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TripAdvisor - radialbladeworks
Reviewed March 27, 2022
So good I wanted to rub my face in it! ALL of it was that good. Oh my word. I had low expectations, assuming people were up-talking their experience (to justify having made the drive). Nope! My steak was cooked and seasoned literally perfectly. It was one of if not the most satisfying dining experiences I've ever had. Steak? Impeccable. Sides? Numerous, all of them delicious and plentiful. Dessert? I typically never eat any, but here? I slammed about a thousand calories of Skor Trifle and was looking to get even more. Only skilled minstrels and poets can aptly describe the masticatory fulfillment you will receive from Bruce Hotel's Steak Night.
Even at these current insane gas prices, the 100km trip is little more than a stone's throw by my consideration. 11/10 cool place, cool people, GREAT food. Will be going again. I'm actually kind of glad this place isn't in Edmonton because I'd be eating there so often my bills wouldn't get paid….. or I could move to Bruce.
I'm moving to Bruce!
Reviewed March 27, 2022
So good I wanted to rub my face in it! ALL of it was that good. Oh my word. I had low expectations, assuming people were up-talking their experience (to justify having made the drive). Nope! My steak was cooked and seasoned literally perfectly. It was one of if not the most satisfying dining experiences I've ever had. Steak? Impeccable. Sides? Numerous, all of them delicious and plentiful. Dessert? I typically never eat any, but here? I slammed about a thousand calories of Skor Trifle and was looking to get even more. Only skilled minstrels and poets can aptly describe the masticatory fulfillment you will receive from Bruce Hotel's Steak Night.
Even at these current insane gas prices, the 100km trip is little more than a stone's throw by my consideration. 11/10 cool place, cool people, GREAT food. Will be going again. I'm actually kind of glad this place isn't in Edmonton because I'd be eating there so often my bills wouldn't get paid….. or I could move to Bruce.
I'm moving to Bruce!
Michael Y. - July 2021- Google review
It really is what everyone is saying it is. The food is great, the service is awesome, the hospitality is second to none. You won’t believe the amount of food you get, it’s crazy. Nothing in Edmonton can beat it, the quality, or the price. One of the few places where you get value for your buck. Come for the food, stay for the experience. We need more places like this, so come out and support them, you’ll be glad you did.
It really is what everyone is saying it is. The food is great, the service is awesome, the hospitality is second to none. You won’t believe the amount of food you get, it’s crazy. Nothing in Edmonton can beat it, the quality, or the price. One of the few places where you get value for your buck. Come for the food, stay for the experience. We need more places like this, so come out and support them, you’ll be glad you did.
July 2019 City News Edmonton Report-
https://edmonton.citynews.ca/video/2019/07/27/the-iconic-bruce-hotel/
https://edmonton.citynews.ca/video/2019/07/27/the-iconic-bruce-hotel/
June 2019 CBC Radio Report-
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/how-a-quest-for-alberta-s-best-steak-led-to-the-purchase-of-the-bruce-hotel-1.5185900?fbclid=IwAR0CUZPDFRO_FkRQd6dPAeZ2_Jb7RpYwxuIM9vHy5R0F30ZYRQfpXU8Bf7g
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/how-a-quest-for-alberta-s-best-steak-led-to-the-purchase-of-the-bruce-hotel-1.5185900?fbclid=IwAR0CUZPDFRO_FkRQd6dPAeZ2_Jb7RpYwxuIM9vHy5R0F30ZYRQfpXU8Bf7g
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Rod Maldaner - March 2018 - TripAdvisor Review:
After years of hearing about this fun little road trip with a great meal at the end of the drive, I finally experienced it. My goodness it was amazing. I’m a born Albertan and raised on beef...lots of beef. I can honestly say this is the best steak I’ve ever had. Now that’s just the meat part. The meal is an incredible buffet of various salads and other dishes. We tried every one. All were amazing. The atmosphere is small town barn party. Half way through the meal the owners got everyone’s attention and acknowledged the birthday celebrations for the night. Of course everyone in the restaurant/bar sang happy birthday. The owners went out of their way to come and say hi, to see how everything was. We ended up having an amazing chat with them about their involvement and the history of the Steak Night Supper. It quite simply was an incredible night...and we got a great hour drive through rural Alberta. If you’ve wanted to go but haven’t....change that. If you haven’t heard of it before...well now you have. Book it...you won’t be disappointed. Next time for us...Rib night.
Brett Magee-July 2018-Google Review:
My wife surprised me by getting a reservation here. First time visit. Steak was fantastic and we loved the atmosphere. Everyone around was laughing and having a great time. Nice to see people out for dinner without having their cell phones in their face the whole meal. Really cool memorabilia all around the establishment too. The staff was top notch as well. Will definitely be back and will be spreading the word. Great job Deb & Karl.
Read: Why are so many people driving 100 clicks to eat at this rural steakhouse?
Posted by Alberta Venture on September 29, 2015
CBC News Edmonton, Year in Review, Edmonton’s Best Eats 2014:
Three foodies list the best of the best across 12 categories of restaurants. Bruce Hotel comes in with two others as a restaurant worth going out of your way to get to. Stephanie says: "Hop in the car (or truck) and drive an hour and a half through rolling prairie farms to get to the small town of Bruce and experience the Bruce Hotel’s restaurant. You have to reserve ahead but their steak nights are worth it: set prices for medium to gigantic steaks alongside an all-you-can-eat, down-home salad and dessert bar.”
Check out their web page.
Russel B.- September 2014-Yelp Review:
We pulled into the Bruce hotel about 15 minutes early for our reservation and there was a bus load of seniors finishing their dinner. I knew this was a good sign because seniors know where the best food and the best deals are.The lobby area was packed with more people than likely live in Bruce. We got to meet a couple regulars and others like us who had made the road trip to try their famous steak. After the seniors wheeled out of the restaurant we were seated right next to the buffet. Our waitress let us know that she would take our name, how we want our steak done and drink order and then we can help ourselves to the salad bar. They only serve top sirloin on Friday nights, so ordering is really easy. The salad bar always has 10 different home made salads, my favourite was the macaroni crab salad, but the spinach salad was also pretty flippin good. Read on…
Alberta Hospitality, Summer 2011, Pages 16-17 - Offering Epic Steak Nights:
Built in 1911, the Bruce Hotel, which is about an hour’s drive southeast of Edmonton, isn’t what usually comes to mind when you think of a hotel. Small to begin with, the property originally had only ten guest rooms. Years later, after owners Deb Boyd and Karl purchased it in 1998, the hotel offers up a mere four rooms for guests - and only those people the couple know and trust, who won’t mistreat the premises. (The remaining six rooms above the dining room have been renovated to make living quarters for Deb and Karl themselves.) So how does a hotel make ends meet with only four guest rooms? Why, with a focus on F&B, and a feature that draws appetites from hundreds of miles around, of course. Steak night, a weekly occurrence at the Bruce Hotel, brings in crowds of up to 200 on any given Friday night, and more in the winter.
To read the rest of the article, click on this link: Bruce Alberta Hospitalilty PDF.pdf
November 17. 2008: Barry (Collins) Loves Bruce… Alberta, that is:
Many would drive by this tiny community of three streets and two avenues without thinking to stop, take a deep breath and smell the beef; but friday nights at the bruce hotel is the place to be for one of the best steaks you’ll have in your life. Not to be forgotten are the unlimited salad bar, sweet treats and potatoes drowning in cream. even if steak isn’t your thing, there’s no excuse to not come by, check out the wood panelled walls, bingo hall chairs and luxurious paper plates. it’s a feast for the senses (and your belly) that should not be missed!
http://edmontonfoodie.blogspot.com/2008/12/barry-loves-bruce.html
The Bruce Steak Run by RBR Limo Service:
As the name says, this is about steak. The steaks we will be eating - prepared just the way you want it - are locally grown and are hung for at least 21 days for tenderness and flavour. They are freshly cut that morning, and that's about as fresh as it gets unless you follow the cow around with a fork.
All the salads and fixings are home made and prepared fresh for that serving: when was the last time you had potatoes in fresh farm cream?
And the desserts are freshly prepared too, of course. All of this is served buffet-style, which means it's an all-you-can-eat affair... which perhaps explains why the journey home is sometimes called the moan and groan part of our trip.
After years of hearing about this fun little road trip with a great meal at the end of the drive, I finally experienced it. My goodness it was amazing. I’m a born Albertan and raised on beef...lots of beef. I can honestly say this is the best steak I’ve ever had. Now that’s just the meat part. The meal is an incredible buffet of various salads and other dishes. We tried every one. All were amazing. The atmosphere is small town barn party. Half way through the meal the owners got everyone’s attention and acknowledged the birthday celebrations for the night. Of course everyone in the restaurant/bar sang happy birthday. The owners went out of their way to come and say hi, to see how everything was. We ended up having an amazing chat with them about their involvement and the history of the Steak Night Supper. It quite simply was an incredible night...and we got a great hour drive through rural Alberta. If you’ve wanted to go but haven’t....change that. If you haven’t heard of it before...well now you have. Book it...you won’t be disappointed. Next time for us...Rib night.
Brett Magee-July 2018-Google Review:
My wife surprised me by getting a reservation here. First time visit. Steak was fantastic and we loved the atmosphere. Everyone around was laughing and having a great time. Nice to see people out for dinner without having their cell phones in their face the whole meal. Really cool memorabilia all around the establishment too. The staff was top notch as well. Will definitely be back and will be spreading the word. Great job Deb & Karl.
Read: Why are so many people driving 100 clicks to eat at this rural steakhouse?
Posted by Alberta Venture on September 29, 2015
CBC News Edmonton, Year in Review, Edmonton’s Best Eats 2014:
Three foodies list the best of the best across 12 categories of restaurants. Bruce Hotel comes in with two others as a restaurant worth going out of your way to get to. Stephanie says: "Hop in the car (or truck) and drive an hour and a half through rolling prairie farms to get to the small town of Bruce and experience the Bruce Hotel’s restaurant. You have to reserve ahead but their steak nights are worth it: set prices for medium to gigantic steaks alongside an all-you-can-eat, down-home salad and dessert bar.”
Check out their web page.
Russel B.- September 2014-Yelp Review:
We pulled into the Bruce hotel about 15 minutes early for our reservation and there was a bus load of seniors finishing their dinner. I knew this was a good sign because seniors know where the best food and the best deals are.The lobby area was packed with more people than likely live in Bruce. We got to meet a couple regulars and others like us who had made the road trip to try their famous steak. After the seniors wheeled out of the restaurant we were seated right next to the buffet. Our waitress let us know that she would take our name, how we want our steak done and drink order and then we can help ourselves to the salad bar. They only serve top sirloin on Friday nights, so ordering is really easy. The salad bar always has 10 different home made salads, my favourite was the macaroni crab salad, but the spinach salad was also pretty flippin good. Read on…
Alberta Hospitality, Summer 2011, Pages 16-17 - Offering Epic Steak Nights:
Built in 1911, the Bruce Hotel, which is about an hour’s drive southeast of Edmonton, isn’t what usually comes to mind when you think of a hotel. Small to begin with, the property originally had only ten guest rooms. Years later, after owners Deb Boyd and Karl purchased it in 1998, the hotel offers up a mere four rooms for guests - and only those people the couple know and trust, who won’t mistreat the premises. (The remaining six rooms above the dining room have been renovated to make living quarters for Deb and Karl themselves.) So how does a hotel make ends meet with only four guest rooms? Why, with a focus on F&B, and a feature that draws appetites from hundreds of miles around, of course. Steak night, a weekly occurrence at the Bruce Hotel, brings in crowds of up to 200 on any given Friday night, and more in the winter.
To read the rest of the article, click on this link: Bruce Alberta Hospitalilty PDF.pdf
November 17. 2008: Barry (Collins) Loves Bruce… Alberta, that is:
Many would drive by this tiny community of three streets and two avenues without thinking to stop, take a deep breath and smell the beef; but friday nights at the bruce hotel is the place to be for one of the best steaks you’ll have in your life. Not to be forgotten are the unlimited salad bar, sweet treats and potatoes drowning in cream. even if steak isn’t your thing, there’s no excuse to not come by, check out the wood panelled walls, bingo hall chairs and luxurious paper plates. it’s a feast for the senses (and your belly) that should not be missed!
http://edmontonfoodie.blogspot.com/2008/12/barry-loves-bruce.html
The Bruce Steak Run by RBR Limo Service:
As the name says, this is about steak. The steaks we will be eating - prepared just the way you want it - are locally grown and are hung for at least 21 days for tenderness and flavour. They are freshly cut that morning, and that's about as fresh as it gets unless you follow the cow around with a fork.
All the salads and fixings are home made and prepared fresh for that serving: when was the last time you had potatoes in fresh farm cream?
And the desserts are freshly prepared too, of course. All of this is served buffet-style, which means it's an all-you-can-eat affair... which perhaps explains why the journey home is sometimes called the moan and groan part of our trip.