lil' hops tavern

209a Main St S, Newmarket
(905) 235-8278

Recent Reviews

Joy M

Service and atmosphere were great. However, the chef needs to really do a better job running the kitchen. I ordered the avo toast with peaches and poached eggs for brunch and it was very mediocre. The eggs were cold (and runny, I asked for medium or hard), the bread was not toasted (kinda odd for avo toast to have smooshy/soft bread). Also, I have an onion allergy so they told me they would not put green onions on as a garnish and there were green onions sprinkled all over the eggs and toast. My cousin had the same as me and her eggs were also cold. I don't think I would go back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 5

Adrian Sanchez

I am begging you, not to come here. This has nothing to do with the staff, the staff are amazing and I love the bartender but my god I will never come here again. If you ever have had the unfortunate experience of meeting the owner, Boris, you will completely understand. He is nice to your face but I heard him interact with his staff and I was in shock. Immediately my pleasant experience was ruined, I could not believe my being there was giving this cretinous human being any business. He treats his employees as a child with a magnifying glass treats ants on a hill. I could not believe the shear immaturity I was witness to as a customer seeing into the world of their employment structure. Now that is not all, the head chef there who I believe is also the head chef at the other "hops" restaurants on main street, is a shell of a man. The kitchen is near where we were seated and I heard this "man" whine and complain about the staff for anything but also hearing him refusing to cooperate with his team. The attitude I heard back there is everything that I hate in a human. The hops restaurants are mid at best and these businesses have survived due to good staff and location but Newmarket would benefit from literally anything else taking up that prime real estate. I beg anyone to not go here as the people running it make our community bleed.

Karem A

The first time we had dinner, it was amazing!!! Second time not so much. Third time the food was not as amazing. The fourth time was not worth our money and time. Which is sad. Such a great little place but lost its touch. Need to improve your food.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Charcuterie Board

Joseph Aron

Very nice cozy place with a nice homebeyonce my biggest issue, though. There appears to be only one bartender and we had to wait a very long time to get our drinks.Even for something as at tequila shop. We had to wait twenty minutes for it to arrive.I would have given this place a 5 star, but they do need T can prove with their service. That being said the food is great and I would recommend going there.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 3

Joe Nimens

Very cool place. Luc serves up amazing cocktails. The Spanish Garlic Shrip is an excellent snack to get started with...

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Enza Hughes

(did not order food)Owner and staff were friendly.

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Kassi Taylor

Cute and cozy restaurant to have a date night or dine in with your friends! The drinks are very well made by the bartender and servers. The chef himself, took a moment to come to our table to explain his dishes to us and made sure we had a great experience, with amazing food to enjoy while dining.The Chicken lollipops and parsnips fries were delicious!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Parsnip Fries

Keith Kozak

I've eaten there a couple of times, Chef Ricky creates some pretty spectacular dishes, and Luke the bartender concocts some unreal cocktails. As well as Taylor the front of the house manager always welcomes me when I walk through the door.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Homemade Chicken Lollipops

Lexi Wise

Tayler is a wonderful server and provides the best service whenever I come in! She needs more staff to help her!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Eggs Benedict

M T

Tayler was absolutely wonderful! We had breakfast here today, it was clear she had no staff and she made sure we were enjoying our experience despite how busy she was.Thank you Tayler!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

DayTrip211097

Funny story: Thought I arranged for a business meeting at another restaurant on Main Street with the words "brew" and "hops" in the name. Very happy mistake, and speaking of steak, must say that my guest and I were very happy with everything, including the fresh oysters with custom house hot sauce that satisfied this hard to please customer. Classy, friendly and great atmosphere. Love It! Highly recommend it.xo

Zac FP

Restaurant did an amazing job hosting our reception . Excellent food and service and perfect atmosphere for our event! Madison and Ricky took great care of us.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Lorah Tuggy

We had a girls' night here last Friday, with some fun cocktails, wine, and appetizers. Our server, Victoria, was full of great suggestions and made our evening even more memorable.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

abi Love

Came in and they were telling us we couldn’t order alcohol until we ordered food. then tried to scam us for a $10 bottle of water. Food arrived, Cornish hen raw and bloody not cooked adequately. And my bolognese sucked! very dry not saucy, or cheesy. Throw the whole recipe away. I would recommend the owner focus more on the quality of their food rather than trying to monitor my alcohol intake. Meanwhile plenty of other tables sitting there with just alcohol at their table. And yes we arrived sober. Just ridiculous!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 2

A.E B

The food was incredibly bland and did not match the description. We got the red snapper, Cornish hen and Steak and Frites. The fries were soggy and the chicken and fish were both tasteless. The fish also came with no cilantro sauce despite the description saying it does. Will not be going back. Thoroughly disappointed.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 3

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