National on 10th

Came here with coworkers for bowling and we ordered couple of pizzas and server was accommodating with keeping individual tabs for everyone for drinks. It was $60/hr of bowling and $5 each for shoes. We had a lot of fun it was a good place to host events.

Overall experience wasn't what I expected. Service and food were both slow... and the place wasn't even busy.nThe food was OK but nothing special. I've had better nachos for the price and the dessert was sadly also a disappointmentnWho serves dry packaged cookies cold with ice cream... the crumble was the only wow on this one!!nNot sure why ppl like this place besides the bowling ? Maybe but there's way better around Calgary.

We wanted to hit up a patio on such a beautiful day and this was one of the few places that seems to let you make reservations for outside.nnThe patio is on the rooftop with great views of the downtown skyline.nnI had the Thai Beef Bowl which featured a well done wasn't asked for a preference steak over rice, with a cucumber cabbage slaw with Thai dressing and peanuts. The sauce was delicious, steak was tender and overall it felt like a very refreshing meal.nnMy wife had the Surfer Salad with seared tuna, soba noodles, pineapple, avocado, edamame, roasted corn and a cilantro lime dressing and crispy tortilla strips. She found the crust on the tuna spicy and too much dressing on the salad but liked otherwise.nnServer was friendly but not the quickest to refill drinks. Overall a good experience and would come back for a meal on the patio.

The rooftop is the highlight—great for drinks and music, and it's a relaxing spot. Bowling is just okay, but the staff is very nice. I didn’t try much of the food, but what I did try wasn't to my taste.

Mostly disappointing. Many new staff are being trained. The happy hour drink pricing was good. Our server was new and doing her best, but they had not prepared the staff with the needed knowledge. Some of the Happy Hour servings were dismal even for the prices paid. The chips in the chips and guac were all broken up like they were from the bottom of a bag making it very hard to enjoy the dish and the serving was very small. The fries were very salty. Beef dip had little horse radish and barely enough au juice. Happy hour pizza was not the regular pizza.

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