The Drawing Room has become almost a regular piece of conversation and an assumed destination for…read moreme lately, thanks to the discovery of this secret bar on Yelp a month ago. Not yet is known about the upstairs-from-the-Henry-House bar yet other than it's wonderful decor and fancy drink menu. This isn't a beer-drinking spot, folks. This is where you go to feel important, share some drinks with a few friends and enjoy a couple hours of elegancy without feeling out of place. The Drawing Room has a timeless feel to it. You could be having a flashback to any period over the last hundred years and know that no matter what year you're in, you're enjoying it like royalty. The drink menu offers martinis, wines, and drinks of all sorts. I ordered a Burie'd Mojito, which was white rum, an assortment of berry juices and mint leaves. It was fantastic! My second drink was a vodka-based green lime drink that was just as delicious. Mind you, the drinks are $10+ so unless your wallet is loaded, don't come here to join it. Of course, the Drawing Room isn't the type of environment to get drunk but the drinks are made strong so be wary of your perception because you may be surprised once you stand up.

This place really is as good as it gets. You walk into the Henry House and there are no signs to…read morelead you in the direction of this hidden upstair gem. Either go through the front door and keep going up or walk through the main dining room and go to the left to the staircase and go to the top and you are there. The room is dark, atmospheric and filled with exposed beams, dark leather chairs, a cozy fireplace and a menu inspired by different time periods. The bar staff is friendly and know their drinks. My favourite is a Negroni, a delicious blend of campari, gin and vermouth. A perfect place for a date night or a few drinks with some close friends.

Resolutes Club is not only the best kept secret of the South end, but also one of the oldest…read moreamateur athletics clubs in Canada. 'Resolutes' is a members only club, but for a few dollars you can join and enjoy live music, pool, shuffle board and some of the cheapest drinks in the city. The 'social membership' at Resolutes will run you $10/annually and gets you in the door. (there is a pass code) If you want to be a voting member of the Resolutes Amateur Athletic Club then you need to shell out a whooping $32/annually. Membership dues go towards supporting various athletic organizations in the HRM such as: Metro Mens Soccer League, TARS Rugby, St. Mary's Football team as well as the Resolutes Pool league. Resolutes also offers some pretty great pub grub!

Cheap drink and great people the Resolute Club has been in the South End of Halifax form many…read moreyears. Yes it is a private club that is for members only it is almost like an old boys club house. Walking in you have bar located at the front with is a full bar equipped with everything. Happy hours still rings at the Resolutes Club making the drink even cheaper. Pool table and dart boards location at the back of the bar make sometimes very competitive. Large screen TVs are location always displaying some form of sports for the boys. I have attend many functions and parties at this club and always had a great time at each event. Drop on by and ring the bell maybe they will let you in.

fat bouncer he was too tall and mean. very very very very disrespectful i am clinically depressed…read moreand chronically ill and he made it 1000x worse

Pretty good place for a dive bar. They have pool tables, juke box, and free comedy on Tuesday…read morenights. The comedy isn't the funniest thing in the world, but hey it's free and something to do on a Tuesday night! The drinks are pretty reasonably priced. I wouldn't come here for the food unless you love bar food. I had the nachos for my meal and my husband had the Philly steak poutine. He loved the poutine because he does love bar food. I have a sensitive stomach so the nachos were quite unpleasant for me. If I could redo my Tuesday night, I would eat food elsewhere, and come here for just the drinks & live comedy.

Been here for food like over a few years ago- prices still awesome with some new meal additions and…read moreservice always great Will be returning soon!

Such a fun Halifax spot -- great energy, super friendly staff, and unbeatable prices. Loved the…read morelocal beer lineup (Keith's, Oland, Toller -- iconic), plus the nachos and poutine hit perfectly. Perfect place for casual drinks, dancing, and a laid-back East Coast vibe. Will definitely be back!

This is a really cool speakeasy. In order to get in you need to find the email address to request…read morethe secret phrase. When you get that you are given admission thru the "cover" restaurant. We came in on a Saturday night when they opened at 7pm. We were escorted down around 7:15pm. Neat way to enter the actual speakeasy. Once in you are greeted in a dimly lit "library" with a bar. There was 50's jazz which added to the ambiance. Bar tender and servers were very friendly and attentive. Ordered a few special drinks. (See pictures). Overall a great speakeasy experience. Glad to have found one in Halifax.

You can't get in unless you know the password that is delivered via email when you are on the email…read morelist. We walked in said our password and they were 40 mins late on setting up on Saturday Halloween eve. Only servers can allow you in. Atmosphere is dungeon library with 1950s music. Drinks are $15-17 each. We ordered: - Grandma's Boy ($17): 3/5 similar to Old Fashioned. A very simple straight up old fashioned that didn't have much complexity. - The Last Barman Poet ($17): 3/5 tequila based sour. A bit savoury because of the spices. Not that complex either. Overall: Such as shame as the atmosphere is amazing. Compared to a lot of restaurants with cocktails, this one is pricier and less amazingly prepared. We were disappointed with the selections and that's why we only tried 2 and left.

Cool spot in Halifax. There is plenty of seating and it's dog-friendly. You place your drink order…read moreand food orders at the front. They have a good selection of drinks to choose from, mostly beer. For food, they had a lot of great food options too. We got their cubano and kimchi cheeseburger. I enjoyed the burger more. I would definitely come back here.

I love this quaint little beer garden, and Halifax! I spent a few nights here while staying at the…read moreLord Nelson hotel across the street. It's quality beer and wonderful service. They also have a dairy bar inside the courtyard in case the beer isn't providing you enough carbohydrate. We didn't try the food here, but they had something that they were cooking over smoke that smelled amazing. If we had had a few more nights here in town, we would have eaten at the beer garden for sure. Do you make sure you take a walk through the public garden diagonally, across the street from here. It is lovely.

We are always on the hunt for cask beer and found out about Stillwell. They had two cask beers to…read moretry out which my husband enjoyed. I went a for a non-alcoholic option and enjoyed it. I wish I was hungry when visiting because their food menu looked very good. I would recommend this place and would come back here.

The Hubs and I wanted to try some craft beer while at Halifax without having to go to each…read moremicrobrewery and Stillwell seems to fit the bill. They have 12 beers on tap, and various beers on cans and bottles. Food seems to be mostly sharable appetizers. We tried: - Propeller Galaxy (6.5% $7.6 for 16oz): hazy IPA style, simple, a hint of hoppy. - Trailway Voyager (7.8% $7 for 12 oz): like a hazy IPA, citrus, sweet, smooth. Bartender is attentive and chill atmosphere. Overall: great place to grab a drink and hangout.

I'd give this place 1.5 stars if i could but since it's not an option, I'll go 2, since the actual…read morefunctionality of this establishment is fine. The good: Pool tables are in excellent condition. The prices are reasonable for playing pool. The bad: Drink prices are high, especially considering the location. Food prices aren't cheap either, but not as contrasting. Some servers are slow and seem disillusioned. I'm sure the job isn't Disneyland but as someone who worked worse jobs to pay my way through University, any job that requires customer service, well, requires customer service! One server was insanely rude to my friend. He complained as we left and asked to speak to the manager. He was told the manager wasn't in. When asked when he would be, the server said she wasn't sure. My friend came back two days later and asked to see the manager. A different, more polite server said the manager was on vacation. Alright then. The ugly: Two years ago the little strip mall adjacent to Bedford Place Mall was fine. Now, residents in the area, mainly seniors, get to enjoy interesting looking patrons/staff smoking and cursing outside. Incredulously, they start a bit after noon. Like I said in my Bubba Ray's review, it's astonishing, as someone who works 40-60 hours a week at a good job but only after working my butt off studying and moreover, paying my way through school by working, that people can afford to drink pricey booze and smoke 22 dollar a pack cigarettes on a Tuesday afternoon. I saw an elderly person ask a young man with a cigarette and a neck tattoo to not smoke in front of public establishment. His response was to give the lady a terrifying look and to flick with cigarette about 20 feet (which was in a weird way, impressive. I'm sure he has had lots of experience to develop such a skill). I'm not sure if by design, but the cigarette went so far it hit some poor person's car. He strutted back into Dooly's, without saying a word. The look he gave on the other hand, probably made that lady resent opening her mouth. This outraged me, but considering my disdain for conflict, I asked my brother, an officer in the armed forces to speak with the manager. He said he wouldn't complain since he himself hadn't seen the incident, but did offer to go down and play some pool and have a beer and "observe." This time we went around 8pm on a Friday. Many people went out and smoked right outside the building, violating smoking by-laws which require smokers to a) smoke 5m away from an entrance and b) not to litter. Moreover, people were using those vaping things in the bar. Neither of us are big fans of inhaling nicotine. At this point, we asked to speak to a manager and were told the manager would be in on Monday. Manager's apparently don't work too much. As we left, we saw a man, who appeared quite intoxicated, get into his car and drive away recklessly, narrowly missing a parked car. There were about a dozen people outside in the cold, smoking away, throwing/flicking their butts away randomly. Quite the scene. We called non-emergency police services and after voicing our complaint, were told that police had been "around" and noticed no problems. An officer called us and as I tried to explain people were drinking and driving, was told, facetiously, "thank you" and hung up on. That is another matter I'm handling through different avenues. If HRM would like to generate funds quickly, put a competent police officer in an unmarked car in the parking lot of Dooly's and Bubba Ray's and I'm sure he/she could write 10-20k a week in littering, smoking violations and DUI tickets a week and that is a light estimate. Pretty heinous that our tax dollars pay the salaries of the police, yet we are hung up on for complaining (or trying to) about unruly people, flicking cigarettes around, making other establishments less appealing and driving around drunk. In the words of the officer we spoke with, "We have a great relationship with them (the aforementioned establishments)." I'm not sure if he meant his girlfriend worked there but that's a farcical statement. This situation seems inevitable to escalate, and must be indirectly lowering the property value of all the property in the surrounding area. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/attempted-murder-charge-in-bedford-strip-mall-stabbing-1.2100689

Dooly's Bedford is a great place to play some pool or catch a game. They have been a staple in…read moreBedford for a long time. A consistent supporter of community events. Great staff and always something fun going on.