The food was good. The wings were actually hot! Our server G.I Jane was friendly and very accommodating! The place got super busy and packed quickly. You will need a reservation to stay longer if it's busy. read more

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I came here for the duelling piano night & it was really fun! It is a bit of an older crowd, but everyone is so nice & fun! The staff were super friendly & the 2 gentlemen playing the pianos did an amazing job. I'm definitely coming back! read more

Uptown Social House - Deep fried cheese curds - Pubs Near Me - Burlington, Ontario

We arrived for a business dinner, and was delighted with a great atmosphere. We had an assigned area and pre determined meals. Starting with the Caesar salad with bacon was very good, and the Salmon while slightly overcooked was good. The pineapple upside down cake was nice ending. Server seemed impatient. Being how this was the first time our associates were all together in a few years and we had music, made it an enjoyable night. read more

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It has gone down hill fast, staff and owner try to get you to buy shots for them. Only survive off the dueling pianos Friday and Saturday. read more

Food and service were excellent. The dueling pianos is a bonus. Great fun. Lots of dancing. A really nice evening out.

Before moving to Burlington, I came for a visit to find housing and explore and such. My job cleverly sent me during the Summer so as not to experience snow and immediately change my mind. One day during this trip, I was looking for a lunch spot and stumbled upon Uptown Tavern. I tried their roast beef sandwich and it brought tears to my eyes. It is the kind of sandwich that could bring down a dynasty or help the Montagues and Capulets to find common ground. After moving permanently, I could not for the life of me remember where I had found this legendary sandwich. It was heartbreaking. Then, God granted me an incredible blessing as I happened to drive by and recognize the sign. Since that day - that fantastic, blessed day - I have gone back to Uptown Tavern 4 or 5 times. The food and service are both always incredible, and I've found that there are usually some fun characters at the bar top. I cannot recommend this place enough. read more

I am not sure how to rate Uptown Tavern / Social House. We stopped in for dinner one evening and, while we were pleasantly surprised at the good food, we were also a bit put off by the ambiance here. This is a pretty small pub. We were directed to sit anywhere but then we were ignored for quite some time before a server brought menus and asked us about drinks. Then there was a long wait before she came back with drinks and to take our orders. Otherwise the server seemed quite chatty with several customers -- I would assume they might be regulars. There were a few people sitting at the bar, and only one other table of diners. The food was decent. We both had veggie burgers, which were fairly flavourful and my companion had fries while I had a green salad. Both sides were also okay. Again, there was a long wait before our server came to clear our plates and ask about bill. And more time passed before the bill was brought. I can't say that I was blown away by the service or the food, nor would I say it was offensive. We noticed the pianos in the corner and we agreed that in such a small space, if anyone were playing, the sound level would likely drive us away. read more

As every Friday goes we go out for lunch and this week was Ryan F's turn to choose. He had selected Uptown this week. I was a little wary of the fact that he couldn't remember the name of the place so we were kind of going in blind not knowing the name of the place to check it out ahead of time and only where it was. Well we arrived shortly after noon and the place wasn't that busy and we had our selection of places to sit. We were shown menus quite quickly and they had a small card for lunch menu items in which I didn't necessarily find anything to my liking on it but I did see a burger that sounded pretty good so I went with that. It was the Gouda burger which included caramalized onions, bacon, gouda and cream cheese. The bun didn't look that impressive which for me is a big deal but the patty was really good, fresh and overall the burger was a really good tasting combination of rich cheeses, savory bacon and a good patty of beef. The fries that came on the side were nicely cooked Yukon Gold type which had a nice amount of salt to them already before I had added my own amount of black pepper on top as well. My colleagues ended up getting the lobster tacos and fish and chips which looked like decent servings as well. Goose Island pale ale is what I had today and it went well with the meal. Their beer selection is decent. The service was a-OK, and we were served a little after half past the hour but we still didn't have to rush and we ate at a normal pace, paid and were still back in time. This is a decent place to have lunch so I can see us coming back. The owner came around and introduced himself and said he was working on getting a loyalty card made so that will be nice too when it comes out. read more

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I don't review places if I've had a had a bad experience but I will make an exception for a place that I went out of my way to return to because I enjoyed the food. My girlfriend and I usually go every Wednesday to get what we thought was a nice home cooked hamburger. Previous visits left us very happy, although the wait is usually longer than normal. We came today, another Wednesday and ordered immediately after sitting down because we know how long the service takes since there is one server for the whole restaurant and the bar. It took us 55 minutes to get 2 burgers and fries. And when we finally got them, they were dried and tasteless. The fries were cold and it was basically just a sub par meal. Quite the opposite of what we expected. We spoke to both the server and the "manager" on duty and they could give less of a crap about what we had to say. They did not apologize and still charged us full price for everything. Not even a comped Drink or anything. The offered us a lame coupon for a free appetizer AFTER I have paid in full. We left it on the table upon leaving because we will not be returning after today's experience. Whether you care or not you have lost a regular customer. It's a shame. If you would like to resolve this issue please contact me at c.mccullough417@gmail.com and I will change this 1 star review. read more

Unfriendly, impolite and happy to take your money. Paid for reserved seating at the bar and when we asked for it we were told we're too late. 10:30pm on NYE! Apparently the concept of selling seats is a little tricky for the folks here. I handed the tickets back and the bartender took them back without attempting any service recovery. No refunds, no apologies, not even a shrug of the shoulder. Totally spoilt our NYE plans. Quite sad for a neighbourhood bar. read more

We used to go here a lot because it was walking distance from home and the food and service was good. The last few times we went when it was the Uptown Tavern both the food and service were horrible. We had hoped that under the new name it would go back to the previous service levels with good food. Sadly it did not. The other night was possibly the worst service I have received anywhere. Ever. Sad but true. Time to start going to the Tin Cup for a walking distance restaurant. The food there is mediocre at best, but the service is excellent read more

Update: I was with a group who left after me and found out that they were charged $12. a beer. Totally unacceptable to not advertise prices or place drink menus on the bar so you can charge outrageous prices. And I thought $3 for water was bad. My friends were shocked with their bar tabs. I mentioned this to friends who are associated with the Burlington Restaurant Association and they said this bar is known for not giving a crap. Beware. read more

Went late at night with a friend hoping to catch the kitchen before they closed. The head chef was kind enough to reopen it when we arrived, since it's been slow earlier that evening (Thank you again for that). The food was great (Turkey Burger with Wedges), tap selection isn't the widest, and the place itself is super clean. Nothing like the Pluckers before it. The owner was manning the bar and was good conversation. I'll be coming back here again. read more

We have eaten at the Uptown Tavern on 4 separate occasions and have been very satisfied every time with the taste and quality of a variety of menu items. Food is always top quality and well prepared and arranged. Service has always been prompt and friendly and the Uptown has a real "neighbourhood" feel. This has become our "go-to" establishment for great food and service at a reasonable price. Favorite menu item: the meatloaf sandwich. read more

My husband and I went today at 1 pm and it's was very quiet inside. We ordered the loaded baked potato poutine to start. We were very impressed with it and thought it was good so we were excited for our food. After we finished, we waited a really long time for our food. I had the avocado burger which was dry and had no sign of avocado anywhere. The menu says it's made with an avocado salsa, but there was NO avocado. My husband had the lobster tacos and was not impressed. WE both had caesar salads as a side and they just had store-bought Renee's caeser vinaigrette dressing. read more

Absolutely amazing staff, quick and friendly service. Loved the menu, simple foods made to perfection highly recommended

This experience would have been better without the live music. Thursday night at 7pm was too early for music that loud. My club sandwich was good, bf said his 'roast beast' was overcooked and not very tasty. I asked one waitress if it was possible to get the music turned down a bit and once she argued with me about it for a bit, she flat out refused to even ask - even though there were less than a dozen people in the restaurant. I saw a number of the 'barflies' leave after about 15 minutes of the music, since you could no longer hear the person across from you talking. A guy who I assume was the owner eventually came over to our table to see how we were doing and he was much nicer and offered to ask the musician to turn it down. We are from right in the neighbourhood and eat out a lot, but I don't think this will become a regular stop for us. read more

This is sad. My wife and I have been in 4 times, Dec 17th 2015 being our last, and final time. We only had good service once, and that was the one time we came in at lunch. The rest was during hockey games, which wasn't very busy likely due to the lack of sports packages, and limited game options. We figured because they were new, we would give them a few months to improve, but they have progressively gotten worse. Giving our food away to other tables, and forgetting to reorder it (40+ minutes for wings on a wing night), letting drinks empty and waiting to order a refill, when we were 1 of 3 tables, and this last time, sitting at the bar with 3 servers, the male working, one female flirting so loud we could hear every word and it wasn't work related, and the third literally standing directly behind us doing nothing. For 5 minutes we sat there (stop time, the leafs game was on the tv, 5 minutes passed in game), we weren't greeted, offered a menu, or anything, we were dead centre of the bar area. Sad. This was once a great pub when it was pluckers, we use to go for wings every week and watch a non-leafs game, plus playoffs. The service then was fantastic, really sad to see this place fail so badly. read more