Royal Electric Bar & Public Eatery

52 Macdonell Street, Guelph
5 rates
6.80/10.00
+1 519-767-1694

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Jonathan Mitchell (06.11.2017 01:06)
We had a great time here for our friends birthday. There were over 30 of us and the staff was very accommodating and we were all impressed with the service we received. The buffalo cauliflower is amazing! Great atmosphere and all around good time!
Kim L (21.10.2017 06:07)
Food was fantastic... The two of us ordered three plates thinking we'd take some home, but we ate it all. The fried chicken sandwich is life affirming.
Celia Payne (19.10.2017 20:24)
Worse than there being no real vegan friendly options on the menu, the attitude of the staff in regards to the menu options was the opposite of progressive.
Instead of the server, host and kitchen staff offering to share with the management that there is interest and demand for alternative options, our server told us we should have chosen a different venue.
And I am strongly upset that we didn't.

You can smell nicotine and other smoke while out on the back patio, and if it is a weeknight, and you are on the back patio you can expect your server to randomly kick you out at a certain hour so the place can prepare for the flood of university and young drinkers that pour-in (get it) around 9:30? Maybe 10:00?
It confirms for diners the that the young bar crowd is the preferred demographic.
Katherine K (29.09.2017 15:26)
Pretty good venue! Bartender makes fantastic drinks! Could do with some better music though.
Dave Breach (29.07.2017 16:01)
While the atmosphere is great (4/5) the rest of our experience left lots to be desired. The restaurant wasn't busy (maybe 7 other tables of people), yet the hostess barely had time to speak with us, and failed to even give us menus. After 20 minutes we finally received our menus, and placed a drink order. The waiter was very friendly, but incredibly slow. After being at the restaurant for 45 minutes, we were finally able to place our food order, which came out about 45 minutes after that. Now the food... Everyones was decent (not incredible) but decent. We ordered a big variety from nachos, to loaded fries and fried chicken, to wings and devilled eggs. All of the other reviews raved about the chicken wings, and while they had all the makings to be a great wing, they simply did not live up to the hype. I've had better wings at fast food restaurants.

Overall, the experience was not great and we're not likely to return. It's really too bad though, because the design is pretty cool, and we were really looking forward to trying it out. Our first and last experience.

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