Shelter Cocktail Bar

Shelter instantly became a fixture on my Calgary bar itinerary thanks to their delightfully friendly bar team of Paulina Arteaga Vazquez, Ryan San Diego and Aminah Malik. Shelter is a hidden bar that “exists for the weary urban traveler to step into a new world”. I wonder - did they build this bar for me? Shelter offers a mix of prohibition style classics and modern (and exquisite) signature drinks with pop up Tokyo Chopsticks doing dinner service from Tuesday to Saturday.. The interior is dark and moody, with a wall of gas masks behind the back bar and an impressive light fixture with over 5,000 individually hung bulbs, reminiscent of the legendary Operation Dagger in Singapore. Cocktails are anything but gloomy, with an emphasis on agave given head bartender Paulina’s Mexican roots.

Probably one of my favorite spots to go for drinks! Drinks and service all on point!

Okay vibe, felt the service could be better but overall had good cocktails and a good experience!

Great cocktails, great vibe. Service tho.. won’t be back

Best cocktails in the city. Paulina is an artist.