Laurier Lounge can easily be missed if you aren't looking for it hard enough. Kind of tucked behind the Safeway it stands there on its own radiating an old school charm. Although I find it a little odd when you first walk to the steps to hear music that you would probably expect to hear at some Mexican festival be sure to keep moving forward through the front door.
Small in size but large in coziness with a low lit intimate atmosphere that is great for first dates, second dates or just dates in general. Great for when you want to have a quiet gathering with your friends and family to celebrate whatever you feel like making up that day.
Our server was attentive and patient as we had never been there before so we were trying to figure out what to eat, mind you, changing our minds once or twice to make sure we are trying something we really want to have.
We came in a party of 20 something so I really don't remember what everyone had besides what my one friend who sat at the same table as I did and of course what I had as well.
I wasn't hugely hungry but I didn't not want to eat either so I settled for their lounge menu and ordered the Cajun Chicken Burger which Laurier Lounge claims as the second best burger in Calgary with a side of fries. The Cajun Chicken Burger consists of Spicy raspberry chutney, brie, garlic aioli, lettuce and tomato.
This burger was huge, I had to cut it into four pieces and devour it one corner at a time. Not to mention that it comes with a side of fries which are delicious and make you even more full than you previously were trying to munch down the burger.
My friend sitting across the table from me had the Warren Buffet Burger which has onion, emmentaler cheese, horse radish & aioli, lettuce and tomato. Again I think the size of the burger is huge (for me anyway). Beef itself was tasty and delicious. He also ordered poutine instead of friends and it really made me sad when I saw his poutine and even more sad when I tasted it - simply salivating (is that a real word??).
I would definitely come back here for another go at something different on the menu.