Cannibale Bar

excellent service and food awaits this little hidden gem in bridgeland memorial.
Quality local foods used to prepare well portioned and great tasting mains and appys.
Drinks are phenominal made from scratch the old school way
great relaxing environment.
Love love love this place

This is a place to go for a cocktail and a quick bite but not if you want to have a dinner. The atmosphere is hard to put up with if you want to carry a conversation. The restaurant is always quite full and loud. The staff are very friendly

A bit on the dark side for eating (lighting) but fast friendly service. Check it out :) great sandwiches, excellent hay day heffenwieser brew. Would recommend this place.

First time at this posh, barber shop style bar. I was greeted immediately by the friendly bar tender when I walked in and was able to get a patio table (alfresco style) cleared for me right away when I asked if I could have my party of 6 there. We lucked out with the 20 degree weather this past Thanksgiving weekend but their heat lamps kept us warm and comfortable when there were periods of light evening breeze.
I ordered the English Milk Punch which contained 11 ingredients including rum, brandy, sherry, pineapple, lemon, star anise, cloves, earl grey, demerara and milk. I was concerned that there was way too much going on in this drink but the server assured me that it would be delight and boy was she right. Sally was a happy girl that night.

The food here is better than most drinking bars… We had the carpaccio and the cheese plates to share and both were very good. The wine was ok. Nothing really impressive, but not terrible… I just not recommend ordering the house wine…, other wines are ok. The ambience is very good, and the service was great. In average the place was good.

Cannibale is the 3^rd in the successful series of family-​owned diner/​restaurants here in Calgary. The others are the well-​known and relentlessly popular Dairy Lane diner and the Blue Star diner.
Cannibale is a different concept: a «speak easy» fronted by a barbershop. In side it’s cozy and inviting. Not unlike Dairy Lane and Blue Star, it’s casually elegant, and tasteful. You could easily miss the attention to detail. Again like its sister venues, they specialize in excellence in value and service delivered in a friendly, casual, welcoming style. Don’t mistake the casual style with a casual approach to business — they never miss a beat when it comes to their service which is impeccable. Staff are knowledgeable about their offerings, ready to help with recommendations.
Nifty as is the concept for this joint, there’s no pretension. As with the other restaurants, the owner is often around, and always has a welcoming smile. Personally, I admire a boss like this who leads by example, and is never above joining it with serving, bussing or slinging a mop.
After going there the first time, 2 weeks ago, I’ve been back two more times. I’ve enjoyed a few among a good selection of beers, and have yet to try their other beverages, but look forward to exploring some of those.
For food, I’ve enjoyed the charcuterie plate, the Rueben made with duck, and the Cuban sandwich, as well as a couple of deserts. The quality of the offerings is exceptional! Gourmet level, I thought. Am I going too far? You tell me.
Not just a unique concept for Calgary, this is a comfortable, warm and inviting place to hang out for a drink and a snack, get a hair cut while there if you like, have dinner with friend or business colleague. I think this is going to be a regular hang out for me. See you down there!

Barbershop by day, speakeasy by night, this watering hole in the circa 1912 Cannibale Block centers around a Prohibition theme. We sat outside on the East-​facing patio, which is semi-​closed in and due to orientation does not get direct sun. That being said, the nice wood finishes, overhead heaters, and Edison style lights are very inviting for late al fresco drinking/​dining.
The drink menu consists largely of cocktails, and while you can get classics like Manhattans, they focus on their own interpretation of prohibition & tiki drinks. They also have unusual, made up stuff like a corn drink. All of the liquors used are top shelf, making their $ 10 – 14 price easier to swallow (no pun intended). The consensus at the table was that the drinks were well prepared, but the recipes didn’t wow us. A punch that takes two (or three?) days to make, using milk as a clarifying agent, tasted strongly of pineapple and not too much else. It was impressively clear, but also clearly missing some spice or bitters. My other two drinks were similar… nothing to complain to the waiter about, just a bit underwhelming given the menu descriptions.
If you want to order a classic drink, or prefer high end liquor with simpler flavor profiles in your cocktails, you’ll love Cannibale. If you like complex-​tasting cocktails, come here for a nightcap on the sweet nocturnal patio.
[Note: food looks good, but will have to come back and update the review]