Le Vieux Dublin Pub & Restaurant

I’ve been at the old location, but first time at this location. Pretty jammed for a Monday night. I guess trivia nights are pretty popular on Mondays. not just at the Vieux Dublin, but many other places too. like the Peel pub etc. 3 stars because I ordered MEDIUM lamb curry, and it was very mild. I even asked the waitress if it was for sure MEDIUM and she replied something like «yeaaa medium is more on the milder side. «… :/​… Really? Come on people, when a customer asks for MEDIUM, he/​she expects some kick! So a heads up Vieux Dublin, either fix the MEDIUM spice level, or tell customers to go HOT if they want ANY kind of kick. we were in a rush, so I gobbled it up anyway… still pretty tasty. The nachos were good too (fiancé grabbed the nachos). Definitely a congested, ‘city like’, friendly atmosphere, which I like! I haven’t been to Montréal for a little while, but it was somewhat of a tradition to pop in the distinct green, and oddly misplaced (in a parking lot lol) Vieux Dublin with the old man… Wide open and tavern like. Now, it seems like it succombed to modernization. I guess that’s just a personal thing meh. they lost their «unique-​ness».

Vraiment bien situé si vous travaillez autour de Square Philipps, pour faire des 5@7 entre collègues et même rencontrer d’autres personnes si affinités! Il y a toujours du monde et les gens sont en mode décontractés, cool, discutent de table en table parfois (déjà vu!)
Il y a toutes sortes de bières et d’alcool, vous trouverez forcément ce dont vous avez envie! :)
Le décor est très sympa, en mode pub irlandais, on s’y sent vraiment bien!
Parfois il y a des live band (le vendredi soir je crois), et il y a beaucoup d’écrans pour regarder les matchs!
Bouffe correcte, de pub
Service ok, parfois on dirait que la serveuse est en training, donc on lui en veut pas ^^
A essayer si vous êtes dans le coin!

Sat at the bar beside drunk off duty staff. Got a beer and then was ignored for about 20 minutes. Finally got food and it was straight out of the freezer and into the deep fryer.
Didn’t enjoy a second of my visit. Wish I had gone a little farther to real restaurants nearby.

This is a great English style or Irish style pub as you can see in my photos. They have great beer selection and nice food menu (which is around 15 $ not very cheap). They tend to be packed during lunch time as early as 11:30 so plan ahead. Also the food looks great but I once had the veggy-​burger and its over priced and not that good, I advise you to take something else.

Great place located in a part of downtown with a wide selection of drinks & food. This place has been around forever. Great place to hang out with friends.

Good place to stop and grab a beer. They have a large selection of beers on tap! The service was good. They offered up the happy hour menu even though it wasn’t happy hour. We also ordered the nachos with chilli and guacamole. The chilli and guacamole were really good!

Gosh, I miss the «old» Old Dublin. It just hasn’t been the same since they moved into their most recent digs. The older Old Dublin sat like a weird out-​of-​the-​place kid in an empty parking lot, it was smaller, definitely crowded on Friday nights and St. Patrick’s day, but it was full of character, had a spot in the corner for musicians and was the best place to sight the laddies from U2 long before they became the billionaire rock gods they are now.
Now it looks like every other generic Irish pub in Montréal. New wood paneling, new seats, new tables — gentrification has hit Montréal really hard in recent years and like other cities, everything is starting to look like monotonous and the same, generic skyscrapers, generic condo buildings and generic restaurants and pubs. The same has happened to the Old Dublin unfortunately.
You can still get a pint of Guinness and a burger. You can still meet friends here after work. They still have live music, but the magic of old is long gone.

Really meh. The food was okay but the service was not good. Half way through out meal we were waiting and waiting when we noticed our waitress sitting at a table eating. Caught us looking for her and finally Gabe us our check. But then went back to eating so we had to walk out bill up to the bar. Fries were soggy and burger was dry. Don’t bother unless you just want to have drinks.

A group of about 14 of us came here for dinner and drinks to get our night started. The bartender/​waiter informed us the kitchen would be closing soon, but the manager ensured us that we could order dinner. I think he was happy to accommodate our large group ordering food and booze, and our bill definitely made it worth his while.
Anyways, the bartender/​waiter was extremely friendly and helpful. He even drew us a map of the area and gave us a couple good places to check out. In the middle of dinner, a two-​piece band came in and started playing. And they were playing absolute classics, and they were playing them well — Ring of Fire, Take Me Home Country Roads, Margaritaville, and more.
The food was good enough — typical pub food — and the drinks were strong. A great start to the night.

Stopped in here after doing the jazzfest as it was the closest pub with tvs showing the soccer game (Canada — England); good selection of beer but on ordering a cheeseburger I was served it with a default side of the world’s worst, greasy, limp, disgraceful fries I’ve ever had the displeasure to scorn on my plate. The waiter ran away with my plate on asking for my feedback which I gave as I’ve done here. Avoid anything fried here and ask for salad with your burger.

Food is good but otherwise kind of lame. Usually not a big crowd at night time. Sometimes they have decent music playing

We stopped here for dinner and a pint or two on a weekday evening.
The pub was quiet and cosy, and the Guinness was quite good. The food was mediocre, so skip eating and just have a beer or two. The beer list was OK, but it would have been nice to see a couple interesting local beers instead of the usual «Irish Pub Beers».

As for Irish pubs go, this place was fun, friendly, and had a good vibe. We took over the lower part of the bar and had a great time. The food was really good. A nice variety of traditional and nouveau cuisine. Big thumbs up. My hats off to the staff for making this place a good spot to watch the Canadiens/​Alouettes play.

An Irish pub on Unilocal with good reviews? I’m there.
We stopped in as the snow piled up outside and went straight for the Guinness. After a couple beers we ordered fish and chips. The batter is spot on. It’s not too thick, it’s crispy, and it had tiny bit of sweetness to it. The fish inside was cooked perfectly. While the chips were tasty, they were small. My colleague suggested that steak fries would be better. He’s right.
Guillaume, we had a great time! Thank you for hanging out with us. J’espère pour vous acheter une autre bière bientôt, mon frère!

I ordered the Duffy burger and it was amazing! I liked their fries too. They have a really interesting menu, a lot of dishes with curry which I’d go back just to try.
My only gripe would be they don’t have a lot of staff (at least when I was there on a Friday after 7PM). The first bar maid was all over the place doing literally everything and she did a great job, I admit.
Once she left the guy was alright but he seemed clunky and a bit of a dope head. My friend ordered a few Irish coffees which each time came with a different consistency. We ordered shots of Jameson and he basically hinted that we should order 6 (the 6^th being for him).
Other than that I think I’d go back.

Très bon burger dans une ambiance de pub.

Pub irlandais, qui n’a selon qu’irlandais que le nom, Le Vieux Dublin est essentiellement un place à hamburger. Quoique correct, on y ferait pas de détour pour les manger. Ambiance bruillante et vieillotte, l’endroit gagnerait à être rafraichit. Le service était cependant rapide et efficace.

Un pub n’a jamais besoin d’être compliqué ou fancy. C’est le cas ici au Vieux Dublin. J’y suis allé pour prendre une bière après une soirée au cinéma et c’était bien tranquille, sans prétention, et sans fla fla. Le service a été un peu lent, mais dans un pub avec un seul serveur/​bartender, je comprends pourquoi ça arrive, surtout un mardi soir. L’endroit aurait peut-​être besoin d’être rafraîchit côté déco, mais en même temps, je pense que ceux qui adore cet endroit, l’aime pour sa simplicité. Ici, c’est une bonne bière et de la bonne compagnie qui sont les éléments importants. Pour la bière, j’ai été satisfaite et pour la compagnie, j’ai bien aimé les grosses banquettes qui permettent d’être une bonne gang assise ensemble en «cercle» ce qui rend la conversation beaucoup plus plaisante quand on est plusieurs. Par contre, j’ai l’impression que si j’y allais seule ou avec une copine, ça n’est pas la meilleure ambiance. C’est plutôt un bar de gars, à l’irlandaise, donc pas mon genre, mais pas mauvais non plus. Simplement pas à mon goût.

Nothing fancy but all very honest.
Great beer choice.
Burgers are a sure bet. The curry is also decent.
What you see is what you get which is getting more and more rare these days.
Only expect a decent pub with beer and pub food.

Pubs have Atmosphere, Service and Food too!
Atmosphere: The Old Dublin is a pub’s pub. Everything wood, everything with purpose — you walk in you know you’re in a pub. Comfortable and in the middle of the downtown core, a great place to meet with friends to watch the game (any game).
I will go out on a limb here and say that the days of the Old Dublin may be numbered (along with other places in that area) as a huge and very posh condo complex is being built right next door. This may hark the advent of more upper-​end type dinning locations to accommodate the new residence.
Service: The Staff works hard, so much so they are certainly pushed to the limit on busy nights — but they still maintain composure. The staff tend to be a little older (i.e. not of the University crowd) and some have been at the Old Dublin for quit some time, and thus give the place a good sense of continuity. No complaints whatsoever.
Food: Pub food served in a pub way — plain and simple. Hit and miss sometimes — but it doesn’t pretend to be anything it isn’t. Surprisingly — because the cook is Indian — the old dublin has some items on the menu that may surprise you!
Fun place.

Moyen. Pub irlandais qui a déjà été intéressant, mais qui a perdu de son intérêt. Le fish n’ chips est meilleur au Hurley’s et au Maclean’s. Le service et l’ambiance également.

If you consider the atmosphere and the interior of other irish pubs around the globe, this one is a weak one. Though you have the large bar and some irish live music, as well as a great choice of beers on the tap, the interior reminds you up to certain grade of any standard northamerican fastfood /​deli restaurant. The tables stand rather close to each other to get the maximum seating capability and the floor isn’t the typical carpet but a regular floor.
I don’t know wether if others see it the same way, but on a wednesday night, when I was there, there were just a handful of customers around. This was actually o.k. for us, as we had to talk some things over. We were a little surprised, as a guitar player startd with some live singing, was this was ok too, as the volume was on a reasonable low level.

The Old Dub is a long time haven to me. Having spent many, many hours (read $$) their during my college days at the old location.
Since the move to Catchcart — the place has been completely remodeled. Bigger, brighter and great wood accents around the bar and throughout the pub.
Their beer selection is always great. With the classic Irish beers, some Canadian classics and some not so common Canadian West Coast beers.
Lunch times are busy — On a recent visit I reserved a table for 16 people. We had arrived a couple of minutes late, only to learn that a table of 8 had been given away to another group! The lunch menu is fairly simple: burgers! It’s the one item on the place mat that repeats itself. I personally like the Joyce burger (caramalized onions, sweet bell peppers and swiss cheese)
As of Friday April 29^th, Liam Callaghen will be leaving The Old Dub.
But honestly — pull up a stool and order a pint of Guinness and enjoy a game or friendly chat with the staff.
JOYCE BURGER = Great
ARRIVE EARLY, EVEN WITH A RESERVATION YOU CAN LOOSE YOUR TABLE

Fish and chips= AWESOME
Beer selection= AWESOME
Friendliness of the crowd= NOT SO AWESOME
I popped in to this bar for a quick dinner and one drink solo while shopping in downtown Montréal. Everywhere I went was jam packed and I didn’t have the patience to wait. I found this bar a few streets over and decided to go in since I didn’t see a line out the door as I saw at other bars and restaurants (apparently there was some hockey game on TV).
When I first got to the bar, people were cordial and somewhat friendly. As the night progressed, people gave me dirtier looks and looked very disinterested in making conversation with me. I didn’t know what was going on and I was starting to get a bit upset, so I decided to finish off my beer and food and hail a cab back to my hotel.
Just as I was about to leave, I asked the bartender in a very nice manner why people were so cold. She pointed at my shirt and didn’t say anything. Apparently wearing a Pittsburgh Steelers shirt in to a bar while the Montréal Canadiens are getting their asses beat by the Pittsburgh Penguins isn’t the way to go about making friends in Montréal.

This little hidden treasure seems like it’s out of place… an authentic Irish pub in the middle of French Canada??? But it made me feel like home, though I was clear across the country…
Pretty much every night that I was over there, this is where my colleagues and I would go. My fellow Seattelite co-​worker would always go here in the past for her Scotch. But they had my Hard Cider! I don’t remeber what kind it was, but it was different and delicious.
The atmosphere is phenomenal– it’s loud and packed like an Irish pub should be. Long bar. Great staff. Gooooooood food. This is definately a party/​group place. The have 2 levels– we sat upstairs one night because we couldn’t hold a conversation among the loud crowd downstairs, so even though they had it closed off, they let only us go up there giving them the perk of us tipping them well. But– I’d much rather be downstairs most of the time.
I would go back to Montréal for this reason alone.