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The Drake Pub
Categories: Restaurants Nightlife Bars Pubs Restaurants, Pubs [Edit]
909 Railway AveCanmore, AB T1W 1P3
(403) 678-5131
- Price Range:
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$$
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- No
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Happy Hour:
- Yes
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Good For Dancing:
- No
5 reviews for The Drake Pub
5 reviews in English
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Review from Wendy P.
9/9/2011 1 Check-in Here
We stopped in at The Drake on the Monday of the long weekend. I gotta say, it was a pleasant morning experience!
We sat on the patio out back, it was well maintained and, despite a few rings on the table from the patio partiers the night before (which were wiped up within a few minutes of us sitting down), quite clean.
The breakfast special on the holiday Monday wasn't the full menu. We had our choice of eggs, bacon, hashbrowns and toast or blueberry pancakes. I went for the pancakes. Three fluffy buttermilk flapjacks showed up at the table a little while later. I would've preferred a jug of syrup as opposed to the little paper cup that came with them, but it was enough to soak my pancakes in and, honestly, probably easier for the staff to clean up afterwards.
Service was great, orders were taken, coffee was refilled, and meals brought and cleared in a reasonably amount of time.
All in all, a nice top-off to my long weekend! -
Review from Erin P.
2/7/2011
I will start off by saying it has been quite some time since I last was at The Drake, as I no longer live in Ab.
The Drake was always my fave. Loved the place. Loved their food, the service was good, loved the live music nights. I always had a good time here. If I'm lucky enough to visit my former Rocky Moutain home again, I'll definitely go back! -
Review from Eric F.
Calgary, AB
9/7/2010
The Drake Pub radiates a nice homey log-cabin feel, particularly in the back seating area.
However, this kind of character extends to the plethora of odours assaulting your nose when you walk in the door - unfortunately significantly less attractive. I can't lie, it almost scared me off (and I'm known to have a less sensitive sense of smell.)
Tasty pub grub and somewhat overpriced drinks. It's a local pub, after all. -
Review from Tim K.
Calgary, AB
8/20/2011 1 Check-in Here
Nice litttle pub
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Review from Jollean C.
Vancouver, BC
12/5/2009
For those joining my regular scheduled program from out of Calgary, Canmore is a 50 minute drive from Calgary into the Rocky Mountains.
The Drake Pub (part of the Drake Inn), is Canmore's best nightly destination and realistically, one of my overall favourite pubs ever! I can't even tell you have many great nights I have had here. It's just one of those rare pubs that hits its notes in all the right places. I've spent a few New Years there (is always sold out) and many other weekend nights as Canmore is a home-away-from-home for me. Friday and Saturday nights always have live music. They only book bands that will have the clientele wanting to hit the dance floor (and usually 75% cover bands). Now, I'm admittedly not a 'big' live band person but I have had so many great nights dancing there with friends. The crowd is often diverse but generally attracts a 20-40 year old crowd, many of whom are locals, transplanted internationals working in Canmore, tourists and local Calgarians who came to party. Needless to say, summer is AMAZINGLY fun at the Drake.
A typical night would include drinking (prices are reasonable & they make a great Caesar), playing some pool downstairs (they play all kinds of music down there -- last time I went it was lots of hip hop, old and new), chatting up someone not from Canada, chatting up someone from somewhere in Canada and just overall good times. This is a very flirty place (not meat market-y though) and it's not unsual to make friends that you'll take with you to get some pizza, poutine and making out down the street. Oh, did I just say that out loud?
Food-wise, the Drake is a fabulous place for breakfast. The meat & egg skillet is a great pile of hashbrowns, scrambled eggs and a few meats and cheese piled up in a lil cast iron skillet. Perfect on the patio on a sunny day in the mountains. Otherwise, it's good pub food for lunch or dinner.
Really good times if you dig the pub scene. Warning: it does get packed on Saturday nights regardless of season so expect to navigate yourself silly. Otherwise, grab your friends and go hang out for the evening or crash at the Drake Inn and have breakfast at noon. :)
