The Empress Hotel - FITZROY NORTH

I called in here for a pre drink as I had dinner plans across the road.  This is an old school pub, no real bells or whistles about it and I absolutely loved it.<br/ <br/ Not only were there dogs inside sitting at the bar with their owners, I know right how amazing! But there were locals sitting at the bar, chatting away and it felt so cosy coming inside and sitting with them.<br/ <br/ A good beer on tap selection and I really did have such a nice and chilled time here.

Good local pub with plenty of good beers on tap. The weekly menu specials include $10 pizza nights and plenty of pub staples. Give it a try for a good value night out.

If this were a straight forward review I'd give the place 3-4 stars but any place that's banned straws gets a 5 from me!<br/ <br/ Food was fine, nothing groundbreaking but perfectly adequate in quality and price. I come here maybe 4-5 times a year and always get food. Venues pretty good, hasn't gone the full hipster thank god. Pool table is great but in an awkward spot. <br/ Great beer garden but having smoking and non-smoking in the same garden just highlights the stupidity of the new smoking laws.

Very Easy place to be.Food is good.Always a good atmosphere.Staff are great.The guys watching the arm wrestling on tv we very nice and very funny. :

This is one of our local pubs, but besides from it being nearby (with a nice beer garden great place to watch sports , it is the great food that keeps us coming back: by far some of the best pub food in the area. They have a varied selection of dishes to choose from, with changing specials all the time, and on Sundays they fire up the smoker serve up delicious, slow cooked, bbq-style meats and sides too! I don’t think I’ve ever ordered anything here that I didn’t love! :