Lions Pub

I come to Lions Pub quite frequently, and I think it’s great!
Food quality is generally consistently good, except for the one time they were experimenting with their dishes, namely the beef dip after changing the menu, where the dipping sauce went from the broth-​based sauce to a very thick and salty one.
Aside from that, food is typically really good. You should go for the Shepard’s Pie if you particularly hungry one day, or if you’re feeling adventurous, you can try their pie of the day. The one time I tried it, it was a seafood pie, which was quite nice, though a little too small for my liking.
If you’re a fan of poutine, Lions makes a pretty good one. It’s not the best in Vancouver, but it’s comparable to some of the better poutineries in Vancouver.
Soups and salads are good, I like how rich their seafood chowder is, and how they use real parmesan on their caesar salads.
As you may also know, Lions Pub has a huge selection of beers from around the world. Just feel free to ask a waitress or the bartender about what they recommend. They’re a bit quirky because of how busy they are (since this place is somewhat understaffed), but they should be able provide you with very useful information on each beer.
You should also ask about their daily pint, which as you can guess, changes daily. Daily pints are a dollar cheaper than the regular beers, so keep that in mind.
This place is also good for groups since it is a very large venue. This is particularly handy since it’s so close to the waterfront. For such groups, you may want to order their Nachos, those plates are huge, and they are very generous with the guacamole, sour cream, jalapenos, salsa and of course our favourite: Cheese.
So, if you’re ever down by the waterfront, why not check this place out. It’s a block away from Burrard off Cordova Street.

So disappointing.
Went to a wedding at the terminal city club and popped down to the Lion’s Pub so a bite between the ceremony and reception. First of all half the restaurant was closed off as reserved even tho no one ever sat there. My husband and I sat at a two top which already was set with cutlery and menus. As we were looking thru a menu the waitress came by and took our drink orders, my husband asked for a beer and I had a glass of wine. We also ordered two appys but held on to the menu. Drinks and food arrived. When my husband finished his beer the waitress came by and asked if he wanted another which he did, she also asked if I wanted another drink and I decline being only halfway into my glass of wine. We finished the appetizers and the plates were cleared, the waitress never came back to ask if we wanted anything else. We sat at the table for about 30 mins while my husband nursed his second beer, I never had a chance to even ask for a glass of water. Finally after my husband’s drink had been empty for about 10 mins the waitress came back and asked if he would like something else, never once did she address me. We just asked for the cheque which took a while to be presented, and then there was another lengthy wait while we waited for the debit machine to be presented.
All in all what we sampled of the food was decent but I wouldn’t recommend a place based on French fries and a few deep fried pickles alone. The service however was so horrible that even if the food was amazing I would never go back. This place must run a pretty good racquet with TCC being upstairs and all the weddings they do so they should really up their service to match that of the club upstairs.

Food and drinks are OK if you can get them! Worse service I have experienced in Vancouver. We live very close by so have tried it several times, frequently walking out after not been served after 10 to 15 minutes when it is almost empty. Will not be going back anytime soon.

Came here once and it was great. Extremely pleasant patio, and not too crowded. Quality entry in the Vancouver burger wars. Will return to try more, hoping to bump to five stars!

Slow service but of course friendly. Parking near there sucks like all of downtown Vancouver but. Most importantly. Good food and a solid selection of vegetarian options as well as beer served in the appropriate glasses Belgian style.

I have been coming to this pub for many, many years now and surprised that I have not put in a review as of yet. Most recently last week a few co-​workers and I stopped by prior to the long weekend to unwind.
The location has always been convenient being only moments away from major bus routes, skytrain and even the sea bus. At a former job we would have lunch with new employees at this location.
We managed to find a booth and despite the whole pub looking very busy we were seen by someone within minutes.
The selection of beer is nice and I found the food menu to be creative and tasty. While I do enjoy a beer poor food quality will sink a pub quickly in my opinion.

I came in here for the first time a couple of years ago while on a weekend extension of a business trip… Hammy (Sean Hamilton) the boss man had been nothing but an excellent host ever since. I am from Chicago and they always find a TV for the Blackhawks! Ron is also my favorite bartender. He is a Hawks fan! I love these guys so much I sent them my own Hawks jersey and helmet to display proudly (when the Nucks aren’t playing)! Great staff, great service, great bar food and excellent handles for a beer! A must stop for a burger or the nachos which are the best in downtown… Highly recommend Lions Pub!

For lunch, I went to the Lions Pub, which was nearby.
Though there was room on the patio, I sat inside where it was cooler.
There were lots of tempting things on the menu but I went with the prime rib special … prime rib (medium/​rare), fingerling potatoes and Yorkshire pudding … and a Diet Coke. It was good! When I ordered it, I had no idea how much it would be and was surprised to find that it was only $ 14!
Loreya was my server and she took excellent care of me.

I found this pub my first day in Vancouver, and immediately took a liking to it. Everything is covered in nice, dark wood, and their drink selection is great (they have peach cider here!!). The food is pricey, but if you have the money to spend it tastes fantastic.
Best of all, the staff are excellent. I got to talking to the bar tender and the co-​owner about places to eat in Vancouver Downtown, and they know everything! Within minutes I had over ten places to visit, food recommendations and sights to see.
If you’re staying in Downtown for a little while, definitely stop by and talk to these folks!

Great PUB food — love the veggie burger and spinach salad– The staff are friendly and helpful!

Great place to grab a bite. We were there before 2pm, but the chef happily created one of the appetizer items for someone in our group.
I had the corn beef sandwich, which had TONS of meat.
Also a tasty Apricot Ale.
Good meet up location after our photo walk today.
Cheers !

Für ein gemütliches Bier am Abend sind wir auf Unilocal-​Empfehlungen hin in dieses Pub gegangen und haben es nicht bereut. Zwar war der Laden, der wirklich riesig ist, an diesem Abend recht leer. Aber trotzdem fanden wir es ziemlich gemütlich. Aus dem einen Bier sind dann noch zwei geworden. Weil wir noch etwas zu Knabbern haben wollten, bestellten wir uns noch Nachos. Das hat dann etwas länger gedauert — aus einem Grund: Es waren nicht einfach nur schnöde Nachos, sondern mit Käse überbackene Nachos mit Gemüse. Ein Nachos-​Auflauf sozusagen. Aber dennoch sehr lecker. Sehr freundliche Bedienung, wie aber überall entlang der Westküste.

Keeping up to date on my pulled pork sandwich list is The Lions Pub. The pulled pork wasn’t running along the sides onto my hands and kept well in the burger bun. Compliments to the chef for following the pulled pork motto, «when the bun is runny, it ain’t funny».
Atmosphere — As you enter the pub, I am always curious about the layout here when there’s a big game on TV. Screens are situated at every eye-​catching angle available here. There should be no head tilting angle where you can miss any part of a game. Unless it’s facing down, which probably means you’ve had one too many drinks.
Put together 8 guys for lunch on a semi-​powered liquid lunch with two guys to a bench and you’ll get a sense of what this pub can do on a game night. Now if only there was a game on worth watching.

We booked a table for a large group of us for a birthday. This place rocked! Great game day specials (hello delicious steak and frites!) lots of tv’s to watch the game and pretty good service! I will definitely return.

A few weeks ago my office had a small pre Christmas party, party. We started here as a group of 10. I have always liked this pub as it has a nice, warm feeling to it and the food isn’t all that shabby. That being said, the platters don’t really fill up a table of 10 who are partaking in libations.
The service was fantastic so that made up for the food. I am sure she thought we were off the wall but she was laughing so that’s always a good sign.
I am looking forward to going back soon although I am not in that area too often anymore.

This place is OK if you’re just getting beer and don’t mind shitty service.
The food sucks and is overpriced. You are basically paying for location.
I could dumpster dive ingredients & cook up something better. The staff seem to have a huge attitude. I asked a lady if there was a lunch special her response was unnecessarily bitchy.
It would be one star if not for another server being very nice and going out of her way to fix the situation, removing two dry burgers from the total bill.
This place is like a bad cross of a dive bar and tourist trap. I won’t be back!

The price you pay seems a little high for what you get.
I find the food at Lions Pub average, but the price higher than what I want to pay. The service has always been good though and I don’t have any complaints there. I’m not a huge fan of pub food, but when I do have it, it needs to be very good and at a decent price.
What I do like about this place is that it is a walkable distance to the sky train. (Transit)

The food is still very good and the ambience is still good but what the heck is up with the service?
I thought last time was a fluke so based on the location and food alone it was a good review but this time around it was just too much. The waitresses are just plain rude.
As soon as we walked in one girl rushed up behind us and started going «Excuse me! Excuse me! Behind you! Excuse me!» as she was trying to get by. First of all, we haven’t even been told where to sit. There are no signs that said «Seat Yourself» but apparently that’s what we were supposed to do. Then no one came to give us a menu.
When our waitress finally showed us the first thing she said was not to take our drink orders or ask what we were ordering. Instead she offered to throw out my full cup of Starbucks I had just bought. Then she proceeded to yammer on about how I can’t put it on their table; it’s the law; can’t put it on the chair as it might spill and she didn’t want to clean the upholstery; it has to go on the floor; she was doing me a favor because I wasn’t even suppose to have it in the establishment; I could choke to death and my family would sue them because I was drinking it on their grounds; but bottled water is ok (I guess I can’t choke on water. Only coffee). This went on for at least 5 minutes. She came by on 3 separate occasions to hassle me about my stupid Starbucks that I wasn’t even consuming.
Honestly what is the big deal? I wasn’t consuming an outside drink in their establishment. Why is water ok but not coffee? And if I did freaking choke and die how does my family even start finding out about the Starbucks??? Guess what people, if I freaking choked to death on your grounds it doesn’t matter what I was or wasn’t drinking! Having the Starbucks there could probably save you a law suit as you can say it wasn’t your food or drink that killed me! Versus without the Starbucks, now who are you going to blame? It had to be your food/​drink that killed me. Think about it! Saying «it’s the law» doesn’t make you any less of a pain the butt.
What I found especially hilarious was how the waitress offered to dump my coffee in a mug and then dump it back in the cup when I leave. How does this resolve the «coffee choked me to death» scenario in any way shape or form??? When I said no that’s ok to this suggestion as its just too much effort she came back with «I’m the one doing all the work woman!». In that exact wording, verbatim. Honestly?
The entire meal then proceeded to be poor service. A refill of ice tea took 15 min. Then the bill took another 10. Then we waited another 15 min for her to come back and pick up the card and drop it off again. Did I mention there were only about 10 patrons on the entire place? No excuse for this kind of slowpokery people.
So, I take back what I said in the first review. This place is not worth 4 stars. Food is still decent but save yourself some freaking headache and go to the food court next door.

Came here to watch the Canucks.
The venue is quite large, but was completely packed. It was a war zone, which is to be expected. There is an outdoor patio available which should be nice, but
I had a chance to try their appies platter, and wasn’t too impressed. There were 2 types of wings and some carrot and celery sticks, but they didn’t taste that fresh. (read: soggy)
The Lions burger was quite disappointing. The patty was too small (but it was thick), so I ran out of meat about ¾ of the way into the sandwich. The toppings were generous (ie thick slices), but for a burger this is a bad thing, as it meant everything fell (or should I say squished) out as soon as you bit into it. Lastly, the bun was over-​toasted. The top bun cracked in half when I attempted to squish down with my hands, in a futile attempt to keep the toppings from flying out the sides. In terms of taste though, the burger is decent. So were the fries.
Pints of Bud and Bud Light were on special for $ 5.xx (closer to $ 6) today. Not much of a special at that price if you ask me.
Lastly, my other complaint is that the layout kinda sucks for watching sports. Because of the way the tables were oriented, everyone had to turn their heads sideways to watch the game. Our table had to look in opposite directions to catch the game, effectively killing off any and all conversations. Also some of the screens are simply too small, such that they look like non-​HD TVs from afar. Can’t even see the puck on some of them.
It’s not a bad place to chill, but to be honest, it’s also not the best place to catch any sports action.

Lion’s Pub is an old-​style English pub sitting by the glitz and ritz of the Vancouver waterfront. You pretty much walk out of the polished Canada Place skyline, past the impossibly clean white exterior and patio and you’re inside a dark, dank English pub. Nice.
Prices for the food are decent for the area about $ 9 — $ 15 per entrée and they have many of the English staples on the menu. My friends enjoyed their fish and chips and my pulled pork sandwich was pretty good — save the coleslaw that it came with.
There’s lots of local and British beer on tap — about $ 6 for a local ‘mug’ and $ 8 for a imported ‘mug’. I say ‘mug’ like that since it’s about $ 2 more than their ‘glass’ and what they call a ‘mug’ is about a pint elsewhere. I guess when you say a ‘mug of beer’ to me, I instantly picture a beerstein (I set myself up for disappointment). So prices on the beer aren’t that great — but probably fair if you don’t want to go to Gastown nearby.
So — the food is pretty good, drinks aren’t very cheap and there’s an outdoor patio if you enjoy the sights of maddenly polished and touristy area around Canada Place. Or sit inside the classic pub interior for a change of pace from the rest of the area.
For a Saturday night, it was pretty dead, so I guess it’s a good place if you just want a chill place to have a beer. Completely different vibe (or lack thereof) compared the Gastown bars nearby.

This was one of those surprises in the downtown area. By surprise, I mean the english pub style action they have going on.
It’s surrounded by Canada Place, expensive waterfront hotels and generally touristy stuff. It’s great as an alternative to what you can get accustomed seeing around this part of the city. This is what made me wander over to this place.
It opens at 11 am and fills up really fast. I was surprised! It is very much pub food you will be going for here. So with that in mind, I ordered the shepard’s pie. I was disappointed in how soupy it was. Ya know, you can’t have soupy shepards pie! I went to England and I tell you a traditional pie is not soupy!!!
This does not deter me though. It has a really busy, relaxed atmosphere which I can imagine after work would be a great place to hang out. There’s a sports bar feel to this place too. Well, I guess the sports playing on the screens should have made me guess that one.
Go there, for a relaxed time. Bring a group of friends for a pint or two. They definitely carry a multitude of beer fare to choose from.