The Dock — Restaurant in New Glasgow

My husband and I stopped here for lunch on the way to Halifax from Cape Breton Island. The restaurant was not busy on this Tuesday around 1 pm. I ordered the chish and fips and he ordered the parmesan breaded haddock. He had a local rose cider that was delicious and the IPA I got was also very good. The fish and fries were delicious, although he couldn't detect the parmesan on his. The hostess that greeted us was a friendly Irish woman. Our waitress gave us a bit of a weird experience. Before we ordered our food, we told her we had some questions. She answered my question about the IPA and fish and chips, but as my husband was about to ask his question about the fish he was interested in, she just walked away and started doing something at the computer. She didn't come back so I got up and approached her nicely, saying we had more questions. She came back and answered everything we asked her very abruptly. When we ordered our food she asked if we wanted tartar sauce. I said yes and my husband said no. When she brought the food, I was served maybe a tablespoon of tartar sauce. I said I would need more please and she said yes, but she would have to charge me! I asked her if she could please give me the one that would have come with my husband's food. She hesitated, and said something about food prices being so high, but then she did bring it. It was so salty, I couldn't even eat it after all. I noticed I hadn't been served a piece of lemon, so I had to get her attention and asked for that. She brought me a skinny sliver of lemon. The irish hostess came by and upon request got me an actual lemon wedge. Overall, the food and drinks were delicious, but Tara, our server was abrupt and acted like we were an inconvenience to her. Our lunch with tax and tip...

The food was alright and the service was very good, but nothing can beat that ambiance. That's your selling point.

Beers - stouts and IPAs if I'm not mistaken - in front of the fireplace, supper steaming, as the freezing rain hammers the streets outside in 2017. A colleague and I quibbling about local events, picking away at our meals and savoring every quaff of our beers.

A post-hike beer with friends back in university, coming in seeking refuge from the heat and sun, leading to a full-on supper, our hunger piqued by the beers.

An awkward quasi-double-date that became convivial and fun as the night wore on in the glow of the hearth.

I fell in love with this pub, having times like that.

Whatever you do, do not - under any circumstance - change that ambiance.

The woody, smoky, rough-around-the-edges riverside charm of a classic tavern cannot be beaten, from the foot-worn hardwood floors to those tin ceilings and pipes running along the ceiling and the memorabilia gathering dust on the walls and shelves.

That is the quintessence of your business. Do not...

I’m mainly going off what I’ve been told by other people here, I’ve heard a lot on people being denied service because they were under 19 and there was alcohol there so they needed a parent or guardian.

That’s really not how it works, if you serve food then you need to serve food not the alcohol and if you’re 18 you can go in.

I went in as a little kid (over 10 years ago) and I was served food (this was both with and without parents) there’s no reason why they should be doing this there supposed to be family friendly.

If a place is even a bar and grill then the fact grill is in there then you have to serve anyone food (as long as not being a disturbance).

Also look at Boston pizza and the Apple seed they serve alcoholic beverages (so does jungle Jim’s)

Anyways I find...