Thistledown Restaurant, Pub & Patio

The menu is small, but the food is very good. The service is excellent, especially Courtney. The prices are comparable to other pubs. Give it a try.

We visited this restaurant based on a recommendation from a fellow traveler we met. I would describe the basement pub more as a bar. However, we had to request menus and waited for several minutes without anyone coming to take our drink order. As a result, we decided to leave.

Very disappointing meal. Portions all seemed half size. Tiny caesar salad cost $11. Seafood linguine, also small, boasted lobster meat - that was a smaller than a dime peace of the small claw - that spongy stuff you tyoically don't eat. Calamari (i think it was $14) was literally 5 pieces and a hunk of lettuce. Just unprofessional to say the least. Do not waste your money. There are many nice and interesting restaurants in Baddeck, less than a 5 minutes walk away.

A friendly pub with a good reasonably priced menu. The staff were efficient and the service good. There was a good atmosphere.

We went 2 nights in a row! Great choice of drinks and delicious pub food even if the late menu is small..loved the Caesar salad! Our entertainment both nights was Tracy Cavanaugh who played guitar and sang traditional east coast tunes and a Cape Breton slant on many mainstream favorites! He keeps the crowd entertained with stories and even took my husband's request for his rugby club's drinking song! Great local pub on the Inverary Inn's property..it felt like home! Would definitely return!