Ceili’s Modern Irish Pub

Well managed, great staff, fabulous food & they know how to pour a proper Guinness! Bronwyn is a fab beautiful & very good server. Five stars! Mike, you own a winner! The beet/​Brussel sprout salad was the BEST salad I’ve ever had!!! During our Alberta hard-​times, this place is still hopping due to great management, great cooking & friendly skilled servers! We will be back!

Food Is Decent But Not For The Price. Service Is Kind Of Slow. Lots Of Chairs But Not Comfortable.

Been here a few times to sit down grab a beer and watch a game.
To food is descent and the beer selection is good. They have run out of things I’ve ordered in the past which is never a good thing but would offer other menu items I would potentially like otherwise.
The staff seems professional enough and I’ve never had to wait to long for my drinks and food. They dealt with our very large group once quite well.
This place is nothing exceptional but good over all. But the parking is VERY limited, I’ve had to drive around quite a bit in the past to finally find a parking spot.

Plus sides: lots of tables, nice décor and our server was friendly.
Downsides: kind of pricy for the quality
We were skeptical to try here because the one by us on Southland closed and my parents weren’t happy the first time they came to this one, but the other couple of times they were satisfied.
It’s almost worth 5 stars just for the appetizer of macaroni and cheese sticks!!! Seriously they are cheesy, breaded deep fried godliness. I could’ve eaten an order to myself! I wished I had instead of the mediocre seared ahi tuna tacos I tried. Firstly I had maybe an ounce of tuna of each taco (there were 3). The amount on all three combined still would’ve been just barely enough for one. I found the flavours odd with the pickled ginger mayo and jalapenos which at first I thought were pickles. And my tortillas were hard, not in a stale way but i couldn’t roll them so it was difficult to eat!
The sweet potato fries were tasty also. My husband enjoyed his chicken club sandwich with clam chowder but wouldn’t order it again.
Overall there’s better out there… but I would go back for those mac n cheese sticks!!!

Ok service, okay food. It is nice to have somewhere lively to go in the NW instead of having to head downtown!

This restaurant usually has great food. We always enjoy our trips here. The nachos are great, and the burgers are fantastic. The only complaint that I would have, is that their clam chowder is awful. Normally I would not even make a mention of such a thing, but when I brought it to the waitresses attention that this clam chowder was so bad, she did not seem to care and did not remove it from our bill. To be fair, everything on the menu is of great quality and always tastes beautiful. This was quite a surprise to me to have something that was not up to standards. The part that disappointed me was not that it was a seven dollar item that was not taken off my menu, but the fact that the staff did not seem to think it was a big deal. I will definitely think twice before ordering something unfamiliar from the menu.

Probably the best pub in Royal oak. Great pub food. Menu seems to change a bit every time I go in. Keeps thing fresh and new.
Great drink specials. A little disappointed that they don’t have certain beers on tap that they had when the opened.
Great environment. Games are always on and sound is available when asked.

Went for dinner and a drink for the first time on a Friday evening around 5:30p. Was seated immediately and had drinks in front of us in less than 5 mins. After checking out the food menu and discovering quite a few gluten free choices (celiac) I was pleased. The burger with gluten free bun was tasty, albeit messy to eat, the house salad was fresh and the dressing had a nice bite to it. My dining companion ordered the fish tacos, which were also very tasty. The only weird and unsettling thing about the experience were the four children under 12 yrs of age at the table next to us. I am a mother myself and love kids but was completely taken aback by the fact that they were in a Pub. Won’t be returning for this very reason because when I choose a pub or lounge to dine at, I do so to have a getaway from the kids. Not cool Ceili’s, just a very bad mix. If they had a separate restaurant side it would be better.

I ordered the buffalo burger with beer batter onion rings, 2^nd time, buffalo burger with fries. One issue I had, if you substitute any other choice for fries, they charge you $ 2 and for $ 1 they give you a cap full of gravy.
Great food, properly seasoned, cooked and good portions. The bun and garnish were fresh. The waitress’ are friendly, seem to care about your experience and look good in their uniform ;)

Ceili’s keeps tricking me… delicious sounding dishes lure me to order food again and again and then I find myself so very disappointed with my food. Nothing I’ve had tastes that great and it’s not inexpensive.
Asian bowl — downing in salty sauce with all chance of flavor over watered and salted.
veggie burger — bland and soggy patties
flat bread — so under whelming I can’t remember anything about it. So I guess it was just forgettable.
Over all I just have to remember to eat before going to Ceili’s and it’ll be fine. Everything else here is not bad to good.
A curious thing though, I think they are doing some human cloning here. Last trip in I looked around and noticed there were 5 servers that were all pretty much identical and I couldn’t figure out which served me (I usually have a knack for faces) The girls and bartenders all seem to be of a very specific type more so than more places I hang out. Maybe this gets them male business but as a female I generally see this as a women’s issue and a problem in a corporate hiring practise.

Very busy but we only had to wait 15 minutes for a table. The food was okay however the service was great. Will try this location again hoping the food is better next time.

Great location in Royal Oak, upscale, new pub feel, friendly staff — almost too friendly. Our waitress was overly touchy-​feely but we just ignored it.
It was hard to ignore however the that the guys we were with wanted beer and due to New Years Eve a couple of days prior, they were out of about 70% of their beer selections!!!
I had a very weak martini that was supposed to be 2oz, but no way-​jose was it so. My next one was better, I switched it up a bit to a regular martini instead of one from their drink menu but man, at $ 9.25 each, they are not worth it.
Which takes me to my next point — this place is PRICEY! Yes, I know this is Calgary, I know it is Royal Oak but this will certainly affect how often we come here. For the same price as a meal and drinks here, I could fine-​dine in downtown Cow-​town.
I asked and was told that everything is pretty much homemade in the kitchen.
I had a 1 piece fish and chip dish for $ 11.95 plus extra for a wee bit of gravy. It was forgettable but there was nothing wrong with it either.
The pub was not too busy on a Fri night, it had a decent vibe and overall, it was OK.
Most importantly, we all had a good time!