The Oasis Pub & Eatery

All cheap freezer burned frozen deep fried pub grub, all overcooked to a fine crisp, but you know that going in. Being someone who has cleaned draught lines before, I can only imagine the state they are in here.
Come here to have fun with friends and a bottle of beer. Nothing more. If your UFC a fan, watching your fights here would be a great spot.

A pretty dingy joint. You have to go down a bunch of steps to what seems like a sad basement. The food is kind of unbearable. The only somewhat saving grace is it’s not very expensive but very much a case of getting what you pay for.

The pitchers are only $ 10 here!!! Such a great deal.
Wings were alright. Not fab. They weren’t exactly bad but not the best I’ve had. Donair plate was super good. Their sauce isn’t super sweet. I’m still new so the sweet sauce isn’t my favourite.
It’s your typical basement bar. Pretty out of date but its suppose to be that way. Always see people playing pool when we come here. Tends to be an older crowd.
Laid back great place to get cheap beer.

I love Oasis. I mean, it sure doesn’t look like anything special, often at capacity on a Thursday night. But the wings are tasty (and cheap in wing night), $ 10 pitcher of Bud or Bud Light (awesome) and the Thursday night kareoke is pretty fun! I love oasis

I actually quite like this little place! (It’s not little) & every Sunday they have 40 cent wings. Mind you, the wings are on the smaller side, but who cares when they’re 40 cents! The atmosphere is a little old, but everything is pretty clean & there was rly nothing wrong with the place! Play some pool, slots, or watch ur game on the tv screens.
Also; the bottle of beer was only 4.75. Cheaper than any other places I’ve gone.

Just updating my review due to the fact that this is quite literally my second home.
As I’ve said before, most of the staff are great and the beer is cheap. The food is honestly some of my favorite pub grub in the city. And inexpensive to boot!

While staying at the Cambridge suites nearby, two buddies, my father and I decided on the Oasis to go watch a huge UFC/​MMA fight.
Pro’s: 1. Booths available, some with electric sockets to charge your phone.
2. Everything was pretty well-​priced
3. Lots of seating
4. Bouncers that look like they definitely do not BS around.
Neither good nor bad: this is a typical dive bar so don’t expect anything fresh, modern or classy. For some people, though, that kind of atmosphere provides just the right ambience for a raucous sports bar.
Cons: 1. Very understaffed. Waitress had a deer in the headlights kind of expression on her face that could either have been her typical stress response, or she had chemically prepared herself for a busy shift before the time. I strongly suspect both these, but thats hardly the point. A bar’s main income is the money from alcohol sales, and it doesnt make much sense to me to have a lone waitress out there slowly serving dozens of tables… no matter how glazed over her expression may be.
2. The heating pipes run inside the walls, so if you sit in one of the booths, the person sitting nearest the wall is going to literally roast right there like a Thanksgiving Turkey. I tried propping up the space between me and the wall with parkas… till the walls started melting the plastic off one of my jackets… yes it really was that overwhelmingly hot.
On the balance of things, I don’t have any opinions of the place that are either very bad, nor very good. Its a bar that serves a purpose to certain groups of people; sports fans that want the greasiest food possible while enjoying the game and downing pitchers of beer (of which this establishment carries a very small selection)

How can I not give 5 stars to a place that offers 10 dollar pitchers, cheap wings on Thursdays with a side of local karaōke talent and free pool tables!
Okay — maybe it isn’t the nicest resto, but, the staff are awesome and you can’t beat their prices!
UFC fan? Head to Oasis to watch the fight with a big crowd — go early though, the place fills up quickly!

Definitely a dive bar. Underground. Questionable sticky tables. Questionable characters that make its section of spring garden better or worse (you decide). Excellent beer prices, as they should be. Food that tastes like and makes you wonder if it is all cooked on a flat top or in a deep fryer (yes, including the salad). Of the times I’ve been, I’ve never been creeped out or felt like I was going to die. A good quality for a dive bar. Staff are nice. If you’ve never been to a dive bar, given its location on Spring Garden, it is a safe bet.
Good place for groups that are running on a tighter budget. You can have fun here. Facilities include washrooms, tables with chairs, televisions, arcade games (including a punching bag with force meter) and table games (e.g. air hockey). Lacking good lighting (for a good reason). If you are looking for a place to spend your beer money, and other locales that are showing the fight or game are too expensive (e.g. Bubba Ray’s), go here. I’ve been told karaōke nights are great, but I have yet to check it out. If you are looking to impress a date or take your parents out for a special occasion, the Oasis isn’t a good idea.

Classic Halifax dive bar.
I would not overly recommend the food here, perhaps the chicken wings, this place has dodgy VLT regulars, university kids, professional old school no-​nonsense barkeeps, and plenty of TVs for sports. A great place to dunk in for a midday pint. It’s a bit dark and dank, which is perfect, plenty of space to chill and drink and play bar games. Not for foodies, children, or first dates ;)

The Oasis is not as flashy as Bubba Ray’s; however, the place still creates an atmosphere whenever a major sporting event occurs.
I ventured down to the ‘basement’ to see England play Italy in the Euro 2012 Soccer tournament; the joint was not overly crowded, but it still created enough buzz to make for a good time.
Having been here numerous times for other events like MMA and the NFL, I enjoy the fact that there is little to no pressure from staff to have you drink after you finish your meal, they realize why you are there and they try to ‘stay out of the way’ as much as possible.
There are several televisions in this establishment, not as many as Bubba Ray’s, but the Oasis is not a high maintenance facility and most of the individuals are clearly not high maintenance as noticed by the lack of teeth on display from the patrons on this particular day.
Our server was friendly and courteous; I ordered the Chicken Caesar Wrap and my buddy had the Voodoo Chicken. My food was pretty good, but my buddy did not care for the chicken and I have noticed that some individuals on this site did not care for the chicken either.
Overall it was a good experience and I will continue to frequent the ‘basement’ many more times in the future.

The Oasis is like a holdout from the older days of bars, a little dingy and nothing to brag about, but it does the trick with cheap food, drink and entertainment. Twenty to thirty cent chicken wings? Check. Ten dollar pitchers of Bud (*shudder*)? Check. Karaōke where the good, the bad and the ugly put on a free show. Check, check and check.
A perennial nominee for ‘Best Wings’ in The Coast’s Best of Food, the Oasis’ Thursday wing night is as much of a fixture in this city as the bar itself. Alas, the wings themselves aren’t much to write home about. I find they often have an odd texture that makes me think that they have a freezer full of frozen wings. Not to mention that the Oasis is chronically understaffed on Thursdays and it is painfully difficult to order wings or drinks. They maintain the odd and inefficient separation between who you order your drinks from and who you get food from. Should you visit on a busy night, I suggest that you cut one of them out and just go to the bar for your libations. For food, make sure you order as much as you’ll want for the night the first time around, as it could be a while before you’ll get another chance. Oh, and have cash on hand because you have to pay for your wings when they arrive. I’m afraid the Oasis makes it onto the Best of Food solely because of its popularity, not because of actual quality. The actual menu itself is not something I’ve deigned to try, but it has to be one of the most inexpensive bar menus in the city as only the appetizer sampler costs more than $ 10.
The Thursday karaōke is what redeems an otherwise sketchy place. Not that the karaōke itself isn’t sketchy, but it’s enjoyable. You’ll laugh with your friends at the poor singing, be all the more impressed at good singing because of all the bad, and perhaps even see a drunk old man cradling his beer in his arms and dancing with it in front of the stage.
You may not want to make drinking in a basement a regular activity (and if you do, I suggest you do it at yours or a friend’s basement as it’s probably better finished than the Oasis), but it’s nice to come here now and then for an entertaining night that’s easy on the pocket.
*As a footnote, it bugs me that the Oasis calls itself ‘Halifax’s #1 sports bar’. That might have been true before Bubba Ray’s opened, simply because there weren’t any other options downtown, but that is no longer true. Bubba Ray’s has more TV’s and viewing options, is cleaner and newer, servers that bring both food and drink, has better wings and benefits from the wonders of natural light. I’m seriously pondering filing a complaint with the proper government agency which covers false advertising claims. /​endrant

i had a very bad experience at Oasis, the only redeeming quality was that the poor server did her best to make the situation ok.
I tried to order 3 different things off the menu but they were no longer available — NOTE* if you dont offer it anymore remove it from the Menu or at least make a not of it.
When i finally did find something to order (Scallops and Fries) they arrived with cold fries and rancid Scallops.
My friend ordered Poutine and Voodoo Chicken. Poutine was just ok (again it had the cold fries) but the Voodoo Chicken was dry and hard.
They were obliging enough to not charge us for or food and did offer to make something else but we were on a short time line.
In a sea side city you would hope that everyone would take advantage of the local products and make something fresh.
Thank you for reading.

Dinner and a show has never been cheaper than it is at The Oasis!
Much like stumbling across a real oasis in the midst of a dessert as you’re desperate for water (this happens to me ALL the time), hanging out at this Oasis tucked underground on Spring Garden guarantees many moments where you won’t be able to believe your eyes.
On Thursdays, saddle up to the community hall like tables near the karaōke stage, order up some dirty pub wings (said with love) and watch the magic unfold. Whether you’re looking for a frat boy performance of the Bloodhound Gang’s Bad Touch, or you hold out hope for the occasional performance from one of their career karaōke stars (there’s this one lady who can belt out a Whitney ballad in ways that will have you weeping into your beer), you’ll see it all. Over and over again, in fact.
The food is exactly what you’d expect, but if you’re at the Oasis in the first place, you’ll have a good sense of what you’re in for. The service? Well, there IS service. That’s about all I can really say about it. I don’t remember much more than that — the food came and the dishes left, the drinks came and the glasses left… I guess that’s all you really need here, huh?

Got friends in low places?
Conveniently, you really do «head on down» to the Oasis, down into the basement that is.
This place resembles a legion bar, which is kind of ok.
It’s a sports bar, that also happens to have karaōke on Thursdays. I stopped in to have a quick beer for a friend’s birthday and was serenaded by colourful renditions of «Du Hast» by Rammenstein, Afro Man’s «Because I got high» (a wonderful late 90s/​early 2000s classic…) and a very eclectic assortment of other songs.
The food (wings in this case) looked… sketchy. So I’m not sure I would be down with eating there unless I had some beer into me. And the whole place was strangely bright, though as my friend pointed out, most of the lighbulbs were burnt out…
However, $ 10 got me 2 bottles of beer and allowed for a generous tip.
Oh and also? They totally have a SHUFFLE BOARD TABLE!

The Karaōke Superstar Challenge: Thursday Edition
To be frank, I do not have much to say about The Oasis. You know that point in your life where you try on different personalities because you’re in university and your group of friends are rapidly changing? For example, if you’re hanging out with some jocks and their girlfriends who think wearing sweatpants with your school initials on the ass is fashion, and they mention going for wings and pitchers, and all you really want to do is stay in and watch «Funny Girl» but you go anyway because what the hell its university life? Just off the top of my head…
Thinking back on it, I think The Oasis is the perfect location after belting your heart out at Cheers and Bearly’s/Menz on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Here comes Thursday, all casual and on the cusp of the weekend. I don’t want to perform. I want to relax and maybe sing something by Trooper. Or Loverboy. Thank you, The Oasis! Your proximity to McDonald’s is impeccable and the variety of games to play, if you happen to be a friend of a karaōke whore who is not especially keen to sing in public, is superb.
I’ve only been to The Oasis three times in my life but once you put the giant chicken out of mind and accept that you’re walking into a pit of testosterone — it makes for a pretty decent night.

The Oasis: it was better when you could smoke there. Not that I smoke anymore, but some places reside on the dingy side of the fence requiring a redeeming factor, and said factor for the Oasis is smoking. Now that you can’t smoke, you can actually see from one end of the bar to the other. It’s so big and grimy, and here I thought it was an intimate below ground setting, with a mysterious hazy ambiance.
Okay, but really, this place is massive. It’s kind of like a cafeteria that serves beer and rocks out the children’s karaōke, you know, for the university toddlers. I’m being snippy in this review. I must curb this attitude, because it’s really just me digressing from an earlier encounter with irritating people… breathe… and better.
The Oasis: a dingy bar. It is what it is. I would never choose to specially go there, but have ended up here on a number of occasions. It’s fine. They serve booze. Everyone wins. Somebody pass me my cigarettes…

Oasis gets even more points these days! They’ve done away with the trashy little uniforms that they used to make/​encourage the servers to wear for one thing. Doesn’t exactly feel overly female friendly when you’re being served by someone who looks as though they may or may not expect their tip in the form of a twenty tucked into their thong. I realize that male patrons may have differing feelings on this matter. :)
The menu and food seems to have undergone a bit of an overhaul as well with improvements to the staples and some yummy new additions as well. Delicious pub grub, good beer and generally an awesome place to catch some playoff hockey.

Walking down spring garden road with my son we stumbled across Oasis and he asked me to go in and shoot a game of pool. So off we go down the stairs which seems never to end down down we go to what seemed like a basement which is actual was. I am telling you one thing I would not like to do that once I had a few wobbly tops in me. To me this is not my kind of location that I would hang out in on a weekend. Even though some might there is open mike night where they actually get up and sing up a storm, that would be interesting.
Poker machines are pretty much at all bar locations but these ones gives a new meaning to OK I think I am going to leave now.
This was the fastest beer and pool game that I think I ever had.
Cheers

Fun. Just don’t touch anything!
Oasis Pub & Eatery is one of those Sports Bars that is filled with University types, waitresses in skimpy outfits and dirty men. So I’m obviously not a big, big fan (except for the Waitress part), but it is «the» place to go if there is a boxing or UFC match on Pay Per View. I am definitely giving it three stars because I know there is a crowd for this place. I’m just not, nor do I want to be, part of that crowd. Just across the street is a better looking, cleaner and more fun sports bar.
But the Oasis’s charm is… ok I’m not sure what it is. This bar is in the basement of a building and it sports some gambling machines, pool tables and a few other strange, but fun games. They have an average beer selection and their bathrooms aren’t the worst I’ve seen. They also do have Karaōke, but I like the Karaōke crowds at other Pub’s. This one just doesn’t attract the type of crowd that can appreciate anything decen unless it is 80’s rock or something they can laugh at from the 90’s.
What definitely gives this place a third star is its staff. I can’t imagine working at a place that caters to the sports fans of boxing and UFC, so i know the wait staff have their work cut out for them. But they do a really, really great job! The food is also pretty good! And I am surprised but it is very decent, especially for its price.
Oasis is an option if you are going downtown and want a sports bar. If you are ok with the University crowd and the old men, a bit of a dirtier look and lots of boxing and UFC, then this is your place. There are other options but people tend to like whatever charm Oasis has. I haven’t found it yet to be honest but I will recognize that others do appreciate it. And the Wait Staff are incredible!