Clydz

Jonathan Knowles _{on Google}

Mar 27th, 2024

Excellent craft cocktails, with some interesting twists and ingredients. Best true cocktail bar in New Brunswick, in my opinion. Attentive expert mixologists behind the bar and not a TV screen in sight. The bar snacks I had were excellent. I plan to be a regular.

Ruben Carpio _{on Google}

Mar 28th, 2024

I dined at Clydz this past Saturday.. it was my wide and I, and two close friends.
My friends had to return her chicken entre, because it was not fully cooked. My wife order a Filet Mignon and she requested it to be Medium well. Upon her cutting into the steak around the edge, there was a little pink. But she said she's continue on. Upon her 2nd cut, it got very pink. So I decided to trade dishes with her since I can do Medium. Mind you, my burger lacked any type of flavor profile, so THAT wasn't good either. I continued to cut into the steak, and as I got to the middle, it's damn fully rare. On top of it also lacking in any flavor. By time I had to send that dish back as well.
I will say that the service is TOP NOTCH, our waitress and the manager were extremely attentive, and apologetic and I can tell they wanted to make it right. They offered us the ability to order another entre, and we selected the from the special which was spicy rigatoni. By that time our appetite was shot, and I really hate to say it, but even that dish was just ok. But as I mentioned, 5/5 for the service from the manager and our server.
My wife came here over the holidays for a work function and she ordered the Bolognese, and she mentioned that too just wasn't so good.
I'm pretty surprised at the amount of high reviews this place gets. Either everyone is sugar coating a lot, or there are a lot of easily satisfied people. One reviewer mentioned that they mainly go there for the drinks! That I can believe and agree with, as the drinks are the one thing, along with the service, that are the two redeeming qualities of this place. I truly feel the issues are in the kitchen. The food is extremely average, and apparently way over-rated!!
I am by no means a picky eater, or an overly critical person. Give me something that tastes good, in a hole in the wall joint, and I'm happy. Their grilled Shrimp dish that comes with Gigante beans doesn't even look appetizing. What an odd pairing, and the shrimp themselves looked dry (my friends wife ended up ordering that to replace her uncooked chicken).