Too the family here a week or so ago. Seated on the family side as opposed to the Pub side and ordered for the kids from the children's menu. Crayons and paper were provided - so if potential diners would prefer to have a "child free" atmosphere - please ask to be seated on the pub side as families are welcome on the regular restaurant side.

Notwithstanding this - the children's menu needs some tweaking.

Ordered a burger for one kid (who specifically just wants a plain burger with nothing on the bun - he will add his own ketchup to his specifications). The burger was listed as exactly that and came with fries for $6. Unfortunately, the burger was made with tonnes of chopped onions mixed in the meat as well as parsley. My six year old son tried desparately to pick out the offending vegetable matter - but could not as it was so well mixed and so very prevalent.

He looked longingly over at his sisters chicken strips and fries (also ordered from the children's menu which was three small chicken strips and fries for $7.00)

When the waiter came back, I explained that my son would not eat the burger because of the onions and parslely mixed in. He asked if he could bring something else, and I suggested just bringing three chicken strips. He left the picked at burger on the table and returned later with a fresh chicken strips children's meal.

I also ordered each child a pop.

Meanwhile, my husband ate the picked at burger (just to not waste food) and we ordered two adult entrees and two beers.

The adult meals were well done and tasty.

When we got the bill, I noted:

1) They charged full price for THREE (3) children entrees! My son found the burger unedible. Who puts onions and parsley in a kid's burger anyway?? So a total of six (6) small chicken strips, a badly executed burger and a handful of fries came to $19 !!!!!! We could have ordered a much better, more balanced and tasty entree for the kids, had more food and it would have been better! The burger should have been struck from the bill;

2) The children's menu stated "children's pop $1.75" The waiter charged regular price for my kids pop ($2.95 EACH).

The service was otherwise friendly. The adult meals were good. The beer was also very good.

However, I was very unimpressed how we were price gouged for the children's items and that the children's burger was so very child unfriendly.

I would go again for the pizza (which is done nicely) and the other adult entrees - I would avoid the children's menu completely.

I've been to YBC a couple times over the years for drinks but never eaten there. The menu is pretty similar to Taylor's Crossing in North Van as there appears to be a Mark James Group template. The difference is, Taylor's Crossing has quite reasonably priced daily specials. Obviously, the rent is likely higher in Yaletown but I can't help but feel ripped off. Most of our group ordered burgers as they're probably the cheapest entrees and they looked impressive. Not a tonne of flavour in the beef so adding cheese and bacon is probably recommended. The onion rings are enormous here but coated in a beer batter so thick, it ends up being a greasy mess and left one diner longing for A&W rings. Myself, I ordered the meatloaf with mushroom and potato hash as I was in the mood for some comfort food. Everyone on my end of the table remarked that my meatloaf portion was incredibly small. For $16.99 I either expect large portions or a high quality product and this was neither. I've had better meatloaf at the average greasy spoon diner.

The wandering magician that visits tables was entertaining and they did shoot some confetti over us for the members of our party who had a birthday so that was a nice touch.

I went for the taster trio to sample several of the beers including the Nut Brown, Stout and IPA. Decent brews and miles ahead of the swill the mega breweries have convinced us we like. However, I find that the beer here doesn't really differ much from any of the other BC craft brewers in terms of quality or adventurousness. If you want a really interesting beer experience, I suggest St. Augustine's or the Alibi Room. If you live in Yaletown, the proximity to your home may be the only advantage of going to YBC.

YBC fits into that curious niche of "upscale pub" which makes it hard for me to judge.

Normally, I evaluate pub food by a different standard than restaurant fare. But most of the MJG restaurants are upscale from standard pubs, but certainly don't fit into fine dining either. I guess I have to think of this as a casual restaurant with a really big drink selection. By that standard, it's decent food, well prepared.

I've sampled their pizza, burgers, chicken club sandwich, and some of the appetizers and all were quite good.

I think the location is probably one of the key selling points of this place, transplant it into a less trendy neighborhood and it wouldn't do half as well.

Drinks: Overpriced. And beer served at a BREW PUB should not be served in glasses smaller than a pint!

Food: Overpriced. Green tea creme brulee came out warm and the top was burnt

Service: Slow & untrained. Host seemed annoyed having to seat a large group. Server came by three times, but didn't bring us water; got our drink orders mixed up, brought food without proper accompanying utensils.

Granted, the patio was great on a hot summer evening, but everything else was just utterly uninspiring.

This is something I miss from Van since I moved to Calgary...I just woke up and dreamed about their beer!!!
I really enjoy their pizza and Special Wheat (my fave but they are all good). My first time there, there was a Canucks game, we asked to have the Flames game on and they sat us in the back with our own game...Thats what all great canadian pub should do, we all love hockey!!!
I might fly there during Christmas, first take Canada line, get off the train, have a Hills Special Wheat and then call my friends to come and join me!! Cheers!

Went there before a Canucks game for a pre-dinner meal. Had the spicy squid as a appy and it was quite good. Shared a few mains which included Singapore Noodles. Was a bit hesitant on ordering an Asian dish from this brew pub but they do have a lot of Asian noodle dishes on the menu. The singapore noodles were very good with lots of meat and shrimp. Very surpirsed. Tried the Halibut which was just OK and a pizza. Pizza was very good with lots of toppings and ample sauce. Service was good and they got us out and to the game in plenty of time. Value is just decent for a brew pub. Would go again for a pre-game meal.

We've been to yaletown pub on and off for the last 10 years, its usually average fare nothing to win an award but nothing to complain about either. The sunday pizza and beer used to be a good deal and really homemade now its just shells out of a frozen box.
We had friends visiting from out of town, staying at downtown hotel so we met them at yaletown for dinner. The music was so loud we couldnt understand out server let alone speak to each other. the restaurant was less than half full but the night club next door was full. We asked if they could turn it down a bit and she said no that it was tied into the club next door. what a load of crap. I used my decibel meter on the iphone (actually really accurate +/- 3 db) and it was 90db in the restaurant! for comparison a chainsaw is 90db and standing next to jet taking off is 120db, it was really LOUD
So annoyed i looked up workers compesation board recommendations for noise and it was hearing protection for anything over 85db. W'e're not old crusty grey hairs, I have no problem going to a club or a loud rave but blaring music over dinner is just stupid. The food is just average , the brewery has lost its meeting place old wood feel and add the noise we wont be going back ever.... there's no point. loud, a bit overpriced and average food.

We've been here twice now, both Sunday for the $7 pizza's. And that's about it.
Typical brewery-type restaurant, but nothing special. The pizza is okay for the $7, but I can't imagine anyone paying full-price for it. It's a decent thin-crust pizza, fresh and tasty, but the base feels like it is mass-produced, machine made frozen. (It's not bad, but I've tasted much better).
The other fare is decent, but not sure about the salad. We ordered one and the lettuce was already SOGGY! (Tasted like it was sitting overnight in the fridge?)

No problems with the service, it's quite decent.

I don't think we'll return unless some friends really get the hankering to drop by for "cheap" pizza's. There's nothing really special here.

planned a party here a while back. food was alright, [typical pub fare, and then some pastas and such] and reasonably priced. their drinks are good, natch.
servers were quite courteous and many of our group were late. they told us that normally they'd have to get us to leave [only 3 out of 12 people had showed up] but they were letting us stay because they understood it was a surprise party. the only thing that miffed me [just a tad] was that neither during making the reservation or being seated was ever i told about a time contraint (there was a large group needing our table within two hours). so we had no idea until 45 minutes after we'd arrived. i was more mad at my friends than the restaurant though!
overall i think i'd be back for drinks with a small group but probably with a large group it would be hard to mingle for a party
big plus - they showered us with streamers during cake cutting - a nice touch ;)

So today my girlfriend and I decided to give the Yaletown Brewing Co. a try. It was a bit windy but the sun was out. We decided on lunch in the restaurant section. It wasn't very busy, as most of the customers were on the bar side watching Hockey. I love the location and the feel of the restaurant. The decor is awesome with lots of exposed brick, very Yaletown like. Our server was Chris a long haired guy. He took our drink orders fairly quickly (hefeweizen) The beer came and was great, but with not that many tables it took forever for him to come back and take our food order. We ordered a bbq pulled beef rib pizza and the same type of sandwich with Walla Walla onion rings for an extra $3. We also ordered some water with the food. The waiter didn't write any of this down and we joked he'd probably forget something. Sure enough after several passes we had to ask for our water again and finally it came. He was very polite and seemed nice, just didn't seem to pay much attention to his customers or their needs. Another table was seated shortly after us and he didn't pick up it was windy and we all had our jackets on as a sign to trim closed the big patio doors that were open as wide as they could be. As far as the food went. The bbq sandwich I loved, my girlfriend hated it, because when it says bbq and it's then bbq as well as Currey, you'd think they'd mention that on the menu! The pizza was thin crust with almost no toppings. I've had better pizza frozen from Safeway. DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME ORDERING PIZZA HERE! The onion rings were HUGE and some of the best I have ever had. The price was average and that's pretty much my take on this place.