Kildares Ale House - Calgary

Excellent bartender Mike! All staff seems really great though. Funny and personable, attentive service. Food is decent and they gave a decent selection beer and specials. The atmosphere is really welcoming and laid back in there. I'll be back!

Kildares is a solid brew pub. A well thought out layout and a nice patio set the right vibe. The food was good although a bit pricey. The dry ribs were full of flavour and tender...which isn’t easy for dry ribs. The caesar salad wasn’t bad but nothing amazing. My mom really enjoyed the chilli lime muscles as the sauce was very flavourful. I wouldn’t go out of my way to come back because of the prices but it was an enjoyable experience nonetheless.

First of all Zomato has the description wrong. Kildare’s serves some bar food, but mostly dishes like “bacon wrapped chorizo pork tenderloin” doesn’t sound like “bar food” to me!<br/ <br/ I am a fine dining snob and Kildaire’s does a fantastic job with their entrees, their flat breads and their overall service. <br/ <br/ The place is packed on the weekends so make reservations. <br/ <br/ It is a well run, classy pub. The kind of place you can take your good friends to have a proper meal (they have excellent salads,too) and enjoy watching the game in a upscale atmosphere without upscale prices. <br/ <br/

Really like the inside of this place. Their Caesars are good. Their crispy buffalo chicken sandwich was good but their short rib Mac and cheese is seriously to die for. The short rib is so tender and moist and flavourful and then throw that in to Mac and cheese and I'm in heaven. Only thing I'd leave out if the jalapeños but that's because I'm a wimp.

The atmosphere, decor and food is well above average and better than expected for 'Pub food '.  We just wish the service was more consistent.  Ironically, the less busy they are it seems the more the service suffers.   Sometimes the service is great and the servers pleasant and professional.  But sadly it is a real ****-shoot whether you can expect decent service.  On our last visit there were more than one table with a patron wandering around like a lost kid trying to find a server...including us.  Twice.<br/ <br/ My hope is they can fix the service issue because when it IS good, this is a great place to go.   Sadly,  you just cant go with confidence you will have reasonable service on any given night.