What a pleasant surprise! Came here for a quick bite, had their special. Cottage pie, and that a…read morelovely meal. Gordon may have given it a thumbs up! I will be back!

Amazing food, service and entertainment. Highly recommend…read more Their daily specials are fantastic. Breakfast is top notch and very reasonably priced.

My co workers and I came in for a birthday lunch. Customer service was so on point . Love that they…read moregive you pop corn to munch on while you wait for your food. I ordered the general tao salad and the classic beef tartar. The general tao looked so fancy, great presentation and the taste was so good. The beef tartar was perfect and i would know cause tartar is my thing. Also the decor is amazing, very sporty. I definitely recommend this place. Will be back

Swift service and pleasant crowd…read more The bar vibrant. The wings are well cooked. I often take a beef tartare as well but to be honest all of the menu is on point.

I love Jack astors it is my favourite restaurant and their food is amazing. My dad used to through…read morea big Party there on New year's eve. The location is great, with many other restaurants around but Jack astors is the best. "Sorry, we're Open"

My girlfriend and I came in no one came up to us for 20 minutes no water no nothing. Would rather…read moreserve others that had just arrived instead of us very disappointed

I just grabbed a burger here for the first time tonight and it was amazing! I ordered a peppercorn…read moreburger, which came with Brie, caramelized onions, garlic sauce and cracked peppercorns and it was one of the better burgers I've had in Ottawa (comparable to Chez Lucien). The fries were also great, as well as the service. Also, lots of screens all around for watching sports, and a fairly friendly atmosphere where it's easy to talk to other sports fans. I'd definitely come here again.

There are a number of drinking joints along this stretch of Wellington. I just had to stop at The…read moreWood though because it bills itself as a wine and sports bar. What? Wine AND sports? No way! It has dark glass, so it is tough to see what is going on in there. But, be brave and give it a shot. Okay, first off - they do sell more than wine. They offer a number of good beers on tap - Harp, Kilkenny....Coor's Light...??? Okay, well most are good. And, they have about 20 bottled brands in the fridge. They also serve liquour and martinis. But, back to the wine. They have a huge menu, divided by countries - Canada, Italy, Australia, etc. And, you can have your wine by the glass or the 1/2 litre if you want to try more than one kind. Sports definitely is a theme - the tv shows all the big games. So, who knew wine and sports could go together so well? Definitely something for everyone at The Wood.

We recently visited Tailgators for a company Christmas party which we have done for the last 3…read moreyears and must say every year the service keeps getting better and better. We were setup with a very large space that had pool tables and table tennis and were given the ability to bring our own decorations to add a theme to the event. We were allowed to setup in advance and were given assistance in both the setup and takedown. The food was great, we were given a buffet style selection which consisted of items such as sandwiches, pizza, meatballs, chicken wings, samosas, and mozzarella sticks. The food all tasted great and there was more than enough for everyone to eat. They have a decent selection of drinks, the only negative that I would say is that I would like to see a greater selection of local microbrew beers but that's ok. The service was what made the event that much more enjoyable. You never needed to chase down a server to get drinks and they always made sure that the glasses and dishes were picked up promptly so the place didn't look messy. I don't think there was a single time that I waited more than 2-3 minutes for a drink. If you are looking to just go and play pool or have an event here, I would definitely recommend dropping in.

Great food served by attentive staff. THE place in Ottawa to play pool. Be aware that it gets VERY…read morenoisy during a major televised sports event.

More than generous portions, attentive and friendly staff and a clean inviting atmosphere. This…read moreplace is 3 for 3

Ok, to be fair, I want to note we entered at 9:30p on a Sunday night of a long weekend, when not…read moretoo much was going on sports wise. The place was dead. First thing I noticed was not being noticed. The two staff were deep in conversation. The bar tender did finally noticed us, and found one menu for the two us and effectively said seat yourself over there. Third thing? Seating myself identified they maybe aren't diligent about cleaning tables. Sigh. Ordered wings and sweet potato fries. They were good, particularly the fries. Also good, Perth Bonfire Black Lager. The waitress was attentive and made good use of her time. She showed up at the right moments. So sort of a mixed bag here.

I find it unusual the subtitle of this place is "Sports Bar & Eatery" because sitting in there, I…read morefelt incredibly uncool. The atmosphere is very hip, low-lit, and very thoughtfully decorated. I actually kept noting to my friends how much I loved the interior design of the place. I can see from my fellow Yelpers that this place used to be a little more hokey? Ha! Anyway, we were here on a Friday on what appeared to be a short-staffed night because our waitress seemed irritable. We let her know we were expecting more people but she didn't try that too hard to accommodate us (To be fair, my tardy friends had not made a reservation). Eventually we were able to spread across three booths so it worked out fine, but we were unable to move tables because of the pending karaoke setup. Musical chairs aside, the food was terrible to start with. My bf and I ordered the bruschetta and it was awful, amateur. Salty! Our entrees saved the night: he had pizza and I had wings, and we both enjoyed them. My friends complained about the calamari, noting they were rubbery. Couldn't take any pictures because of the dim lighting of the place. Anyway, based on the ambience of the place, I would return for a drink, but keep it intimate.

The Bar formerly known as Bonkers is now known as Blackpepper. Don't be fooled by the fancy new…read moresign and the coat of paint, this is still definitely Bonkers. Bonkers is a sports bar, emphasis on the bar part. They do serve food, although I haven't eaten anything there since the name change so I don't know what the food is like anymore. This place is a locals bar, but be warned it's locals in the "sketchy folk drinkin" sense than in the family sense. The beer isn't all that cheap and the selection is "meh" while the atmosphere isn't all that great (feels like a small town bar, complete with neon signs advertising Budweiser). The only redeeming quality is that they have Karaoke on friday nights, which is usually good entertainment. The Karaoke tends to attract the student crowd so is usually a lot of fun. Oh and young men beware, there tends to be cougars present.

I would give them a -5 star review we came on the 30dec we played 10pm-12am no one asked for any ID…read moreand were 7 people but when we came on the 1st of January we all did not have our ID on us we were all excited to play expecting no questions about ID but apparently we can't play without ID t some come fix this issue I can't having to drive form Kanata to come play at the best 8 pool in Ottawa for me to go back home with my buddies because apparently you're not welcome if you don't have your ID after 6 o'clock?????????

Place is joke. Low quality food, no snooker tables, service is slow as hell, to under staffed. I am…read morepretty sure someone puked in the entrance. Can't give less than 1 star