Careful with billing. I had meal and guy beside me paid for my beer. After checking receipt on line I was billed twice for same meal. I took both receipts in and the manager was able to spool back the transactions on video and credited me back for their mistake of 2 charges for same meal. I could have left it as I did get a free beer but well wrong is wrong. Food still good. Female Manager with dark hair nice to be humble and honest. Same Young male bartender made the double billing mistake. read more

Perfect neighbourhood pub up in the far NW burbs of Calgary! Huge menu with a ton of options! The portions are massive - I got a half an order of Caesar salad and I actually thought they made a mistake bc it was so big! We had a group do 5 and everyone had ordered from different sections of the menu (breakfasts, salads, flatbreads, handhelds) and everyone was super happy with their orders. Service is awesome and friendly; orders came out quick and were all correct. The place is cozy and has a really nice vibe. read more

Food and service was fantastic! The vibes were immaculate. Meghan W was super attentive and kind. Thanks for the great visit, will be returning! read more

The best wings night in town, great service and lovely ambience during a game night. The place is busy so you might have to wait a couple minutes in waiting. read more

Mad Rose Pub - a woman sitting at a table with wings and a drink - Pubs Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

Good food and a good neighbourhood pub always welcoming and friendly staff. Football on the TVs .

Great place for having appies and beers with friends while catching a game on TV. Staff are very friendly here. The dry ribs were very tender and fell off the bone read more

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Mad Rose is always a top quality stop for drinks, nachos, pizza or whatever is on the daily special. Have gone here countless times and have never been disappointed. Looking forward to warmer weather to sit on the dog-friendly patio and enjoy a beer. Staff is friendly, helpful and always a delight. The food never disappoints. Check it out!! read more

Mad Rose Pub - Awesome craft beer selection! - Pubs Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

Great food, good draft selection and great service. We went for Mother's Day brunch and all were happy.

Second to none service. Shannon is amazing and so are the other servers! Double baked wings. Trust me. Ask for double baked. And the pizza is great. The burgers are awesome. Highly recommend. read more

I've been going to Mad Rose for a while now and can say the food is always amazing, daily specials and happy hour appetizers are incredible, and it's a really good atmosphere for dinner or drinks! I highly recommend Mad Rose! read more

I have ordered and eaten here many times. We have also dined inside for their burgers, breakfast and pizza over the years. The burgers are flavourful and juicy and never disappoint. The pizza is my fave. I always get the Greek or special and haven't made my way to try other pizza options. Service is friendly as you seat yourself and during covid, you need to review their menu online to minimize surface touch points. The atmosphere is your average pub and they have an outdoor patio. It's a great place for a quiet family brunch but very noisy with the after work crowd. They have TVs and you can sit at the bar too. Definitely a solid place to go for a good meal. read more

Delicious pizza , a little loud and cold but it's a pub so it is expected . Loved it !

Great wings especially but I hate going here because it seems like all the staff want is for you to leave. To be fair I'm usually there around closing time, but it's sometimes pushed earlier than posted if it's "quiet." Nothing worse than sitting down to relax and have a pint and some food at like 9:30 pm only to find out it's suddenly last call and the whole place is staring you down. I would come more, but thats why I dont. read more

Amazing staff, great service, delicious food and fantastic lunch specials!! I will definitely be back!

Want to feel like a regular like on the TV show Cheers? This is the place. Staff are always very friendly. Pizza night is awesome! Food is great. Thanks to Matt for looking out for his staff and patrons by making the tough but right choices. read more

These guys are fairly new and at first I was very excited for them to join my limited dining selection around my home base. Maybe that's why I've now been there three times when I'm sure most of my neighbors have yet to notice them... heh. Biggest peeve of the place is the parking lot. You can only access it by heading Northbound AND you can only leave by going North. There isn't a good place to really do a U turn without risking a ticket so it's a pain to either get in or out of that place depending on where you're coming from. A civil engineer needs a swift kick in the butt for that design. That or I'm totally missing an entrance or teleportation portal there somewhere. The decor is very nice, but it seems to be a place for professional NW dwellers to go and drink alone. There are lots of TVs so it's great for sports but it's not too loud for those who couldn't care less. I don't see a lot of groups/couples and most people are not really there to dine. In that vein it's a very strange environment to me so far. I've been here mostly to eat but I like some of their top shelf options in the bar. They have grey goose cherry noir which I hadn't had before which I quite liked. My first trip involved delicious veggie lasagna and I decided I was sold on the place. Unfortunately none of the other dishes I've tried quite lived up to the first time. Pizza was sold to me as "award winning".... but I boxed up 2/3 of it to take home because it wasn't don't anything for me and didn't actually eat my left overs because it was rather underwhelming and bland and I just couldn't bring myself to reheat and eat it. I'm not sure who's award it won... but it's WAY too expensive for what it is and it's totally boring. Even on the 25% off day, you can get the same pizza else where for less... or spend about the same for something epic somewhere else. Either way, pizza is a total pass. The fettuccine Alfredo was boring too... it's not the jazziest dish in the world but usually there is a taste there beyond the fat in the cream. I had to pepper it like crazy to be palatable.... again, you'll find something of this quality at BPs or somewhere that's not going to charge so much. With those three meals I've kind of burned through the 3 main vegetarian entries and I no longer know what I feel about the place. Definitely worth the lasagna do over and I love the look of the nachos I saw come out (HUGE so that's a bit frighting but maybe good with a group) Something that bothers me here is how the nickle and dime you. Which is one thing I could get over, but I HATE finding out about it on the bill. - no free refills on the pop but the server never said anything about that when she offered to bring another (maybe just a service flaw) and the pop is kinda expensive for no refills - adding things to the meal costs a fortune. Adding broccoli? $4! I could see $4 for a meat.. but broccoli huh? - If you go in on a pizza or pasta night (25% off) the discount doesn't apply to anything you add to the pizza or pasta. - We got a bit fancy with the bar and required cups of ice with our shots. The bill for that was an open charge of $1 each... for cups of ice! I ordered my pop without ice... you think they could have cut me a deal on that - no? I mostly just want to start ordering things here with random changes to see what they'll surprise me with on the bill. "Push all my food to the left side please" and get like a $2 service fee or something. Maybe I'll be surprised when I take a second trip to the bathroom and get the explanation "Well your first trip was free, but all other trips are $3. You used two paper towels so I should have charged more but I cut you a break" Ahh I jest. Worth a go... but I'm still kind of forming my opinion of the place and will give it some more time. read more

Mad Rose Pub - Massive eats - only $9 on sunday - Pubs Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

The Mad Rose Pub Royal Oak does a beautiful English breakfastThe people that work there are friendly places clean. All the food I have had from there which is probably more than half the menu has turned out to be delightful. read more

Pubs in the northwest are hard to come by and this is a little gem up in the Rocky Ridge Royal Oak area. At the base of the Canada Service building just off Stoney Trail west on Country Hills hides this great pub. Food is excellent here and serving sizes are plentiful. Last night we stopped in for wings and a drink as it was half off appies. Wings were excellent and we ordered the half size veggie platter as well. The half size is full size elsewhere and is also very plentiful. Veggies were fresh and fantastic. I'd be inclined to give 5 stars here but I'm a wine drinker, not beer. Surprised to see no wine specials on the menu and a glass of wine is up there in price in comparison to other places similar to here. For me this is a drawback. Other than that this place is great. read more

We ordered the appetizer platter and an order of lasagna. The platter was more than enough for two. We thoroughly enjoyed the platter! We saved the lasagna for lunch the next day, popped it in the oven to warm up. It was delicious as well. A mice lunch for two. We have always enjoyed this pub and hope they survive the quarantine. Great place to order some takeout!! read more

This Pub has matured into a busy neighbourhood favourite. Specials, busy tables, great staff, serving fast drinks and tasty food. The Mad Rose under new owner has really done some good work to make the outings great. Parking a little tight for 70's ish size cars. Don't need a ding in the Tesla either. Very close to 8888 Wal Mart and the adjacent out door shopping complex. read more

Myself and my family have come here multiple times in the past for their Wednesday pizza special. However, I will not be going to this establishment again. Nor will my friends and family. I came in with a negative 72 hour pcr test and my friend had his QR code. The waitress said that the manager made the hard decision to not accept any pcr tests. I paid for the test out of my own pocket just so that I could come and enjoy a meal with my friend. I have never felt so ostracized and discriminated against even though I did nothing wrong. There is no justification in denying a healthy person entry. This seems ridiculous to me to refuse customers on such a basis as this. Would never want anyone to experience this kind of discrimination. A one star is generous...no stars would be more appropriate. Horrible management! Feel bad for all staff who have to work in such an environment and obey these divisive and discriminatory decisions. read more

I used to go to this bar every Wednesday for pizza for their 'special' 25% off however I've stopped going b/c I no longer get the discount on take-out. Apparently it's a dine-in only 'special' which is ridiculous to me since I could pay for my bill as soon as I order and then when they bring it to my table simply put it in my own box and leave. The wait staff is 95% female and on the occasions that I have dined-in I've found them to be rude with very mediocre service at best. The male wait-staff on the other hand is AMAZING... best service I've ever had which is saying a lot; unfortunately the male wait-staff no longer work on the Wednesdays when I would go. I use to go to this restaurant every week and sometimes 2 or 3 times a week and now I refuse to go b/c of the service on eating in and my in ability to order a discounted pizza to go. I have eaten in before and and I think the price for the pizza is too much @ $26 and change for the size of pizza you get. It seems ridiculous to me to refuse customers read more

Clean pub, professional crowd, great service and good food so far! Nothing to complain about! This is what an upscale pub looks and feels like with floor to ceiling windows, darker furniture. Bright but not too bright. I also liked the fact that it is newer. It has quite an extensive menu - anything you could want, you would likely find it here! Wed is 25% off pizza day. A small veggie (crust fresh, homemade everyday) was $9, cannot beat that with a nice, warm cup of tea for lunch with leftovers to bring home. Each day of the week has a drink special and a food special. Love that. I also liked the fact that my friend had a refill on her iced tea and was only charged for the 1. Even the washrooms were spotless. Thankfully, I live close by and Mad Rose will serve well on those days where we do not want to cook. I am anxious to return and see what other dishes they serve up well. Plenty of parking in the lot. I think this place will do well. read more

We've been to the Mad Rose more often than any other pub as of recently and I like the energy even though it is definitely a unique crowd. The service is always friendly (which goes a long way). The burgers are good, the pizzas are pretty good, and the buffalo chicken wrap is a favourite! It's all simple pub food, but they haven't managed to fuck it up, like a lot of pubs do. A couple things I wish were different; When playing hockey games on the TV's; I wish the commercials were muted or music came back on at a reasonable volume. I know it's hard to monitor this, and I can handle the hockey noise but it's not fun listening to Swiffer Wet Jet commercials blasting throughout the pub when you're trying to have a conversation - I can do that at home. I wish Mad Rose would also ensure the glassware is rinsed a lot better to avoid that bleach smell....and a little change up with the menu would be nice as it doesn't appear to have changed in a while. But these are minor and don't stop me from coming back. Mad Rose DOES do beer correctly though. The major plus of the Mad Rose, and I say this with emphasis, is that the beer is COLD. I mean, it is PERFECT TEMPERATURE COLD and it is never been served flat. This seems to be a very difficult task for most pubs to pull off in this city and I find it very frustrating when a bartender serves me a shitty beer and he can clearly see it's a shitty beer. The Mad Rose also correctly garnishes beer. Most pubs think that we don't notice when you order a wheat beer (a belgian white or a hefeweizen) and it doesn't come garnished properly. Trust me, we notice, and we don't come back. (I also find it hard to believe that the beer suppliers are okay with pubs not serving their beer how it should be served.) A message to pubs: Run to the Sobeys next door and buy a god damn orange. The Mad Rose has the "neighbourhood pub" feel with a lot of older folk (please don't start offering blue hair specials!), construction workers and it appears a lot of husbands avoiding their wives. But the energy is fun, and you feel very comfortable here. Now I want a beer. read more

Good grub and not like other "Blind" pubs in the area! The Manager knows his stuff, walks the floor and engages with clients to make sure everyone is happy. Beer lines are clean and TV's are all over the place. Staff-wise you have friendly, fast and professional servers that know the menu, beers and pairings if you are going the wine route. It's clean and modern; a place you wouldn't expect with it being located in the main level of an office building. The accessibility is a bit of a pain but in suburbia - thems the breaks. Try the fish tacos or the pizza - good stuff. read more

Great place in NW Calgary. A little tricky to get to but well worth a visit. The chicken wings on Tuesday nights are 0.25 cent each and are big and tender. Burger was very good, and almost too big so bring a appetite. Good service. Not sure what the other reviewer was talking about....my friend had free coke refills all night. They have a great beer selection, with lots of B.C beers on tap. Go early on wing night though as it gets busy. read more

Mad Rose Pub - Massive Cheddar and Bacon Burger with side salad - Pubs Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

Have been stopping in regularly since opening day as this pub it's right across from our house. Really hits the mark when it comes to the modern pub - a great place to have a drink with friends, a lunchtime meeting, or to watch your favorite sports team at night. The manager takes great care of the place, the device is good and the food is the most consistent of any resto pub I frequent. A big plus is that during NFL games they play sound and the specials are always running regardless of what's going on that day. Give MadRose a shot if you're nearby and I promise you'll enjoy it. read more

I usually don't take the time to write these but just love this place! Great food, professional and friendly staff and amazing atmosphere! Appreciate such a fantastic local place so close to home. 5/5 in my books! read more

Were regulars! We love it here! The environment is Greg prices are pretty average but it's clean and classy but at the same time casual. Waitresses are great! Patio is sunny! Only thing that was a let down was the fish tacos :p no flavour and the Greek salad had too much oil ONCE. The cheese burger here is stellar! Hope you enjoy it as much as us! read more

Great neighbourhood bar/pub with good atmosphere and really good food. Lots of big screen tvs for sports and all types of seating - booths, tables, bar, high tops. Pizza and steak sandwich are excellent. Cute waitresses too, if you care about that! read more

PROS: Great Food Great Prices Good Service Clean and new inside CONS: Not much character More of a modern open layout - not very cozy, sound isn't blocked Parking lot is always packed (but I guess all these little shopping complexes are like this in our city) Over the phone take-out service isn't very friendly - always put on hold and transferred to 2-3 different people read more

I'm not sure I really want to tell you this secret... but Mad Rose has the best full English breakfast in town! Matt and his staff are always friendly and helpful; the booth seating is comfortable (and safe during COVID); and their pizzas (jam-packed with toppings) and the Mad Thai salad are our other favourites - so delicious. read more

Awesome service, awesome food. Great prices, about only $20 each, not including drinks. read more

Mad Rose Pub - Pulled pork with Jack Daniels BBQ sauce. - Pubs Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

Great atmosphere, Nice staff, Clean and Spacious, Delicious Food and Price is very reasonable! Will definitely be coming back! read more

Mad Rose Pub - HUGE platter of Nachos - Pubs Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

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A wonderful neighborhood pub. Great selection of Beer, standard Pub fare in large portions and oodles of flavour. TV's at every angle if your plan is to watch the game. We've been frequenting this establishment for 3+ years and it is consistent. Favourite is the fish and chips with mushy peas and curry sauce ... takes you right back to the UK! Steaks are always cooked to order. Busy at times, but management makes your wait as painless as possible. read more

Friends love this place. We dropped during lunch and they were short staffed. The first time was not a great experience, but will give it another try. read more

Craving pizza, we ordered and drove out to pick up. When ordering the two pizzas we asked that the chef go easy on the tomato sauce. Just picked them up and they were almost saturated with sauce! Gross! Don't think we'll be ordering from there again. Normally, we love going there for a meal, but pizza is out. read more

We regularly visited this neighbourhood pub and enjoyed excellent food and service until the last time we went in (last Friday) & noticed that things had changed immensely. We were told it was a 1 hour wait when within 20 minutes a table came up. The speakers for the hockey and baseball games were so loud that we barely could hear each other talk. The noise never used to be this high. They didn't have the beer I usually enjoy on tap. We found out later the place is under new management and it's pretty obvious. It was not a positive experience like we're used to and I suggest the new owners change the name from "pub" to "bar" because this is exactly what this place is becoming. We won't be going back and will find another place for our Friday drinks where we can also enjoy subtle background noise/music but hear each other talk! read more

From the outside this looks like your average pub. So not so! The inside is gorgeous and modern. Food and service fantastic. Had calamari for an appetizer and the chicken sandwich for my entree and both were soooo good. The hostess and waitress were so accommodating and nice.Cant wait to go back again. Yum ! read more

We live near this bar but haven't been there since November of 2018. We went today and will say we were very pleased with the service we received from Gemma. As well, we had happy hour appetizers and drinks. Prices were great and the food was very good. Clearly we need to visit more often and we will. Really enjoyed it. read more