Ontario

My friend and I came here on Canada Day, because, well obviously.
Anyways, we found the place to be fairly dark, dingy, and empty. There was a scant amount of Canada Day decorations, though they might have just been year round Canada themed.
We ordered «Canadian», as you do, and the server blankly looked at us and then went over the draught options. We ended up selecting «Molson». *face palm*
Anyways, despite wanting to hit up our national day of celebration at a tacky themed bar, this ended up being a one beer stop before we attempted to hit greener pastures.
(Oh, also, we had problems using our Canadian credit cards here — I guess their machines won’t process chip cards? Even if you swipe)

I drove 1,665 miles and spent $ 1,258 in gas, roundtrip from NYC, just to learn that this bar isn’t actually even in Canada. I’ll be going there tonight to collect what I feel they owe me. I’ll probably stay and have a drink while I’m there.

Cool semi dive bar. Fast drinks.

This is no frills old reliable. Bartenders have remarkable personalities and serious playlists. The twins, the redhead and the guy with the hot dog tattoo are worth many trips alone.

This place is like a Canadian consulate-​meets-​dive bar in Williamsburg. Great place to stop and have a few and get away from the usual crowd in the neighborhood. Good deals — especially if you are a sucker for shot&beer combo.

Bartender charged me $ 10 for one beer and was very rude!!! Avoid at all costs!!! Definitely not coming back!!!

Nice little dive bar. Cozy seating. Games to play. Good place to get drunk.

My date here last night was super fun! Great vibe here from the Canandian-​inspired decorations to the funny chick bartender to the cheap drink specials. There are tons of places to sit so great for conversation. They played great music last night too. All of the hits! There’s a nice little section of arcade games as well. Two different types of pinball and buck hunter. Judging from the highest scores people are NUTS for those games and play them A LOT. Definitely would go back here very soon!

I love the music, and the drinks flow cheap and steadily. also it’s never too loud, which is good, I could still have conversations with the people I came with! buck hunter and air hockey always add bonus points. go here!

Any bar with a Galaga machine is all right with me. But one that also has an air hockey table, $ 3 High Lifes, and cheap beer/​shot combos is heavenly. And every time I go, it’s in that sweet spot between being too empty and too crowded; there’s always an open table or two, as if by magic.

Finally, a spot I like in Williamsburg that’s away from the Bedford L strip.
Can’t lie; I was tempted by the $ 6 beer/​shot specials: High Life & whiskey or Tecate & tequila. But honestly? This was nicer than some of the well-​known whiskey bars I’ve been to like the LES’ Whiskey Ward or Bedford stop’s Whiskey Brooklyn. I’d trust ‘em to make a more complicated drink.
+1 star for the air hockey machine in the back.

i love drunk. they serve it. it’s delicious. i’m a quarter canadian and a wanton alcoholic so i’m overly qualified to review ontario. the bartenders are sexy, friendly, and spectacular booze slingers. i’m trying to seduce them. do they read these? i have wall-​e on blu-​ray at my place.
i’m talking to you redhead.

I love this place. My fiancé and I are regulars. We go at least once a week. Its a comfortable dive bar with a first class bartender. It has video games and lots of seating and a decent selection of beers. Its cheap and its not one of the big name bars on the same block. Kerry the redheaded bartender on Thursdays is the best. She’s perky and talkative and she won’t let you leave. try this place out when you’re in the neighb.

My hubby and I came across this place after having a big meal up the road. When we walked in, there were lots of people near the front of the bar, but there was more seating than we thought. There were waves of groups that would come, but it never got unbearably busy. We did go on a Saturday night but luckily we didn’t have to maneuver through a big crowd.
The very Canadian Big Buck Hunter game was working fine — I enjoyed seeing a couple overexcited guys taking it so seriously. The music was great. The husband noted that it was one of the only bars/​pubs to play Sonic Youth that he’s been to. The bar staff were friendly. They ran out of the spirit I was drinking, but they had plenty other things so it was perfectly fine. The bathrooms were unisex and surprisingly clean throughout the night.
Ontario is a laid back bar, for laid back people. We had a chill night, and would definitely go again.

An unpretentious dive bar with good service and cheap yet well-​mixed drinks, Ontario is a good place to drop by if you’re in the area!

Buddies!
This bar rules. It’s a dirty little dive bar with reasonably priced drinks. $ 3 High Life in NYC is a godsend. Punk rock on the radio and a babe for a bartender who talked to me all night, long after my friends had gone home. I’m not from NYC, but I can’t wait to return on my next visit.

This is a great bar. Fun décor — I mean come on, drinking on a tree stump? Friendly bartenders (none of this trying to be a jerk to seem cool hipster vibe crap). It is an unpretentious place and its a nice date stop for me and the BF with mood lighting and cozy places to sit — the noise level is moderate so I feel like we can talk without screaming. Drinks are pretty reasonably priced.

This is a wonderful little bar for a few drinks after work, but be careful on Thursday… the happiest/​friendliest bartender in the world might never let you leave.
The music at this bar is generally great and always at the right volume. The regular patrons seem to be high quality people and the beer selection is pretty good, albeit not very Canadian. Happy hour makes the prices great and they’re average for Brooklyn when it’s not happy hour.
In addition to the bar, there are a variety of cozy little tables and booths, so this is a good place to bring a small group for chatting, shooting the shit, or playing russian roulette — whatever you do with your small group of friends, nobody here is going to judge you.
I rarely go on nights other than Thursday, but have stopped in a few times on other days and everything above seems to stand 7 days a week.
‘Why Thursday?’ you may ask. Well see the hint above. The bartender on Thursday is amazing as a bartender and as a human being with whom you can have a conversation. She is also just about the bubbliest person I have ever met… even at 3AM she’ll have a big smile and a booming laugh waiting for you along with the delicious beers that she’ll convince you to keep drinking until the wee hours of the morning (which for me is 11PM). It sometimes makes you forget you have to work the next morning. Dangerous yes, but well worth it.
Also, they have air hockey.

Not a fan. I know it’s a dive bar, but I really just don’t like this one. We went there with some friends to just hang out. Though, I’ll give them two-​thumbs up for their décor while I remember. You feel very Canadian stepping into this place.
The drinks are reasonable.
My low rating has to do with the entertainment options. Being 2 girls with like 6 guys, we needed some entertainment options. We tried the Terminator game (Big Buck Hunter was no where to be found) — the guns were broken… thus money down the drain. Then we tried the air hockey — the air doesn’t really work and on one side you have to kick the machine to get the puck to come out (and it only goes to 7). The Pac Man game works just fine, but I’m just not good at it. I like the circular seating in front, but it’s not very comfortable… the wood stump of a table was cool though.
My friend order a Ketel and soda. We think she got a crappy crappy house and soda. Not awesome. We had to get a new one.
TLDR: Personally not a fan and feel no real need to return.

I’ve never been to Ontario, but I sure hope the bars resemble this little gem along Grand Ave on the border of Williamsburg and Bushwick.
It’s one of those dives that doesn’t seem like it’s trying too hard, and I’m sure we’ve all been to a few poser-​dive bars around this part of town. It’s real, it’s gritty, you can drink shitty Canadian whiskey for $ 3 per pull, and there’s taxidermy on most of the flat surfaces of the walls. The only thing missing was a woman in a bikini chopping wood, and I’d have been led to believe that I was really tipping a few back in the Great White North.