James Ave Pumphouse Food & Drink

My new favorite Winnipeg restaurant. It was so good I went there on back to back days. Awesome food, great service and the venue is the coolest and unique atmosphere I have been at in Winnipeg.

Their Beef Dip ranks among the top I have had.

I look forward to returning their on my next trip to Winnipeg and then walking to a Gold Eyes game and maybe the Forks.

Highly recommend. A+++++

Parking: Close to Nonsuch Brewery, the Goldeyes ballpark and the Forks

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Friendly staff, great food and amazing atmosphere. Decent prices too!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

No accessible parking. Door actuators turned off or broken. The sidewalk was dangerously icy, with no salt or sand applied, a clear and concerning display of negligence.

What frustrates me most is how blatantly bad the situation was. Every employee would have walked across that ice hazard, yet no one seemed to care enough to address it. Every customer I saw nearly slipped, and I’ve seen people fall on far less. Falls can be life-threatening. If someone files a claim for injury, death, or a severe head injury, there’s clear evidence of negligence here. I hope this was an isolated incident, but given the inaction from staff, I’m skeptical.

For people with mobility challenges, this place is a huge disappointment. Their claim of wheelchair accessibility is essentially drop-off only. If you have a companion, they’ll need to find parking elsewhere. If you use a wheelchair and don’t have a companion, you’re simply out of luck. Attempting to visit in winter isn’t worth the risk.

I know pointing out accessibility issues in Winnipeg often feels futile, but at least this might help someone avoid a frustrating or dangerous experience.

In the summer, it’s likely fine - and the pumps do look cool.

It bothered me enough to leave this review, and I can't see how I'll return. Literally, it's physically too dicey. Like will the door even work?

Wheelchair accessibility: Not accessible. Accessibility is 2-3 season only.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 4

Service: 3

Excellent. We were disappointed to be offered a lounge high table after booking the reservation months in advance, but they did kindly seat us in the dining room. The food was fantastic. Good value as well. Service was very good. The environment is unique and intriguing. If being nit picky, I would suggest less barking for food runners from the expo area. This is the kind of place where you can confidently bring out of town guests.

Staff was very friendly. Ordered the tofu tacos. They were served on cold, dry tortillas. This rendered them nearly inedible

Such a great experience we can’t wait to come back! The “peach better have my money” is the best cocktail I’ve ever had, even the carrot cake was yummy. Our bartender was so friendly and made our night extra enjoyable. Atmosphere is a really cool vibe.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Awesome place for get together

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fish and Chips

James Ave Pumphouse is a nice hidden (relatively) gem. Very unique, vibrant atmosphere and friendly staff make it feel cozy. The food? Phenomenal. Impressive drink menu, including tea. Lots of street parking nearby as well. Tried this place on a whim and would definitely go back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Outstanding service. Outstanding food. Outstanding drinks. This is our number one place to go on date night! They have such a great selection of food to order from on their menu and it’s really refreshing to find a place that has its own vegan menu as well!

Vegetarian options: Vegan and vegetarian options

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Love this place! Food is

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: House Salad, The Perogy, Glazed Salmon Bowl, Flatbread

Myself as well as the family member with the restrictions got the Glazed Salmon bowl, and it was ra eally awesome bowl with the arrangment of tastes and textures.

I also got the Beet, Orange and Kale salad and it was so good, bright and citrucy and was exactly what I could have hoped for or better.

My partner and I also shared the Chicken shnitzle, and we were surprised to see what looked like a kraft sigle type of cheese which was an "American cheese". I hadn't expected that, and was disapointed but our server was kind enought to bring us real cheddar slices from the kitchen... we thought the cheese was a weird choice but all in all the sandwhich was really delicious regardless, I would just ask for real cheddar cheese instead next time.

There is only 1 non alc beer but many mocktails.

I'm really happy with our experience here!

Dietary restrictions: I had called in advance to inquire about options that could accomodate diabetic dietary restrictions, the manager Alison was very helpful, invovling input from the kitchen with what options would be appropriate including substitutions and economical options.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Glazed Salmon Bowl

Such a wonderful array of vegan friendly food and the cocktails are well-made and cleverly named.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Great food, very good service, beautiful atmosphere. Highly recommended!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Had a little lunch there today, excellent service. They let us visit and lounge around and were very appropriate at checking and to see if we needed service without interrupting. Food was top-notch, ambience was great and we loved looking at the pump station through the glass. Excellent and lovely little visit

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We visited them for the first time. 5 STAR for RON - awesome service. Jared was very kind and hospitable! It was a wonderful experience - Food was amazing, my wife tried " I am in Love" drink which was superb and yes the coffee too was great :)