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• Wine Bar - 40 bottles by the glass and 40 more by the bottle
• Monday Lobster Nights $1.99
• D.J. music Wednesday thru Saturday
• Seafood Sunday - a seafood menu starting at $9.95
• Large Screen T.V.
• Great People Watching!
• Juice Bar - fresh squeezed juices
UPSCALE SPORT CASUAL Ambience
One of the better priced places for your alcoholic needs! Even for fresh fruit juices--what can beat $2.xx a glass?? Excellent appetizers and superb desserts. Entrees are alright. The sides are delicious! It's great that they're served tapa style, so you can order just appetizer(s) and side dish(es) carbs or no carb combination! And what can beat $2.50 for a adequately sized caramelized banana with grand marnier raisin ice cream? Not banana-split sized, but delicately sized to not over stuff yourself with. Absolutely perfect!
ate here for a group event and thought the food was okay.. ordered the chicken breast with a caesar salad and it tasted like the usual bar food, nothing special.
the service could have been much better... waiter was forgetful and was not very outgoing. it felt like he just wanted to do his job without having to put much effort into it and get out of there when his shift ended. not too impressive.
place has good prices for drinks and they have all these weekly specials which sound tempting to try... overall, their prices are fair.
its a loud environment. of course you would expect that at a place like this.. nice setting to kick back with friends and drink the night away.
This place is where you come to party
The food is not good and the portions are laughably small. i have been three times and gotten several of the dishes and cannot really remember many of them (a bad bad sign for me). I do
remember a trio of hummus (what can you say about hummus?), a steak (miniature) and green beans (again, what can you say?)
The drinks are cheap, so thats great. Not much booze in there though, you will wish you brought a flask or something to distract from the crap food and because how much juice can you drink?
Rugby Beach Club Grille is a good place to go to if you don't care about the service or the food.
The ambiance is okay, but certainly doesn't compensate for the lack of service. The food is only mediocre (over priced for the variety and quality of the food they serve).
If you're thinking of going to this restaurant, I have only one suggestion: DON'T. There are SOO many other restaurants in Vancouver (on West Broadway alone) that you could go to.
I really enjoyed this place! Went there with a few friends for the first time. Drinks (mainly beer) were so reasonably priced it was ridiculous! Imported bottles of beer for less than $4. I thought maybe it was like their menu...you purchase everything separately...wondered if I'd have to pay $2 for glass to put the beer in, but Noooooo! I think that was the best thing on the menu! The food was good, although wasn't aware that you pay for your carbs, veggies etc. separately. Still, not a bad deal! The wok seared veggies ROCK! Ambiance was good (BUSY). I'll be back.
The food may be cheap but it doesn't taste the great and the portions are small. If you want to get filled up, you have to get the largest portion which costs much more. Food was disappointing overall. Appetizers were not bad but small portions once again.
Drinks were cheap but you can't even taste the alcohol in them! The beer seems kind of flat too even tho it came out of bottles... :(
Went there on a Fri night and we were being served with several different people at once so we didn't know who to ask for when we needed things and it took a really long time to get our food/drinks.
Ehn. Wouldn't go back unless someone had already decided to go there, and in that case, I would only order appies and ice tea.
Atmosphere is great. Nice place to hang out.
Calling this place an Earl's wannabe would not do it justice; Earl's just isn't as cool or suave as Rugby. Unlike Earl's, Rugby does not have burgers, fries, pastas, or Nacho platters; instead, you choose a grilled protein (fish, meat) and a more sophisticated then usual side dish (for example, potato 'latkes' or pesto rotini pasta). The food quality is above average, and sometimes, it can be a hit and miss. I tried their tuna steak once, and came away fully disappointed; the steak was chewy and filled with sinews - it was actually gross to eat and was worthy of sending back - but I didn't strangely enough. Otherwise, their other dishes seem to do well ( salmon and steaks) and they have a good and varied selection of appetizers.
The hostesses up front are always looking good and sexy; the waiters themselves I suppose aren't bad looking themselves. The crowd is definetely young and hip. No Ballcaps allowed apparently, which I find strange for an Earl's type place (lol). Then again, this place is trying not to be classified under the same category - the tasteful westcoast woodsy decor exemplifies this attitude.
But what I'm most impressed with is their large drink menu of CHEAP beers and cocktails. Drinking is most fun when the alcohol is cheap - I can totally see how driving away from this establishment can be trouble for the irresponsible. Anyhow, grab a designated driver, and just go.
Another crappy thing: NO reservations on weekends. This place is just packed all the time.
But hate the execution. Liked the concept from when it first opened it's doors. But it has NEVER lived to it's potential. The drink concept of smaller sizing it and having healthier choice still is a great idea. Lower price point to mix and match drinks with food. Food served ala carte also great concept. But why does it fail?
Food not always as it should be. Quality control an issue. The service has always been dissapointing. Servers and not trained properly on the menu offerings. Needs new management to steer the boat right. Get it right guys!
Been here about ten times.
I wouldn't go there expecting the world but I brought a party of 10 at 8pm no reso on a Friday and they found us a spot [a corner] but hey they did it. I've been going off and on to this place for years and it has changed 0% in all those years. I actually love this place but I don't have high expectations so its always good. The servers are mostly dudes which usually means good service BUT not always. The beers cheap, the servers lean on your table and sometimes seem to be in a rush so be prepared [I have worked out a system 2 drinks at a time] or you may not see them for a while. The thing I dig is the people there aren't fake phony corp people they are real people! The food is fine if they have it, 3 times no pork loin WTF?
Good times Good times!
Our group of six people went to the Rugby Club last Friday and had a
really great time. Such good deals and not just the usual burgers,
sandwiches etc. but affordable restaurant type food that us gals like. Let
the boys go to those girl waitress places. I have to say that the a la
carte way they serve is perfect for us hospital types. Love the tuna! And
the drink prices seem so 5 years ago. If you have a group of people this
restaurant is good because every picky person can have what they want. We
like the comfortable atmosphere and the guy servers. So many cheap choices
- chicken breast $6 like why not? Its different.
Just got back from a Mother's Day meal and for the first time have felt the need to post a review. First off, my Sister and Mom are incredibly hard people to please when it comes to dining out and I was a little nervous about this restaurant selection based on reviews I've read. However since my meal I realize that many of those negative reviews may be based on isolated experiences. I guess negative experiences are generally what may persuade someone to write a review on a site like this. Here's my breakdown for you...
Food- Our table of 9 had a variety of menu selections. Many of us shared and I enjoyed 3 different types of steak (Brazilian, Santa Fe and Peppercorn) all which were unreal. The sides were fantastic and were big enough to share with another person or more. The portobello mushrooms were extremely tasty as were the garlic mashed potatoes. I think the only thing we could have done without was the desert, just because the appetizer (caesar salad) and main course were more than enough.
Drinks- Pints for $3.50ish (glasses in the $2 range) are hard to come by in Vancouver. You won't find reasonable drink prices like this in most restaurants. Wine also affordable.
Service- The waitress was accommodating and friendly. They may have been understaffed so she was spread a little thin but still great. All the other staff was wonderful also.
Ambience- Not quite sure how to pinpoint the theme, but it is not a sports bar, although there are tv's showing games. The music was a little euro-tech, but easy to drown out with conversation. All in all it was comfortable and welcoming though. The youngest in our group was 3 and the oldest was 89 and everyone had a great time.
Overall Experience- For the cost, we saved a bundle compared to what you'd pay at an Earls, Keg , Cactus Club etc. The food was still far superior and more adventurous. The variety was fantastic and I will be going again...as will my hard to please Sister and Mom.
I've eaten here twice and both visits were unremarkable, with some notable exceptions:
Showed up at about 5pm with a friend for my first visit and asked to get a table for six people. The restaurant was almost empty. We we told by the hostess they had to see if anything was free. Now seldom is an entire restaurant fully reserved, and in an empty restaurant, such a statement is pretty pretentious.
About 10 minutes later we get to a crescent table (so it's not like they spent that 10 minutes putting our tables together) which can comfortably hold six small women. We were a mixed group of men and women, not all of us small, so I had us moved to a booth. No problem. We had a couple of drinks while waiting, met up with our party, had our dinner, all of it decent. A pretty good evening was had by all.
For my second visit we had another large party of 15 people. Now they add a mandatory gratuity at this restaurant, which really pissed me off. I hate that. It wasn't my reservation (I was someone else's guest) so I didn't make a fuss, but it still irritated me.
For a party of 15, I don't expect my server to be working on the other side of the restaurant. I don't know if they have a staffing problem here, but it took a very long time to order, get our food, get our server's attention when we needed anything... you get the idea. After all was said and done, I carried on with the rest of evening, only to have an unpleasant surprise a few hours later: food poisoning. From chicken.
That's right, folks, the chicken wasn't cooked properly or something was cross-contaminated, but there was some definite vomiting going on, and I didn't even drink that night.
That really did it for me--I'm not going back again.
A group from our office went for a lunch on a Friday. Wasn't very busy which was surprising.
Food
- Taste wise for me was good although the description of the item was not what I thought was served. Others at my table enjoyed their meals. We heard the menu was mostly a la carte but my sandwich came with choice of potatoes, salad or soup.
Service
- A bit on the slow side. An since we were a group service / gratutity was added to the bill so beware.
Ambiance
- Lots of space, nice to have a booth even though there were about 10 of us.
Overall Decent nothing really outstanding (well prices of beer on tap was pretty surprising... around $3).
I'm not rushing back for another try but am open to visit again.
About the only thing going for them here is the great selection of beers on tap, and all for some pretty low prices! Then that was about it ... I've been here many times.. ordered many different appy's .. none of them were good .. some were edible at best .. the entree's were ok, the steaks and fish .. but that's all you get, the entree, the sides you have to order, you actually have to ORDER some kind of veggies on the side of your steak .. and then the bill stacks up!
Service was subpar, given it was quite busy the night that I went, it's no excuse to have my beer glass empty for 5-10 minutes after EVERY glass. When I tried to flag down another server... even when I was waving my arms frantically 2 feet in front of them they just pretended I was invisible. Most likely because it's not their section. The least they could do is acknowledge that I exist and tell me they are going to get my server.. but nope.. just blew by me like I was a lamp post!
Ambiance was alright for a sports bar. The music was a tad too loud though, had to repeat myself many times to my friends before I got my message through and vice versa.
Final verdict is that I will return every now and then after dinner for some cheap drinks, but nothing more.
The pros on Rugby Club: some nice dishes, nice ambience, decent prices. The cons: SLOOOOW service, especially at lunch time, and a lack of overall attention to customer service. A nice place for drinks and snacks; but not so much for a proper meal.
Been to Rugby Club.. but service declining..
Maybe its because every time I go it seems to be busy, but wait staff and hostesses seem to spend more time chatting each other up, then actually doing thier job??? did speak to one who said that most of the staff are "struggling actors".
Drinks are great, but food is hit or miss at times.
I’ve been to the Rugby club many times. To me going there is like going to MacDonald’s when you’re starving: you know what you’re going to get but you hope it will be better this time, and when the experience is over, you regret going there all these times.
I never had bad service at the Rugby. Most of the time, I’ve had good service, sometimes great. Finding parking is not that big of an issue, compared to some Kits/Downtown places. They take reservations, which is always good.
However, it tries to be a better Earls, and it can’t, because Earls is pretty damn good at being Earls. Sure you can get a martini for 3 dollars. But the list of their martinis/cocktails sucks (there are only like 6 of each to choose from), and it’s a single, if that. However, the beers are cheap, and a normal size.
The food is ok at best. Sure, it’s a great idea that you can order your main (fish/chicken/meat) separate from your veggies and carbs but by the time you’re done assembling your plate it ends up being the same price as ONE dish at a normal restaurant (and sometimes even more). And shouldn’t the chef do the thinking for you?? What is this, Subway? Moreover, they have a good list of appies but they cost the same as at other places. Most of the time I find their food amateurishly made, with flavours coasting on top of the dishes. Sometimes having too many options is as bad as having too few. Nevertheless, the place is always packed, and a billion customers cant be all wrong, can they?
I think the Rugby is a stepping stone for all the teenyboppers who want to experience something a bit more upscale from Cactus Club and Milestones and Boston Pizza. I would suggest going to Earls instead. Sure it’s a chain, but so what?
I finally convinced a couple of friends to come along to the Rugby Club with me, because I had heard such great things about it. The first time, the service was extremely slow, and borderline rude. The food was OK, the mussels were good, and the price was right. I decided to give it another shot.
We walked in on a weekday night, and were told there was a wait for a table. We were OK with that, so we waited. And waited. And waited. After about 45 minutes, the hostess took us to our table. At this point we realized that half the restaurant was empty, but all the tables were dirty. This was a bad sign, but we were hungry. After sitting for another 15 minutes, we still did not have any drinks, and no one had come by. The staff were standing around chatting, so we just left. They probably didn't even notice.
I came here on a Wednesday night with my boyfriend. For a place that calls itself upscale, it is decidedly casual. The menu is boring in having to choose a protein and then pick miscellaneous side dishes. The food then arrived on scratched up plates with a tired piece of lettuce for a garnish. The server was adequately friendly, but the overall service was extremely slow from start to finish even when we mentioned we were in a hurry to pay the bill. I have to admit the decor is solid, but it needs an overhaul. It hasn't changed at all for a more than a few years. This place is fine if you want to just hang out and eat some appies.
I went here with a few friends. We had no trouble getting a table at 6:30, as the place was close to empty (on a Friday). Of course, that didn't mean fast service. It was really slow. The food quality was good, but portions were moiniscule and for what I got it was way overpriced. 3 pieces of storebought stuffed pasta for almost $8 is ridiculous. Would I go here again. Not a chance. Yes, they have some cheap booze on the menu, but it isn't a good value if you want food with your drinks and with the sevice speed, you may give up after a round or two.
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