Beer - Great
Service - Okay
Steak Sandwich - Awful
Decided to grab a beer and a bite at National before one of the Flames preseason games. Came in during their shift change (5:30-6ish), so they only had one girl serving the entire place. She brought us our beer, and said our actual server would be starting 'shortly'. It was a while before we could flag our new server down to refill our pints and take our food order. Once we had her attention however, she did a good job.
DO NOT ORDER THE STEAK SANDWICH.
I know not to expect A+++ AMAZING PRIME beef when I order a steak sandwich, but I do expect it to be edible and cooked properly. This was neither. I ordered medium rare, it came out looking like ahi tuna. The steak had long stringy gristly things throughout and I couldn't cut through them. I asked the server if I could get another one, and she was very apologetic and said a whole new plate would be on its way. Once the new steak arrived, I cut into it to see that it was very, very well done. 0/2 on the steaks.
My advice, stick to the drinks and appetizers if you're going to eat here. Pretty hard to screw up popcorn.