The Brewhouse - Whistler

2 out of 5 Toilets

The Brewhouse in Whistler is another interesting spot owned by the MJG. Located in Whistler Village, like Taylor's Crossing in North Vancouver, it offers the option of a restaurant, bar, or patio. Inside, you will find a large fire place in the middle of the bar, perfect for those cold Whistler days. And if you have kids with you, you're in luck. Not only does the washroom offer a child size urinal, but the restaurant also sports a model train riding its tracks that hang from the ceiling and go through the entire building.

The Good:

Entering the washroom you are greeting by 3 angled mirrors giving you a great view of what is already going on in the washroom before you even go more than 2 feet in. This is perfect as for avoiding awkward run ins with people, and for just giving you general washroom awareness. When you get up close, you can see all angles of your face letting you get gussied up for your big trip back out to the bar.

Mirrors are kept shiny, with no dried splatter, and granite counter adds a nice little touch of class when washing your hands. The soap foams when ejected, allowed you to get a quick lather in your hands and speeding up wash time.

There is something to be said about washrooms that use white tiling on the walls. It really does just add another level of cleanliness to the place. Assuming of course that they are kept clean. As you can see in this photo, that is the case, with shiny white tiles. Even if there were no mirrors in this place, you could use the walls to see yourself. Emergency lighting conveniently located above the urinals, so in case of power loss, you can continue the flow.

The single stall is very roomy. Lots of place to leave your snowboard or mountain bike so it doesn't get ripped off. The toilet itself is kept wiped down. Dual tp rolls await you in the dispenser, so there is no fear of running out, and a "holy shit" railing is provided for right handers.

The Bad:

For my first time there, I was actually surprised I was able to find the washroom as easily as I was. I am giving this up to just dumb luck. Most people on a first visit will have to ask for its location it seems. It is tucked away against the wall by the pool table. Not very noticeable, and also no signage indicating its location.

First thing I noticed when walking into the washroom was the state of the floor. Dirty paper towels. There was also dirty tp in the stall on the floor.
Because these paper towels were so close to the entrance door it made me wonder if they were used to open the door without touching the handle and then dropped on the floor because there is no garbage provided.

Either way, they should not be on the floor. It immediately throws of your impression of the facility. It also made me realize things like how bad the floor was in general. Not only was it an ugly tile choice, but it looked like it wasn't mopped all that often as they looked dingy and tainted. Tip toe across this floor...
Maybe you could even take some paper towels from the dispenser seen here, put them under your shoes and shuffle across the floor. This is the problem with dispensers like this. If just one customer misuses it, it makes it look shoddy for everyone else. I prefer paper towels stacked on the counter by the sinks, or on a roll.

This is the only dispenser in the washroom that is filled, so if you are washing your hands in the sink to the far right, you have to walk over to the wall on the left to get your paper towel fix. Not only is this annoying, but if it is a full house, that means stepping around other patrons with dripping wet hands trying not to touch anything. Then taking paper towel, drying your hands, and dispensing it on the other side of the sink. I don't understand the logical set up to this. It makes you criss cross the room just to complete drying your hands.

If your in a rush, be warned. There is only 1 toilet, and 1 regular sized urinal. If it's in use, you shall be shamed into using the kiddie pisser. Which has no urinal cake, and long left toilet paper in it. Did I mention you will have to touch it to flush it? That's right, no tech in this place. Manual flushing. Manual paper towels. Bring hand sanitizer. You don't want to have to go back out there to see that your delicious wings (and I do mean delicious) have arrived, and having to suck the hot sauce and every other dude.... parts.....off your fingers.

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Overall:

Its too bad that this washroom is poorly maintained. It shows such promise upon the entrance with huge wall size mirrors and large counter top. However all that is over looked with the lack of upgrades. Besides the basics of clean floors, adding some tech to washrooms can greatly increase the experience. The lack of auto flush toilets, auto paper towel dispenser mean more touchy touchy of everything in the washroom. The ridiculous location of paper towels>sink>garbage>door makes no fluid sense. In fact, it bothered me so much I took it into my own hands and moved the garbage can.

Hopefully by moving the garbage can to the door, they will fill this paper towel dispenser. Thus allowed us to not touch the door handle after vigorously washing the washroom off our hands.


Go to the Brewhouse and enjoy the wings, just don't drink their delicious beer and have to empty the tanks. Or bring gloves. Your choice.