James Joyce Irish Pub & Restaurant

Sepideh Hashemi

We went here for brunch and had a really nice experience. We ordered the breakfast burger, avocado toast, and fish & chips — and everything was tasty. The breakfast burger, in particular, was absolutely amazing — flavorful, fresh, and cooked perfectly. The fish & chips were crispy and satisfying.We also tried a Guinness beer, just to explore something new, but now I know it’s not really my taste, a bit too bitter for me.Our server was also wonderful, very professional, warm, and friendly throughout our meal. Definitely a place worth visiting again!

Karan Sidhu

I’ve never felt so unwelcome at a pub before. I stopped in and simply asked to use the washroom, and the manager whose name is “Lee”gave me an unnecessarily hard time about it. The attitude was completely uncalled for—rude, dismissive, and made the whole situation awkward for no reason.A place that can’t show basic courtesy or respect to people is not somewhere I’d ever want to spend money. If this is how they treat guests over something as simple as a washroom request, I can only imagine what the rest of the service is like.Definitely not returning, and I wouldn’t recommend this pub to anyone looking for a friendly or professional environment.

lee hanks

We wanted hearty food for lunch and found it at James Joyce. My in laws had been to Ireland and said the food was similar to what they enjoyed there. Service was great and the weather made for good outdoor dining. The inside is absolutely beautifully decorated in the Irish theme. We all enjoyed the food and service. The dates appetizer!!!!!! I loved the boxty and my gathering law loved his lamb stew. The ladies got salads and were pleased.

Ali Es

We went there as a group for Christmas lunch. The atmosphere was warm and cozy the food was fresh and tasty and the service was great. Shannon did just great and everyone ( a group of 20) were happy with her excellent service. She was above and beyond!

Scott Capistrano

Really, really great food and service. We had thr Guiness Jalapeño Burger and the Fish & Chips. Both we amazing. Thr brger was spicy with great flavor. Th3 fish was very light and flaky, and not fishy :)

Sepideh Hashemi

We ordered the breakfast burger, avocado toast, and fish & chips — and everything was tasty. The breakfast burger, in particular, was absolutely amazing — flavorful, fresh, and cooked perfectly.

lee hanks

The inside is absolutely beautifully decorated in the Irish theme. We all enjoyed the food and service. The dates appetizer!!!!!! I loved the boxty and my gathering law loved his lamb stew.

Ali Es

We went there as a group for Christmas lunch. The atmosphere was warm and cozy the food was fresh and tasty and the service was great. Shannon did just great and everyone ( a group of 20) were happy with her excellent service.

Scott Capistrano

We had thr Guiness Jalapeño Burger and the Fish & Chips. Both we amazing. The brger was spicy with great flavor. The fish was very light and flaky, and not fishy :)

A very short walk from the Calgary Tower is the James Joyce. After visiting the tower, we were looking for a place to grab lunch. The James Joyce was the perfect place. Highly, highly, highly recommend the Onion Soup. It is delicious.

Great atmosphere, staff and food. Love the decor and the history. A unique aspect that you don't see very often anymore is there are no TV's which means you actually get non-distracted chat with whomever your there with. A nice touch. Will definitely be going back.

Our hotel caught on fire and the staff were wonderful! They let us take over a corner of thier patio, they even stayed open later! The service was awesome, they let us charge our devices so we could contact our famlies and friends. The bartender made very good cocktails....

Great pub, pretty authentic for Canada. Lots of little rooms off the main bar area and it's nicely decorated. The building is quite impressive and dates to around 1910. The Belfast breakfast is pretty decent but it would be nice to see a more traditional 'Full Irish/British' breakfast served (beans, mushrooms, black-pudding etc).