Georgie's Local Kitchen + Bar — Restaurant in British Columbia

edited since my original review in March 2024 since I had such a nice time in March I decided to go to Georgie’s with 12 friends for my birthday (April 2024) and I had emailed to make a table reservation since we were a larger group— we arrive and the tables we were given were not good. We were tucked away in the bar and it was a slow night, nobody there except a few tables by the window. After those tables cleared, we had to request a few of those chairs from the window section of the pub because those were the proper chairs - the stools we were initially provided were too tall for the tables, very uncomfortable, and because they were too tall, we had no leg room/ knees kept hitting the table. We had polite service from our server but I noticed that the owner (who had been so wonderful during our first visit) was there this time too, but he was not walking around or being social with customers or being outgoing - rather, he sat in a booth the entire time. The food wasn’t great this time either, a few of my friends said the food was not good. I thought the background music playing was terrible - slow, sleepy music, not upbeat like we expected (this before dj) All this to say, a very different experience, and I was very sad I chose Georgie’s for my event. I wish our experiences were consistent and that I could depend on it to be good each time.

My friends and I (early 30s) had a wonderful time at Georgie’s recently. My friends and I were kicking off a bachelorette weekend a couple Friday nights ago; we had just done an escape room down the street, and we decided to try out Georgie’s for dinner and drinks. We are so glad we did!! The minute we arrived at the door, we were greeted by Jimmy (who, I was told later by our server, is one of the owners of the pub). He saw that we were celebrating my friend getting married, and he warmly invited us inside and he wished the bride-to-be congratulations, he got us a great table by the window overlooking the River, perfect for our group, and Jimmy was sweet and charming and fun, we enjoyed meeting him. Then a little while later after we had ordered the first round of drinks, Jimmy returned with a bottle of delicious sparkling wine for us! It was such a kind gesture. Throughout the night were all very grateful and very impressed with the great service and kindness we received. Thank you Jimmy and to Georgie’s staff!

Service was great, view was amazing, the food was good, our orders came out quick, (this is a little detail but I liked that some tables were equipped with phone chargers we could use - nice touch!) and the music playing at the pub seemed to be all my favourite tunes!! (DJ started at 9pm and he was wonderful!! And there was dancing later on in the night - lots of fun!) Can’t wait to go back, we had a great time...

I arrived for an open mic as it was advertised online and on the sandwich board outside the venue. Much to my surprise when I was called up on stage to perform my songs I was told I needed to have a bass player and drummer accompany me. In which I politely declined as I was performing my own original tunes. I was again told (not asked) that I should have a back line to jam with me. Again, I declined. When I got on stage the sound man appeared to be annoyed with me. I asked how many songs I perform. I was told 2. After I completed my songs I stayed for the food and atmosphere. I also brought two other people with me to enjoy the night. I observed several other artists get up and perform. All of which received 3 songs. I questioned the host about how many songs we get. His response was 3. To which he then realized and told me that next time I should have him and a drummer come and play with me. After paying over $200 in bar tab and food, I went to retrieve my guitar and thanked the sound man for everything. He just nodded at me and said "see ya". Then he followed me to tell me that if I want to go to an "open mic" that I should attend a different venue up the road next time unless I'm willing to have accompanying musicians with me at this one. Now, I have been a professional musician for many years. I've played many large venues and worked with big artists. Never in my life have I ever felt disrespected by anyone in the industry and had my creativity turned away because I didn't agree to having the sound man and host play on stage with me as they proceeded to do for the duration of the evening with all the other artists. In my opinion, musicians like this want nothing more than to take the lime light as much as they can. If this "open mic" night was advertised as "come jam with your tunes and these two guys" then perhaps I would have considered the advice of going down the road to a different venue. The sound in this venue was amazing. The server was amazing, the food was pub fair but decent. The egos and attitudes of the hosts of this event were in my opinion, enough to turn me off and never return. Which is a shame considering every show I've performed with my band in the past ten years has sold out and I am currently on the hunt for venues to perform at when we tour. Sadly, this venue is no longer an option. But apparently the one up the road on Columbia on a Monday is where I'm supposed to be. So, I'll check it out. I'm not offended as I've dealt with this type of thing before. But if you are an aspiring musician and are just getting your feet wet and still nervous to get in front of people. This might not be the...

Me and a friend went last night when we saw that there was an open mic. We were by far the youngest people there which was no problem and my friend signed up for the open mic and was excited to perform. We got drinks and food and the waitstaff was awesome and very accommodating, the food was very good - surprisingly good for pub food! Unfortunately I can’t rate more than 2 stars because me and my friend waited all night for her turn to perform, patiently, while the old dudes running the open mic played as much as they wanted and limited other performers to only 3 songs each. My friend wanted to play just 1 song. She waited patiently all night and then was told at the end of the night after hours of waiting “oh sorry we ran out of time for you to play.” It makes sense why there’s no young people coming when it seems the oldies run the open mic in a bullying fashion, not allowing newcomers their spot, or time. A lady commented it was unfortunate that my friend didn’t get to play when she signed up and waited patiently all night, and one of the male performers criticized saying it was my friends fault for not “being pushy enough” if she “really wanted it” I pointed out we were trying to be respectful and polite, and that it’s no wonder that no young people come here for the open mic, not worth it to be disrespected, have our time wasted, and then be criticized on top of it all for having manners. My friend told me later there was another younger guy that signed up earlier as well and didn’t get to play, and we saw a lovely gentleman of colour perform and get talked off the stage by one of the old white dudes running the show after he tried to start a 4th song citing that only 3 songs each were allowed, when the old white men running the show definitely played more than 3 songs themselves. Someone also came very late, didn’t sign up, and was asked to play by the people running the open mic, bumping them ahead of other people who had been waiting for hours and had their names on the list. This isn’t an open mic, this is a jam session for some old guys and their buddies so call it what it is, and don’t advertise an open mic that isn’t open at all. My friend who didn’t get to play and the older gentleman who was told to stop playing were the only 2 people of colour there which I think is important...