Bruce Hotel — Restaurant in Hamlet of Bruce

We went for husband’s birthday dinner. It was a spur of the moment afternoon thought as I drove home along Highway 14. Had to convince hubby to go and he was very glad I convinced him. Lacey answered the phone and held a table for us while I rounded up a few guests. When we arrived and saw all the vintage western theme throughout, we felt right at home. Lacey greeted and seated us—my husband is in a wheelchair—super friendly and a great welcome. Ordering is easy—what size steak do you want and how do you want it cooked? We each ordered a drink , nice presentation and a decent Caesar. We hit the salad bar and while I am used to getting two plates, another guest offered to get hubby’s choices and then we found out it was one of the owners mother who was out visiting from an Atlantic province. Salad bar offered great choices all made fresh and tasty. Steaks arrived and Lo and behold, all of our steaks were perfectly cooked and for me that seldom happens. Then you take your platter and go up and pick out your hot sides, baby potatoes and a cream sauce that is amazing, baked beans, mushrooms, carmelized onions and garlic toast. We all enjoyed every bite of our steak and dinner. The dessert bar was a fresh fruit salad, chocolate trifle and carrot cake cheesecake pudding and poppy seed chiffon cake. They also had homemade cookies including a Gluten Free choice. All I had room for was a slice of the poppy seed cake which was every bit as good as my Baba used to make. Our friendly owner’s Mom, got hubby everything he wanted for his dinner platter and for dessert. They were at the table next to us and conversation flowed. We already know we are going back in September with another birthday group. This time looks like we are going for steak and shrimp. The atmosphere was friendly with many tables interacting wishing hubby Happy Birthday. We’ll be making the short drive from Vegreville again, maybe even...

I brought my family here while they were in Alberta visiting! It was recommended to me by a friend who had been there a few weeks before!

As soon as you walk in, you’re in a room with something to look at, anywhere you look. Going inside the actual restaurant, the charm continues. This place doesn’t pretend to be something it’s not. It’s casual dining with some of the best, locally sourced, home made food you’re going to have.

The service was top notch. Our server learned our names and has a great personality for this industry! We got to sit next to regulars who were a riot!

All four of our steaks were cooked to perfection. The salad bar buffet they provided was outstanding. Tried a little bit of each one and each was home made and great! The hot sides were good but when you have those salads on the other side, it’s going to look a bit more lackluster. The potatoes with creamy dill sauce were great and really enjoyed the mushroom and garlic bread as well!

The desserts were home made. You can just taste it.

My family loved that the owner came out and talked to us. Everyone was very personable. All in all, I can’t say enough about this place. If I could rate higher than 5/5 I would. The food was fantastic, the service was great, even the drive out was lovely.

We have plans to go back and are really looking forward to it! Thanks for a...

With all the reviews, we expected a little better.

When you arrive, you get the low-down on how things work. You order your drinks and tell the waitress how you want your steak cooked. You then head to line 1 under the yellow sign and grab a disposable plate.

There is a nice selection of salads to choose from - taco salad, Caesar salad, macaroni with crab salad, oriental noodle salad, and a matinated vegetable salad, etc. This is the first course.

Then your steak comes on a disposable plate and you head to line 2 under the yellow sign for the sides, crockpot style! Canned, sautéed mushrooms (not impressed with this), dill sauce, baby potatoes, dressed up canned beans (not great), stewed onions, garlic shrimp and garlic bread. Our steaks were all cooked as ordered but for AAA, they seemed a bit tough.

Drinks were reasonably priced. Coffee and tea, come with you meal.

Dessert was a selection of fruit, cookies, lemon poppyseed cake and a couple of different trifles.

The ladies bathroom was a bit of a sticky mess from the floors to the stall door and there is ONLY one stall.

Good service overall but not sure the value is there for $44 per person not including drinks and tip. Would our party drive the 75 minutes to dine there again,...