Esquire Restaurant

772 Bedford Hwy, Halifax
(902) 835-9033

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Rick Spence

Great lobster rolls, and a lovely time on the patio.

Terri O

We ate here a few times. The burgers and fries are amazing! So are the fish and chips.

Laura Mather

Very busy place that we go back to once in a while for nostalgic reasons. Great service, good food.

pat campbell

Food and service were great

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Esquire Seafood Chowder, Pan Fried Haddock

Janet Westhaver

I normally love the Esquire but today I had a very bad experience with a rude waitress.
This is the first time I have encountered this situation, the ladies are always lovely.
This particular waitress is either new or I have nit encountered her before. She was sullen , rude and short none of these qualities are good in ant profession
We were there today at around 1:30 and she had dark auburn hair. This is our favorite restaurant and it will remain so .
This lady may need some customer service coaching.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Hot Turkey Sandwich, Esquire Seafood Chowder, Pan Fried Haddock

Wayne

A really down home place for a good meal and great friendly service!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Michael Cavanagh

Great Diner

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Esquire Seafood Chowder, Corn Chowder, Sandwich, Side of Turkey Gravy

ROBERT MURPHY

My first time in this iconic diner on the Bedford Hwy. I had hoped it would have the charm and feel of the era it was built with a menu to match, it delivered on both fronts. The food was great and the wait staff super attentive. My coffee cup was never empty and the blueberry pancakes were everything I hoped they would be…we will be back

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

M. E.

Are you kidding me. Hands down the best place for seafood chowder and lobster rolls in the greater Halifax area. Lot of other menu choices as well.

Kid-friendliness: Kids always welcomed.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Esquire Seafood Chowder, Lobster Rolls

wongi C

I have been visiting Esquire Restaurant for 9 years as a customer. I arrived around 11 am today, and 5 minutes later, I asked the server for Eggs Benedict and Breakfast Combo, and 5 minutes later, a male customer was seated at the table behind us. 15 minutes later, the male customer behind us received his food from the server and started eating. We waited another 15 minutes, and I saw our server check our table 3 times. Finally, we received our food from the server, but after eating a few pieces of fries, a piece of toast, and an egg, we stopped eating. The fries were old fry oil smell and cold. The egg had a black and hard edge, and the toast was cold and mushy. Our server came to our table to check on our food and we told her that our food was cold. As soon as I finished talking, the server picked up my plate and dropped the knife on the table, and offered me a new dish. We were already feeling bad from the disappointment and declined the new food. We asked for a check to pay for the food, and the server only charged us half of the food we ordered. I did not speculate about the situation we experienced today while
writing this review. However, our speculations are still in my head. I do not want to pay for a bad experience.

Goodbye Esquire.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 1

Derek Louch

Don't believe the on line menu photos ! I ordered the turkey meal. Instead of fresh vegetables I got small piles of mush which were supposed to be carrot and turnip. Yuk. I mentioned to the server and she said that they changed supplier and would mention my comments to management. Not impressed.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 3

Joy Jarvis

Food was fine. Eggs Benedict were cooked skillfully and tasted great overall, but had horrible dried chives all over the top that I picked off.
Breakfast sausages were not good, they had no flavor - do not recommend to order. And the breakfast potatoes.. some were small and looked like they had been fried 3x and others were the size of 1/4 of the whole potato and were barely cooked inside? Overall it was fine diner food for the price, but you can do better in other places in Halifax.
Coffee was good and consistently refilled.
The chairs and tables are in rough shape having tears and lots of scuff marks. We were sat next to a pole that had mold on it from a sink at the server station. Everything seemed clean otherwise.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 4

Spencer Palmer

This place is a classic. The food is honest and good. The service is warm and friendly and the prices are decent. I visit every time I'm in town.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Esquire Seafood Chowder, Seafood Chowder

Kris Klimczuk

Servers are lovely. Hint, order the home cooking like meatloaf and go to a fish and chips place for those.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 5

Susan Boland

An old fashioned diner with fantastic old fashioned food

Wheelchair accessibility: Loads outside
Not sure once you get in try

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

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