the marquis

a hole in the wall, or rather a door in the block. it caught my attention with a sign post of cheap drinks specials, a knee level sandwich board, and a rotating strobe light in red led. inside, a narrow space with a row of tables and booths on right and swivelling hightop seats by the bar on the left. the mirror at thebackof the restaurant gives the illusion that the place is larger than it really is. no decorations, no conversation starters. just seats and shelves for bottles and drinks. be warned everyone here knows the food isn’t good, you come for the cheap drinks and the $3.50 highballs. “white strawberry”. fruli and 1664 blanc. surprised that i could taste this much strawberry. stanley park beer on tap. “potato and cheddar perogies”. topped with spicy caramelized onions and green onions, and topped with sour cream. you can also add chorizo into the mix at cost. they were only slightly better than the frozen perogies you are too lazy to make yourself at home. though it all hones

the first and only time i tried this place with a friend was the worst experience ever!! firstly, the place seemed pretty busy with hardly enough servers to acknowledge your presence or seat you once you enter. my friend and i ended up seating ourselves and waiting some 15 minutes or so later just to get a menu!! when we finally managed to order something (in this case drinks only as it seemed impossible to wait again for anything else), we had to wait another 20 minutes for our order. to top it off, when the beers came the server ended up accidentally pouring my entire beer on the table which subsequently went all on my lap and was completely soaked!! she camebackwith a towel to help clean up mess and also for me to dry my clothes. she did profusely apologise for what happened of course but then offered to split my friend's drink between me and my friend and not charge the one she spilt on me?!! was sooo embarrassed and just completely taken aback (not to mention i could tell the server was clearly upset herself), that my friend and i ended up leaving without paying for anything!! such a huge disappointment to what could have been an overall great night! will not be going back!!

it's my local bar where my husband and i go for late night snacks and cheap drinks... staff is great and food is great pub style food.. you go to a bar the food is going to taste like bar food.. we gobackevery week...

continuing my exploration of restaurants for pre-show meals in the south granville area, i decided to check out the marquis grill before seeing the great divorce at pacific theatre. as it turned out, there was a canucks game on that evening and the place was jam-packed with hockey fans. when i called for a reservation i was told there was a room at thebackaway from the tv screens that would be a bit quieter. on arrival we were shown to a comfortable booth in the far side of the restaurant away from the bar area. we could still see the screens and it was pretty noisy but that was fine. when my companion commented that this was hardly away from the game screens, i had to confess that i did not mind keeping up with the action and i actually have an canucks app on my phone that updates the results when a goal is scored. tags dining review marquis grill vancouver restaurant review read more