Stanley Beer Hall

The drinks on tap are solid with a nice variety of beer, some cocktails, seltzer, a gluten free beer, and mocktails. Something for everyone! Cool that you can prepay for everything in the beginning so that when you’re ready to leave, you don’t have to wait for waiter/waitress! The food… isn’t great though. The wings were fine. The salad was bland. The fish and chips were way too greasy. The green chili pork tots were pretty good though! If you’re coming for drinks, fun spot. Just get food somewhere else in Stanley Marketplace.

Extremely disappointed! Upon arriving it took entirely too long to find a free seat and when we did, it was extremely squished. A busy Friday night seems like the wrong night to have so many tables reserved and what seemed like an office party on the patio. A member of our party is a celiac and was excited to see good looking gluten free options on the menu. When we were able to finally get a server's attention, we ordered the buffalo cauliflower bites to start, which are marked as gluten free. A little while later, it took almost 15 minutes to grab the attention of another server. When ordering, the second server was kind enough to tell us that the buffalo cauliflower bites were not in fact gluten free, despite being clearly marked "GF" on the menu since they were fried in the same fryer as everything else and had lots of cross contamination. When we asked why it was marked as gluten free despite having obvious cross contamination and no warning of the contamination on the menu, she simply said that the dish itself doesn't have wheat in it. She said the only thing that was truly gluten free were some of the salads. It is down right irresponsible to label foods gluten free when they are far from it! Restaurants should be far more knowledgeable about allergens and be able to correctly label food, especially in this day and age. It is also crazy that they expect you to tip before you even sit down! The service was lousy at best. For having to seat yourself, serve your own drinks, messy tables, high prices and slow service, it is hard to be able to justify any tip. I would like to make the following suggestions for the owner: 1. Do not mark your food as allergen friendly when it is not. Clearly state the risk and sources of cross contamination. 2. Do not book private parties on weekends at "prime time" or have a better wait system so it's not so difficult to sit down after opening your tab. 3. Do not ask or expect people to tip before being served. Tips are typically based on the quality and speed of service, so you can not determine a top before you even sit down.