HONKERS PUB & EATERY — Restaurant in Lethbridge

To be frank, this is the first time of many that I've been disappointed in the food. $5 extra to make a beef dip into a Philly...expectations were very high considering the usual quality. 2 pieces of green pepper and very few onions with 2 pieces of cheese...for 5 freakin dollars!!! As it is, I had a guest who had never been before and she won't be going back. Not gonna lie...I expected better out of them. Based on my last visit, I can't, in good conscience, recommend them to anyone.

As I'm unable to submit a rebuttal to replies...

I come from a long line in the restaurant industry. I'm not oblivious to the fact that food pricing is skyrocketing, but $5 for 40-cents-worth of additions is asinine. A decent food cost is 25%, which would dictate approximately 4-times what what given for the $5 upcharge. I hadn't mentioned the $2.75 for what seemed like MAYBE 3oz of gravy. My meal was around the $26 mark for a sub-par sandwich, fries and gravy.

Try to justify it all you want, blaming ingredient pricing and whatever else you'd like to. The fact of the matter is that this meal was nowhere near worth the money charged. And to be clear, as per the reply below...I'm NOT disappointed in my CHOICE to order it...I'm disappointed in the quality of the meal provided for the priced charged.

Furthermore, they mentioned that that's why they put the descriptions on the menu, so people make informed decisions. Well...if you want people to be properly informed, it should say something like "Upgrade to 'Philly-style' for $5 with 2 small slices of green pepper, a teaspoon of sauteed onions and 2 slices of cheese which won't change the flavour at all. Frankly, you'd get more value scraping the leftover toppings out of the box from a cheesesteak pizza from Domino's." Truth in...

I rarely leave reviews for anything. However, I felt compelled to do so on this particular occasion.

Went in for lunch and sat at the bar which had a weird, vaguely sewer type smell aloft, but I wasn’t sure if it was my olfactory sense (which is often off).

The waitress was pleasant and promptly took my order. I ordered the bangers & mash which she endorsed as a ‘good one’.

What my expectations of bangers & mash are and what they are at Honkers apparently differ a lot. What I got was, essentially, was sliced kielbasa (or something akin) on some semi-warm mashed potatoes (which tasted like they were a powdered mix frankly). On top of this was brown gravy and some sliced vegetables. Interesting, but no.

All in all, the dish wasn’t bad, but not really what I was expecting. The waitress was kind enough to ask how my meal was. I replied it was “fine” though I probably only ate maybe half oof it. As she was clearing it away she noticed a lot had not been eaten and asked again. I told her it “was okay”. We left it at that. I never complain about a meal. I don’t really like making a fuss about stuff.

Bottom line: I’d probably return to Honkers, but I will not get the bangers & mash again. Not great.

UPDATE: I went back and had the bacon cheeseburger and it was good. I will definitely be back at Honkers, but will forego with bangers & mash. It's a nice establishment with good people who obviously care about their food and...

Gave them 2 stars cause I've eaten here before and it was decent. But last night my wife and I had the fish n chips cause they were on special and both agreed they were probably the worst piece of fish either of us had ever eaten. Undercooked mushy and downright gross. Waited and waited for someone to come and ask how my meal was but after 10-15 minutes finally just took it up to the bar pretty bad service which has been a problem everytime I've gone here. The waitress actually agreed it was disgusting and took most of it off the bill. I stomached almost half of mine I guess so she charged me for half of it. Definitely should have not charged me a dime in my opinion but I was happy they did something and I'm not there to fight over a few dollars. No name brand frozen fish n chips would have been more edible. Don't think I could eat here again. It was really that...