The Brig Pub

Had the blackened chicken Caesar. Delicious. Staff efficient and friendly. Excellent location in the Byward Market close to Sussex Drive. Great for walking about.

Friendly staff, relatively cheap food and drinks for ByWard market.

I particularly enjoyed the old school traditional bar vibe, perfect for after work drinks or meals with colleagues.

This restaurant is located in the chic downtown area near the U S Embassy. This area has several bars, restaurants and boutiques.

We were seated and greeted immediately by our server Dan. He made our evening dinner a memorably pleasant one.

Our table ordered Fish & Chips, Chicken and French Dip. All were extremely tasty and definitely not bar food. Speaking of bar, they also offer many different types of beers and make a wonderful gin martini.

This will be our place of choice when next in Ottawa.

Sat in the nice courtyard patio.

They have a good list of beer-on-tap, which were all from Ontario craft breweries. However, most of the items were from the GTA, which was a bit disappointing as we are from GTA and had already tried most of the beer.

So we selected the ones from Ottawa and the surrounded areas.
- Beyond the Pale Yummy Pale ale
- Perth Brewery calypso session IPA
I liked the Yummy Pale Ale - refreshing with juicy citrus flavors and a pleasant kick going down the throat.

For the food - their popular dishes, Coq au vin and Duck confit poutine were not available. :(

We had:
- Tuna Tartare & Chips $ 16.95
- Burger 19.95

The food is better than other regular pubs. For example, the tuna tartare were marinated with well thought-out seasonings to match their homemade potato chips.

The burger uses the thick ground chuck beef patty with full of beefy flavor. A bit dry but the soft brioche buns, aioli sauce and veggies completed the taste and texture. It came with a generous amount of crispy & fresh French fries with skin.

We were here around 9pm (Early September) so it was already dark. This courtyard space has limited lighting, so it is hard to see the whole design of this space. If I come back, I would come here during the day or around sunset time to enjoy natural sun light.

Had the Cubano sandwich and shared it with my spouse. Aside from the offerings in Florida, this was the best. Strongly recommend. Service was great and the environment casual and clean.

During my time in Ottawa, Brigs Pub was one of my favorite spots to eat at for good, simple comfort food. The chicken sandwich, SO good with classic shoe string fries. If you're planning to dine at Brigs for lunch, you can skip breakfast and sometimes dinner - the food is very filling. I've also tried the French onion soup, mouth watering. The service is always great and I will definitely visit again when I'm back in Ottawa.

I was unimpressed at the fact that i've now experienced the Brig Pub being closed before 2am on two separate occasions these past few weeks....
For a place that prides itself on being open till 2am every night of the week to serve the late night crowd, this clearly doesn't seem to be the case anymore.
I tried going for some late night drinks around 1:30am this Wednesday and the doors were closed and no staff were to be found. This was also the case when I tried showing up around 1am on the 8th last week (it was a Monday I believe). Doors were also closed and nobody seemed to be working.

Taking into account prices, taste of the food, creativity of dishes, this is probably the best pub in ottawa.

Really yummy and not typical bar food.

I went here tonight based on yelp reviews and nothing else, and it was worthy of the praise. Truly, it's a pub, not a bad trying (and failing) to be a pub, which was most evident in the food. Yes,5hey have burgers and bar staples. I had the lamb shepherds pie and it was heavenly.

Combine this with a good drink list and great service, and it's worthy of the praise it receives. I might go back again tomorrow!

I was really surprised by this place. We stopped in on a Friday night looking for a later dinner. My partner had brought me here to try their Coq au vin. First, this is a pub - so food here I would expect it to be more like pub food. Second, it's near Byward market so I'm just expecting overpriced food.

I was pleasantly surprised, however, to find my pre-conceptions of this place were wrong. We had a baby tag along and they were very accommodating of the little one when I requested some banquette seating for more space and to lay baby down. The atmosphere was lively with a lot of people out for Friday night and the music was an awesome collection of chill EDM. Food/drinks were reasonably priced too. The Coq au vin? I really liked it - good balance of sauce on the chicken and nicely presented with some asparagus.

Our fantastic server (according to the bill) was Georgia who took care of us making sure we had all the food and drinks we wanted.

Good job to the staff at The Brig!