Rosario’s Pizza & Pub

Terrible karaōke host!!! Unless your cute and spend all your time with the DJ inflating his ego, then your not going to be singing.
A group of 6 of my friends were there, we ordered food and drinks and put up our song, half hour later 4 girls walk in walk up to the dj get there songs in and sing before any of us!!! They ordered water sang there songs and left !!! None of my friends and I until almost an hour later !!! That is bullshit and unprofessional, higher a less insecure dj and it’s first come first serve not let’s play favorite’s all night like a douche

Decent venue, staff is alright. Kind people. Prices are a little high for food quality but that is the least of this bar’s food problems.
I understand that this is somewhat of a dive sports bar and clearly the menu reflects that, I didn’t come here expecting a 5 course, fine dining meal. From a food service stance who ever runs this kitchen should be embarrassed. The food is basic pub fare, pizza, deep fried foods, a few pasta dishes etc. Every single time I’ve eaten here, all the ordered dishes come out at different times. I figured something must have gone wrong the first couple of times but this is a consistent issue. Tonight, a medium pizza, a BLT and potato skins were ordered to our table of 4, 2 of whom were sharing the pizza.
BLT came out first. Okay. Thinking the rest was on its way. 17 minutes later… The pizza and POTATO SKINS (of all things) arrived. The potato skins were not made properly… An appetizer you deep fry, add toppings to and then throw in a salamander oven.
Embarrassing.
One of the first, most basic things you learn about cooking service is that all meals on an order come out together!
Who ever runs the kitchen here should NOT be in charge of a kitchen. Ever.

Travelled by cab from west Ed with a friend all the way to this bar because we heard nothing but good raves!
Signed up for their karaōke and we were pretty much ignored by the people running the entertainment! It was very «clique» and if you were a regular you were put to the front of the list!
While new members (looking for what could possibly be a potential regular spot)
Are being bumped to the end!
We came out to have a good time and trust me the service was excellent, the bartender was great! And the pub aspect was awesome!
But don’t call yourselves a «karaōke bar» when you only let your drunk regulars and drinking buddies sign up!
Won’t be recommending this place to anyone new

SUCH a good time here!
Staff, food, drinks and music were all great.

So, it was a pretty good atmosphere, kind of had that small pub feel in some ways where everyone was friendly. However. The service was so bad. The waitress forgot my drink on multiple occasions, to the point that it took over an hour to get one drink. She did offer to buy me another drink for her blunder, which was nice, but I was just really tired of the slow service. I talked to some people from other tables, and they were experiencing the same thing. I don’t think the bar was that busy, I’m not really sure why it was as slow as it was. I also requested to sing a song, and I got forgotten by the DJ too :(
There’s some good pool tables, and darts, so things to do. I just don’t know if I’d go back again given how neglected I felt by the end of the night.

So if you’re looking for a bit of a dive bar, a sports bar, a pool hall or a karaōke bar, Rosario’s might fit the bill. Every time I’ve been here, it has primarily been because of my desire to attend karaōke with friends, and this is where this place shines. Not only is there a good mix of songs, a good karaōke host (who makes sure you sound less bad than you could otherwise sound) but there’s a good range of singers and some song books to pick songs out of along with plenty of papers to write your songs upon to hand to the host.
The food and beverage is really inexpensive and not terribly outstanding but is on par for dive bar food so there’s that. The bathrooms are useful and clean but nothing special. The interior is a bit dated too, but really you’re most likely here to play pool or watch a game or spend time with friends or sing and none of those things prioritize particularly good food (and the drink specials can be pretty good if you’re looking for that)! I also like the fact that the staff realize that copious amounts of water are also needed if you’re going to be singing. The pizza isn’t as bad as one might imagine as well — I enjoyed it the times I’ve had it.

Showed up, bar looks fantastic, but not very many servers, picked a table and was put on the back burner I guess. Over 20 minutes per drink order and after one am still waiting for service and its currently 1:30am… Sure I could go to the bar and complain but I have bad anxiety and would rather sit here thirsty and waiting. Karaōke is great however so i will return in the future.
Edit: last call came and went, nobody asked me if I wanted anything. Am I invisible? Not true but, anxiety gets the better of us right?
Edit: Waitress super apologetic, some patrons harassed her at last call and some did not pay apparently,
I have never served a day in my life so don’t know the half of it, and my fault for not speaking up and getting a drink if I really wanted one, I guess. Felt bad about shitty tip but in retrospect? I mean am I right?
Will return in the future. 5 stars if they hire more servers for the busy Friday nights.

Absolutely horrendous service. I’ve been here a couple of times with large parties and each time the waitresses basically ignored our tables, only stopping by maybe once or twice the entire time we were there. They were quick to grab our empties, but didn’t offer to take our drink orders. The amount of money they could of made off of parties our size… and yet we were ignored in lieu of serving the regulars.
The karaōke here is the only reason worth coming. They’ve got a huge book of songs to choose from and a couple of mics for all your duet singing needs. That being said, the queue to sing can be quite long and it takes ages for your song to come up. Last time I was there the DJ was on a power trip and decided to not play the songs my group was requesting because «it wasn’t fair to the other people who were singing alone». Umm?
I really wouldn’t recommend coming here. It’s a huge space and a great venue, but the staff is so horrid don’t even bother.

Hilarious spot for a fun night out with friends that involves karaōke. This is located in the Oliver area. There can be a bit of a rough crowd but still fun :)

I wish I could give half stars because this place would be getting a solid 2.5 from me. It’s out of the way and everything you’d expect from a dive bar. The fun thing about this place was their karaōke.
They have a ginormous book of songs to choose from and they have everything from rap to teenage boy bands for you to choose from so there really is something for everyone. It makes for a pretty fun night if you’ve got a good group to go with. They also have a couple of pool tables and darts that you can play.
Now to the not so good. Their service was horrible. They seem to be understaffed and the staff they have working don’t seem to be in any hurry and always seem to mess up drink orders (either leaving out your order or messing up your drink). We had to go up to the bar a couple of times because the server just decided to stop serving our table and we had been sitting there with empty glasses for almost 10 minutes.
Aside from the less than ideal service, the place was fairly clean and it’s a pretty good place for karaōke.

We used to go to Rosario’s on a weekly basis, it was in our ‘hood and the manager at the time knew us by name. We mostly went for the wings and the pint specials that were on during happy hour.
We had stopped going because the service was always hit and miss. The bar took away all of the specials on the food menu, and the quality of the food went downhill fast. Who wants to pay $ 11 for 12 wings that have been fried so long that there is nothing left to them?
Just for nostalgia’s sake, we thought we would go back and give it another try. We heard that the management had changed. The place was empty with the exception of a group of pool players.
Go to Rosario’s for Karaōke and pool. They have a decent selection of brews on tap. Rosario’s is popular on the weekend for it’s Karaōke «bible». There are a lot of songs to choose from and it is usually a fun night out with friends. Due to the popularity though, you will usually only get a few chances to sing. The queue can get quite long with the weekend regulars.
Don’t go to Rosario’s for the food. It is average pub food at best, with above average pricing. You just don’t get the same quality that you would be paying for at a similar pub. The menus have not been re-​printed or changed in years. They used white-​out to cover up the old prices and the new prices are hand written.
There were 7 of us. The kitchen managed to mess up 3 of the seven meals:
The patties on the burger were of the frozen variety. He asked for no condiments — he got all kinds!
The Philly Cheese Steak was served lukewarm and he still got onions when he had asked for none. The solution offered was to microwave the sandwich and bring it back out. My guest just refused the sandwich and went home hungry.
The «house made» lasagne I suspect was a frozen product as well because it was also served cold in the middle.
Service was also an issue on this visit. Empty glasses and plates littered the table.
Will I ever go back for the food? No. I have been disappointed too many times.
Will we go back for Karaōke on the weekends? More than likely, yes. We will make sure we are properly fed before we go!

Really, Really good thin crust pizza, I was quite surprised it was soooo good. You have to let them know you want thin crust, as the usual pizzas are not thin crust.

The restaurant was a lot larger than I had thought. Staff was friendly. Service was good, but kitchen was slow. Pizza was better than fast food pizza (Pizza73, Pizza Hut, etc). But not outstanding.

Make sure to ask for extra sauce on the pizza when you get it. Good selection of beer on tap and happy hour lasts most of the day. Pizza and beer happy hour special is about $ 15, but not on weekend.

Rosario’s is surprisingly awesome. Why was I surprised? When I first heard that Rosario’s might be showing the Oscars I had the impression that the place was a small divey pub with a 21″ tube TV from the 90s. I was pretty amazed that on entering the front doors I was greeted by this huge and expansive lounge area with a bar in the middle. Yet the lighting, music, staff and overall atmosphere is one of a regular Canadian pub, in a good way. Yes they have VLTs and also have a couple of pool tables.
The middle bar region has about 4 – 5 flat screens dressing it for folk that prefer sitting at the bar. Then, they have this huge cinema-​style screen at one end with ample seating/​table area for whence games or other things are shown. They also have a karaōke setup that’s independent of this, with another reasonably large projection screen.
The Oscar ‘party’ was very lame. I was under the impression that they were hosting Oscar night and people would know about it and show up. Apparently it was just Matt L. and I who showed up and we had to ask them to play the Oscars on the big screen. It was unfortunate that they had to cut the sound after an hour and a half, when more people aggregated and demands for music and karaōke rose. I suppose it’s not their fault since it wasn’t really an «Oscar Party».
I’m still looking for a place in Edmonton where people who enjoy watching the Oscars meet up for a drink and watch it on a big screen. Perhaps next year, we can have a UYE at Rosario’s to have a critical mass sufficient to ensure Oscars getting all the attention.
However, all Oscar things aside, it’s a great space and I look forward to showing up again some day! Oh… also, the food was great. They have a decent selection of Canadian pizzas and the crust was nice and tasty! Chicken wings were decent, definitely superior than many other places in Edmonton :)

Aditya R. and I don’t own any TVs and wanted to watch the Oscars. Since neither of us scored an invitation to an Oscar party, somebody on Twitter mentioned that we could watch the Oscars on the giant TV Screen at Rosario’s.
So Aditya kindly drove us to a part of town I rarely visit, just north of the Cemetery. And while I was expecting to see a dive-​y bar on the order of the H20 Lounge on Whyte Ave, we instead encountered an industrial-​looking, but clean and comfortable Canadian-​style Pub.
The bar itself has a great selection of liquors. The beer selection is limited to 8-​or-​so Canadian macro-​brews (of the selection, I would say Sleeman Honey Brown is the best they have on tap), but the beer costs only $ 14.50/pitcher on Sunday nights.
The biggest surprise of this pub is the deliciousness of its food. Aditya and I ordered a plate of Chicken Wings. Not only were they perfectly fried, we were able to choose from among 24 different sauces. We went with the Honey Garlic Hot Sauce sauce, which I will recommend. And while we only ordered 12 wings, the server gave us 24 at no additional charge (it was a slow night).
And because the hot wings did not tide us over, and somebody had recommended the pizza to Aditya. And the pizza happened to be a perfectly executed, with a nice amount of bubble in the cheese on top, a thin, dense crust which still had a little bit of bounce and a good amount of browning on the bottom. The sauce was well seasoned.
While we were able to watch the Oscars for about an hour and a half with the sound, a number of others there wanted to listen to the jukebox instead. We were then stuck listening to the Georgia Satellites’ «Keep Your Hands to Yourself» and other similar rock tunes of the 80s until Karaōke began at 9PM.
And the Karaōke setup is pretty well done. There’s an ESPN-​style ticker on a giant screen which indicates who is coming up next., in addition to the lyrics of the song currently being sung. Quality of singers varies — we heard a good rendition of «Gunpowder and Lead» and a horrible version of «Broken Wings.»
I look forward to returning to Rosario’s to sing some karaōke and eat some pizza.

I love karaōke bars, I don’t get up and sing at all but I love watching everyone else do it. There are some really awesome singers that go to Rosario s. some pretty awful ones too haha
I haven’t tried the food here so I can’t really say what I think of it, but I have heard from a couple people that the food it pretty good. The drinks are priced pretty good so that’s always a plus.
I will definitely be going here again.

Although I don’t sing karaōke EVER, I’ve been to Rosario’s a couple of times now. Before I’d been, I was under the impression that this place was kind of a dive, but it’s not all that bad! For one, the space is huge, way bigger than I expected it to be. The bar is in the middle and there are tables and booths all around. It seems like there are quite a few TVs around. There’s one huge screen by the DJ for the person singing to read off of, and they also show the words on a few of the smaller TVs for people to follow along with. Otherwise they’re generally playing sports.
Like I said, I don’t sing karaōke, but I’ll peruse through the book of songs. In Rosario’s case, the list is quite long and it seems like there is a lot to choose from. Both times I’ve been here I’ve been pretty impressed with the quality of the people singing! Of course you always get that one really drunk guy or gal mumbling through the whole song, but I think a lot of the people here are regulars who actually enjoy singing.
Drink prices are cheap — average. My husband had a burger here once since he was starving and didn’t have time to eat before we got there. The bun looked like the buns at DQ. He said it was just totally average and meh. Service is ok, kind of hit or miss, nothing special or terrible. I like the place!

I didnât come to Rosarioâs for the karaoki â” and I didnât leave because of it either. I came here just to try out some place new, and my boyfriend and I stayed because the pitchers of beer were cheap, the service was friendly and the food was almost under-​priced. It was pub fare at 1990 prices â” which just leaves you more money to drink! The Karaoki was in full swing when we got there and, surprisingly, it wasnât awful. This place, we learned, is known for itâs sound system, so lots of avid singers come here so they can sing like the stars. Everyone had a pretty good voice, and I had to give them all credit for getting up there. We just hummed along, hiding our faces in our glasses.