The Forty Public House — Restaurant in Grimsby

In Regards To Your Response: Maybe you should get a new job as cooking is clearly not for you. If you valued your customers than you should have not put out the quality you did and corrected it yourself before it reached the table. Also, based on some of the most recent reviews, I'm clearly not the only one who has a problem with the quality either. I like how you believe that your mistakes should fall on the customer.

I've gone ahead and attached a picture for you of some of my food that is clearly burnt. Thanks for coming out with your rude response as I was just giving an honest review. Now people will also know that you clearly don't care at all and with that attitude? I'd highly doubt you would have corrected anything. Now you get 1 star.

They brand themselves high, but very mediocre food. As someone who both cooks and is a food critic I must say I was surprised at the low quality for the price.

Garlic bread they claim has loads of cheese, didn't have much at all but was fresh so you basically paid $11.50 for a loaf of bread.

The mussels were delicious this was their best dish, however, they were very small mussels and at $16. Other places offer the larger ones for this price.

The steak was very plain for something to apparently have butter, the pasta and parm was very plain and nothing special and the French fries were not fresh at all and the vegetables weren't even steamed long enough. Parm dinner $20 Steak dinner $30.

The server was absolutely fantastic which is the only reason for the two star.

Conclusion: Around $96 for the dinner that was mediocre at best. I'd recommend adding more flavor to your dishes (spices and change the ingredients) and lastly if you make a claim on your menu ie. loads of cheese, please do so. Probably won't be going back to give it another chance after that price and quality and it's very unfortunate as I was looking for a new go to place....

This was my first time visiting the Forty house, but I can assure you, it will not be my last. Decided to stop for a bite to eat on my way home after a long day of motorcycling. This place was formerly Joe Dogs. I decided to give it a try. And am I glad that I did!! What a huge improvement from the former restaurant that was there. Joe Dogs was good, but the Forty is truly a gem in downtown Grimsby. From the moment I walked in I felt like I was a valued customer. I was greeted by Nikki a lovely waitress who welcomed me with a smile. I decided to sit at the bar since I was on my own, figured I could watch one of HDTVs behind the bar. I was then greeted by Jamie the bartender. I decided to go with his recommendation of the TEXAN burger. It was a huge burger cooked perfectly with cheddar cheese, lots of bacon, and pickled jalapeno pepper topped with some tangy BBQ sauce. The prices here maybe a small bit higher than other places in the area, but well worth it. My plate went back almost clean!! From the nice soft bun, to the side salad this could be my regular meal. But although the meal was excellent, sitting at the bar chatting with Jamie was really an experience. He is a smart, funny, knowledgeable gentleman who can really read his customers. I never once had to ask for a refill on my drink, he was quick to see it was taken care of. Before my food came out, he had set out everything I could have possibly needed for my meal, from condiments, to napkins, cutlery etc. During my meal he was around to chat about whatever. But he was never intrusive, but always at the ready for a lively dialog. The service here was awesome. And if it stays the same, I will def become a regular. I suggest you try this place out, if you do ask for Jamie or Nikki, both are on top of the...

1st time we went, it was amazing....the food, the service, etc. We were a group of 4 for a bday dinner...and just awesome. Fast forward to June, another bday dinner but we ordered through skip. So far everything was good....until we went to eat. The burgers were amazing again for those that ordered burgers....the fries....terrible....burnt and unedible and gravy forgotten, unsure if we were charged. One person couldn't even eat half their meal. Again, the bunger ppl did okay. And here we are today....couldn't order properly through skip so called in, our order was simple with no substitutes except no tomato on 1 order. Again, the burgers were excellent but the fries just sucked. They were so dark and over cooked and cold even though we had to wait for our order to be finished and live 3 to 4 blocks away. We all threw them out and with being takeout, wasn't worth the hassle going back, esp with the street market going on. It was very disappointing. I'm sensing a theme with take out....we would never have taken those fries had we been dining in, nor do I think they would have been served to us. Just very disappointing. This time we also did not get our gravy and we were charged....only $1.....but I ordered and paid for it. Sad to say I dont think we will be ordering again. A shame as our 1st experience...