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Red Star Pub
- Hours:
Tue-Thu 5 pm - 2 am
Fri 4 pm - 2 am
Sat 7 pm - 2 am
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Price Range:
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$$
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Music:
- DJ
- Best Nights:
- Fri, Thu, Sat
- Happy Hour:
- Yes
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Smoking:
- Outdoor Area/ Patio Only
- Coat Check:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Loud
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- No
11 reviews for Red Star Pub
11 reviews in English
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Review from Brittany K.
Edmonton, AB
5/1/2012 2 Check-ins Here
I came by Red Star on a Thursday evening with a few friends to grab a couple of pints. If you're looking for a chill evening out on a weeknight in a bar with ten times more atmosphere and a much cooler crowd than The Pint, Hudsons and On The Rocks combined, venture below MRKT to this smaller space.
A huge beer selection, and I'm sure other drinks as well, although we stuck to beer. A low-key soundtrack to add to the ambiance but it doesn't get in the way. Our waitress was really friendly and always promptly refilled our empty pints.
If you want to come by on the weekends, it's less of a find-a-table-and-drink-away-with-friend place and more of a standing-room-only-this-place-is-bumpin' kind of bar, but I still enjoy it. It was the last stop on a late night self-directed downtown bar crawl with two other girlfriends, and we ended up chatting with some very odd fellows here on the Saturday night we went out.
Worth it for the drinks and the funny crowd it attracts. Don't expect the same level of service on Fridays and Saturdays. -
Review from Cheyane B.
Edmonton, AB
1/17/2012
"Too cool for customer service"
My husband and I walked in, was not greeted by anyone. There was a lady sitting in the corner sipping on some wine that shot us a look. We sat ourselves down, waited a bit and finally the wine sipping lady came over and gave us the menus. Didn't explain the menu, didn't apologize for the wait, nothing. We ordered our food, we made a simple request to add something to our order and she said sure. After waiting an extended period of time my food came out. The lady asked if my dish was good, and I had to tell her I had no tried it yet since I was waiting for my husbands food to come first, she laughed it off and walked away.
Over ten minutes later my husbands dish finally made it to the table. She told him she left it up to the chef and he apparently didn't want to fufill our request and walked away to return to her table in the corner and glass of wine. There she sat for the rest of our meal as if she didn't have a care in the world.
She eventually realized we were done our meals (we ended up taking ours to go because we were so frustrated with the service). We will definitely not be returning, the attitude is very too cool to do your job, would not recommend this place! -
Review from Duncan K.
Edmonton, AB
9/25/2010 ROTD 4/15/2011
A nice little Jasper Ave. institution. The first Wednesday of every month they have Jamaican food and bottles of Red Stripe on special. By Jamaican food I mean delicious jerk chicken and a couple of different types of roti.
I typically hit it after work, around 5 when it opens, and it is usually not very busy.
The menu is definitely a step above your usual pub far. The crostinis are super tasty. Something to keep in mind, there is only one chef and if he's busy, you're going to have to wait. -
Review from Paul N.
9/27/2010
It's LOUD. Seriously. As long as you're comfortable using your outside voice inside, you'll be perfectly happy here.
Probably one of the best vibes you're going to find in an Edmonton pub - the owners, cooks and staff are all great people. It really feels like everyone's there to have a good time.
On our most recent trip, we had the mini burgers and the truffle salad. The salad took a few minutes longer than the mini-burgers, so I was left to suffer through the overwhelmingly delicious aroma of the burgers until her salad arrived. The burgers are perfectly cooked, on fresh buns with the most amazing apple-relish that you'll probably spend most of your time scraping off your plate (doesn't stay on the burger very well) - but trust me, worth the effort. The truffle salad is yet another amazing use of truffle oil we hadn't considered, and it's beautifully done. Complimented by a sprinkling of hazelnuts, the salad is as good as it is light.
The quality of the two dishes makes me pretty confident that everything on the menu is going to taste amazing.
It's not "pub cheap" ($12-17/entree), but you won't feel like you're getting ripped off. -
Review from Jessica D.
Edmonton, AB
5/11/2011 1 Check-in Here
How have I forgotten about Red Star? It's one of my favorite Jasper Ave stops that I rarely get to go to. The menu here is amazing. I remember getting sliders here once and I've never had anything compare. If you're looking to find some new fashion ideas, you should probably come here and people watch. If you're looking to have loud conversation over great music, you should probably come here too. That's the only thing that knocks a star off for Red Star. The music is almost always too loud when there aren't many people in the bar. Regardless, Red Star has a pretty good beer menu and their dim gastropubby feel is not to be missed.
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Review from John D.
Edmonton, AB
6/25/2011
My main complaint with Edmonton is the lack of a reasonably hip, not too young, not too old crowd. Moving from Chicago a few years back made this striking that Edmonton didn't have a cool 30 somethings bar scene. Except for Red Star and Sugarbowl. The beer selection at Red Star is great, or at least as good as it gets in Edmonton. And the food is quite good. They used to have a mint and pea bruschetta that was really fantastic, but it has been dropped from the menu. There is a chef connection with Corso 32, which is definitely the best restaurant in Edmonton. So my review has become less about Red Star and more about the state of things in Edmonton, but nonetheless try it out. You'll like it.
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Review from Jack G.
Edmonton, AB
11/21/2009
Red Star gets surprisingly packed at night. I thought this would just be a place people hit up for some drinks before they head to some other destination but the place was as packed as any club.
It is a dimly lit lounge with one big bar and tons of tables. The cool thing is that it is located right next to Halo, a chic club, and you see people going back and fourth between the 2. If you want to dance you can head next door and then head back for some chilling and drinking.
When I was at Red Star I kept thinking this is where you come with a group of friends to enjoy each others company and have tons of laughs. It really is the perfect atmosphere for that. -
Review from Brian S.
Toronto, ON
3/31/2011
I came here for #YEGTwestival and was expecting more of a pub than a gastro-bar, with a great beer list and great food. It had a comfortable vibe, good servers, and really excellent food. The menu isn't big, but it's got lots of things that I like on it. There were three of us who showed up after 10, and they were happy to serve us. We just ordered all the first 6 items on the menu, and everything was excellent. They even split a nice truffle oil salad into three bowls for us. Very helpful.
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Review from David L.
Edmonton, AB
11/4/2010
The most surprising thing about Red Star is their incredible menu. It's hard to pick a favorite, but the Beef Carpaccio is unbelievable, and I haven't had pasta outside of Italy that was better. Really good pricing on both food and drinks.
Their new beer selection doesn't really have a match in the downtown area either. Chief complaint: WAY too loud! I've talked to the owners about this several times, and they will turn down the music if you complain, but the problem never gets fixed permanently. -
Review from Robin S.
Edmonton, AB
10/21/2008
Red Star's probably my #2 choice for bar I actually enjoy going to downtown. It's got kind of a modern English pub atmosphere, with lots of highly-polished wood, sleek bar that curves around in kind of a semicircle, and a wall of really interesting personal-type snapshots to pore over while waiting for the super-slow ATM. If you're headed here on a Thursday or over the weekend, expect to find Edmonton's ultra-hip fashion crowd packing the place. Saturday DJ's play good reggae and hip-hop.
Listed in: Night Time is the Right Time
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Review from Jennifer P.
Edmonton, AB
11/11/2008 1 photo
The Red Star is a chill place to grab a couple pints or a glass of wine away from the business of Whyte Ave. It's always dimly lit here, and has a deep, dark wood bar and tables like an English pub, without the stained glass. The Red Star is chic, in it's own underground kinda way. It is a venue for budding d.j.s, it is a watering hole for the city's fashion, beauty and restaurant industry workers, and spill-over for Halo Club next door, which is an ultra-cool lounge for drinking, dancing, socializing, grooving to tunes and blowing off steam after the work week. They've got a great selection of beers and wines and the prices are reasonable. I've never eaten here, but they probably have some swank appies on the menu. I consider this the pub equivalent of Suede lounge - Glamour Barbie comes here in black cashmere and blue jeans.
