Mahoney & Sons Pub

Mahony’s Tavern is a locally-owned Vancouver restaurant and pub at the Vancouver Convention Centre, offering food, drink and waterfront views.

It used to be called Mahony & Sons, but now it’s called Mahony’s Tavern. It also used to have a distinct Irish theme, but not so much anymore.

Vancouver’s Mahony & Sons Irish Pubs

The original Mahony & Sons opened on the UBC campus in 2006. While quite popular, the location closed its doors in the summer of 2019.

Over the past few years Mahony & Sons has rebranded its restaurants and the menu. The restaurants used to focus on Irish-style food and decor as well as seafood. Now, they focus more on premium-casual dining and classic pub-style dishes.

The restaurants occasionally host live bands on weekends. They also do this around St. Patrick’s Day.

Locations and Hours

Mahony’s now operates a single restaurant location in the City of Vancouver. It’s located at the northeast corner of the Vancouver Convention Centre at #36 1055 Canada Place. The pub overlooks the waters of Burrard Inlet and is on the other side of the Convention Centre from the Tap & Barrel in Jack Poole Plaza.

Hours of operation at the Vancouver Convention Centre are Monday to Saturday from 11:30 am and on Sundays from 11:00 am.

Enjoying a Guinness Beer — On the Patio at Stamps Landing

About the Venues

Mahony’s location is waterfront with covered and heated outdoor patios that are open year-round. The views are pretty spectacular.

Mahony and Sons at the Convention Centre — Mahony & Sons in Coal Harbour

Mahony’s in Coal Harbour

The other Mahony location is the one in Coal Harbour in the northeast corner of the Vancouver Convention Centre. It’s the pub by the giant blue rain drop sculpture. From its patio you can see Canada Place in one direction and the North Shore Mountains on the other side of Burrard Inlet in another.

This location is in the heart of downtown Vancouver. Just a few blocks away are Waterfront Station, Gastown and the beginning of Granville Street. Tourist attractions in the area include FlyOver Canada at Canada Place and the Vancouver Lookout in the Harbour Centre Building. The Harbour Air Seaplane terminal is also just steps away.

Parking in the area is expensive. Public transit, however, is very convenient.

FlyOver at Canada Place is a multi-dimensional theatre near the Vancouver Convention Centre (so only about a five-minute walk from the restaurant in Coal Harbour). If you want to experience Canada from the air, it’s an attraction well worth checking out!

Mahony’s Menu

In previous years, Mahony’s menus used to be more Irish-inspired. The restaurant has rebranded since then, though, to include more dishes from elsewhere in the world (including a few Asian rice bowl and Thai curry options). The place is still very much a pub-style restaurant though. Shareable appetizers and burgers fill up a good portion of the menus.

The menus at Mahony’s vary slightly between the two locations. However, common staples that appear at both restaurants include traditional pub food like chicken wings, fish & chips, nachos, chicken tenders, beef dip, seafood chowder and quesadillas.

The False Creek location of Mahony has a slightly larger menu. In addition to the regular pub-style dishes, the False Creek restaurant also offers a selection of both vegetarian and meat pizzas (which the Coal Harbour venue didn’t have when we checked).

On our last visit we had the Szechuan chicken appetizer. It included chunks of deep-fried chicken with a sweet chili sauce, wonton chips and diced cucumber. It was delicious. Something we’ll definitely have again.

Happy Hour at Mahoney’s

Both of the Mahony locations offer a discounted Happy Hour menu. Deals include around 20% off most food items on the regular menu and discounts on select alcoholic beverages. The Happy Hour menu options are fairly consistent between the two locations.