ship & anchor pub

the ship is one of my favourite red mile establishments, just blocks from the saddle dome and has a lot of tv's for sports events. it can get quite busy but that is a reflection on the food andserviceand prices are not exorbitant.

still the best pub in calgary. theserviceis friendly,and fast. you can tell the staff a well trained and veteran servers for the most part. the beer selection is awesome. the music and atmosphere is awesome. the food is a great price and very tasty. one of the last pubs of its kind.

i love the ship and anchor. always makes for a fun day or night out.serviceis always good with experienced servers and drink prices are reasonable especially since it's on 17 ave. since it's yyc burger week they had a special burger on the menu that was outstanding ! i literally can't stop thinking about it - if you can hurry and try it. homemade cheese bun, burger patty, spulumbo sausage patty and pulled pork - devine !

although this is one of my all time favorite watering holes in calgary, theservicemakes it so i'm never going here as i am pressed for time.

i was here to watch the flames game. because it was so busy, our drinks and food took forever to come out and theservicewas not that great. but the food was pretty good - greasy pub food. i would come back here if i had to.

made an account just to write about this place. my third time coming to the ship. theserviceis absolutely fantastic, i love the vibe  i get as soon as i enter. the food was lackluster when i first came in march but the past two times ive been here in june it has been great!!!  i had the crispy chicken sandwich and the french onion soup a couple nights ago and it was delicious. you must come here and try their new menu items!! greatserviceand food.

horrible service. not once did a waitress stop by our table or the table next to us. good atmosphere and great location but if you wantservicei do not recommend this bar.

repulsive service. i went to go see holland vs costa rica and was denied entrance because my id did not succumb to "ship and anchor standards" when it was in fact government issued id. iboth the manager and bouncer (who both looked younger than me) clearly rejected my money and my return to that disgusting bar. the same government issued id got me permitted into other bars willing to take myserviceand even at stampede. really appalling service. don't take your success for granted because when it's not busy people like myself will remember these things and look past your bar. i cannot stand when common sense and human logic is not used because two ignorant morons. shame on them, honest to goodness. never have i been so appalled by anyone. that same photo id was used to verify myself to renew my passport but yet it did not mean the standards of ship & anchor, some poverty bar in calgary. i'm not going to bend over backwards for some 3rd world tv's and mediocre food just because no one else in calgary realizes there's better places to go. crown & rose is highly recommended to watch world cup matches. it's outside in a tent and they have a 80 inch tv they show it on.

horrible service. incredibly disappointed with their customer service. we went to watch the brazil-colombia world cup game, it was very busy and after the game ended they started to kick people out for celebrating. i have never experienced such unfriendlyservicein calgary, if you can't tolerate passionate soccer fans, then don't show world cup games at your pub. never going back there again after the way that i witnessed customers being treated. unbelievable and felt really discriminated against.

literally the worst customerservicei have ever received. i am a server myself (5 plus years) so i can totally understand the odd mess up or longer wait times when busy. but this was horrible. it was lilac fest so i understand it was busy but common... we got a table for 8 on the patio, our server came to the table and said "what do you want"... than she proceeded to "remember" all 8 drink and food orders without writing it down. she brought singles instead of doubles, and screwed up 4 of the 8 orders. one of the guests at the table had ordered poutine as a side dish, the other a soup. she brought their sandwiches out with fries and when we said something about it, she argued and said "no you ordered the fries". she finally brought out the correct side dishes but charged us for them as if she was charging the appetizer price...wow. she brought the table single caesars in tall glasses.. even though we all ordered doubles and thought that's what we had been receiving all day. she didn't smile once or treat anybody with a shred of respect. she's lucky we gave her enough of a tip to cover her tip pool. food was mediocre. would never go back and all 8 people sitting with me aren't either. i will tell everyone i know too! this is my very first urban spoon review.. made an account just to rant. i'm still mad and this was a week ago! grr

thumbs up for the ship... i gave this place the thumbs up due to the greatservicefrom the bartender, and the cheeseburger special (5 bucks) that i had. i remember this place from many years ago, and the food was good back then too. if i was choosing a pub in that area,i would not hesitate to go there. best to go early though, as it gets packed with people quickly!

overrated. the 2 good things i will give this substandard, grungy, musty, claustrophobic pub is its burger and patio. checked this "calgary institution" out after hearing all the gushing hype, but from theserviceto the ambience and overall experience of the place, "overrated" is an "understatement". as for the good burger and patio there's other and much better options elsewhere. i say jump ship! to infinitely superior "national" next door.

what happened to the ship?. we arrived for brunch on the weekend and only were able to get a table in front of the stage - no room on the infamous patios. it was pretty loud in this section and the waitress took way too long to take our first order. on top of this there was an mc on stage going on and on like an mc at a stripclub. so annoying. aside from that the food was just ok,servicewas terrible and i swear our server hadn't showered in days and reeked of booze. this is not the ship i remember.

went monday at 11am, got right in place is unique to say the least. clean comfy and lots of character. ordered the "big breakfast" it was a large serving for the price $8 and tasted pretty good. atmosphere 6.5/10 food 6/10 andservice7/10 keep in mind it was not busy.

ship & anchor… it’s like coming home. i haven’t been to this spot in years! a favourite of mine in the mid-90s (although i have passed it many times since, while perusing 17th ave). always busy and still looking the same, it was like coming home to ol’ faithful when my friend and i dropped in on a saturday afternoon and hung out on their fantastic patio! it’s amazing how, in all this time, things haven’t really changed: same attitude, same ambiance, same disinterestedservicefrom the waitress, same great greasy food (ship fries $4.50), and same great prices on low-quality beer (pint of pbr $5.95)! it’s comforting to know that no matter how long you’ve been away, the ship & anchor is a spot you can return to and pick up where you left off! good on ya guys!