Rhino’s Pub & Liquor Store

Closed forever. Up goes another high rise. It’s another area of Coquitlam that won’t have anything to do or anyplace to do it.

Rhino’s is amazing in that it combines terrible food, a terrible atmosphere and terrible service. There’s really no reason to go there under any circumstances. Liquor store has good prices and good service, but the pub is just a no-​go.

The beer in this place isn’t very cold. Pretty much every time I get it u have to put it right in the freezer. They need to adjust the temperature or something. It’s defiantly not cold. It’s like sorta cold. Not cold enough. Not cold enough for beer store prices. Might as well go to the liquor store down thr street. Other than that the ppl r rly nice that work there and they r pet friendly so u can bring ur dog if ur going for a walk which is great. I prob go there a lot more just because of that. Overall they r really good but need to make their refrigerators colder. For a small beer store they have a decent selection too.

New to the area, we stopped at the Rhino Pub for dinner one Saturday night on the way home from Vancouver. It definitely has that dive-​bar feel to it when you walk in. There are lots of things to gamble on, and lots of TVs for sports crap.
I ordered a Jackson Triggs wine and it was definitely not Jackson Triggs. The red wine was sweet and tasted like it had turned. Ordered nachos and the same goes there. Both the salsa and sour cream tasted a bit off, but I was hungry, so I ate it anyway.
My hubs got chicken strips and chicken wings, and had some nachos, too. He said the strips were pretty bad, worse than just cheap store-​bought strips. He said the wings were passable, but wouldn’t order them again.
The prices are super cheap for drinks, especially the nightly specials. Some of the crowd was friendly and talkative, others just leered from behind the pool tables or from near the bar.
Both me and the hubs got fairly sick the next few nights, and I am certain it’s because some of the food had turned bad. I see in another review someone else felt their food tasted like it had been sitting around too long.
Just gross.
Our server appeared to be the only one working that Saturday night, so she seemed a bit overwhelmed and the service was slow (she’s only one person and can only do so much at once, right)?
If you want to watch a game and have a few cheap beers, then go for it. If you are looking for decent food and don’t want to be best friends with your toilet for days, go somewhere else.

Local pub, that I’ve passed by many times cause well, the neighborhood is a little worse for wear. Yeah I know, I workout half a block away, what’s the deal? I finally decided to give it a shot tonight and was pleasantly surprised! Sure it’s dark, older, and a bit rough, but they have a tasty menu and friendly service. Pizzas are made fresh n baked in a fancy oven viewable from the bar. Thin soft slightly crisped crusts and loaded with a moderate amount of toppings. We enjoyed the game night special of a pitcher n pizza for $ 17, great deal. No really, it was. They also offer up music bingo with chances to win g.c. To use on your next visit. Will go try this place again! I’d certainly share this place with friends, it’s haunted by a slightly older rough around the edges/​non hipster crowd… Kinda refreshing!

I didn’t get any food. Beer is cheap (domestics only from what I saw) and waitresses are pretty quick on the re-​ups and I will have to keep the smoking patio in mind for summertime. And there’s two pool tables to boot!
Frankly, I was pretty shocked how a bar can be so close to SFU and be exclusively stocked with roughnecks and cougars. SFU is my alma mater and I know how shitty the Highlander is, Mountain Shadow is on the other side of the mountain and Foggy Dew… well, it’s the fucking Foggy Dew — it sucks. I’ve done a lot things in my life that I’m ashamed of… but the Foggy Dew: in the pursuit of tail, I had a Bacardi Breezer there once — I was just a horny college kid that didn’t know any better. Lord (if you’re out there) forgive me — because I haven’t.
Oh well, I never worked in construction or on the docks, I have a truce with the roughnecks and cougars. Better than dealing with frat boys and Hardy/​Affliction MMA douches… oh wait, there are a lot of UFC posters here. Okay — I can tolerate MMA people — at least they seem to genuinely enjoy their sport, don’t jam their allegiances down your throat, don’t whoop up meaningless victories and abandon their favourite fighter after a loss… fuck me, there’s a Canucks game on? FUCK.
For what it is — Rhino’s is perfectly alright. On the odd occasion I’m in the area and I know there’s not a Canucks game on — I can see myself popping back in. If there’s a Canucks game on and I absolutely must wet my whistle on this side of SFU — I guess I’ll pay penance by going to Foggy Dew and play the ‘Ghost of College Hookup Future’ to another misguided young’un.
I’m sure someone will eventually appreciate a stranger running up and slapping a cooler out of their hand and screaming, «Don’t do it! Don’t make the same mistakes I did! Don’t stick your dick in crazy, son!»

Great smoking patio. Way nicer than the inside of the pub. They have AMAZING pizza. Best around, and I wish they delivered! Stone oven baked and just incredible. Their drink prices are Very good too. Just too bad the indoor atmosphere isn’t nicer. They need a bit of a renovation because it’s kind of a dive. And the clientele kind of sucks. Generally oldish men who are… rough around the edges, let’s say. But still, as someone who likes a cigarette with her drinks and so enjoys the patio (sitting by the fireplace they have out there!), I like Rhino’s.

I’ve only been here for breakfast twice, and the food has been good, but the service is slow… So if you’re super hungry and want to get something in your tummy fast, not the place to go. But if you’re not starving and have some time, the food is pretty good :)

We moved in across the street about 4 months ago into this up and coming neighbourhood. The pub fare is average, service is okay. It is exactly what I would expect from a pub at the right prices, with reasonable service. I hope they stick around after the skytrain goes in and this neighbourhood booms.

This past weekend, I helped host a scavenger hunt for my best friend’s stagette. As she moved away from Vancouver 3 years ago and now lives in the okanagan, we wanted the scavenger hunt to include places we used to go to way back in the day. Rhinos pub was one of those places. While we were there for my friend to complete her scavenger hunt task, we decided to have lunch. What a bad idea!
I ordered the veggie burger with fries. If you’re read any of my othere reviews you’ll know that I’m a veggie so whenever I go to a pub, I order a veggie burger. Although I have had many poor quality veggie burgers lately, this one tops the cake! The patty was burnt around the edges, the sauteed mushrooms tasted off (almost like they had been sitting around in the fridge for a few weeks) and the fried onions were so tough and stringy that I had to pull them out of my burger. The fries were soooo salty. Honestly, when I left my tongue felt swollen from all the salt that had been dumped on the fries. It took several hours and several bottles of water to make my tongue feel better.
I will never go back here again. I guess some things are just best left in the past!
Leanne

What a dump. Terrible service, menu’s had food stuck under the plastic (which is a better offering than what the kitchen would serve), it smells horrible in there, clientele consists of bums, sad misguided SFU drop outs, the neckless affliction shirt wearing idiots everyone hopes will just go away already, washed up bar bands and suburban cougar hookers. Years ago they cleaned the place up to make it a university hang out — they have failed in the worst way.
At least they have pull-​tabs ???

This place would fall under the dive bar, but it has a surprisingly nice covered patio. I have only been here a few times and don’t find the aesthetic quality to be great, but the service is decent, the beer is good, it covers the basic requirements for a pub. Good place if you want a more laid back night with a friend or a group without dealing with large crowded places.