Betty’s East

The new menu is amazing. The hummus is to die for. I had fish and chips and O.M.G. I highly recommend this restaurant. Delicious and the staff is incredible.

Went there on a recommendation from a friend. Wanted to get pre dinner drinks and some apps. Unfortunately, had a horrible time. Hard to review food that NEVER arrived. I thought perhaps even if the food is mediocre, I'd be able to get some fresh air, but the horrible smells outside ruined that thought. Decided to try it out on a beautiful Sunday evening. Several seats of 4-8 with low and high bar tables. Initial service was okay, was acknowledged and given the choice to sit anywhere in the patio area. Looks like it would be a busy "chill" atmosphere to get a drink and people watch. First of all, despite it seemingly in an open area, there were cycles of rotten, pewtride smells?? Possible from nearby neighbors house and autobody shop?? Wait staff seems informed, even discussed what was in the signature Betty's layered bean dip. Ordered it, along with fries at around 6pm. Drinks came after 10 min of ordering. Had the brunch sangria which was orange juice with white wine...tart, little bit watery but it was a whole wine glass for $8. My drinkmate had the Curacao cocktail with cranberry juice, lemon juice and vodka...very tart and expensive for $15, perhaps add more Curacao to offset the lemon juice?...I guess that's the price now for drinks. Waited until 7pm ish. Still no food. Wasn't sure if bakes dip took an hour to make?!? Then a second server we hadn't spoken to until then asked if we wanted anything, but by that point I was too hungry and didn't want to smell garbage. Watched at least two tables, who arrived after us, get served food first. Can attest it is a busy patio...Thus, we asked for the bill. At least the bill did not have charge for the food items, thus it would seem the wait staff didn't even order the food we asked for. The second server seemed either too busy, or mad that I didn't tip....for no service given by her. Felt like the visit was a waste of time, starving on a hot patio Sunday... Only positive was we sat beside a couple with a super cute puppy, but even the people at that table didn't like the tacos they got. Best part of night, went home and made myself real dinner. Disappointed and if possible I'd give a -2*. Had higher expectations, but obviously getting some food should not be expected.

Two bad experiences at this place. Last Fall my friend and I came here for a beer in the evening. We were the ONLY 2 in the place, which felt like a cafeteria. Oh ya there was 1 other guy at the bar on his phone. Some sporting event was on the TV and it was cranked over the sound system. We asked if they could put some music on or something and the guy at the bar said no becuase the people on the patio were following the event and the sound was impossible to separate. There was a group of 4 on the patio ignoring the game. We didn't make a fuss. Quietly finished our beers and left. Second time was recently at lunchtime. The sun was sort of out so we wanted to have lunch on the patio. The place was disgusting. Do they ever sweep? They even covered up the mural with a dirty tarp. Yuck to the service and the environment.

It is a good patio. Went here for a late lunch on Sunday. They had closed Brunch menu by 3pm and informed us before seating us that kitchen reopens at 3:30pm but we could have drinks in the meantime. I appreciated that since we could make a decision before we sat down and got comfortable. However, I would expect that since the kitchen was closed and we had still chosen to sit there n wait, the staff would make the wait time enjoyable. But, the staff chose to be non attentive. The server would hear half the things and we would be left talking to them while they turned their back and walked away. The drinks were brought in by another server and they did not bother to ask who ordered what and just plunked the glasses on the table and left. We ended up sorting the drinks ourselves. I am a vegetarian and do check menus online before heading out to a restaurant to make sure I have options. While I understand that it is not the restaurant's responsibility to cater to all dietary preferences, but if you have something on your brunch menu which 1 of the veg items, why would you take it off the menu for dinner. They did have 3 vegetarian options on the dinner menu, a shareable, a flatbread pizza and an impossible burger. The shareable had guacamole, which i wanted on the side since I am allergic to avocados, but they had no option of doing that since it was all mixed together, even when their kitchen was technically closed. The flatbread with 3 cheese i ordered this was basically that, no pepper, no herbs, I had to eat it with ketchup to add some flavour to it. My boyfriend ordered a chicken sandwich, which had shredded chicken and a very runny sauce, which drips all over when eating the burger. The best part about the food, it came in quickly as the kitchen opened and it was hot. The staff tried to be friendlier later, may be they sensed something, but we were already in a bad mood by then.

Been here quite a bunch - specifically when drag trivia was a thing. My friend and I ordered the pitcher of lime margarita and nachos. The margaritas were always lovely and nachos fully packed. Came here one time and ordered the tacos. Tacos not good, dry and flavourless.

I had dinner here earlier with a friend, overall a fantastic experience! Food and drinks were on point, but our Server Perri made our time unforgettable! She was super tentative, joyous and compassionate. Definetly coming back!!!Food: 4/5

Large patio space, good list of beers, and a decent menu of food. Only problem is they were quite under-staffed. Even still, the server did a really great job taking care of everyone.Food: 3/5

Food was good. Service was dreadful. The bartender tall,skinny female was simply awful. Not nice, mean and clearly hates her job. Dressed awful to - running shorts. Find a bartender that is pleasant and it would make a significant improvement to our experience. We also struggled to get anyone to take out food orders and were ignored most of the evening and we were a party of approximately 20.

Great large patio. We had taco Tuesdays and their hot nacho dip which I thought was amazing! Fried calamari was tasty too. Also had their sangria and thought it was great!Food: 5/5

Betty’s is a great spot! I’ve been to two larger group events here where we had the front lounge type room. It’s a perfect spot to gather with friends, have some privacy but also still have great service! Staff here are helpful and attentive, food is good and beer selection is great! Overall would definitely recommend

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