Nelson’s Bar & Grill - Calgary, Alberta

Cheap drinks and good food. Starting to turn around with new staff and management. Finally have new booking & promotion team, Tristan and Chantal, who are bringing in great bands and better crowds. Hoping it keeps building up the awesomeness.

This place is frankly awful. Caters almost exclusively to downtown homeless alchoholics and apparent drug addicts. The interior is run-down and filthy. We tried to order food but were told the cook, "hadn't shown up for work today." Spend your money elsewhere.

Booking Manager is completely unorganized and repeatedly double books and says that its not his mess. I hope ownership reads this and find someone who better represents their bar.

Cheapest place DOWNTOWN to get a beer . great group of patrons middle age to older and happy. they keep the neighborhood riff raff out and you can here yourself talk. couple of good condition pool tables always open VLTS and enough flat screen TV to get ... every game on the air. very nice and socialable bartenders. and good food!!!! Read more

I enjoyed this pub! Small town feel. The decor was a little lame... chairs big, heavy and clunky.. but the food was very good and cheap and the service was friendly - A good local vibe and very good live bands. Recommend checking this place out.