Quality is rarely an accident; it is the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent…read moreexecution. Kudos to Front-of-House (FOH), Back-of-House (BOH), and management!!! Lunch yesterday--my wife n' I visited for the first time--celebrating my birthday. Work colleagues had raved about the good food and service at The Cheshire Cat Pub. Our visit absolutely confirmed their perceptions--wow!!! Based on our experience we'll add an additional x15+++ to their 'rave' sentiments. A dedicated a top notch team effort from reservation, meal and final wrap up! The food, venue, the entire Cheshire Cat Pub Team working in unison made for an outstanding birthday celebration experience! We started our lunch with amber beer on tap, followed by Hot Beef & Yorkie, 2 piece FIsh n' Chips and Sticky Toffee Pudding & tea. To the The Cheshire Cat Pub...your teamwork and dedication to excellance is commendable. Kudos to all of you.

Pot pie was tasty Service was quick and friendly…read more Ambience is cozy and compact Lots of wall and ceiling articles Never disappointed with food Always good

Just hit up this place last night, pretty cool crowd and the owner is pretty chills. Definitely…read morecoming back again!

Was in the area and stumbled into this place with my girlfriend on a friday night. Food portions…read morewere generous, service was great, and the beer selection was plentiful. Will definitely come back again.

The best spots to eat are always the ones you just stumble upon when traveling. That's how we found…read moreourselves enjoying an incredible meal at The Swan at Carp. Originally constructed as a Presbyterian manse in 1902 and later converted to a pub, the Swan was reborn in 2000 by the current owners, both of who. Are professionally trained chefs. The ambiance is warm with an eclectic decor and a healthy dash of history. The staff are delightful and attentive. We enjoyed the Sweet and Spicy Wonton soup as a starter followed by two incredible entrees. The crispy and savoury Korean Fried Chicken was an amazing dish full of flavour and just enough spice to keep your tastebuds excited for the next bite. The second entree was perfectly prepared Pork Schnitzel which was enhanced by an amazing lemon cream sauce. To end things off we ordered the Maple Crème Brûlée, a smooth creamy dessert with a nice maple finish. The Signature Chocolate Supreme Cake was perfectly moist, light and delectable. Everything we ate was made in house, by the owners who have taken great care to put together a menu to meet everyone's desires. The portions were very generous and the service was top notch.

This place has a lot of Korean dishes for some reason. They get 3.5 stars…read more Soup of the Day was chicken gumbo which was decent. Crab cakes were ok. They were cut with a lot of filler but were crispy & tasty enough. Korean fried chicken was decent. The chicken was slightly over-sauced & was really boneless bites - Korean fried chicken is supposed to be bone-in. The fries were pretty good: they were lightly spiced. The duck was pretty good - crispy & pretty tasty. The root vegetable mash was good.

Delicious baked brie and waffle. The baked beans were the surprise star, and the mini smoothie very…read morerefreshing. Service was good. There was live music on a Saturday morning which was very nice, but made it a little hard for conversation. The chairs are very heavy!

Their appetizers are really underrated. I enjoy all of them, especially the wonton app!read more

This is not an Irish pub; it is a Scottish pub (and a very good one)…read more Had many good evenings there, but better on Robbie Burns Day than St. Patrick's Day.

Great food. So good service was amazing. Truly a great restaurant…read more I also saw shaky there

Went in last night with my friend and the pub smelled horrible, like mildew and BO despite the…read moreplace being relatively quiet. We sat at the bar and the bartender told us we "reeked" and couldn't come close to us (we were puzzled as we were in a fancy restaurant earlier that night and knew we didn't stink). She welcomed another group of customers and told them she couldn't go near us because we stank. The cook came out of kitchen to clock out and have a beer, he sat beside us and apologized for her behaviour, and she snapped at him. Definitely unprofessional and made us feel very uncomfortable.

I'm generally not a huge fan of pub chains, but The Royal Oak was having their Lobsterfest, and my…read morefather-in-law loves lobster, so my husband and I took him there for a belated Father's Day celebration. I wasn't crazy about my meal, but the men thought theirs were ok. 2.5 stars overall, but I'll be nice and round up to 3. We all ordered from their limited-time Lobsterfest menu. I got the Lobster Rolls ($18) and my husband and father-in-law both got the One Pound Lobster Dinner (market price, which was $29 that day). I got a choice of fries, pub chips or soup with my lobster rolls and I chose fries. I was pretty disappointed with my lobster rolls. They were filled with mostly imitation crab/Surimi, barely any lobster. There were zero lobster chunks, just tiny lobster specks. The filling was also a bit too salty for my tastes. The filling tasted like imitation crab, mayo, green onions and salt. The rolls had lettuce and tomatoes, and there was a pickle spear on the side. The rolls were in a buttered hot dog bun. I think a more accurate name for the rolls would have been "imitation crab rolls." The accompanying fries were ok. They were at least crispy and hot, and thankfully not too mealy. Incidentally, my husband had had the Lobster Rolls at a different Royal Oak (downtown Ottawa) a little over a week earlier, and he said his rolls had lobster chunks in them and he enjoyed his rolls, so I really think not all Royal Oaks are equal. The Lobster Dinners that my husband and father-in-law had came with two sides. My husband got the soup and pub chips and my father-in-law got the soup and fries. The soup of the day was a "sweet and spicy beef soup." I had a taste of the soup and it was quite good. It had an Asian twist to it with the seasonings that were in it and the beef was so tender. I had some of the pub chips and they were good as well. I liked that some were super crispy, but some were a little softer with a little bit of chewiness. The men said the lobsters were good, but obviously not as good as lobster when you're in the Maritimes (which is where my father-in-law is from). Service was friendly. We did wait a bit longer than I expected to to get our food, but not an unreasonable amount of time. It's in a strip mall, so lots of free parking.

Well after being away from Kanata for a dozen years I was looking forward to my visit…read more I sat at the bar and endured the trash old fashion you tired to make. I was polite. And did not complain. I waited for my kids to arrive and sat in a HALF empty restaurant for 30mins. We moved to a bar table and you told us that our wait for food would be over 40mins because of one table. Sure there might have been 20 people but you are HALF empty. Not sure what you would do if you were actually busy. What a waste. Disappointed and I hope others only visit when your parking lot is empty. Do this in my town and you'd be closed in under a week.

This pub has been here only forever... and we've never been here before! What gives? Well, last…read morenight we attended a play across the street at the Kanata Theatre, and we were the lucky recipients of a discount at this restaurant, so we decided to cave in and give it a try! We waited at the front for a few minutes before we were greeted by a young Hostess. The restaurant was not packed by any means, but there were a few other patrons, mostly older people. It made me wonder if they were doing what we were doing: grabbing a bite before the show. Our waiter admitted that he was in training as he was new; this is his first week and only his 3rd day. He and another waiter served us for this visit. Oddly, the veteran waiter welcomed us back - and thought we were here recently! Perusing the menu, they offer good specials during the week. We both chose the 1 piece of fish and chips which is normally $15.00 and on special last night for $11.00. and a beer (Keith's I think??! at $5.00 on Wednesdays - a different beer every night.) I found all my food was delicious and would not hesitate to order it again here. I loved the batter on the fish, and the coleslaw was tasty if a bit too much sauce on it. Our service was reasonable, although they were a tiny bit slow bringing the bill. They must be aware of the theatre diners... None the less, I would go back.

This place is conveniently located near the movie theater. We were promptly greeted and seated, and…read moreour energetic server gave us plenty of time to order. While we waited for our food, I admired the exposed brick walls and other details of the restaurant. On the main floor, there's a private room that can seat up to 30. Just called ahead to reserve, and there's no $ minimum. There's a variety of seats. The majority seems to be high top height. Personally, I prefer a regular table and chair height, so next time I will ask for that choice. Our house salad and bacon smash burger came out lightening fast. The food plus the beer were ok.

For a brewery, the beer was not very good. I had two different IPAs and they both had a similar…read morestrange flavor. For a brewery, I could not believe that they did not have a better selection of beer. The food was definitely better than the beer and the service was good. The ministry was a nice wide open space. But all the plates at the table were just above average. Nothing was absolutely amazing.

My in-laws saw The Old Mill at Ashton Pub on a local TV show and wanted to try it, so the four of…read moreus went. It is a bit of a trek from Ottawa proper. The decor is very British pub-like (lots of British memorabilia). Charming if you like that kind of stuff. I had the Salmon Boxty ($14.99). I thought that salmon, cream sauce and sun-dried tomatoes sounded like an interesting combination. The combination tasted not so much interesting, but rather odd. It was edible but I would not order it again. The Boxty came with a salad which was ok. Others at the table had the Steak and Kidney Pie, Ashton Chicken and the Grilled Salmon Dinner. They liked their meals better than I liked mine. I did notice on the menu that they had Rarebit. I love Welsh Rarebit and I rarely (haha, pun intended) see this on the menu anywhere in Ottawa. I regret not ordering it while I was there. Service was competent. It looks like they have lots of regulars. Servers seemed more friendly with the regulars than us non-locals. I am not a beer drinker so the fact that this is a brew pub makes no difference to me, but my husband enjoyed trying their beer. I think this would be a good place to go if you live in Ashton or happen to be driving through. I personally would not make a special trip to go back though.

3.5 Stars; when oh well will Yelp give us those half-stars to vote for?!…read more This place is still good. The food is good; they've upgraded the menu. The service is good, if a tad slow. Not an overabundance of wait-staff in this place. On the down-side: it was so busy in here! Such a popular place, even on a Wednesday evening - full to the rafters! You couldn't hear yourself think! And it was so H O T in there! The flies were having a party! On the up-side: our group of about 15 people was part of the problem: loud, and hungry and thirsty! Even better: they have started selling little brown jugs of their home brew. Yeah!!! We'll definitely be back.

Grow theirs own cocktails herb and flowers…read more The patio is charming and so is the interior. The staff is very knowledgeable it's very pleasant to know more about the dishes.

I was SO stoked to finally visit the Moonroom after seven or so years of wanting to go!…read more After a Saturday night at Bluesfest, we waited somewhere else for about half an hour before they told us the kitchen was backed up, so we walked down Preston and I was so glad the Moonroom was still open. We didn't get there until about 12:30am and it was pretty full. We didn't leave until maybe 2:30am and it was still pretty full considering the time. They're not normally open this late, but it seems like a lot of the businesses on Preston decided to stay open later to catch the post-Bluesfest crowd. Good call! We decided to sit inside since there was an empty table, otherwise I would've liked to sit out on their back patio, which looked really pretty with the lights. Inside was a nice vibe though, too. It's small/narrow, dimly lit, with sheets covering the different coloured ceiling lights, and candles on the table. It's very intimate and pretty romantic. We sat close to the bar and there was another party of two beside us. The music was a bit louder so we couldn't really hear the other table's conversations, but not so loud that we couldn't hear each other. They were playing the Bee Gees when we walked (danced) in, so we were really about the jams. My husband got a rotating draught IPA by Daft Brewing, can't remember which one it was. I got the Jill Collins, which had Tanqueray Gin, Affino Limone, fresh lemon and mint, cane syrup, and a Moon soda top. It was super refreshing, bright, and not too sweet, which is exactly what I wanted. We shared/I mostly ate the "OG Grilled Cheese" and "Panzanella-esque Salad". The grilled cheese had aged Balderson and cream cheeses in a crunchy baguette smothered in toasted garlic butter, served with Moon ketchup. It was exactly as described, with very crunchy, buttery garlic bread and creamy cheese. The Moon ketchup is made in-house, thinner and chunkier than processed, store-bought ketchup, with stronger flavours. It was okay, but I didn't need to dip much in the ketchup because I really enjoyed the sandwich and it was on the saltier side itself. Because it was a lot creamier than gooey, I'd say it was more of a sandwich than a grilled cheese, but still very tasty. I really am not a huge fan of salad in general, but I can't complain when it was burrata on top. It also had salty bread, arugula, roasted tomatoes, fresh peaches, herbs, and honey. The peaches were more firm than ripe and juicy, which was good for a salad, though I wish they were a bit sweeter. The burrata wasn't creamy inside like I expected, but I love cheese in any form. I really don't know what possessed me to get salad, especially after a bunch of drinks in the wee hours of the night, but my body thanked me later. Salty, bitter, a little sweet, fresh, and not heavy, even with (more) bread and cheese. It was great. They unfortunately ran out of the affogato, which probably would've convinced my husband to stay longer. Too bad. The vegan dark chocolate gelato from Farinella that they put in it sounded amazing. The beer was $10.50, my cocktail was $19, grilled cheese $16, and salad $17, which was pricey. BUT, the fresh herbs are from their garden on the back patio, they make their own soda and ketchup (among other things), everything was delicious, and even late at night the cocktails and dishes were still well put together and tasted great, plus I finally came here after so long. No regrets! Our server was super nice, same with owner and one of the bartenders, who even popped over and sat with us for a bit to chat. And not in a weird/creepy/in-your-face way lol she was cool. She was the one who greeted us when we came in and said bye to us on our way out. There's no flash photography (I forgot to turn my auto flash off for my salad, sorry!). They're open all week from 5pm to 2am, no reservations, no large groups, and no phone (just stop by). I wasn't sure if it would meet the high expectations and hype I had built up in my head after waiting so long to visit, but it totally did. It's such a nice spot, we had an amazing time, and we will definitely be back!