Malt & Barley Public House — Restaurant in Kitchener

Best tofu curry I have ever had. I have 2 humble requests: 1) Please don't discontinue this dish. 2) Please consistently pack the tofu curry sauce separately from the rice and pita for takeouts. I ordered this dish twice (and have ordered from here many times and love their fish tacos which is now discontinued). The first tofu curry I ordered a month ago, came with 2 small round containers filled with the tofu curry sauce. And 1 regular takeout container had the brown rice, pita bread and pickled onions and chillies. I was super impressed and blown away. Everything was intact by the time I got home. The second time I ordered it today and it all came in 1 regular take out container with the rice and sauce just dumped all together. The pickled onions and chillies were also gooped up with the curry sauce and even worse, the naan pita bread were also on the sauce goop :( By the time I opened it (I live 6mins from you guys) the entire container was soggy, the black checkered cheese paper which was the liner in the container was all soggy goopy and tore when I scooped the rice and sauce. I couldn't even see the rice until I scooped the sauce out to a different container. The pickled onion and chillies were so drenched with sauce that it didn't taste like condiments. It tasted like it was cooked with the sauce. The pita naan bread was drenched with sauce and was soggy bread. Why? Why pack it so beautifully the first time and then dump it all in 1 container the 2nd time? I voluntarily won't post pictures because the "all-in-one" looks very un-appetizing and I dont want people to not order this dish just because it looked like throw up this time. So PLEASE, anything with so much gravy and curry, pack it separately from the...

I was in on Tuesday Jan 9th, 2018 with my best friend to enjoy a night out. However, the service we received was absolutely terrible!! Our server Britt G ignored us the whole evening. This was now the second time this abysmal waitress served us. When we tried to get her attention she’d barely acknowledge us and walk away rather than standing at our table and actually taking our order. We waited for our order longer because apparently smoking was more important than doing her job. I’ve had bad service before but NEVER anything is awful. She ignored us and was super rude! I do not understand how this woman is a server. I used to go the pub at least once a week but because her service has put such a bad taste in my mouth that I don’t want to go back and I’ll never recommend the pub unless my friends want really crappy service. She walked around being polite to the few people she knew but clearly showed how she feels about her job when she treated my friend and I (who are also paying customers) like garbage. She was by far is the worst waitress I’ve ever encountered that it came to the point we almost walked out. Britt G has turn a place we used to like to go to, to a place we have no desire to go back to. She was RUDE in every sense of the word. She needs a lot of training in how to be polite and respectful to your patrons. I’d rather get a root canal than be served by a waitress like her again. She has no regard for anyone but herself. Also, it was nice to see her phone took priority over your customers. No wait, that too was extremely ill-mannered. We have never been so irate by server but she managed climb her way to the top. Awful, awful, awful! I only rated this a one star because I am not able to...

So, I have reviewed this pub before and given it a higher rating. It's one of the reasons I have went to it a number of times in the last few months when meeting people. This review is specifically about a complaint I have made to staff and management several times. Every time I'm there I specifically comment on the lack of local beer. This is a local pub. Owned by a local company. Frequented by locals workers. So, why do they choose to only stock big name breweries? They will argue that they stock Barking Squirrel...or as others know it, Moosehead. The truth is that they have no local beer. We are living in an epicenter of Craft Brewing in Canada and yet not one local beer. I get that the big breweries tell you what you're ordering, but at the end of the day your pub, and all the other locals in this company, sell enough that you would have power in your negotiations. It is time for you to start supporting your local brewer.

I have supported your pub a lot over the years. The ambiance is good, the food is tasty and it's a great spot to watch a game. But sadly, after numerous complaints to bartenders, and managers, I can't do it anymore.

Please. Enough is enough. Together We're Bitter Innocente Block 3 Elora Barncat Northworks Descendants

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