LE VIEUX/ THE OLD DUBLIN PUB & RESTURANT

When traveling in any town a visit to an Irish Pub is always in order. Le Vieux Dublin in Montreal did not disappoint. There was 1 bartender who handled a full bar & a few tables & made it look easy. There were many great Irish Whiskey selections & it seemed many more pint options. The customers were friendly & even bought me a couple pours of good whiskey. Guys….be sure to checkout the urinals.

Lively, lots of fun, great staff especially Arlene and Mark! Truly a wonderful pub experience. My crew stopped in every night during our stay in Montreal. It was conveniently located across the street from our hotel, reasonably priced, had live music and opened until 3am. It's definitely worth stopping in for a pint or two... 😉

The atmosphere in the pub is lively and the food is OK. But without doubt, the server and service staff were the most miserable, on the night we have ever experienced on seven contenents. It seemed as if they smiled, the glasses would shatter. Glasses were removed before drinks finished. Bill presented as soon as we put on a jacket, and there was no inquiry if we were finished. Not bad, outstandingly terrible service.

Found this gem of a pub downtown while we were visiting Montreal. It has great architecture, an unbelievable stock of scotch, friendly staff, and good prices.

This place is amazing if you are looking for an Irish pub with tasty food and amazing service. We ended up coming back here a few times! Arlene works behind the bar and was so great! She knows the area well and has lots of tips for anyone visiting Montreal! She was the best!

This is exactly what you want in an Irish Pub: large, cold beers, full bar with many whiskeys, pub food. We had the fish and chips and onion rings, and it was excellent: light batter, large portion, tangy coleslaw. Nachos on the table next to ours also looked good.

Service was awful, food was not great either. I've literally never witnessed service like we got here. I honestly thought it was one of those places where their rudeness is a part of the concept, but it's not! Someone in my party ordered chicken tenders, they forgot about it, then they came out raw. The kitchen cut them in half and cooked them a second time. Yikes.

10/10 experience. Arlene is a gem, in fact the 🐐🐐The lamb curry was excellence. The Guinness was pristine.

Food, ambiance...a real "pub." Good service! Cool spot. Lost s of locals! Curry was the best!

We popped into this pub for lunch while shopping in the area. The owner was very friendly and the staff were also. I just wish someone told me medium rare burgers were illegal in Canada! I mean everything on my specialty burger was good except the actual meat, which was dry as a hockey puck. Lesson learned....

Went to get something to eat early evening, around 6pm. Manager immediately stopped us as my son was not allowed in. When I questioned why, he says "don't bring your kid to a pub" rudely. Place is a full on restaurant to any standards in the world, probably serves more food than drinks, has a full dinner menu, entire place is set up with tables like a restaurant, literally has "restaurant" in the title, but they obviously don't want kids to eat there. Totally their prerogative, but based on the reviews it would probably be wise to reconsider their attitude. Montreal has this weird 18+ rule to get into pubs. I can understand bars, but restaurants should be a different story. We went to another restaurant/pub that had the 18+ rule but they were much nicer, and let us eat with my son. Logically considering it was so early in the evening, wasn't a big deal.

Loved the looks and feel of this pub. I did not have the food here, but this place certainly knows how to pour a proper pint of Guinness. Bartender was very friendly when we came in. If you want to go to a vintage Irish style pub for drinks, this is your place.

Honestly tried to like it as it was around the corner from our hotel. Maybe Canadian bartenders don't give buy backs idk? But when they charged me for an extra beer on my last night and pushed back I decided to leave them a one star review. Also, the place is pretty much a shit hole.

They got 4 stars for their Guinness serving and welcoming staff but they definitely need to reconsider their kitchen variety and serving to claim the restaurant title. The short term, beer was great, the food needs improvement

Love this place! Great pub vibe and Arlene is the best. The Guinness always hits the spot and the food is fine. This place has been around for a long time and it never disappoints.

Interesting pub in Downtown Montreal. Stopped in for drinks and burgers. Requested medium rare to medium burgers. All 3 burgers were well done and bland. I asked to taste a beer, and I was offered one that had been sitting for at least the 5 minutes I had been sitting at the bar. Nothing exciting about the service, the bar, or the food. The bar draws a huge crowd so I assume service is generally decent overall.

Server was great, live music was terrific good selection and easy listening loud enough to enjoy around the entire bar soft enough to carry on table conversations. Selection of Irish and British beers and liqueurs were excellent

I had supper this evening at Le Vieux Dublin Pub & Restaurant. Apparently it's been around for about forty years and is one of Montreal's oldest pubs. I was in the mood for wings and that's what I ordered. They were basic ... deep-fried with BBQ sauce on the side. Patrick was the server and bartender. He was friendly and took good care of me.

Casual Pub. Took the Dublin burger and it was ok and I also took a beer. Relax and chill vibe.

Great pub! Fun and all! I came here for St Patrick's Day with a few friends. Yes it was packed, but the waiters were attentive and service wasn't too long. Beer was great and food was good, apart from the nachos that were mainly just chips. The food was quite expensive for what it was, but that's probably because of the holiday. I'd come back here!

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.

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 Montreal. New wood paneling, new seats, new tables - gentrification has hit Montreal 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.

We just arrived in town and stopped here for our first beverage/meal. The workers seemed to know several of the patrons. This, in my view, is a "hole in the wall" type place where I'm from. We ordered a Maker's and a half and half. The makers was truly a 1 oz drink, but my beer was perfect. I ordered a burger which came with fries, and my wife ordered an extra order of fries. The burger came out well done, which is fine, and the fries were good. The burger was very bland, no seasoning at all. The beverages were good. The entertainment came as we were eating (guy with a guitar), and in this venue, that would be perfect. There were about 20-25 people in here, so as a neighborhood bar, I'll give it high marks. The food wasn't the best, but it hit the spot after getting off an airplane. Overall for us it was just OK. If you live or work in the neighborhood, though, it looked like a great place to hang out.

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 Montreal for this reason alone.

Quick Visit My first time at the Dublin and I was disappointed. We arrived before 930pm and the bartender told us upfront the kitchen was closed. I thought that was highly unusual for a Saturday night. The atmosphere was loud full of people and pleasant. So we stayed for a few very good drinks. The staff was congenial and understanding of the food shortcomings. I will try again on my next visit to Montreal.

Wow, now I know why this place gets such poor reviews. I stopped in for lunch and the place was packed. Funny, though my order for a burger and fries took almost no time to arrive. The bun was stale, the patty had obviously been sitting and the fries were old. Then the bar tender hassles me about using a credit card. Never again Dublin, never again.

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!

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.

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.

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 Montreal. 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 Montreal Canadiens are getting their asses beat by the Pittsburgh Penguins isn't the way to go about making friends in Montreal.

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.

Went in at barely 7PM on a Sunday night (the night before Thanksgiving, but still) and there was no one inside but the bartenders. Asked if they were still serving supper and was told that they could order us a pizza or pasta from the Italian joint next door. We passed and ended up at McKibbin's instead. Maybe next time we're in the city we'll give them another shot. Also of note is that they are opening up in the nearest storefront on the adjoining street, though not sure when. Don't know what the new location will be like.

Came here during a weekend trip to Montreal, and let's just say...it wasn't very good. My friend and I stumbled in here after walking around all day. We wanted some serious pub grub, and we were very disappointed. The cheese sticks were quite good, but they were served with salsa which was strange. The burgers were awful. Big, sure, but having been at a much better pub the day before, this was like eating leftovers from McDonalds. Service was awful. Don't even get me started on how bad the fries were. I had to slather them in ketchup in order to make them taste somewhat decent. They were greasy, and really chewy. No crunch whatsoever. Could have made better fries at home. We barely got any notice from the waitress, partially because there were larger tables filled with business men who occupied most of the time. Either way, it took her forever to take our order, and she barely checked in with us at all. All in all, we could have let it slide if the price was good, but for 2 mixed drinks, a cider, and 2 burgers we paid almost $80. Contrary, we had almost the same food the night before somewhere else, and it was almost half the price. The atmosphere was great. They had good music playing, and it felt like the pubs I've come to know and love in the UK. The selection of beer on tap was great. I'm sure its a lovely place to come for a few drinks on a night out, but the food was honestly disgusting and the wait staff didn't help. Highly disappointed.

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 29th, 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

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.

An Irish pub on Yelp 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!

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.

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 Montreal 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".

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".

I like the atmosphere. A pub with several levels that divides up the space to watch sports or get together for drinks without those two things coming into conflict. The walls are lined with whiskey boxes and the space has a sense of history; like it's much older than it likely is. The selection on tap is decent, the selection of whiskey is better. I can't comment on the food except to say the kitchen was closed at 10:30pm. Given this is in such a vibrant city, this made no sense and wasn't expected.

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.

Fresh breaded mushroom, yummy hard cider, Guinness, decent fish & chips, friendly server. This place was much better than McLean's pub- it was our second bar right after McLean's pub. Nothing really special except that. I could go back but it's not super memorable place or super special. I won't be sad if I don't have a chance to go back..

Overpriced, seating is too crammed up and food was below expectations for the price. The place smells like a pub (as expected). Good for a drink and that's it.

I had a fantastic time here on my last visit. It was a great place with a lot of wonderful people lolling around, half in the bag. I started up a long conversation with a dude from Seattle about which is worse: a year in New York or a year in LA. We both agreed New York, largely because the Vegas valve is much closer in the LA scenario. The selection of beers and ciders is pretty good and though I typically stick to Cider, I did enjoy a couple of lager and had a ball. The place gets crowded and gets really loud, but it's a fun time still!

Bartender could tell we were tourists and gave us terrible service. He closed out all of his checks before he brought our drinks over 10 minutes later. Avoid this place.

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 6th being for him). Other than that I think I'd go back.

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.

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.

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

Poor service (the waitress asked if we were eating dinner, took our drink order, then NEVER came back to take our food order) Overpriced and tasteless food. And on top of that-rude customers.

Ah, the Good Ole--merde, je veux dire "vieux"--Dublin. Gotta love the language police. Anyway, Le Vieux Dublin is an authentic Irish pub, name notwithstanding, with lots of crowds and foot-stompin' live music. It's actually not that weird a concept, since the Irish are traditionally one of the four founding cultures of Montreal (hence the shamrock on the official Montreal flag). While it's a great time inside, Le Vieux Dublin is in a rather dead location, and it's tucked away past a parking lot off University, near René-Lévesque. It's a bit easy to miss as a result, but don't give up...

We enjoyed the Dublin pub with it's selection of beer and atmosphere. Flet sorry for Alison as she was the only server / bar tender in the place with about 40 people. Had to open the downstairs area as so many people arrived. She did a great job in covering it all. Only problem is that we split a dinner and they charged $2.75 to split a meal. Do not think this is fair at all. Great service and busy for 6PM on a Sat night.

The way an Irish Pub should be, too bad they had to move out of the old location. It had such character. Food is great. The curry dishes are super.

Went there with my wife on a lark. Pleasantly surprised to find Indian curries on the menu. And even more surprisingly, the curry was actually better than the fare at a lot of so called Indian restaurant else-where in the world. I had the medium spicy lamb curry which had a thick curry with potatoes and reminded me of home. Absolute comfort food. My wife had the spicy chicken curry which was delicious too. The place had a huge selection of scotches and whiskeys, which we enjoyed on the rock. The lone low point was the Irish coffee which we had ordered two off. They both seemed to have different strength with one being much stronger than the other and the key seemed to be the Irish with the coffee almost as an after thought. All in all, a pleasant experience specially if you love scotch and Indian food.

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.

Me and my wife went for a few pints after a long day of flying and thought this place was decent. The beer selection is pretty impressive, with about 16 beers on draft including 8-10 Canadian beers, some of which I had never heard of. The staff was somewhat friendly, and same with the crowd. I thought the prices were high, especially for the non-Canadian beers ($8). There is also a lot of construction on the block, which made it kind of hard to find. There are many worse places to go for a drink I'm sure, but I'm pretty sure that there are better ones as well.

Great place to have a pint with friends. Good food, great ambiance. Also good if you want to watch sporting events (a few large flat screen TVs for your viewing pleasure).

We recently had a large group in town for a conference and Le Vieux Dublin was where we held our annual party. The staff and management were exceptional and our group (50+) had an amazing time. We basically had an entire section of the bar to our selves, with dedicated staff to our group and the entire night went off without a hitch. Everyone commented on how wonderful the bar was and what a great time they had. I definitely recommend Le Vieux Dublin.