boo radley's

i used to love this place...until i found a big huge black ant in my drink!!! i used to be a regular there but found that the owner did not apreachiate my frequent business or the fact i would bring all my friends there. the last time i went there we all ordered the special because of the yorkshire pudding. the owner brought out our food over 30 min later and said he was sorry they were out of the yorkshire pudding but gave us everything else that came with the special. this was very disappointing and he should have told us that when we placed our order. that was also the same time i found the ant in my drink. we complained about both of the incidents and all he offered us was one free drink and charge us full price on our specials even though they were missing the main thing! i will never go back to a place that will serve me ants!!!

my fiance and i have been regulars at boo's for about four years.  i have nothing bad to say about the food. i will never return to this place again however, based on the way i was treated over the phone today be a male staff member (or perhaps the owner himself.)  

the previous evening i went to boo's after work with friends.  being in a particularly good mood i left a $10.00 tip on two beers. today i noticed i have misplaced a pocket knife that i use at work.  i figured there was a chance it fell out of my bag at boos so today i called  to ask if anyone had found it.  a female answered and i told her i may have lost my pocketknife.  while she was looking into it the phone seemed to cut out..  i called back and a male answered.  i began to say it is possible i dropped my pocketknife if they find it maybe they could call me back. the man cut me off and snapped at me: "we don't have your knife, and we aren't calling you back." and then hung up on me!  wtf.

 in total both calls lasted about 15 seconds i was stunned. there was absolutely no reason to speak to me this way. i can only think of two males who work front of house, near the phone.  i was either speaking to their seemingly jovial bartender, or equally seemingly nice owner.    one of them just lost boo's two regular guests and earned a serious g.f.y. in this review.  and for no logical reason.   my only wish is i could take my $10 tip, crumple it up and flick it in the  face of whomever answered the phone.

nash moved a couple blocks west of where he was so now we have a whole new area of food to explore. our first stop was this very homey place called boo radley’s, named after the mysterious character from to kill a mocking bird. the menu has a lot of familiar comfort foods such as the pulled pork sandwich i ordered. i also had a side of cream of asparagus soup.

nash’s pick the special of the day: a jerk tilapia with blueberry salsa was the best thing ever. it’s interesting that they have familiar things on the menu but offered such an interesting special that night! the fish was tender, moist and delicious and i loved the seasoning. even the salsa was very good.

we couldn’t resist the dessert of the day, a french toast bread pudding with ice cream. we shared one but we sort of wish we got two because we licked the bowl clean!

this place will definitely be our new regular hangout!

intent: somewhere with pub food and beer for a reasonable price.
what i got: a friendly greeting  with a run down of the specials as soon as i stepped in to check it out for the 5 of us before we came in. was sold on having the sunday prime rib dinner. was under $20 from what i can recall and a generous thick slice of perfectly cooked prime rib aside a mountain of from scratch garlic mashed potatoes. friends with me enjoyed everything from perfect gnocchi to burgers and fries. very refreshing pub to serve such fairly priced dishes aside fair priced beverages. they truly deserve to be busy!

a favourite watering hole. good food, owner and staff and they are great with kids. they have the best poutine! really yummy specials as well. great beer on tap.

nash moved a couple blocks west of where he was so now we have a whole new area of food to explore. our first stop was this very homey place called boo radley’s, named after the mysterious character from to kill a mocking bird . the menu has a lot of familiar comfort foods such as the pulled pork sandwich i ordered (pictured above). i also had a side of cream of asparagus soup. nash’s pick the special of the day: a jerk tilapia with blueberry salsa was the best thing ever. it’s interesting that they have familiar things on the menu but offered such an interesting special that night! the fish was tender, moist and delicious and i loved the seasoning. even the salsa was very good. we couldn’t resist the dessert of the day, a french toast bread pudding with ice cream. we shared one but we sort of wish we got two because we licked the bowl clean! this place will definitely be our new regular hangout!

best food..... went for dinner on a saturday night around 6.. had a great dinner with a friend. food was wonderful.

ok food for high prices. service has been below average every time but never rude, just slow and unattentive. the deal breaker for me is the prices. i could stand everything else if it was 30% cheaper.


-----18 apr, 2012-----

overpriced, service wasn't great, burger came undercooked. they had no issues fixing it though,

food is ok. service is excellent. burgers taste bland and flavourless.
atmosphere is pretty good.

this menu has changed and is apparently being improved again in a couple of days. food is great and the owners couldn't be nicer.

some time ago we had lunch here and were surprised at the high prices charged for "just ok" pub fare. but things have taken a decided turn for the better.

we've been using the patio as an "office away from the home office" during this very hot summer. it's perfectly shaded and catches the breeze nicely, allowing us to enjoy the lazy, hazy crazy days o summer and still get work done ( good wireless and good, cold drinks).

as importantly, they've lowered their prices and the food quality has improved. excellent steak sandwich, very good burger, and a nice range of appetizers. the pizza (served after 5 pm) looks great, as does the fish and chips (btw, just had some outstanding fries with a steak sammy today). both are on our "boo to do" list.