Thirsty Bear Kitchen + Bar

Name: Thirsty Bear Kitchen + Bar
Address: 111 Waterton Ave, Waterton Park, AB, Canada, T0K 2M0
Telephone: (403) 859-2211
Price range: CAN$30 and under
Rating: 4.3

4.3 (70)

CAN$30 and under

Pub

111 Waterton Ave, Waterton Park, AB T0K 2M0

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2 people

Jul 5, 2025

7:00 PM

Booked 4 times today

About this restaurant

Great for outdoor dining
Great for live music
Great for craft beers

The Thirsty Bear Kitchen + Bar just completed a massive renovation and is now one of the highest rated restaurants in Waterton Park! With an amazing gourmet gastro pub menu and Waterton’s largest selection of local craft beers on tap, the “Bear” is a must when visiting the park. We have live music every weekend and an amazing heated patio right on Main St! No minors allowed, must be 18 years old.

Additional information

Dining style
Casual Dining
Price
CAN$30 and under
Cuisines
Pub
Hours of operation
Bar Mon–Fri 4:00 pm–12:00 am Sat, Sun 12:00 pm–1:00 am
Phone number
(403) 859-2211
Website
http://www.thirstybearwaterton.com/
Payment options
AMEX, Mastercard, Visa
Dress code
Casual Dress

Location
111 Waterton Ave, Waterton Park, AB T0K 2M0
Neighborhood
Waterton Park
Parking details
None
Entertainment
The Thirsty Bear Kitchen + Bar has a variety of local live country, rock and blues artists Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 6:30pm-9:30pm! Please visit https://www.thirstybearwaterton.com/events to see our live music schedule. We also do Karaoke every Tuesday from 9:30pm-12:00am!
Additional
Bar/Lounge, Entertainment, Happy Hour, Late Night, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Wheelchair Access

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What 70 people are saying

Thirsty Bear Kitchen + Bar reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

Overall ratings and reviews

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4.3

4.3 based on all time ratings

4.2Food
4.4Service
4.4Ambience
4.0Value

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70 Reviews

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Tim VIP
Winnipeg / Manitoba12 reviews
5.0
Dined on June 8, 2025
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 4
A little noisy inside with the live music, but great on the patio. Do listen to Arianna when she recommends a menu item. Hint: the bison stew is outstanding
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Heather VIP
Calgary / Southern Alberta9 reviews
3.0
Dined on May 25, 2025
1. Overall 3
2. Food 5
3. Service 3
4. Ambience 4
Food was excellent, alcohol overpriced. We waited a ridiculously long time for service, including our food order. We were told the kitchen was backed up by others around us (who arrived and ordered later) received food before us. Perhaps our order was lost our food given to others? Start of season chaos, hopefully the service gets figured out. Great location.
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Don
Seattle / Eastern Washington1 review
4.0
Dined on May 22, 2025
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
All good fries were a little on the cold side but they rectified that gave us 10% off food order did not have to but it was much appreciated. Will come back
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FLCS
Calgary / Southern Alberta8 reviews
5.0
Dined on September 8, 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 4
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Loved our burgers. Strawberry faux-ito was nice and refreshing! Jenny Allen was a great acoustic singer. Our server, Nevada, was so kind and attentive. Always have a great time here!
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Rene
Hawaii7 reviews
5.0
Dined on August 24, 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Always an amazing time at the Thirsty Bear! Suer cool vibe, and great service!
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David and Joan VIP
Calgary / Southern Alberta49 reviews
4.0
Dined on August 23, 2024
1. Overall 4
2. Food 3
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 4
Not enough gluten free items on the menu. This is disappointing as it was in the restaurant at the Bay Shore. Same group of owners. Same chef.
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OpenTable Diner VIP
Edmonton / Northern Alberta4 reviews
3.0
Dined on July 29, 2024
1. Overall 3
2. Food 3
3. Service 3
4. Ambience 4
Not overly busy and took almost 45 mins for wings. Slow service and had to ask for things like side plates, water ect.
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Fabz VIP
San Diego13 reviews
3.0
Dined on July 26, 2024
1. Overall 3
2. Food 3
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Mixed views on this place. The good first. Fantastic atmosphere and establishment! Great service too! Live music was also awesome! The bad isn’t horrible but with a few touches in the kitchen it would be much better for the amount of money you’re paying. We had the fish tacos, which seeing them go by at first looked amazing. But sadly disappointing, as the fish was twice the size of the taco and had to much greasy beer batter on them. Also not much for toppings. Would recommend slightly smaller piece of fish cooked to perfection to start. Then add some more slaw and cilantro with a different sauce. We upgraded our fries for 6$ extra for sweet potato fries and a couple of chunks of Parmesan. Second main was bison fajitas. Also for 29$ sadly disappointed. Was a cube of bison cut into 4 big chunks which is horrible for chewing and making a fajita. Also there was zero seasoning. Came with 3x 6” shells that you couldn’t even fill. Also added a tiny portion of gaucamole if you could call it that for $4. Would recommend seasoning the meat and peepers better and even just slicing the meat better would be much better but also the portion for the price needs to be adjusted.
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OpenTable Diner
London1 review
1.0
Dined on July 20, 2024
1. Overall 1
2. Food 3
3. Service 3
4. Ambience 1
Everything about this place was just bad. I like beer, but I struggled to find anything in their beer menu that I wanted to drink. We knew in advance that they have live music. But the music was terrible and do loud that it was impossible to ignore. The food was really poor value for money. We got better and cheaper in Calgary airport. The only positive was the food came quickly so even after spending 10 minutes deciding wether we should stay after arriving we were in and out in 40 minutes. Which was great to escape this place, but not the relaxing evening of food and a few beers that we'd imagined.
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OpenTable Diner
Calgary / Southern Alberta1 review
5.0
Dined on July 13, 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Great food…best fish tacos I ever had. Live music early in the evening on a Friday night was a nice touch!
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Thirsty Bear Kitchen + Bar is rated 4.3 stars by 70 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

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2 people

Jul 5, 2025

7:00 PM

Booked 4 times today

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111 Waterton Ave, Waterton Park, AB T0K 2M0

Additional information

Neighborhood
Waterton Park
Hours of operation
Bar Mon–Fri 4:00 pm–12:00 am Sat, Sun 12:00 pm–1:00 am
Price
CAN$30 and under
Cuisines
Pub
Dining style
Casual Dining
Dress code
Casual Dress
Parking details
None
Payment options
AMEX, Mastercard, Visa
Entertainment
The Thirsty Bear Kitchen + Bar has a variety of local live country, rock and blues artists Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 6:30pm-9:30pm! Please visit https://www.thirstybearwaterton.com/events to see our live music schedule. We also do Karaoke every Tuesday from 9:30pm-12:00am!
Additional
Bar/Lounge, Entertainment, Happy Hour, Late Night, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Wheelchair Access

Website
http://www.thirstybearwaterton.com/
Phone number
(403) 859-2211

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