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    Poacher's Arms

    3.3 (15 reviews)
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    Open 4:00 pm - 2:00 am (Next day)

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    Korean fried chicken, chicken & cilantro dumplings, fries and jalapeño bites
    Miles P.

    The Korean fried chicken available for takeout is fantastic! Just ordered takeout and will definitely have to get it again soon. So many great nights listening to live music and playing Pool pre-covid. Great prices, delicious food and devotion to customer service.

    Teena D.

    I had supper this evening at The Poacher's Arms. It's in the basement of an office building and they have a lot of space. I ordered garlic bread with cheese and a pound of wings with honey garlic sauce. Both were good and I'd order them again. There were nine wings to the pound and the wings were big! Richie was my server. He was friendly and took good care of me.

    Fish & Chips served on a strange long platter to make it look like more and nachos in the background.
    Bon D.

    I'm not a drinker, back in the day yeah... but now I don't so perhaps if I were to check with my high school self I'd of said this place was great but the me now disagrees. Gone is the smoke-filled bar crowd (maybe they arrive later) but still there are the pool tables and same bathrooms though repainted and such. The company was amazing, love getting together with my friend Jen and sitting down for chat & grub so that gets five stars!! The meal not so much. Ordered a Shirley Temple, because well... why not I don't drink but doesn't mean I can't have a fun mock-tail. Unfortunately it came already mixed/stirred taking some of the fun away and also no fruit sword/fruit in glass. Wah wah. I opted for the Fish & Chips thinking, hey it's on the pub grub menu so... gotta be at least safe. Well if safe means cake-cod then yep it was, I don't think I'll get sick from it but it was not good. The cakey exterior of the batter on the fish was gross out number one. Gross out number two was the over dill-ed up slaw and the equally as dill tartar with no lemon or pepper to even it out. No amount of malt vinegar, salt or lemon was going to save that portion of the meal. However, the servers checked in with us at a fair amount of times without seeming intrusive and the fries had a good crispy seasoned coating with creamy texture inside. And as I said the company was fantastic. If I were a student, or drunk the meal might have faired better but alas... I'll likely pass this one over in the future but keep the company!

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    Jennifer M.

    The 3 stars are for the "Poachers Trio" which isn't worth $9.99 as you only get 3 of each item. I was very disappointed. I shared the pulled pork flatbread later in the evening and that was amazing. Lots of beer options, but I'm a girl drink drunk and I was having trouble finding something that would really hit the spot. I settled for ordering long island iced teas that got progressively more watered down. Boo. I was waiting a while for a friend and one gentleman (possibly manager?) was kind enough to keep checking on me and we joked later with said friend that her name was Snuffaluffagus. However, this pub shines with how they deal with and host social events. I was there for a paint night and they immediately started a tab. The server in the paint room was fairly consistent in coming around, but I think a few ladies had some issues. As we left, trivia was going on and there was a decent crowd for that, too. I would be mindful of the menu and perhaps ask about the size of certain items because it does have some inconsistencies if you compare to other pubs (a $12.99 app platter elsewhere almost fills you up). But it is a good central spot to meet with friends and partake in one of the hosted events.

    Mike H.

    The service was a little slow but I ordered the meat loaf which was pretty good, the mash potatoes were a little salty and the veggies were soggy and not fresh. My company ordered the Sheppard's pie which was ok at best. The meat wasn't very flavourful and the gravy on top was a bit too salty. For the app itself we got the fried Mac n cheese bites which seemed like frozen pieces from a factory that were deep fried. It was still delicious but something I could cook at home. The service was a little slow a place that wasn't busy but overall nice and friendly staff. The atmosphere was very pub like and what you'd expect for a city known for its university.

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    1 year ago

    It's a good place to spend time after long day of work I like that it's gang thank you for the service

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    10 years ago

    Alright place. No complaints. Food and drink is cheap and it's usually pretty quite. It's really just a good place to hang out.

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    Fish was cooked perfectly and the batter was delicious.

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