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Pelican Pier Seafood Bar
- Hours:
Mon-Thu 11:30 am - 8:30 pm
Fri-Sat 11:30 am - 9:30 pm
Sun 12 pm - 8 pm
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good For:
- Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Noise Level:
- Quiet
- Has TV:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
8 reviews for Pelican Pier Seafood Bar
8 reviews in English
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Review from Jason H.
Calgary, AB
1/8/2012 1 Check-in Here
What a delightful find! It's not often one gets to taste half decent seafood in Calgary. Pelican pier has a pretty nifty atmosphere that feels like we are by the seaside in Vancouver.
The food is fairly priced and the light batter on the calamari, popcorn shrimp and fish all make for a great meal. Their dips taste incredibly fresh with a little bit of added dill and their chowder has REAL seafood.
Everything tastes quite fresh and while the service is a little slow, you probably won't notice it much as you enjoy your generous serving of fried fish. -
Review from Crystal W.
Calgary, AB
1/2/2012
What a great little neighborhood restaurant. My spouse and I visited for the first time this evening. It's very casual with quick service and reasonable prices. I had the two piece fish dinner with a side of white seafood chowder. The portion of fries is massive and my spouse ate at least half for me. The fish is lightly breaded and I also appreciated that the fries weren't salted. The chowder was thick, flavorful and served very hot. My spouse ate half of this as well and despite how much of my meal I shared with him, I was full. He had his own haddock dinner too and said it was the best fish he'd had from a fish and chips meal.
The decor is cute and I'd have no problem going back. I'll likely try a pasta dish the next time around. -
Review from C T.
Calgary, AB
12/30/2011
Pelican Pier was OK for me. We started with their Calamari appetizer. It was all right - nothing spectacular. The calamari was not too rubbery but the batter was pretty bland. Had to dip in their cucumber dill sauce a lot. I liked their Seafood Chowder which was nice, smooth and creamy with lots of vege and pieces of seafood. It came with 2 pieces of bread which I didn't eat. I had the Scallops and opted for the Green Salad. The scallops were fresh and the batter good. Just didn't like the cocktail sauce that came with my dish. I had the tartar sauce instead. The green salad with Italian dressing took up about 3/4 of my plate, which incidentally, was in the shape of a fish. I had a taste of the fish n chips. It was all right.
I found the little restaurant a little out of the way. If you go north on 14th Street NW, you can enter the restaurant on the east side of the street but when you exit, you cannot cross 14th Street NW if you want to go back south. I had to do a turnaround in the residential area.
When I entered the restaurant, I was greeted by a lady. I asked for a table not a booth and she said that all they had were tables anyway. I apologized. When we sat down at our table, I noticed there were 2 booths in the corner! How weird for that lady to make me feel embarassed about my remark.
There's a fresh seafood market if you are interested in purchasing seafood. One thing that caught my eye was the big tin of crab meat. Good to note for future crabmeat dishes. -
Review from Wendy P.
I warn you now, my fish and chips palate is not the most distinguished. Seafood is one thing this born and raised Albertan doesn't know a lot about yet. But what I do know is I enjoyed heading over to visit the Pelican Pier last night after seeing one of the yelpers check in there. Turns out there are a lot of Calgarians who love the fish and chips from Pelican Pier.
I hopped in my car and drove down in the wicked wind storm that was blowing through Calgary. I had to walk sideways to the door to keep the dust from getting in my eyes. This better be good.
It was an hour before they closed and I was the only one inside. Sweet! I've got the place to myself. I sat down and took a look at the menu. Different kinds of fish and chips, shrimp, pastas-I was in a seafood joint alright. I ordered the haddock dinner and a grasshopper to drink.
Decor: The Pelican Pier is not what I expected from the looks of the outside. It's housed in a strip mall on 14th St. Back when I lived up in Huntington Hills, I'd pass this everyday and wonder what it was like. But mom and pop shop seafood places in Calgary scare me, so I never ventured in. The interior is nothing like the exterior. It's painted a bright sea blue and is decorated to look like a pier (go figure!). There's even a large plastic pelican perched on a pole and a live aquarium with a couple of cute little fish swimming around in it.
Food: I quite enjoyed my haddock dinner. I just ordered it with chips, but substitutes of soup or salad were also available. My meal came served on a plate shaped like a fish. A plateful of fries on the bottom, 4 pieces of battered haddock on top and ketchup, tartar sauce and a slice of lemon on the side. What I liked most about the haddock was that it was well battered, crisply fried, but I didn't feel like I'd be increasing my chances of a heart attack after eating it. It wasn't as greasy as I expected deep-fried fish to be. The fries were a-ok. I think next time I'll be diving into the experience full throttle and dousing a bit of vinegar on them.
Service: Lovely. The hostess/server was on her game. She was as cute as a button. I half expected an Eastern Canadian accent to come out of her mouth when she spoke. No accent, but she's just as friendly as any Maritimer I've ever met.
All in all, worth braving the dust/wind storm for :).Listed in: Seafood places in Calgary, Seafood Friendly Calgary
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Review from Matthew K.
Calgary, AB
5/3/2011
Good wholesome food the whole family will enjoy.
Fish 'n chips, shrimp 'n chips, scallops 'n chips, calamari 'n chips, chips 'n chips - all this and a little more.
If you don't feel like fish, the chicken strips are actually really good - battered and fried just like the fish is, and tasty! They have pasta dishes as well, but I've never tried them.
The place does get busy, so I usually try and go a little left or right of the dinner hour. One complaint is that it gets hot inside in the summer - west exposure and lots of windows.
They serve beer to stay cool, and the soup is good, and yes they do have salads too.
Try it, you'll like it... -
Review from Spencer B.
Calgary, AB
7/14/2010
Pelican Pier is a full on seafood restaurant and fish market, run by a chef from Saskatchewan if you can believe it.
The fish and chips is the main reason come and for good reason. There's a variety of choices (pollock, cod, salmon), the fries are bottomless and the tartar sauce is fresh and homemade.
The clam chowder is also a stand out, Manhattan, New England or a combo of "red and white".
Beyond dinner fare, the deserts are awesome. The key lime pie is the best I've had outside of Florida and the ice cream sundae has made-from-scratch chocolate sauce.
Once you're done dining be sure to check out the fish market where the owner will be happy to answer your questions and even tell you how to prepare your fish or shellfish. -
Review from Trish L.
Calgary, AB
5/3/2009
I went there for the first time for lunch the other day. Great service, though a little slow. There was only one guy (the owner, himself, possibly?) serving the entire dining area so he was trying his best to serve everyone as quickly as humanly possible. I was surprised during the lunch hour that the entire place was full.
I had the lunch special which was the 3-piece pollock and chips for $9.99. Great value for the portion size! The fish was fresh and the batter was light and crispy. The home cut fries was great too. It wasn't the most memorable F&C that I've ever had (the most memorable for me was at Murphy's in Truro, NS) but you can't really compare... esp. since we are in landlocked Calgary.
I'll definitely be back... I also saw they had manhattan clam chowder on the menu.. so I'm curious to try next time I'm there as I rarely see it on the menu here in Calgary. -
Review from Psusennes R.
9/24/2009
Great supplier of seafood! We love to cook and being from California, finding fresh seafood we figured it would be a challenge. Freshness can be maintained if seafood has been properly flash frozen. We found Chilean Sea Bass and Scallops. Wahoo! Props to the owner for being so helpful!
