3.5/5
The National has a bowling alley as well as a bar upstairs (and a ping pong table further up). This review is strictly for the bar, as the bowling alley was closed for a private event the night I was there.
They have a very diverse menu in here, as well as daily specials. I had the clive burger, coupled with the Last Best IPA. The clive burger was very good, and I even liked the clive sauce that came with it. The IPA was decent, but man I had to get used to the higher prices for alcohol in this province...
Service was a bit disorganized as nobody came to take our order for the first 20 minutes, and we had our orders messed up a couple of occasions as well.
My friends and I also played ping pong upstairs, which was fun. However again they took a while to bring the equipment to us. Definitely something they could work on in the future.