darby's public house

i think the only thing thisplacehas going for it is it's patio. the food is terrible. it's obvious that the people making it are using minimal effort. i will never come back here again. it's just not worth it. i think if some care was put into the food it could be amazing, but unfortunately i don't see that happening.

darby’s has seen some interesting changes over the years. one of my first memories of thisplacewas just before i moved to kits, they used to host a guitar hero night in the back section of the pub which no longer exists where we’d go every so often to show off our skills. well, okay, it was mostly me showing off, but the others did alright. since then they’ve renovated theplacequite a bit, and it has a pretty awesome rooftop patio that’s great for a hot summer day. sadly i’ve been there dozens of times but i’ve yet to see this mythical patio…. one day. i did a couple visits for the sake of this blog since i wasn’t happy with the quantity of food i had after the first visit. i first went here last month with alpha nerd late in the evening after work for a few beers and snacks. it was almost completely packed despite there being no canucks game on and a regular weeknight, a lot of which appeared to be regulars. the music was blasting in typical pub fashion, a little too loud almost. our server came by in a timely manner and took our drink orders. they have a fairly extensive beer list on tap as well as bottles that’s all reasonably priced, along with a couple nitro taps.  alpha nerd has an obsession with nitro taps so he started with the american stout (6.5%) while i decided to try something new, the st. bernardus apt 12 quadrupel (10%!) which is a belgian beer. i have a thing where i generally have to order the strongest beer on the menu which generally translates to me really liking belgian beers. this is probably my new favourite beer and if could be found everywhere then fat tug would be taking a back seat a lot more often. it’s an extremely smooth beer considering it’s 10%, it doesn’t taste like it at all. my vocabulary for describing beer is quite limited, so i’m going to say it was quite complex with some fruity and spicy flavours. really

as its name suggests, thisplacewas a real pub, with tv screens everywhere playing some sport game. aside from the super loud environment, what we ate was actually quite delicious. i had a hanover hash, a mini egg benny, and a "huevos rancheros", which was mini tortillas with cheese and bean filling. the hash was crispy and it paired nicely with the hearty breakfast sausage slices. i liked the tortilla as well, it was sort of like a mini burrito, without the spanish rice of course.

the worst pub food i have ever had hands down. came her with a group of 10 and everyone had something wrong with their food. common these was the food was cold....ice cold, which is no surprise as we waited an hour and 45 min for food. burgers wre pink in the middle and salads were over dressed. theplacelooks ok, but the service is terrible, never came to ask for refills, we ha to ask after waiting a half hour. if u want to have a terrible meal, look at your empy glass, but watch a pritty big screen go here