Garrick's Head Pub

Nice selection of beers, and the servers are always friendly..

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Too loud 'background music' for a midweek night, with the place half empty and there was no way I could handle the noise of people shouting at each other above the music so got my food to go.

What could have been a yummy beet and goat cheese salad with candied pecans was ruined by the dressing which tasted like pure vinegar. Also stingy with the goat cheese.

I even got dressing on the side and only used half... My fault for not testing it first but it literally tasted like they forgot to add the oil and swamped every other flavour.

Asked for some bread to go with it. Just bread. They charged me for Garlic bread even though I didn't have any garlic butter and it wasn't toasted. I literally got a slice of stale sourdough.

The food was better and the vibe way more relaxed when I used to go, when I lived in Victoria.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 4

Cozy seating by the wood burning stove! Prompt, friendly service and lovely atmosphere. Great location for a fun stop!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

There was a rat in the restaurant, bar tender said that’s “normal for downtown Victoria restaurants” ??

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

Cool bar in central Victoria. The food was surprisingly good for a bar! And the drinks, including Somersby Cider on tap was amazing. Would recommend for casual drinks and a meal.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Good drinks and service, but there was a discrepancy between what we were charged for the drinks and what was listed on the menu. The server himself seemed genuinely uncertain so I think this might be due to new ownership/management not updating the website to accurately reflect pricing, which is a bit frustrating :(

Came here with my friends when the pub across the street was closed. I got the fish and chips and they were delicious. The portion of fish was larger than expected and was cooked to perfection. The burgers that two of my friends got were burnt, not just charred. We didn’t have long enough to wait before we had to leave for the server to come back to order new ones. Service wasn’t the best, having to wait for the server to come back and forth because she seemed overworked - serving food and drink, taking orders for half of the pub (not her fault, poor management).

Disappointed that tax is not included in the price anymore. Good service but high prices and the new owners are stepping away from what made it a unique pub downtown.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 5

A great location, and delicious food! Seemed to be busy (but no wait) with only one server in the back room, a nice lady.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Great place for a drink only, or a full meal

Reasonable prices for excellent food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Been coming here for near 25 years. Loved it before the expansion, loved it after the expansion. The staff are tenured and loyal and really provide the cheers like atmosphere you would expect from a local pub. Food is so so, pretty much what you expect from any kind of British pub, pretty small menu. I don't go to eat, I go for the shafts and The beer list. They got a great value. Happy hour menu and a pretty decent late night menu too. Lots of regulars here, lots of tourists being on government street. Overall fantastic pub!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Went into Garricks around 4:30 PM on a Saturday with a group of seven (all 21/22 years old) for a friend’s birthday pub crawl. We were polite and just wanted one quick drink before heading to the next stop (which we told the servers). The place is seat-yourself, so while we were standing by the bar deciding where to sit, a brown-haired server told us it was “about to get busy because of the Blue Jays game,” making it seem like we shouldn’t sit. We then overheard her tell another (blonde-haired) server that she “didn’t have time to deal with us.”
After that, we found our own seating but had to split up since it was relatively busy and we were a large group. The blonde server eventually served us, but it took a while. We tried to order single Long Islands ($5 for happy hour) and were told we could only get doubles because the mix was out — which didn’t make sense. We switched to single rum and cokes ($5 on happy hour) but were charged $8 each.
Neither server said hi, thank you, or introduced themselves (which is why there are no names in this review). We were friendly and respectful, but the staff made us feel like we were a bother. Really disappointing experience — won’t be coming back.

Service: 1

Fun atmosphere

Excellent beer selection and good burger. The service was great as well. Our server, Vanessa, was amazing!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Way too loud. Couldn't have a conversation there without yelling. Not my kind of place.

Atmosphere: 1

Service: 5