Banff · Eat
Best Restaurants in Banff
Banff has more restaurants than most mountain towns ten times its size — every block on Banff Avenue, Bear Street, and Caribou is stacked with somewhere to eat. The good news for visitors: the food scene runs the full range from $5 wing-night pubs to chef-driven tasting menus, and a lot of the best spots run a daily happy hour that brings the price-per-plate down to walk-in-friendly territory.
This list is the venues we'd send a friend to. Brewery taprooms with proper food (Banff Ave Brewing, Three Bears, Park Distillery), the long-running pubs (Magpie & Stump, Rose & Crown, St. James's Gate), the hotel restaurants worth crossing town for (the Rundle Bar at the Fairmont), and the smaller places — Bear Street Tavern's wood-fired pizzas, Coyotes for southwestern brunch, Bluebird for steakhouse classics. Every venue on this list is verified by us and has at least one happy-hour window worth knowing about.
If you want to filter by what you're craving — wings, pizza, cocktails, beer, tacos — head to the specials pages linked below. If you just want one solid recommendation for tonight, check what's running right now on the live deals map.
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Top 18 of 40Banff Social
Banff · 3pm–6pm, 9pm–11pm
Discounted drinks and food specials
Bar Moxy
Banff · 3pm–5:30pm
Bear Street Tavern
Banff
Block Kitchen + Bar
Banff
20% off entire menu
Bluebird Woodfired Steakhouse & Fondue
Banff · 4pm–5pm
50% off fondue
Brazen
Banff · 3pm–5pm
Coyotes Southwestern Grill
Banff · 4:30pm–6pm
El Toro Restaurant
Banff
Elk & Oarsman
Banff · 2pm–5pm
Half-price drinks and flatbreads
Farm & Fire
Banff
Hello Sunshine
Banff · 4pm–5pm
High Rollers
Banff · 3pm–5pm
Jugemu
Banff · 4:30pm–7pm
Rice bowls $13
LUPO Italian Ristorante
Banff · 4pm–5pm
Magpie & Stump
Banff
25% off tacos
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How we curate
Every venue on this list is hand-picked by us. No paid placement, no auto-pulled aggregator data, just spots a Bow Valley local would actually send a friend to. Times and prices are verified against the venue's own sources at least once a month. More on how HappyMap works.