So the first time I at at a restaurant is this building, it was called Fuller's Fish and Chips. In the early 80s, it was re-branded and became the second Earls to open. I had not been to this location for about ten years, so it was nice to see that they have kept it current and the interior is nice. Parking was more of a challenge then I recall in prior visits, but that is true for parking perhaps anywhere in Calgary in the last decade.
My elderly mother and I went to this restaurant without having made a reservation. We got lucky and were seated right away and then asked to be moved to a table that did not rock when you touched it. (Yup, a pet peeve).
We ordered some classic meals off of the menu - my mom had the chicken Caesar salad and I had a steak. I quite liked that the steak price was not too expensive and they had a nice six ounce cut. I seldom order steak because restaurants usually serve a 10 ounce or larger steak as the smallest offering. I also like how they don't automatically serve you garlic bread and all of the side options that add a lot of extra calories to your dinner. I do see that if you added a few options to your steak it would become a fairly expensive splurge in a hurry though.
The meals came out of the kitchen in a decent amount of time and were perfect when delivered.
We tried the pumpkin pie for desert - it was very well done!
The service was very good - little things like the water glass never got empty go a long way in my books.