Three visits this year so far - what a great place to gather and eat…read more Love the $12 beer and burger special. Love the brunch. Note: on Sundays alcohol not served until noon but 11am on Saturdays. Enjoy!

The lighting in my photo is representative of the quality of the food. Fish tacos were largely…read morecrispy batter, missing fish. A member of our party got the fish & chips and had the same experience. Our server was nice.

Was wearing a Trump 2020 hat and was asked not to return. Asked why and was given no reason. Went…read moreback and told we had to finish our beer and leave, and all the time looking at my hat and not explaining why. Woke ideology is all I can think of. We are spending good money, disgustingly unappreciated. Don't go there in case someone is listening to your conversations. Go Woke. Go Broke.

This review is for the Bayers Lake location…read more 1) Lost 2 stars for poor customer service and lack of information: We walked in at 7:00 p.m. to try their Friday trivia night. (We had called to book a table for trivia and when we walked in, they said no need to reserve--it doesn't get that busy. That should have been a warning.) We sat down for our meal. By 8:30, the first round of trivia had only concluded (this is considered slow--more on that below). That's when the server came by and grumpily asked if one of the people our party was 19 or over (he's 18). When we said no, she said he had to be out of there by 9:00. She didn't think to tell us this at 7:00, knowing we were there for trivia? No signage anywhere on the premises saying "Patrons under 19 have to leave by 9:00 p.m."? What kind of short-sighted policies do they have here? They were happy to take our money and not tell us that we'd have to leave by 9:00, knowing that we wouldn't be able to finish trivia. 2) Lost 1 star for slow and uninteresting trivia. Questions were read straight from a card by a host who didn't seem interested and didn't engage with his audience. He read each question slowly about three times, hence the s-l-o-w pace where it took 30 minutes for one round that didn't even have audio or video clues. The lack of players should have been our clue that this trivia event is not a success. 3) Lost 1 star for loud, eclectic ambience--this place doesn't know what it wants to be. The trivia was taking place at the same time as music on the speaker and sports TV were playing, all jumbled together at the same time. Maybe that's why the host had to repeat each question slowly several times. But hey, if you want to watch baseball while answering questions about Thomas the Tank Engine and listening to Mumford and Sons simultaneously, this is the place for you. If the food were good, it could save this place, but nope, just mediocre fare that could be served at any pub. And don't get me started on the quick little brown movement we saw out of the corner of our eye, darting under the dining tables. We know it's common for restaurants to have this problem, but flagrantly in the dining room while we were eating makes it easy to warn everyone we know never to come here. Solid nope, nope, nope for this place.

The food portion sizes are very random and the types of things you get is inconsistent...the last…read morefew times we ordered from here it was terrible....there was more breading than fish and the service is very slow...

We ate dinner here June 24, it was our choice of seating on 2 other tables taken. It took 6 minutes…read morebefore being greeted, we we're given menus and not tended to for 10 minutes. Finally our order/drinks was taken . we did not receive our drinks for 5 minutes, food came out in 25. Nachos were microwaved what wasnt soggy was stale. The platter was okay, deep fried pepperoni and onion rings were the only things half good. Left here hungry . . and not happy with a 45.00 bill. Overall people were not nice ,But it was ran very poorly

Great food Great timing…read more Great service , very friendly. Little loud but didn't feel unwelcome.

Somehow, I've forgotten about The Thistle since I've been back in town and it was time to rectify…read morethat with a revisit to this rebranded mainstay of New Glasgow's food and bar scene. I'm not sure when The Thistle rebranded as a "gastropub", but not too much seems to have changed with their menu or interior. Their food offerings certainly aren't the chef-driven, creative stylings of a true gastropub. That all said, I still appreciate that these guys are open seven days a week, and are actually open beyond 7-8:00pm, unlike many other places in town. I ordered the Farmhouse burger, a now-longtime fixture of The Thistle's menu, which harkens back to the Man vs Food days of food eating challenges and mash-ups of over-the-top (and belt) menus. Comprised of a 6oz patty, two chicken fingers, bacon and cheese, it's all your day's recommended calories in one meal - so efficient! My wife went with one of her go-to choices, the pulled pork sandwich. It wasn't too too busy for a weekend evening, with a wet spring day keeping some people home, so we got our food in good time. Gastropub moniker or no, pub burgers can be a bit hit or miss, depending on how much the cooks actually give a damn about their job, but my Farmhouse turned out quite well. The patty had a nice char and wasn't dry and overcooked, while the chicken fingers and bacon added some savoury crunch. I'd generally not a fan of BBQ sauces on burgers, as the cloying sweetness really isn't necessary, but the chipotle BBQ sauce had a good flavour. The cheese was good and melty, and the bun toasted - checking some more boxes in Burger 101. The fries were *incredibly* plentiful. Like Five Guys amounts of fries! They could cut back a good 20% and no one in their right mind should complain. They were on the oily side, however. I'm not sure if this is from the fryer not being up to temp after doing some orders, or just not having a proper double fry, but this was a missed opportunity for my mound of hand-cut spuds. My wife's pulled pork sandwich was a solid execution of what's now a very common sight on bar menus. Coleslaw and lettuce brought a little texture, while a large Caesar salad was shared between us (I shared fries too, I promise!). The Thistle may be trying to pull the wool over people's eyes with this rebranding, but this dependable bar is a town fixture for a reason. This meal was more hit than miss, and for that, I'll give them a star upgrade nearly 10 years (!!!) after I first reviewed them here.

More like Han once our food arrived cold . Ordered Salisbury steak and it was tasteless. Never had…read moreanything that bland since the military. The best part of the bar is Jennifer. Courteous, funny, professional and a pleasure to be around!

My wife and I were very impressed and those who know me, know that's not an easy thing to do…read more It is really home made, all of it. It was so good, hard to find a cook that really knows how. We will definitely recommend it, and we can't wait to go back. You gotta try the soup.

Love the St Louis franchise but this one in Lower Sackville is an anomaly…read more Not friendly and the food is mediocre at best. I tried it out a few times and it's consistently poor.

Your radio ad is really obnoxious and annoying, I wouldn't go there based on that alone.read more

I liked Durty Nelly's a lot, although, I don't remember much about it. I was super drunk, and I…read morewrote texts to my friends saying that it was "the best place we've been tonight by far". Whatever set it apart from the others, I'm not too sure. Obviously there's beer there.

Oh my goodness! I was not expecting this level of service when we decided to eat here. This is a…read morepub, but we were treated like we were eating in a fine dining establishment. Shawn and John Luke served us, letting us know that the kitchen was slammed and it may be a while before our food came out if we wanted lunch. The bar was clean and the noise level was not annoying. We ordered anyway, and the wait was not too bad. The fish & chips were cooked to perfection and the slaw was some of the best I've ever had. The ham dish was SO GOOD. The root vegetables were steamed to just right, and the mashed potatoes did not taste like they were instant potatoes. And, the Irish Coffee was a perfect tipoff to dinner. This is our first trip to Nova Scotia and this is the first restaurant where we have eaten here. Thank you, Durty Nelly's. This was a treat and we're so glad to have eaten here.

I love their cheesecake and usually their noodles and pizza are good, but this time I ordered…read morepickup for Alfredo noodles and the noodles were sticky with barely any sauce on them to the point I had to add my own sauce for them to taste good, hopefully the next time goes better.

Good service, Good food. Tyler was great and made our Anniversary dinner very enjoyable. Even got a…read morespecial dessert treat.

Solid restaurant with tasty food. The mushroom ravioli is great. Had the basically in-house beer…read moreand it was good. Server was super friendly. Three seating areas: the nice bar, indoor dining room , and lovely outdoor deck with a nice view.

More of a 3.5 but I'm bumping it up to a 4 for the seafood chowder. And the nice dining area facing…read morethe water. Came here two dinners in a row (because the second night nowhere else was really open) so tried quite a few items on the menu. Really enjoyed the seafood chowder. It was full of seafood and tasted so good. Little shrimps, scallops, pieces of fish. Consistency of the soup was more watery than creamy but I enjoyed it like that. Also tried the battered fried fish and the fish tasted good. For me, the batter was a bit oily though. Still very tasty. The fish cakes were nice and fluffy, and garnished with some sweet marmalade type stuff (not sure what it was). At first I thought there was bacon mixed in but I think it was actually the smoked fish i was tasting. The caesar salad was ok. I felt that it had too much dressing. Tried a sip of the blueberry blonde and it was also just alright. All in all, I found the food to be a little bit of a gamble in terms of whether it would be really tasty or not. It was also odd that the first night we were offered complimentary biscuits with some maple butter of sorts, whereas the second night we weren't offered it. Also on the second night, we were asked where we would like to sit. When I said we would like to sit in the dining area, the waitress told us that the tables weren't set up. I wasn't sure what she was implying by this cause it didn't come with a follow up - did it mean we couldn't sit there or just had to wait? Turns out we just had to wait and after a quick minute it was set up for us and ready to go and the rest of the evening was very nice.

I felt scammed after purchasing a meal from this particular Subway location. It's not really a big…read moredeal but feeling scammed is what makes it a big deal to me. The My Subway rewards app issues free chips every Friday for the all star ranking when you spend enough per year at Subway. The customer facing display at the till showed free chips after I scanned my app. we did it twice and it displayed twice but the lady was persistent in saying I didn't have the coupon for it even though I even pointed out that the display even said free chips right on it; So I left after a couple of attempts. Again, I know a bag of chips isn't a huge deal but it was more principle in the end. On top of that the washroom was out of order when I was wanting to use that after I finished my order. So just aggravating.

I had a steak sub , looked good in the picture but it was tasteless…read more The meat was tasteless , probably not real steak. The mushrooms were not fresh , just canned mushrooms. Steak sub should taste like steak , right? If they can't use s fresh grilled steak with flavour , then why bother to sell that for 10 bucks. Also our Caesar chicken was the worst , it tasted like rubber and awful sauce. So we felt like we just spent 20 dollars on bread. If we just spend 5 dollars more we could of eaten real food at any restaurant , or a real A&W burger or a small steak meal at any steak house. Also there are pizza restaurants that make great Caesar wraps and steak wraps. Last time for us at subway , not a healthy place to eat anyway, a super quick way to put on pounds