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Princeton Pub
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Music:
- Live
- Smoking:
- No
- Coat Check:
- No
3 reviews for Princeton Pub
3 reviews in English
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Review from Tim L.
Vancouver, BC
4/22/2009
I think The Princeton is going for an urban cowboy theme what with the old-style barrels out front and the music that's played, live or recorded, that most would categorize as country. And I suppose they've achieved what they were shootin' for.
But, honestly, that vibe isn't my bag and I'll leave this place to the 40-and-up crowd. On weekdays anyway. Still a fun place to go with a gaggle of friends for a game of pool, drinking some beers, playing some pool and listening to some usually pretty decent live music (no cover which is nice) on a Friday or Saturday. -
Review from Felicity D.
Vancouver, BC
4/11/2012
What a sh**hole. At night it's packed with rowdy, over-served idiots. During the day it is worse... sad old teamsters hunched over the bar, complaining to each other, lording over their pathetic little slice of the world. God forbid you come in with a friend and try to have a conversation that cuts into their "shows" (they put on whatever midday crap they feel like watching, as if it were their front-room). If you play the jukebox they'll glare and harrumph and eventually ask the bartender to cut the sound out on you. Why have a jukebox if everyone hates it and doesn't want it to be played? Don't even get me started about the creepy guy in the corner with the surreal, gigantic pile of pull-tabs.... but I guess every awful, disgusting, sour booze-can has to have one of them.
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Review from Mathieu Y.
Vancouver, BC
4/28/2010
The Princeton only attracted my attention because of the new shows being billed here. They built up a stage against the train tracks and the place gets packed quickly, thanks in part to the talent and in part to the promotion work. The sound is hard to screw up in such a small space (capacity has to be 150 at most) and the dance floor feels quite crowded between the ATM machine and the bar tables.
Yet, somehow these few aspects are the only appeal of the place, because the bar itself has to be one of the least hip places you can be. Decorated with corny barrels and a pool table, you'll find unreasonable beer prices in an odd location full of mid 30s to 40s on any given night. They could justify this with a consistent western theme, if it existed beyond their swill. I dont mind buying good beer on tap, but theirs is bottom barrel, with an odd taste in the glass to boot.
The staff are also incredibly reserved here. For example, when I've sung karaoke, I had people honestly offended by the fact that I was a bad singer (and singing the Rolling Stones), and so I challenged them back by having my friends sing all their song's lyrics as "Matts birthday." I understand we were being annoying, but we were all kicked out for the night, instead of just being asked to stop. Its kareoke at a bar, the entire point is that people are supposed to be 1) drunk 2) bad 3) not ashamed of either of these facts. On another night, during an event I drunkenly snuck a friend in the side door and got caught. Realizing I made a very poor judgment, I apologized to the event and bar staff, and the promoter was ok with us coming in as long as we paid cover this time. Yet the bar staff made it a VERY personal complaint, and because of an angry waitress we were curbed. Understandable, if this was a bar full of 40 year olds. Oh, wait...
So thats my take on it. Get drunk and get out business here for anyone not a regular. Come here to see a show if you like the bands, but dont expect the staff to take any shit. and dont expect to make any friends with people under 25 for nowListed in: Dance to this music, Dive drinks
