The American
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Contact The American
| Address : | 926 Main St, Vancouver, BC V6A 2W1, Canada |
| Phone : | π +77897 |
| Website : | http://www.theamerican.bar/ |
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| Description : | Relaxed exposed-brick space with pinball machines, serving cocktails, craft brews & burgers. |
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Brenden Chand on Google
β β β β β Went for brunch, ordered coffee. They don't serve coffee... ordered hot chocolate. They don't serve hot chocolate...
Ordered tea. They don't serve tea... AT BRUNCH TIME!??
ordered appetizers instead, took 45 minutes to get fries, onion rings, nachos, and beers. Waitress never came around, so we had to go down to the bar and ask TWICE for someone to come take our order and even after that, it took 20 minutes to get someone.
An hour visit became 2+ hours without even being served properly.
Terrible food, terrible service, terrible place. The DL chicken is the only good thing about the place
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Troy Dowling on Google
β β β β β The American has a dozen or so great pinball tables including some heavy hitters like Medieval Madness, Attack from Mars, and Godzilla. The place is large, so finding some space for a small group isn't too tough. They also hold a weekly trivia night. Every time I leave the place, I feel like I've had a good time.
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Alex M on Google
β β β β β This is strictly a serviced based review!
I would've loved to have given a food based review but unfortunately after being there for over an hour we couldn't wait any longer for our food and had to leave. The entire experience didn't go well from the start. Initially I had to go see the bartender to get a menu and I asked if we ordered from him, a polite waitresses intervened and mentioned that she wasn't informed we were there. (no problem, that happens). I got back to the table and waited another 10 minutes (it wasn't busy) and when she arrived she was surprised we needed menu's. (We laughed it off). We ordered what I imagine was a delicious feast and waited with great anticipation only to be gravely disappointed when the time we had allotted for our lunch date (without kids for once) ran out and we were forced to leave without eating. They rushed to get the food out and even paid for it but unfortunately money was not the issue, it was time. We wasted our precious time waiting for a meal we had planned for 2 months and never ate.
The American was a massive disappointment and I will not recommend any else take a chance that your experience would be different. You failed (The American) and my wife's birthday lunch was a complete wash.
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mogagary on Google
β β β β β Good bar that has an impressive 9 pinball machines. They are mostly Stern machines though with a couple of classics for us older players: Netflix Stranger Things, Attack From Mars, Medieval Madness, Rick and Morty, Elvira's House of Horrors, Godzilla γ΄γΈγ©, Jurassic Park (Stern), Star Wars Mandalorian, Rush.
Arcade machines include Street Fighter 2 Turbo Hyperfighting $1 for 2 plays although you can blow both credits immediately for multiplayer.
The newest arcade machines here are naturally from the American company Raw Thrills and they are Jurassic Park Arcade and the omnipresent Big Buck HD Wild.
If you like racing, they have 2 seats for Mario Kart Arcade GP.
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Brian Friedrich on Google
β β β β β We had high hopes of sitting down to a couple of pints and a great burger.
The pints were fine, service was good but the food was terrible.
Our food was ready within 5-7 minutes of ordering (very suspect to have a fresh burger cooked in that time). The burgers were small, somewhere between a proper burger and a slider, they had no flavour (we werenβt even sure they were beef), and the buns were soft and white like the cheapest loaf of bread you can buy. Absolutely nothing to them. The onion rings were super greasy, to the point were the oil was pooling in the paper bowl they came in. The only thing decent were the fries. Finally, all of the food was served in disposable, food service packaging - the burgers were in a paper/foil sleeve, the onion rings and fries were in wax paper bowls, and all of it served on a cafeteria tray. Not great environmental stewardship.
As a supposed sports bar, they have ample TVβs and screens, but what was annoying was they put on music between periods (Stanley Cup playoffs). This is when true sports fans want to hear the commentary on the period.
If you want an experience in a place catering to the under-30 crowd that serves average food at best, then this is the place for you.
If not, youβre best to move along. ???
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Joseph on Google
β β β β β I rarely visit these types of bars but was surprised by the welcoming atmosphere. They had a trivia game with some regulars, it looked like a lot of fun! I came here for the burger on hamburgermap.com and was very happy with it. I really love the unisex washrooms, so unique.
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Krishna Haridas on Google
β β β β β Dropped in here on a friendβs recommendation to try out their fried chicken sandwich. Very crispy and tasty sandwiches, we preferred the βAlways Sundayβ Sando to the βBuffalo hotβ sando which was a little too saucey for our liking. Lot of large tvs around and there was an arcade area as well. Friendly waiter and a nice place to hang out as a big group.
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εη on Google
β β β β β Good eyes on customer need, very colorful place. Here aiming for download chicken. Wish they have chicken wings!! Happy hours 3-6pm.. the chicken burger too much salt, .. overall price is above average. Many good looking man are hanging here..( from Realtors to Architecture and ordinary Joeβ¦)
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