Mort's Pub & Pizza — Restaurant in Ottawa

Note: I don't post reviews often, so take this is as something I was pretty fired up about.

I was on my way home after work, and wanted to grab some food for my girlfriend and I. As I passed through Bell's Corners, I remembered that there was a local pub nearby which sold pizza.

After years of thinking, "Hey, Mort's! Yeah that's one of the dive bars where I want to someday stop in with a few of my friends, grab some drinks, and have a good time at", I decided to take the plunge and see if food would be decent. Was craving pizza, and heard decent reviews about it, so decided, "let's do it!".

First mistake...

Let's get one thing out of the way about Mort's, and I mean this with all honesty and sincerity..

The Karen running the show/bar here, needs to go ASAP!

As soon as I showed up to place an order, and she opened her mouth, I knew right away that this wasn't going to go over well. She was rude, inattentive, and seemed like she didn't have the time of day for anyone. Literally, one of the most unpleasant people I've ever had the misfortune of dealing with. She even had the nerve to be berate customers who tried to enter the bar to use the washroom. Absolutely baffled. If Jon Taffer saw this old maid treating people the way she was, he would've had a sh!t fit and she'd be gone with the quickness.

With that said...

I tried to brush it off, hoping that the previous reviews regarding the pizza would make this a better experience.

Second mistake..

Honestly, it was nothing special.

Just your typical "two for one" chain-style pizza. Bland sauce and tasteless crust. For the price of the pizza and dipping sauce ($30+), I was amazed how they've gotten away for so long for charging an arm and a leg for it.

Anyway, as mentioned from the jump, I don't post reviews often. I figured though that I should let others know that they should avoid this place at all costs. Not worth the...

On this mother's day no one felt like cooking so decided to try out a new pizza place instead of G**, Mort's had good reviews.

So mom decides to go order and pickup a Large + Bacon, total $39.00.

Note that she asked for a well done pizza.

She orders, comes back, told first pizza's crust stuck to the oven. Service was friendly, she apologized, etc.. all good on that.

So they make a second pizza, well that dough ain't cooked either, pieces of bacon I hate, only sides cooked.

Place was empty. Obviously the oven hadn't warmed up enough or wrong temperature or not cooked long enough, but something. Not an expert but I was a pizza cook on Bank street back in the day, Godfather's Pizza, long gone. Store was open at 11:00 am on Sunday, it was around 1:30 PM, I can understand early the oven might not be ready but at that time it should be good to go.

She didn't want to complain, didn't want to bring it back, at 78 it's not worth it in her book.

So we finish the cooking in the toaster oven to not be out $39.

Well, we tried but won't...

Ended up at Mort's by random choice of after-work pub with a friend. I was pleasantly surprised. If there was a 4.5-star option, that's what I would give it.

A friend and I randomly chose to try out Mort's on a Tuesday. We had their 2-for-1 large pizzas with 4 beers. It came out to $40 each, so I'm not sure it was the best deal, but the pizzas were surprisingly good. Was it the best I've ever had? No. But much better than any other bar pizza I've had, hands down.

The bartender / server was friendly and since the place only holds a couple dozen people the service was quick. It seems like a good business to support .. it's nice to see places like this that aren't just another chain or trying to be like every other Milestones, Barley Mow,...