FREE HOUSE | Craft Beer Hall

1153 Kensington Crescent NW, Calgary - T2N 1X7
249 reviews
Wine Bar Tapas/Small Plates Beer Bar
(403) 452-1339

The food, the staff and the drinks all awesome. Had a great time.

Not sure what happened but it wasn't your day, Free House. Burnt food, forgot one order, half the people at our table got their orders while the others waited for 15 minutes for theirs... Then I was reminded in a weird way to leave a tip... Are you guys okay?

Sat upstairs in the beautiful outdoor patio. Nice plants and spacious. Great views and people watching, the chairs were uncomfortable though. Nice servers, a little slow on service but loads of patience for hard workers who just need a few more people working those busy times. Management should address this so I can give 5 stars next time.Cocktails, beer and wine selections were great. Had the spicy Marie and the Caesar - both well made and unique. Had the Cubano, smashed beets with goat cheese and the braised lamb platter. Very impressed with this "pub" food. It was definitely elevated, thoughtful and delicious. (Not the gravy though - that was not good). Particularly impressed by the pork belly on the Cubano, the various fresh herbs and flavours on the lamb platter and the house pickles.Our server, Marie, was very helpful and had great suggestions. The overall reno is light, clean and airy but the upstairs outdoor bathroom could use some love. We'll be back and are looking forward to some live music. Thanks guys!

Beer selection and happy hour specials were not bad but wow the food and service here was awful. No clue how this place has such high reviews. Took forever just to get drinks on the table for 4 and all our meals came out at different times. The food was lazy, made cheaply and nothing tasted good. Like how can a salad be so salty?Just quickly scrolling through reviews, this has been an issue since the beginning and they clearly haven't looked into it.Bring back Molly malones

Poor service

The location, vibe and rooftop patio are great. Food and drinks are pretty good but the service was terrible. We could have spent so much more money there but couldn’t ever find the server so we gave up and called it a night.

Excellent food and service with a great location in Calgary.

We had sunday brunch and it was all very delicious. The rooftop was the perfect setting for it and we enjoyed every minute of our time.

We came for Fathers Day brunch right at noon on Sunday. The food was great, servers and staff were all very friendly and pleasant, and we were able to sit up on the patio which was nice. The one less than ideal thing was overall wait time for food/drinks, it was pretty slow. Possibly understaffed or kitchen maybe not planning on being busy for brunch. Not sure. Overall was good, I’m sure we’ll likely come back for brunch again, but the wait time for food this past Sunday was a tad long.

Amazing space with outstanding food. Our service was also excellent. Very excited to find this spot in the hood!