Dutton's - Kananaskis

Came here during Stampede time. We were in the Saddledome and later wanted to go get food. So we came here and got chicken fingers and fries to share. They were good. But seems a bit lacking not sure what it was. Service was ok. Lots of people walking in and out. Its basically a pub and you need to walk through it before getting into the performance or show at the Saddledome.

Dutton's is a venue that thrives on its prime location, making it a popular spot that’s almost always bustling with customers. Like many others, you'll find yourself here for the game, and you need a ticket just to enter. In my experience, the service has been consistently good. The bartenders work hard to serve drinks quickly, and the waitstaff keeps things moving efficiently. They also do a great job of letting you know how long your meal might take. If they think you won’t receive your food before the game starts, they’ll give you a heads-up so you’re not left waiting for your burger while the puck drops.

Although the menu is somewhat limited, the food is tasty. We always kick off our lacrosse game ritual with an order of nachos. During our last visit, the server joked that we are quite predictable! Graham really loves the burger, and our guests have enjoyed the salad and wings. The staff is friendly, and the food comes out quickly, so we rarely have to wait long for drinks. The venue is equipped with plenty of TVs showcasing a variety of sports. Another great aspect is that Dutton's is open for all 10 days of the Stampede, offering a fantastic buffet at a reasonable price. While the selection may not be extensive, the food is absolutely delicious. For over 20 years, it has been our tradition to spend the final Sunday of the Stampede attending both the Rodeo Finals and Chuckwagon Finals, with the buffet as our dinner in between. (Now I'm making myself hungry just thinking about it!) It’s a bar located within a sports complex. Despite attending all these Flames hockey games, I have no idea how I became the Foursquare Mayor here (which I suspect will change now that I mentioned it in this review)! However, for Graham and me, with our eight home lacrosse games each year, possibly a couple of playoff games, and the final day of Stampede, Dutton's remains our venue of choice.

I found the prices quite steep—$10.50 for a Bud Light and $11 for a Stella or Corona, which definitely feels like stadium pricing. The food was just average; for four people, we ordered four beers, a wine, a cider, and a meal each, totaling $157.76. The meals included chicken fingers, a club sandwich, a smoked meat sandwich, and a rice bowl, none of which were particularly impressive. It feels like a blatant overcharge. Overall, it was a big disappointment for me. If you're going to charge such high prices, at the very least, the food should be outstanding.

An ad for Dutton 's might read, DO YOU LIKE BEER THAT TASTES LIKE A NOZZLE? DO YOU LIKE WAITING EXORBITANT AMOUNTS OF TIME FOR FOOD COLDER THAN THE ICE THE FLAMES PLAY ON? COME HERE! So it 's hockey night and you 're starving. You think to yourself, How convenient! A lounge right in the Saddledome! With food and beer and everything! (You are easily impressed) we should GO THERE! No, you shouldn 't. You really, really shouldn 't. The last time I was at Dutton 's it was absolutely balls to the walls packed out not a table to be had. Okay, can 't fault a place for being popular. My friend and I moseyed up to the counter and decided we 'd just eat right at the bar. After waiting 10 minutes to be acknowledged, he ordered a burger and fries, I opted for chicken fingers. And then we waited. And waited. And waited some more. I was absolutely starving. So we did what anyone logical would do and grabbed a few beers. My Keith 's unfortunately tasted ... well, how do I put this. You know the smell of spray paint? That mechanical, nozzle type taste? Imagine you mixed that with some hops and then had a flashback to that one time you were 8 years old and stuck a screw in your mouth, and that 's how my beer was. But since I had already paid $100 for it I decided that I might as well finish it up. Dish after dish went by to others around us even people who had arrived later. I was getting annoyed, but all of their meals looked really good. The presentation was solid. They looked happy with them, so I convinced myself this was all going to be worth it. Maybe the chef in the back was a really cute girl who saw me come in and decided to hand make my meal for me. Maybe my chicken fingers would come cut into the shapes of hockey sticks and Jarome Iginla 's weird shaped head. Maybe she was arranging my fries into a log cabin and hiding a slip of paper with her number inside. All relevant possibilities. None of them true, sadly. We waited some more. And then FINALLY! The metal lid covered trays arrived in front of us. Finally, our meals were here! Eagerly I lifted up the lid to discover.. A FANTASTIC DELICIOUS MEAL! Or, rather, what had been a fantastic delicious meal probably half an hour before they whipped it out from under the heat lamps and brought it over to me. My fries were white, soggy, limp and sad. I want to make an inappropriate reference here, but I 'm sure you can do that yourselves now. My chicken fingers were dry, cold and hard. It was like Duttons was throwing one last SCREW YOU! at me before I went upstairs to watch the Flames lose again. In conclusion, if you 're hungry before a game, eat somewhere else. Have a beer at that somewhere else too, unless you 're into brews that taste like the inside of a pipe.