The Osborne Taphouse — Restaurant in Winnipeg

Flummoxed by the rigamarole required to gain entry to a place wherein you find everyone has a coat on their body or chair back but they tell you coat check is mandatory and it will cost you $3. Beyond the palaver of getting frisked nine different ways and despite proving yourself unarmed and normal you will be followed around literally and by gaze of four randy security guards. Every time you reach in your pocket for your wallet or phone, eight assiduous eyes twinkle and widen and they all lick their lips panting fervently, hot to trot should any sort of rule be broken. I think they're too excited to be there and I think the presence of even just one security guard so excited is way incongruent with a good time. You can't chill with the boys at this establishment, even if you're normal. I recommend any place else. Sit in an alley all night,...

First off "mandatory" coat check which you must pay for.... odd but ok. But then continuously see people with big puffy vests and jackets on for the rest of time we were there. In a 2 hour timeline was asked once if we wanted a drink, which was just after we went to the bartop to get our drinks because no server had approached us yet. Then at leaving we get chastised for standing in the line at coat check to get out coats back but the people coming in for the next show that night are being held up coming in because there is no room in the entrance area. Add to the mix the people slowly leaving (those who didn't coat check or weren't wearing a coat) completely plugging up between the corner of bartop and the door. The vibe was pretty cool decent sound for the event we...

Ordered chicken tenders and fries. The tenders were deep fried and shriveled beyond recognition. The fries were cold and soggy. Returned the food as it wasn't edible. Moments later, I was confronted by the cook telling me it was the batter on the chicken (?) and that was how it is supposed to taste. I didn't realize rubber was the desired flavour. Moments after being yelled at by the cook, a cockroach appeared on the table. Then a friend joined him. We managed to catch one as proof to the staff. The manager came by and yelled at me about the cockroaches only being behind the bar- I guess the two critters we saw didn't get the memo. All in all, it was an awful experience. I will never go back and advise others to do the same. Unless you like a side of cockroach with...