The Murray Chronicles
+3.5
It was a smoky summer evening in Metro Vancouver last Sunday. Hot, just passing the thirty degree mark, and forest fires on Vancouver Island, and north of the Lower Mainland, covered the city with a dusty haze and a camp fire smell. It's rare to see this kind of pollution in Vancouver; we usually send our smog into the valley and keep our skies, and the air, clean and fresh. Not so on this night.We are off to Point Grey, UBC and the University Golf Club, and more specifically to their dining establishment called Westward Ho! Public House and Grill. Long and dumb name. On the positive, its patio overlooks the gazebo garden and, through the smoke, the 10th tee.The University Golf Club has been around since 1929. It's a traditional course with long, narrow fairways and towering old growth trees. The club house offers the feel of a private club, and it's popular for weddings, gatherings and meetings throughout the year.We're here because we've heard good things about the quality of  the Westward Ho! Public House. By appearance, it's a typical golf course sort of pub. The menu is casual, with some nice touches, and maybe because of the club's banquet rooms, there are some indulgences too. There's a daily, or more accurately, a weekly fresh sheet and there's the potential to have expectations exceeded; in season halibut or salmon for example.
I cannot understand it. That used to be a great place. I have been going to the GC pub since, oh, I cannot even remember!!! They used to have a great variety menu with lots of finger food for beer nights with my bodies. The menu has been constantly shrinking over the last 3-5 years now to a point that I have switched beer pit to some other place with more variety. I wish they bring back the old menu. The staff is also, how can I put it, a turn down - I don't get that warm fuzzy feeling of the old days anymore. Otherwise, solid pub food and interesting specials.
Nice brunch. A good brunch menu and afterwork is fantastic for nachos with the gang. Their nachos are huge and come fully loaded. Halibut sliders come in a set of 3. Tiny, freshly fried fish chunks with a lobster sauce, lettuce and tomato...they're taller than they are wide. Very yummy.
Yummy!. Great breakfast and brunch menu. Weekly changing fresh sheet. Prices are pleasantly reasonable and it's a good place to watch the game.
Brunch!. Great place for brunch, decent meals, lots of variety, great service and awesome location. One of my favourite burger places. You don't even have to golf to eat there!
University Golf Club Gets It. We alway enjoy the dining experience at UGC! The staff are always fantastic, the menu is ever evolving and the environment is a fun place to be. Today was probably the 25th to 30th meal we've had there and it was again fantastic. We'll be back!
Westward Ho! offers up spectacular views of the course and a kitchen that serves up food any casual dining restaurant would be proud to serve. I’ve enjoyed many dinners and even a wedding in their banquet rooms over the years but my favourite place to dine has to be the patio which overlooks the 10th fairway and the gazebo garden. Westward Ho! is 30 Best Patios worthy and it’s only 30 minutes from downtown Vancouver by bus. If you take the #4 or #14 Bus from downtown Vancouver it will drop you off straight in from of University Golf Club at 5185 University Boulevard . Walk a few hundred feet past the putting greens into the clubhouse and then all the
Overall, we had a good time. The food was nothing spectacular though, it was good but not worth going back.
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