The Attic Bar & Stage — Restaurant in Calgary

A group of 6 of us went in the other day when they opened at 4pm and were very disappointed unfortunately. Each couple ordered a pizza, so 3 in total and some pretzels. It was over an hour and as we were just about to say something to the server food started too finally arrive. But... only 1 came with the pretzels (which were incredibly hard). My boyfriend and I had finished our entire pizza before the other 2 came out... ridiculously long and it was not busy. We noticed other tables looking around for their food as well. The server came to ask on drinks once, but no regard for how long the food was obviously taking. Just as we were about to complain the first did arrive, with assurance the rest was right behind... but it was another 15 or so until they did. The server was nice, but as service industry people ourselves, we felt she was avoiding the conversation even with other tables around us also wandering their eyes to the kitchen looking for their food. When we all finally had our food, the pizza was lacklustre. The flavour combos felt off, and one couple left behind half of it. We are all servers, so we tried to see the reason in it taking so long (arriving at opening, making dough from scratch?) But the lack of communication from the server was disappointing. As we were about to pay, the server laid out our bills and said because we were a group of 6 the auto gratuity of 20 percent was already added! This was mind-blowing. First of all, 20 percent is way too high for autograt. Also, 6 people is way too small a number of guests to even do an auto grat. So many restaurants are becoming cheeky with this kind of stuff, including this one clearly. We understand times are tougher and costs are higher, but 1) servers should be informing of this in the beginning of service!! 2) service should be better in general 3) your not fine dining, 20 percent is an outrageous ask for folks. and 4) your staff should be able to handle 6 people without banking on a 20 percent tip. This gives staff less incentive to give good service. Please take this feedback,...

TLDR: This Lounge Definitely Rocks.

As someone who has been here many times, whether on my own or with another, I have always had a great experience. Always. The food here is great, the cocktails are daring, unique, and off the beaten path which I love. The prices given the food climate (especially for vegan fare) seems, well fair. The service has always been lovely and personable. I personally don't know how some people can have a bad time here given the great vibes I've experienced here.

I would seriously recommend this place to vegans and non vegans alike, and additionally have them on my personal list of favourite places I like to go since I've been on my vegan journey of 2 plus years. Seriously, don't knock it until you try it, because it's also easily, EASILY, the best vegan pizza in the city. And that's my hands down hot take.

Haven't been to a burlesque show there, yet, but given the great time I had at one of the drag shows that kept me glued to my seat when I had places to be, I look forward to experiencing everything this place has to offer.

I hope this place and Vegan Street Taco Bar remain as staples for the Inglewood neighborhood and more people from around the city swing by and give them a shot.

Ice tried every pizza on the menu and most of everything else. Haven't had a miss, but definitely can say my favourite is the LUAU pizza, it's so fire. However, I always gotta test out what feature they have coming off the flame and can't leave without a dessert. (Looking forward to trying out the Bourbon Salted Caramel Popcorn during a show.

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I recently went to the Attic Bar & Stage for the first time, and was excited seeing as it is an all vegan restaurant. Myself and my partner ordered the 'to Hell and Back' pizza, as well the 'BBQ Chickin' pizza, and pretzels to start. Our server was very kind, and busy, and did give us drink recommendations which turned out to be very yummy. However, the food did take a while, which our server warned us about, but it was underwhelming. While my BBQ pizza was quite yummy, it really did not have enough toppings to justify such a high price point, with minimal tofu chicken on it and lacking sauce, it mainly felt like eating a lot of bread. The appetizer was not much of a pretzel, and was just a lot of bread, slightly under-cooked, with some yummy dipping sauces. The happy hour special on cocktails was nice, given how expensive drinks are without the discounter prices. My partner did not like their pizza very much, as the fennel was overpowering. Our server asked if we would like a box for the pizza we had one slice from, and we said we wouldn't, and instead of inquiring further, the $25 pizza still remained on the bill. We left feeling full of bread and underwhelmed as well as disappointed with the price-points. We love to support local and ethical restaurants but neither the quality of food, or variety in options made us feel like it was worth it. Overall, it was a fun place to go and lovely location, but the service was slightly underwhelming and we are disappointed our server did not remove the uneaten pizza...