef and pork, and not lamb) pie was a very hefty serving. Interestingly, the potatoes were in sporadic dollops rather than one smooth layer, and the meat and vegetable layer was much more stew-like than a typical shepherd's pie. It all worked though; the potatoes were smooth and creamy a had a touch of browning from the broiler, while the stew-y part was hearty and rich. The Brown Hound is brushing with greatness, and if it leaned into the British part of the menu a little more and had a few minor tweaks to step their game up, they could take over the top tier of the pub scene in Halifax.

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