The Auction House

1726 Argyle St, Halifax - B3J 2B3
115 reviews
Pubs
(902) 431-1726

This used to be one of our favourite places to go downtown. The food was always tasty and service was attentive. We recently went back for the first time in 2 years, and while I do give consideration for pandemic difficulties, I don't think that explains this. We arrived just after 9 and asked for a table for 2. We were sat at the end of an empty group table. Waited for our server for drink orders. Easily 20 minutes went by and another couple was sat at the table next to us, who had a server for drink orders very quickly. We mentioned we had not yet been served, and a different server finally came and we placed both drink and food orders. My drink never showed up, until we reminded the server when the food arrived. I had ordered the steak frites, which was very, very peppery. No one checked on us. The bill came, and it seemed they charged us extra for the fries (why would fries not come with the steak frites), but at that point we just wanted to leave. It was overall, very disappointing.

Was in Halifax over the weekend went here twice! Was served By Two different Hannah’s on two separate visits they were so hospitable and friendly, they showed us the meaning of “East Coast Hospitality!”The drinks were great! The prices fair! Food good!I fully recommend this place to locals and visitors alike!

We had a reservation for 12 for a birthday and we were really disappointed with our service. After ordering our drinks we had multiple missing and mixed up throughout the table. After finally ordering our appetizers and main courses it all came out together - however missing two of our guests main courses. After 30 minutes of waiting for those dishes I spoke to the manager who didn’t correct or even apologize for the poor service. He directed our server to come over and address the issues. Neither were fixed and no compensation was offered for the missing main dish or mixed up drink order. After 2 and a half hours of being there we were never checked on or offered another drink. We left disappointed and paid full price for all dishes including the one that was 30 minutes late. I would no t return to this place especially as a large group. Very disappointing experience unfortunately L.

A friend and I decided to go here before a hockey game. I order the Dill Chicken Schnitzel ($18) described to be a chicken breast breaded and fried with dill gravy, garlic mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables. The schnitzel was smaller than a chicken cutlet and half of it was hard crusty batter. The meat was not pounded flat like schnitzel should be. The potatoes were meh, probably less than a cup and didn't have much of the promised garlic flavour and the seasonal vegetables looked more like something out of a freezer, and were also a very small portion. My whole meal was smaller than my friend's burger. I don't plan on coming back here ever and wouldn't recommend ordering anything other than a burger, but then there way better burger places in town at much lower prices. Only thing that was worth the two stars was the friendly wait staff.

I visited the Auction House for the first time, a couple of days ago, with a friend and simply HAD to write a review — My friend has had a deathly peanut allergy all their life but has recently been dealing with some other pretty serious health issues, which have resulted in a huge increase in their anxiety. The manager noticed my friend looking distressed and checked in on us several times, and when he found out that my friend was feeling anxious about possible cross-contamination, he checked in with the kitchen several times to confirm that all possible precautions had been followed. He was so compassionate and kind and lovely, and we appreciated his extra care and attention so much. I'd return in a heartbeat!

We visited in October but wanted to give management a chance to respond. We got one email saying they were essentially looking into it but never had any resolution. We were ignored for over 45 minutes to an hour before we captured this image of jerry the mouse on the floor.We quickly left cash for our two empty drinks and went to Dirty Nellys which was amazing.Expected better.

Went for the happy hour. Drinks were extremely affordable and the atmosphere was chill. The live music was very loud for the small space that you're in but if you're going for the music it's perfect.

Called 7 times to try to book a table and no answer. Sent a message on their website and no reply back.Not many options on the menu, long wait to get our meals, and food was ok.The truffle fries were weak, our mac and cheese balls were cold and not very flavourful, and the aioli’s weren’t great.Overall not bad, but we probably won’t be going back.

Well where do I begin….your place was recommended by friends and we chose to dine with you. We were a very large group, around 28of us…we came the waiter was right there to seat us and promptly ask our drink choices, he came back with the drinks and we all ordered our appetizers. This was at 4:30pm, went great, most of the appetizers came within a half hour but we were missing 2 orders of wings. We were all at 3 different tables and the other two tables ordered their meal and

Went for the happy hour. Drinks were extremely affordable and the atmosphere was chill. The live music was very loud for the small space that you're in but if you're going for the music it's perfect.