Rileys Old Town Pub

Riley’s Pub is located on King St. in downtown Oshawa.  The pub is located right next to a multi-storey parking garage making finding a parking spot a breeze.  The pub has lots of seating (don’t get the booth right in front of the entrance on a cold night…you’ll freeze!), lots of tv screens and features a variety of traditional pub fare, on our last visit we sampled the roast beef dinner which was quite nice (although is seems impossible for Canadian establishments to get Yorkshire Puddings right).

Our most recent visit to Riley’s was on Jan 24th, a Saturday night.  We made a reservation (recommended) and arrived at 7pm.  The restaurant was busy and the billiards room and lounge were fairly quiet.

I ordered the Steak and Ribs ($31.99). The Angus Striploin was very nice, but I found the ribs a bit bland.  It seemed like they applied the sauce right before they were served and therefore the saunce didn’t get a chance to penetrate the ribs themselves. The mashed potatoes were really nice and the garlic veggies got my taste approval too.  Our service in the Restaurant was also very good.

With it being a Saturday night during our visit, Riley’s had live entertainment upstairs and down.  The gentleman who was performing in the upstairs lounge (see video)  was excellent at performing Elton John’s Hits and his piano playing was amazing.  Very entertaining.   Our upstairs server was attentive and even let us know when a pool table became available so we could play pool for an hour ($12.00 per hour).  Pool tables are available on a first come first served basis, so it was really nice of her to do that without us having to stand at the entrance to the billiard room hoping a table would come free.

All in all, our visit to Riley’s was a nice experience. It was great to have dinner and then be entertained afterwards without having to go to another location.

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Watch a Video clip of live entertainment from Riley’s

Location:

Riley’s Olde Towne Pub
104 King St. E.
Oshawa, ON
L1H 1B6
Website:  www.rileysoldetownepub.com

Tel: 905 404-2464     Open 11:00 am – 2:00 am Every Day

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