(For the Americans on here, Earls is sort of like TGI Fridays or Applebees but with better quality ingredients and mo9re variations per location.) This Earls location gets mixed reviews but I've found it fine during both visits (2023 and 2025) -- neither particularly better or worse than others. Bacon Cheddar Burger: Meat is good quality (almost always is in Canada) with a little extra salt. Two pieces of bacon so a somewhat skimpy. Only yellow mustard available, not brown or dijon. Brioche bun held up well. Regular Fries: Thin cut. Over salted IMHO. I pretty thicker edge cut but these are fine. Truffle Fries: White truffle aioli with grated parmesan. Addicting. Grilled Chicken Caesar: Eh. Grilled chicken is good but I don't taste the cajun seasoning. Artisan bread is disappointing. Caesar dressing is strong and tasty. No anchovies. Bourbon Pecan Pie: First bite amazing. Second bite rich. Glad I shared or wouldn't have finished it. Waiters are hit and miss. Some really good, some whatevs. read more

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We booked a table for Thursday evening, and even though the restaurant was about half empty, we still had to wait to be seated after arriving. When we got to our table, it had sticky spots on it, which was unpleasant. That said, the food was really good, so I'm still giving 4 stars. read more

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Back for another lunch. We had a shady outdoor table with a view of Stephen's Ave. I really enjoyed my Cobb salad with prawns. My husband enjoyed his burger & fries, friends their chicken salads. Lunch is abundant & delicious. Service was on point. read more

Earls Kitchen + Bar - Burger - Canadian (New) Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

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Nice staff. Comfortable atmosphere. Horrid food, sub par at best if half the price. Which means insanely expensive, it's downtown so maybe people here have low standards and poor taste buds. Ordered 3 things. Zero accuracy. Rotten vegetables. read more

If you love crab cakes like I do, please do not order them here. They put kernel corn in their cakes. It was horrible. I also ordered a side of artisan bread and it is a huge chunk of bread with a dab of butter. Not easy to eat at all without looking like a monster at the dining table. Place did have a nice decor and good service. I think I just ordered wrong. read more

Appetizers were good (wings, sushi, etc), Bigger Better Burger was pretty average, and service was decent! I'd go back and try something else next time! The Kung Pao Chicken looked really good. read more

Earls Kitchen + Bar - Bigger Better Burger - Canadian (New) Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

Earl's is a chain restaurant located in Bankers Hall. Menu has something for everyone and the bar menu is really good. The steak I had was perfectly prepared and so I would definitely order it again. Earls always has comfy seating and tables aren't jammed together. Service was very good and not just because the waiter was really hot! He's worth a return visit. You can't go wrong with Earl's! read more

Horrible experience. We walked in, and were seated quickly because it was kind of empty. Our waitress took our drink orders after 5 minutes but then disappeared for 30 min and was nowhere to be found when we wanted to order our food. Didn't catch her name but she had red hair. Cesar salad chicken portion was ridiculous. Literally 1/4th of a chicken breast when we paid almost $10 extra for get a full chicken breast because the salad apparently comes with only half. It was literally a joke of a portion. Will not be going back here again. It also took her forever to come for us to get the check so we had to ask another waiter for it... read more

Calgary's downtown food scene has evolved to a sophisticated global cuisine destination; and Earls has not struggled to fit in, after decades of leading most other local chains in Western Canada. This Stephen Avenue mall location amplifiés the hipster nouveau image of the brand, both in location and its international cuisine. The economy in Calgary isn't thriving these days; and it looks like Earls is adapting by making its menu accessible and diverse- especially in the mid-tier pricing department. The dining room decor is "hip urban chic" with large leather booths - offering the right amount of privacy and " see and be seen " communal tables and open spaces for the 5-7 après-work happy hour crowds. There are tv screens galore to keep the ambiance modern yet casual with the fully stocked bar area humming regularly. The menu is compact and uncomplicated - Earls still offers top notch steaks in various cuts including the famously giant " millionaires cut "; But, meatless, Vegan, Japanese, pan-Asian, Tex-mex, poké Bowls and pub fare items round out its "best of" world foodie selections. " Go to " appetizers like the Japanese dynamite roll ($15, is a conversation piece that doubles as an instagram-worthy dish; while the forno "oven baked" wings ($15) are very memorable with their ultra crisp skin and non soggy coating of sauces or salt&pepper,ummm ummm unmmm!!! Nice touch on the oven baked part too!!! We couldn't help but notice how The portions are quite generous and shareable for the price. And still with starters, of course, A frozen -15C icy night in Calgary would not be complete without a bowl of soup, and Earls didn't disappoint tonight with a heaping serving of clam chowder ($7). For the mains, the tuna poké bowl ($19.50) was fantastic and fresh; with its generous morcels of ultra tender tuna sashimi, sliced fresh avocados and radishes that were sitting comfortably on top of a sticky rice base...nice and light. The chicken kung pao noodle bowl ($21.50) was equally jaw dropping in both presentation and taste... oooof....#FoodPorn Typical of Earls culture, the wait staff were extremely attentive and went above and beyond to check in, making sure that nothing was amiss from us having a fantastic experience; soda drink refills abound. While Stephen Avenue is not hopping like in the booming oil days of 5 years ago; walking its sidewalks made us notice several equally modern looking restaurants sitting empty with eager employees waiting for patrons to hopefully enter by their doorways. Earls almost always usually appears packed; like this early evening - it makes for great atmosphere and a better overall experience, that's for sure! It seems that the right price pointed drink and food menu, combined with a pleasant atmosphere, and an unimposing hipster decor make this casual restaurant a habit forming meeting, dining and cocktail bar destination downtown...it's working! Keep it up Earls Stephen Avenue, We will see you again very soon! #FoodPorn #GoodFood #HipsterDestination read more

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Service was very slow and it took way too long for simple request. Water took 30 mins to come to tinge table

Good place to come for food and drinks on Stephen Ave. You can very easily book a table online or by phone. Service is friendly and sometimes you see the manager visiting the tables to make sure everything is good. Food is tasty, portions are decent and prices are acceptable. It has a nice atmosphere, restaurant looks clean and well lit. We went on a Saturday night and they had a DJ, so the music was a little louder but still manageable to have a conversation. I was satisfied with my meal, drinks and the whole experience. You can conveniently park at the CORE underground parking on evenings and weekends. read more

Earls Kitchen + Bar - Avocado super brunch - Canadian (New) Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

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What's with the one stars here! Well Earls is Earls. Chain restaurant and I have been to so many Earls. To me they are pretty much the same and have that standard expectation (after going to so many). Came here for lunch. Service was ok. I came in here on Friday at 11am (right just after they opened.) We did have to somewhat kind of find a hostess and let her know we are here. Also because we entered in through the Banker Hall mall entrance, we didn't get service until we hunted someone down. Maybe we came too early. Server didn't come check up on us frequently so there were times when my drink was finish and I didn't get a refill. So I ordered the Baja Fish Taco with fries. Food was good and very standard. Only issue was it did take a while for it to come. Maybe because we were the first customer and they had to heat up the stove (maybe?). the fish was nicely battered and not soggy. This is a good thing. Décor was nice and clean. I sat on one of those booth seats. Overall, it was ok. read more

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The food is consistently good. The menu is diverse yet simple without too many choices, which would be a red flag. To start, I had the dynamite roll. It was as good as any dynamite tool and a descent Japanese restaurant. Which is very hard to find East of Vancouver. They sure know know to make a salmon fillet! I ordered the Cajun Salmon Main Course. Somehow the salmon was crispy on the outside and well seasoned. Yet juicy and soft on the inside. Try pulling that off at home. Nearly impossible. I'd come back for a consistent, quality and fair priced meal under a nice modern ambiance. read more

Earls Kitchen + Bar - Restaurant vibe - Canadian (New) Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

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I hate writing negative stuff so Let's start with the positive. The food is really good here. The soup and salad lunch is a good deal. I loved the soup of the day--the tortilla soup was spicy--interesting! And a well dressed Caesar salad was perfect. Now, the problem. We had walked out off another place back down the street which said we should wait to be seated but nobody ever showed up. Here we were promptly seated but totally forgotten. Six servers walked by and nobody said anything. Finally the maitre d came and took our order. Our real server who was setting the table beside us apologized and said that he didn't see us! Wow. It to be fair he offered us a drink which we declined. So when the food comes he asks if we want the flatbread which we paid for. It comes with the combo. What? And then somebody else delivered it right under his nose. Seriously! Too funny. He needs to find work elsewhere. And then, when we want the check, where is he? Service is a total zero here. Finally, the ambience is interesting but the music is totally mindless on some kind of loop. No thank you. Please go elsewhere.... read more

FRANCO is the best server I've ever had. food was deliciously amazing, Franco is an amazing person. we need more servers like him. I had an amazing time at earls because of Franco, come eat here it's awesome!!!! read more

Honestly not sure why the reviews are so low! I've been here once before for happy hour and after hearing about their "Brunch Happy Hour" from open to noon on the weekend, I was excited to visit again. Basically all their brunch entrees are $8 including eggs benny, avocado toast, etc. It was a really great deal and the portions were big. I love brunch but I don't always love the wait and the price points at other restaurants. I wasn't expecting a lot but I was impressed! I ordered the Chorizo & Mushroom hash which came with some avocado, topped with 2 soft poached eggs and a generous helping of hollandaise sauce. In terms of hollandaise it's a bit on the tangier side. Definitely a very rich dish, and very yummy! A friend of mine had the "Super Avocado Brunch" and enjoyed it as well. They have plenty of seating and are conveniently located across the street from The Core. read more

I enjoyed eating here. The atmosphere was very classy! We had the spinach dip appetizer. It tasted different but in a good way, it was more creamy and came with lots of toasted breadsticks coated in olive oil which were delicious! I enjoyed the Jamaican jerk chicken! The chicken breast was very juicy and flavorful! I took one star off because I didn't really enjoy my side dishes! The rice was bland! The dessert was awesome and was presented really well!! read more

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Food is mediocre and service was awful. Take a chance somewhere else. Had to get up and ask for service three separate times.

Pros: Newly renovated interior Spacious booths Extensive menu Cons: Way too loud (it was like dining in a nightclub) Apathetic service Mediocre food I ordered a chicken teriyaki rice bowl and it came swimming in sauce which made it very unpleasant to eat as it was too sweet and salty. The server saw that the food was barely picked at and asked if we were done (didn't ask if we wanted it wrapped up). I told him that he should tell the kitchen that this dish had way too much sauce in it and he told me that he would mention it to them. There was no offer of doing it over or removing it from the bill. My suggestion to anyone dining here would be getting sauce/dressing on the side as the kitchen can be pretty heavy handed with it. It's interesting how a business this busy and established in Calgary has only 20 reviews including this one? read more

-----Food----- $30 per person for main menu and a beer - If you get things off the main menu like the chicken, steaks or fish - it's always really well made. I think they use a real wood fire oven in this restaurant which results in some great authentic flavors. -----Cosmetics----- Very elegant looking restaurant. Definitely one of the better looking Earls -----Service----- Meh. read more

Why do service levels drop like a stone the minute the Stampede starts? Its is like someone rings a bell. This Earls has never had great service, but really? Just another reason to avoid these chain restaurants. Too bad Stephen Ave is dominated by them. read more

From beginning to end my first experience with this Earls pre covid was outstanding. Two hostesses greeted me and both engaged me in a friendly, interesting and pleasant conversation. The waitress explained all the specials and explained what wines she would recommend with my filet mignon. I started my meal with the field greens salad. Needless to say everything was delicious and the filet cooked to perfection. The final wine choice pared beautifully. I have eaten at Earls so many times over the years mainly because of its ability to give great service and consistently delicious food. I have been to the Earl's on 4 Street SW (Tin Palace), 16 Avenue NW, Earls Banff, Dalhousie, Barlow, Westhills as well as the majority in Edmonton. I am a big fan. Some of my favourite dishes are the lobster and Prawn, Peppercorn steak, Street chicken tacos, calamari, Caesar salad, clam chowder, Hunan Kung Pao, Surf and Turf, oven roasted salmon, filet and truffle butter and many of their wonderful specials. You can't lose eating at an Earl's. One of my favourites for years. read more

A recent lunch meeting was made exceptional due to the great food and attentive staff that Earls consistently provides. Thank you Anika for the wonderful service! read more

Most amazing food and service we have experienced in Calgary. We are traveling from Nashville, Tennessee and will come back every night. Great for larger groups. Atmosphere is inviting. The music was so great! Would HIGHLY recommend. No idea why the rating is so bad. read more

I really used to love this location. Unfortunately the service standard has gone down, as the last 5 visits have been a lot of waiting for simple things like water refills ect. I'm younger but I also work in the service industry so maybe they assume the tip won't be good. Also- it's very unfortunate that they changed their garlic toast that comes with the fettuccine Alfredo, it is now this gross sour bread. Probably won't be returning but I'll try the other locations. read more

Ordered a can of Coors Banquet beer and burger with field greens. A can of Coors was an outrageous $8.50 for a can beer! The burger was tasty, although rather small in size, decent price of $13, an extra of $2 for the field greens. The service by Selina the server was very good, she was friendly and approachable. read more

love love love the Crispy Tofu Zen Bowl and the outdoor/indoor scheme! My friend and I ate there during the Pride Parade weekend - I guess you could say the girls working that day lacked energy and fun personalities as we were seated and not really talked to after that point. We also needed to wear our jackets because they opened all the windows in the middle of the September cold snap... but I guess the short skirts they have to wear are to make up for that. Regardless, I'll be back for another bowl soon. read more

Just had an amazing brunch at the newly renovated Earls Bankers Hall. The food was really good: tried the Benny and the waffles. Beer selection is very diverse and it was easy to find a few that piqued my interest. Apart from the food and drinks, our server was fantastic! Alyssa R took great care to provide a memorable experience at this new Earls. We look forward to returning soon. Well done. read more

Restaurant was an absolute disaster, we had stacks of dirty dishes on our table, none of us had a drink on the table and directly in front of us were 3 servers literally standing there chatting and CLEANING A COAT RACK. A coat rack????? Really??? I went up to the bar to ask who the manager was and she pointed out one of the 3 girls. I laughed out loud. No wonder this place has such a bad rep - the manager clearly doesn't understand that they employ wait staff and not coat rack cleaners. I've been there on several occasions and the service is consistently awful. I've sent an email to head office and they directed me back to the restaurant and no one ever responded to me. read more

Very poor experience at this Earl's location. The waitstaff and hostess were completely clueless to nearly every single question we had (we were asking about happy hour specials), their menus are outdated such that the waitress had to explicitly mention that it was not valid, and the food experience was very poor. I ordered the fish tacos, which were served to me with the fish raw. THE FISH WAS RAW - it was a white fish and was still completely translucent and lukewarm. The dry ribs were, unfortunately bone dry with no flavour but salt. To make matters worse, they didn't even apologize for the raw fish beyond, oh, I'm sorry. They didn't comp the tacos. Are you serious? The staff were no where to be found and it was hard to flag someone down. What a disaster of a restaurant. Absolutely terrible experience. read more

Took my lady here last night, for our anniversary dinner. The atmosphere was pretty good, welcoming and enjoyable. I had the classic sirloin 6 oz with asparagus and mashed potatoes, she had a teriyaki chicken main. Our food was great, the server was great too (she came by just the right amount of times and at the right times too). We also ordered a side of garlic fries which were excellent. Pretty great experience, we will definitely return! read more

45$ steaks with shrimp served after very long wait (which was ok as we were drinking wine) but when served the shrimp were stone cold like it came out of fridge. Potatoes ice cold and steak cold Before the waiter brought the other 4 guests dinner out I let him know They removed and took to kitchen Manager came and said it was cold and they even used a thermometer on meat and it was very cold So extra extra long time to get food cooked and hot Minimal apology and not even offer of complementary desert When you spend $300 and food is a fast fail, well it made special event ruined Huge fan of Earls normally but this location was a huge let down for a special weekend with special guests read more

Excellent service and food. Very friendly and attentive. Made my brothers 30th birthday a night to remember. read more

This place is busy make a reservation even for lunch. Food is consistently good. Service fast and friendly.

Waitresses named Maya. Very unhelpful and very rude. Judgemental and bitchy, didn't care about helping the customer

Nice atmosphere. Very friendly staff. Nice pace and the food was very good. Chicken, brie and fig sandwich tasty. Sticky toffee chocolate pudding was divine. Good choice to come in here read more

Always great the service was fantastic today. Our sever went out of her way to make sure we were happy .And the food was great as well.Great Job especially during these Covid times . read more

Awful service. Took over 30 mins for drinks. Another 30 for food (that was cold). Server never checked on the food or asked us if we wanted another drink. We sat for 10 mins with completely empty plates and drinks. Server literally walked by, saw our table and said "oh krap" AND still didn't come back for 5 mins to clean our plates. For someone who worked at earls for almost 2 years and know why is expected, this did not live up to expectations at all. One more thing, managers were wandering around chatting the entire time and walked by our table numerous times without checking in or helping. Tisk tisk earls. read more

There was a time when Earls was one of the best, customer service was good and food was something to look forward too. My last visit was neither, it took an empty glass and putting on my jacket before someone offered a bill to pay, I guess too busy watching the TSN highlights, probably why Cactus is always busy, they look after the guest. read more

We had the best experience! Megan was the best bartender and answered all of our questions! Tyler was also amazing and making sure that we had everything we needed and checking in frequently!! Will be returning :) read more