Reviews of Better Than Fred's (Catering)

Al Cook

Good food and good music and good service

Cody Ouellette

Boneless chicken bites are excellent, they have Grain Bin on tap, lots of pool tables, relaxed atmosphere, and the best place in town for live music by far!

Brianna Koenig

Service was good for it being a holiday. But.. can you really call the boneless wings "wings" when they're more like boneless dry ribs. Hahaha

Cory Mo

It's hands down the best bar in town, period. Years ago, it was thr best pool hall in town. As more live music flooded in, it became the best live music venue in town. Then, after the renovations and addition of pit bbq, it also became one of the best restaraunts in town. All in all, whether its a beer and a burger, a great concert, ppv sports events or a night of billiards, THIS IS THE SPOT. John K for mayor.

William Grose

Great service, great food, better drinks.

Gilbert Sylvain

Lotsa a fun playing pool here.

Heather Mae

Always active and so much fun good food too !

Randy Campbell

Best smoked food I've ever had in GP

Michele Dufresne-Liscumb

Awesome time good food good friends

Tim Roberts

Good BBQ and nice size portions.

Lance Colton

Got takeout (BBQ sampler) and it was all pretty good, I'll be back for sure. My side coleslaw was fine and the perogies were a generous portion I saved for lunch the next day. $7 for a bottle of Corona while I wait seems a bit steep. I really needed that sanitizing lime, though. Place was almost dead thanks to COVID-19.

zacharia

Always fun to play pool and the food is bomb, always go for bacon wrapped chicken wings on Monday.

Rich Smallwood

Excellent Service! My wife and I arrived from out of province (heading home from essential work) and were looking for a meal that wasn't fast food. We ordered while sitting in their parking lot and the food was ready very quickly. I ordered a massive burrito with perogies - YUMM! My wife ordered a pulled pork grilled cheese - yum! Both were better than fast food but my wife said the pulled pork needed some sort of sauce to make it really good. My meal needed to have more sour cream for how many perogies there were. The bacon and onions on my meal were great and the food was hot. We sat in a parking lot to eat since we couldn't eat inside. Would have been a 5* review with those small changes... and we did eat everything! We would definitely stop again!

Key55

Lots of love music, friendly staff, and the best pool tables in town

Emerice Hallock

The food ???? The staff ???? The music ???? And the all around best atmosphere

Michael McNeil

This place is amazing! Music is rockin', the BBQ is perfect, and the service is great! Definitely going back!

Marcia “Halo Tribal” Tofer

Great locally owned resto.

Nolan Dyck

The best wings in the city! I'm constantly impressed with BTF as they smoke their wings. Not only does this produce a consistent wing every time, but it brings a flavor that blows deep-fried wings out of the fryer! My favorite spot for wings, hands down.

Amanda S

Great service & staff

Joel Park

Pulled pork sandwich was good as always. Place is due for a reno.

David Yelligadu

Good atmosphere, good food and good pricing. I had the brisket platter. Brisket could have been served a bit hotter, mine was more like on the warm side. The smashed potatoes and the perogies were Delicious. The "twisters" (jalapeno poppers) were fantastic, the bbq sauce was so tasty. Mac n cheese and the dirty rice were equally delicious. We did however have a 45 mins wait for our dinner, due to short staff in the kitchen but it's totally understandable with covid times.

Kimsue Khatt

Customer services perfect.

Charity Krahn

Great food and atmosphere.

Forrest Sutherland

Most times the staff are overwhelmed especially when it's busy but the food more than makes up for it. The food is down right amazing each and every time, and they support local bands which is cool.

shane weisgerber

Smoked chicken wings are the best !

Zane Van Metre

Lots of pool tables and quick service.

B

Good food grate staff. Nice place to relax and have a drink after long work day

Shade Tree Chocolate Studio

Recently had take out beef dip here.... it was delicious. But that's not the point of my review. My point it that I just got WAY above and beyond service. Last time (6 months ago) I ordered here, I also wanted beef dip to go. There was a mistake and I got the wrong order. I only noticed when I got back to my shop and there really wasnt time to return and get it corrected. I'm not mad about this, mistakes do happen, and I get it and I accept it. So on this trip (6 MONTHS LATER) I order before I come just like last time. When I show up, the first thing out of my waitress's mouth is. "Hey, were you the one that the last time you ordered you ended up with the wrong lunch?" She comped my lunch (which I wasn't even remotly expecting) and said that it had been bothering her for a long time. Gurrrrrlllll. That is a DAME sharp memory! Thanks for making my day! You made me feel special and I appriciate it. It may or may not be 6 months before I'm back again, but I certainly will be. The food is great and the service is even better.

Johnny Hurricane

Wow! Awesome BBQ! The ribs were so meaty and juicy, full of flavour. Yum. And the saturday night music was awesome! Elvis? Rock? Experimental? It's all good. I'll be back.

Autumn Ryan

Food and service was excellent

Britta M

Amazing atmosphere, staff and food! :)

Dominion Lending of Grande Prairie

Great food and Amazing service!! We had a fantastic lunch delivered and the client care was above and beyond! Thank you!

Ashleigh Halbert

Our server was great, and the food was so tasty! The deep fried cheese curds were to die for.

M White

Had an amazing time painting tonight

Mike Turvey

Jar-b-que is amazing. Period. Decent bar scene here with lots of bands and groups playing regularly. Great place for a night out.

Desiree Arias

Fun place for a casual drink or for a game of pool. Awesome staff

Danny

Good place to watch sports, tasty food, all you can eat ribs on Friday, lots of beer options, friendly staff, comfy, no stress.

Mac L

Fred's ribs are DECENT. Service was great. A couple lads near the bar got into it, one lad was trying to throw some slow motion over the top haymakers but didn't land any. Fight was broken up and diffused, nothing was injured except the two men's pride. Would have liked to see a better fight, but oh well.

Daniel Brisbin

Good times, good food, good music

Michele Cora Lynx

I was impressed with the fact that they offered a ginger-flavoured Strongbow, and a beer (haha) *beet salad! I took off one star due to the decor being quite rough around the edges, but then again, that's probably precisely the type of look you'd expect at a local music focal point, so maybe I'm just being an amateur interior designer here.

Ry McDons

Had the deep fried cheese curds with a hot sauce...Not too bad! Corn bread ????%. Meal was great tho mac and cheese was fresh and creamy goodness, onion rings are great quality. Brisket was very good , serious smoke going on here.

Pinksugarbb

Amazing local bar with a good team of staff. Their pulled pork is amazing but something about the sauce I cannot tolerate everytime I've tried it. Love their wings and the platter is one of me and my friends' favorites. Best place to come for pool. This place could use some renos or expanded as it does tend to get crowded. Otherwise, it is a fun place to hang out :)

Arctic Orca

Great local business. Food is awesome. To avoid the lunch rush, phone in your order ahead of time. This leaves you the time to enjoy the atmosphere!

Vic

This place gives me the warm a fuzzy's. ????

Lindsay

Best bar environment in GP hands down! Neat events, too. BBQ also helps. Yum.

EJ Gutierrez

I kept on hearing that Better than Fred's had some dang good BBq from fellow coworkers of mine. Well being from Texas I had to see what this place was all about. First off, great atmosphere. The locals are friendly and offer to buy drinks all the time. Second, the staff is very helpful and will help you if you don't know what you want to order or to drink. Now keep in mind the only thing I ordered was the BBQ. Third, the BBQ is ok, they lather their meat up with BBQ sauce before the serve it. To me that is a sign they hiding something, burnt or dry meat. Am not a fan of BBQ sauce but rather the quality of the meat. You can tell it's cooked over the open flame rather then smoked. Nothing compared to Texas BBQ but I have to give credit where credit is do, the pulled pork was damn good. I will be sure to order the pulled pork again. I will be sure to return the next time I am town. Nothing compares to a few cold ones with the locals while playing pool and watching the games that are on. Cheers!

Herman Bueckert

Service and food was good at 6:00. But later on the waitresses couldn't be bothered to serve us. Looked right at us, turned and walked away a number of times. Pretty crappy!!

Simon Carnell

This is literally the best restaurant in town.

April Moodie

The food is amazing and quick!

Ashley Henry

Hidden treasure. Bar and pool hall atmosphere, food was excellent.

Dallas Bjornson

Friendly service and spectacular food. Great atmosphere to just chill and bs.

Ryan Karlzen

Not a bad restaurant. Has the bar atmosphere to it but the food is decent. Live music is played sometimes as well making it worth while.

Shay Soderquist

Best small live music venue in northern Alberta! Decent drinks and really good food. Lots of pool tables, too.

shelley kruger

Tried out their spinach dip Burger and totally loved it, as well as their dill pickle soup.

Sllimac

It is the best place to eat in GP the smoked meats are fantastic!!

John Neals

BIG orders! Great food!

Keith Sereres

Food I'd awesome

Samuel Fehr

Favorite bar in town hands down. Always great bands coming in and the food is to die for.

William Sage

Food was less than desirable but the pool tables make up for that. The servers, pool tables and atmosphere is worth the visit.

Janna Thomsen

Always great food at a great price!

Everyday Kait - Kaity Kreiser

We had dinner from Fred's delivered to us last week and it was great!! Awesome service, food got to us very quickly and it was delicious! Make sure you try the deep fried pickles because they're AMAZING!!

Tim Widmer

Pulled Pork, need I say more? Order this and you will not be disappointed. Their soup is amazing every time too. Great location for a quality lunch and dinner and amazing live entertainment.

Taylor Gill

Good food, great service, all around good experience. They have some killer french fries!

Jennifer Lynn

Average food and service

Dorian McCready

Went for(my first) Paint and Party Night with a friend, and it was obvious the ownership and taff have real pride in what they do, as the atmosphere, hospitality, food and drink were all top notch. I frequent Fred's and will always. I mean, some of the staff have been there 10 years. Its clear they love it.

Gordon Smith

Good BBQ, quick food service at lunchtime, too many nice dishes to choose from.

Michelle Pallier

Love this place...the service is excellent and they really work to cater to the unique needs of the event they are hosting for any particular event. Crazy great food too.

joan hildebrand

The food is awesome. Right now, due to construction downtown, it is hard to park but a little drive around the restaurant and very quickly you locate a parking spot.

Lydia Calhoun

Great bbq and best spot to play pool. Has great bands in for concerts but the locals aren't into dancing which ruins the atmosphere for me.

GG

Coolest atmosphere you can find around GP. Stopped by for quick snack and had the fried pickles and wow it was amazing! Definitely the place to go for some good fun, pool, music, or to watch the game.

Ryan Distan

Get service and nice people and the bar is nicely laid out

Bodan Mulholland

Always a blast getting out to this venue. Great staff!

mike hibbs

Very clean and well organized staff is friendly and the food is great

Jeremiah Deslauriers

Good live band

Bobbie Moore

Food & Entertainment... The best of both worlds!

Robert Smith

Awesome bar! Awesome bands!

Aman Bariana

We ordered some food for takeout Wednesday and it was delicious. Pickup was quick and easy. Would recommend and definitely ordering again.

Jesse harrow

Fantastic food, great prices. Ordered a Bbq for 4 platter for takeout was less than 50 bucks and had lots of left overs.

Robert Stuhlsatz

Great chill atmosphere with good food, live music and attractive friendly waitresses. Pool tables too.

Leroy Bluecoat

Great pub/bar. Best place for wings in town bar none... (pun intended). Very nice apnosphere repeat visits are a must. Some very good and known musical acts at times also.

Alaina Pickering

Love it here! Foods great, service is amazing, never waiting on you food or drink. They host paint nights that are a blast and the live bands they bring in are unreal! Like I said, live it here!

Timothy Schultz

The deep fried wings could come out of the fryer a few mins earlier, some were crispy to the bone but the smoked wings were awesome. Good service

Jennifer Oesch

Good was delicious, and service was excellent

Gunner

Very choice scenery and friendly bar maidens. Very interesting BBQ menu. I had the BBQ sampler for 1 and it was fantastic and a lot of tasty meats! Even the side of mac and cheese was baked and deliciously fresh. I especially Love the smoked wings and ribs!

Junior “DiTrucker” Powell

Great service... friendly staff. Awesome food.

Amber Long

Always pickup so we can eat at home with the kids. Food is consistently good and so fast! Staff is friendly.

Adriana B

Delicious pub food and great service. Always a great place to go for a show

Travis Nelson

Staff is pleasant. Service is excellent. Have not experienced any strange anomalies that defy the laws of physics within the building (I can't speak for the ladies room). I haven't spotted any vampires lurking amongst the crowd, but I swear I spotted a class 3 ghoul on the dance floor the other night. I conclude that it is a reasonably safe and fun establishment, despite my fear of ghoul and ghoul-related attacks.

Andrew Cho

I must say that our waitress, Stephany, was amazing. Her service was unquestionable. I am confident to say that she offered the best service in town!!!

David Plimmer

Delicious....so may tantalizing options on the menu, I had a hard time choosing. Boneless hot wings was an excellent choice for a light meal.

Brenda Haslam

Wow! Great find! Service, atmosphere and food was awesome!

Lee Tiessen

Foods good but to go for pool tables there expensive af

Amanda

Seriously. This food though...omg. so good! Can't wait to get back to shoot some pool and hear live bands. Real quality bands book here never been disappointed until covid brought it all to an end... for now!

theladd

Mac n cheese bites are all you need. Great entertainment there all time as well

Lisa Martens

Amazing food.. super friendly staff. Love the pool tables

Terry Oakley

Always great food and service

THATJDMGUY

Best pool hall in gp

Ryan Lamming

Good environment great beef nachos!

Trevor Matkowski

Just got stuffed with a Big Burrito (BBQ Pulled Chicken). John always takes care of us.

Matty Blankestijn

Atmosphere 5/5 Service 3/5

Jeff Heuman

My God. I've never seen wings that big

Shawn Watchorn

Some of best wings in town. Good live music and shoot pool. Menu is limited.

Owen Lewis

I go to this bar quite often, they are always spot on with the food and drinks and if there are any problems they will fix it. My friend ordered the Mac and cheese wedges once and as the waitress was bringing them to our table someone grabbed one for the plate ( they ment this as a joke, but was still very uncalled for). Our waitress let us keep the rest of the wedges and got us a whole other order on top of that and they covered both orders on our bill. Great staff and a realizing bar to play some pool after work with the boys.

Erica Fisher

Consistently amazing food, great atmosphere, and some of the best live music in town

Tyler Barr

Nice place for a beer and some pool on nights when a band isn't there.

Grant Watson (meandmybeard)

Great place for a night out or just drinks with friends. Nothing fancy here, just great food and a very laid back atmosphere.

Anton C-14

Great staff, food is really great.

Danni Critch

Love it. John and his staff are amazing

Christopher Chipesia

Love this place. Everytime I'm here it's a great experience. The food is excellent and always a fun time playing pool.

Jeff P

Great spot in downtown GP!!

Tyler Erskine

Perfect place for a game of pool

Alycia Holmes

Amazing food! Great entertainment! Love going to see chiliocosm play here as well.

robert mcmurray

Best bar in town !

Ryan Wright

Awesome food great service and the atmosphere is amazing

Nicole White

Better than Freds is one of my all time favorites for lunch with clients or friends, dinner and drinks and those smoked menu items.... sooooo good! Make sure to say hi to John! He is the bomb :)

Kevin Hansen

Great place to catch a concert, play pool, or just have a great meal. Thanks John!!

daniel isaak

Awesome BBQ! smoked wings are ????????

J P Poirier

Good food, sports bar atmosphere, beautifull pool tables. Was in a rush to eat and get back to our activities had to rush service.

James Proudfoot

Very community minded establishment.

Kendall Moorhouse

The staff here are super friendly and positive. One of the best pubs I have ever been to. Well worth the visit!

Alan TV

The server is a little bit awkward with us, I know she is tired and overwhelmed with her tables guest occupancy that's why I understand so I am rating the overall food quality only and not including the service. We will definitely be back …

SmilinLion

Sweet chili chicken FTW!

Amanda Swanson

Cannot recommend this place enough. Food and atmosphere are awesome. Live music quite frequently. I always stop by when I'm in gp.

Garrett Davis

Best place in town. Live music and unreal atmosphere. Food is exceptional and the service is amazing.

Justin Levesque

Wings are good ???????????????? service is slow ????????

Stephanie Walter

Food and service are always good

Jules

This place is awesome! While waiting for our food we played some pool and had a great time. The atmosphere is great and so is the staff.

Zilla72 Randoms

Great Service and Excellent Atmosphere

Bobby Olsen

Best bbq this side of the county

International Wero

Friendly service, good food, 8 pool tables in good condition

krysta budd

Food was really good. Service was amazing. Music was loud enough to drown out other conversation but you could still hear the people you were talking to... Until the live band started then it was LOUD. Pool tables are well maintained. Drinks are a wee bit pricier then expected but I haven't been out in a while. All around, I will go back again.

John Smith

went on wing night ordered some wings, heard they were great. server came back and said wing night was cancelled. i vould order wings but for full price. then she didnt come back. eventually another server came to me and i told her about the wing let down, and she said yeah, theres an event across the street, the kitchen would never keep up.. ( i think, worst case scenario your dining room fills up, you should be ready on an event night anyway) and my server? oh yeah, she forgot about you then didnt want to come back. lol. first time i went and havent been back. not out of spite, but zero motivation to do so.

Kevin Dallyn-Cardinal

20 dollar burger, with a side poutine. Bun was soggy, not enough cheese on poutine. The waitress didn't know what was on tap, or what was the special for the day. She was pretty but didn't listen very well. Left there feeling kinda sick, Giving them a bonus star for having pool tables and live music.

Kate-Lynn Hicks

Typically we’re huge fans but their phone system is awful ended up having to order else where because we couldn’t get through :( and knowing that skip the dishes exploits small businesses we would rather stay away from them and order direct! Highly recommend they give fusion buisness solutions a call and set up a call waiting system to help their buisness thrive in the world of take out! Still love John and the restaurant just a helpful suggestion to make things even better :)

ChelsGuer4

Amazing food and service!

Efe Nester Erhigbare

A very nice place to hang out for adults. Very clean with a lot of pool tables, calm music so can communicate easily.

Wade Sutherland

Good BBQ!

homie evan

I go here all the time to play pool and drink with friends. Great staff, and great live music. Best bar in town by far, stop by, you won't be disappointed

Cam Kennedy

We were a group of 10. They forgot to put my meal through but made up for it and it was worth the wait!!! Service was good and we had a great time! Thanks!

Kyle Foisy

Delicious Bar b q

Blue Morris

A great place for live music in Grand Prairie. The food is pretty good too. This pub / restaurant also has pool tables. It seems like it's mostly locals who hang out here. The stage for live music is fairly small, but for your average touring band that doesn't draw a big crowd it's all you need. The sound tech they had that night did a great job.

Matthew Tupper

One of my favorite places. Excellent venue for live performances as well as hanging out on a Sunday and playing pool while watching football. Great service and very friendly.

Christina Roe

Great food music the staff is friendly has pool tables

Milton Ruiz

I love this place, food is awesome, prices are super affordable. I strongly recommend this place.

Jovi Padley

Great food and atmosphere pool equipment is also in great shape

Axie Kaut

Expensive but always get great service and great drinks

Craig Vaughan

Great sound on The Tea Party show. This place has great food and decent prices. Wait staff were all friendly on a packed night! Lot of good times here!!

Patrick Giroux

Great food and service.

robert jenkinson

Great ribs, a classy place

Marshall Basarab

It has a lot of Ribs and a bunch of stuff and it’s a funny name

Jen Nordlund

Love the smoked wings and the pulled pork sandwich. And the bbq burrito. And the salmon dip. And the mac and cheese bites. And the sweet chili chicken. The whole menu! Also love the live music.

jason aubichon

Awesome staff

Trudy Klassen

The fried cheese curds were amazing! Really glad my family took us here.

Robynne Patrice

Best bar in GP, hands down

stephan menard

Great bar. Lovely staff. Good food and affordable prices.

Valerie Cheston

The deep fried mars bars are amazing!!

Dominic Lykins

Its always a nice place

Monte Wilton

I love the food, the ambience and John and his staff are amazing.

Darren D'Andrea

Brisket was huge. Little overdone but still taste. Lots of seating and pool

Kyle Kristensen

Great atmosphere and even better food. Best place in GP for a game of pool. The quesadilla with brisket is my favorite thing on the menu.

Tyson Williscroft

I've been to every bar, pub , and hole in the wall in Grande Prairie, and I can say with confidence that Better Than Fred's, is the best establishment in the city. I've never felt more welcome in a bar ever! Most places in town, like Shark Club for example, the staff is not welcoming or very rarely, and just make you feel alienated, but at Better than Fred's Grande Prairie, the staff are super welcoming and nice! Its a very family like astmosphere; also the owner is very hands on and a very nice guy! I would recommend this fine establishment to anyone who is looking for a humble, relaxing but also extremely f$&@ing awesome time! Also their Food is F$&@ING AMAZING! And the best prices in the city !!!

Joshua Kleinsasser

Nice place for a drink and a game of pool the food is really good chicken wings are excellent probably one of the better places in Grand Prairie

Wade Lillico

great food service and entertainment

Joshua Calkins

Had the worst date there. Best night of my life. Fantastic pulled pork.

Matt Ayres

Meaaaaaat. Awesome wings and great brisket. Great service and a good atmosphere

Josh (joshowash)

WONDERFUL staff and such good energy in the place. I felt so welcome. I will say my order did get messed up BUT, they fixed it right away. the boneless chicken wings are my go to. Can't wait to go back.

David Blanchet

They do bbq really well

kathy1999fol

Amazing place and they welcome everyone and do not discriminate

Anneliese Reckewitz

Love the sample platter. Wonderful atmosphere and live music.

Mark Sandul

John has reworked his brisket to new heights! Get in and try it. Best BBQ in town!

Clateman Malarkey

This is the best place to catch a game or two of pool in town, the price is right and there is lots to do there I dont see any real downsides to this place I would recommend it to anyone visiting grande prairie

D L

I only order from the smoked menu, pork is the best, I always find the chicken comes out a little dry, other then that your welcome!

Jake Zenert

Awesome food as always, and great service! Try the smoked bbq meat sampler was mouth watering.

John Howard

Always quick service when I eat here and the staff is always friendly. Love the food.

Darren

Pretty tasty lunch options. Fast friendly service.

Techno Angel

The servers were very polite and stopped by every so often to check up on me. As for the food, The beef brisket was a 10/10! The only thing I didn't enjoy was the boneless chicken wings. They were too soft. Slightly soggy. They offered to have them remade, which was very nice of them while also taking it off the bill (which I only noticed once I got my bill.) The skor cheesecake was great and presentation was phenomenal. The Vacation on Mars was ok. The ice cream was slightly bland but it was still good enough to be enjoyable. Overall, 5 stars.

Terry Dafoe

Great food & service

Nicole Sauvageau

Fun atmosphere, fast service.

Cassandra Lundbek

We had a great time. Good food decent service and lots of pool tables.

Carson Matier

Beer selection was disappointing, but I always have a fun time there.

Cole S.

Always fantastic. Especially the food

Casey McLean

I always come here if I'm craving smoked meat. So so delicious! Service is always really good as well. Love it!

Kushal B

Good bar food and selection of beer at reasonable price. We played pool and video games. It was fun

Kevin Piche

Good food and super hotttttttttt servers

Chanse “Chanseisawesome” Edwards

Great wings! Amazing staff

Monica J

Normally we get better service but i was there for lunch today and we ordered around 12:15 and we didn't get our food till 12:50, my lunch ends at 1. I didn't have enough time to eat my lunch and we still got charged full price for our meals.

Avalon Heemskerk

Fun place to go if you want a night out but one where you can actually have conversations with people.

Brad Frazer

Worst rib dinner of my life! They were brought out and the top few weren't too bad. But then they got worse. Dried out and tasteless. They were kept under a warmer or microwaved prior to serving! Awful tasting trash! When I complained they never even offered to reduce the bill any! For $35 you could get a decent rack of ribs somewhere else in this city! Don't waste your money on the ribs people!

Mitchell Arnburg

Great food, good vibe. Live music is good.

Daniel Nowosad

Pool and great smoked food!

Eric Carrier

Great staff food was good

Sara Gaucher

Great service, great food, love the atmosphere. A favorite!

don bomers

I would like to thank the great owners and staff for also having a huge heart for the people of grande prairie with great food and kind hearts. Also would like to thank all involved for the fantastic food and kindness in helping with Everyone eats grande prairie.

Ray Mildenberger

Great atmosphere great service friendly staff and the owner is hands on. Nice to place to come for a good time.

Chris Strome

Great venue! Fantastic food! And some huge talent playing there on a regular bassis!

GP Reviews

Buddy works here and says all the staff are really nice to him. They definitely treat there employees like family and plus the food is great and there's pool!

Kevin Robbins

Cheesesteak sandwich is the very best in GP!

brad carter

John and his team....words can not express the kindness and the food...one of if not the best in gp!!!

Alvin Oar

Live music great food downtown location great atmosphère Beautifull staff an quick service

Christian Schotz

Excellent BBQ and live music. Thank you Fred's for bringing awesome rock acts to GP

Lindsey Wolchyn

Awesome staff and amazing food. Highly recommend this place!

kaiyao beidri

My friend and I usually eat here when I’m in town visiting because the food and atmosphere are great. This last time I came here in I ordered the Mushroom Mozzarella Burger and I can honestly say it was the best burger I’ve ever had. I legit almost wanted to cry after eating it. 100% recommend!!!

Dawn George

Foods good , it could use a update or 2

J Ball

Service was on point. -1 star because it was hard to hear the waitress through her mask.

Miranda Volk

Very good food and drinks would recommend the Peach Bellini. Music was good too!

Jamie Smith

Jess was an amazing waitress!! She was prompt, went out of her way to make sure we got exactly as we wished. Food was good, especially smoked wings. However, VERY disappointed in the brisket. Very tough

Ryan Cuthill

Good atmosphere, food and drinks!

mark dalponte

Best pub food I've had, and I've had it all over the world. Great , friendly staff, cold beer, and the bbq is fantastic

Kris Arcand

Great atmosphere, great entertainment, great food! I recommend their wings (they're better not on wing night.)

Blair Folwark

Great place , great service, great food !

Corey Johnston

boneless wings are emaculate if you get them in a dry spice

Jason Paes

Food was very good, waitress spent more time flirting at the bar than tending tables forgot one of our orders and was very slow with service. Bummer cus it's a nice place.

Chris Kambeitz

The best staff and food in GP!!!

Andrew Lozinski

Always a great time at Fred's!

Jeff O'brien

Awesome !!!

L

Thanks for the amazing Jar B Q's tonight - great service and delicious food as always! So glad to see everyone again, and we can't wait til we can play pool! Will be back soon - thanks everyone! Cheers from your friends at Prestige Green

Shawn White

Good food and good atmosphere

Cindy Nellis

Paint and Party nights @ Fred's is amazing!

Leroy Potts

Pool is fun

darian mcnee

Best food for the price in town. Local owner that will go out of his way to help you out.

Samantha Turvey

Great food! Love the atmosphere

Amanda Gibb

Delicious smoked beef brisket!!

Christena MacIsaac

Food and service was splendid.

kaity Shaver

Sat for an hour and got zero service, no acknowledgement by server and manager

Alexis Murray

Really enjoy this bar, great live music, pool tables and a good menu ????

Kristen Hellquist

Good food and always feel safe even on their busiest nights. Important for girls night out ♡

Germain Duliere

Great sports bar and awesome wings. No one under 21 allowed though regarding families.

jamie fordham

Great food vacation to Mars probably best dessert in gp good atmosphere and bbq is awesome

Jaclyn Schumacher

Best bar in town! Food is fresh, hot and so good. Portions are always to big for me to finish. Service is top notch. This glorious plate is only $17.95!!! Jalapeños stuffed with brisket and cream cheese, wrapped in bacon then smoked! Yummmm!!!!!

Gina Tunke

It's a good all round place to hangout or have a meal.

Jesse Penner

Soooooo good

Tyson W

Great service. Great food. Great atmosphere.

Breanna Redekopp

Peyton is beyond the worst most disrespectful server I've ever seen!

Maria Guerrero

Best bar in town by far. Great food great service great atmosphere.

Mitch M

Food was excellent! I always order the platter to have some left overs the next day. They changed the food on the platter which I wasnt expecting but it was still delicious. I would also like to point out how clean everything was and that people were appropriately spaced apart. It's nice to see businesses taking covid seriously.

James Giesbrecht

Was overcrowded and the staff was hard to find

Morgan Margerison

Cozy environment, lots of fun really great staff and lots of pool tables so you can always get a round in.

Spencer Shaw

Always a good time, great staff who care and are always on the ball. Owner presence is always on point as well, very friendly crew and even better food????. One of the only places I'd recommend going to visitors from out of town. Keep it up guys

Bruce Albright

Awesome Real BBQ , atmosphere, pool , bands , UFC ppv fights , we had our chrismas party last year.

a bench

Probably some of the best wings I've ever had. Unique menu with a BBQ theme. Would highly recommend to anyone.

Tristin Graham

Always a great time at freds!

Niko D

Always an amazing place for drinks, food and local shows. John's always a happy welcoming owner and the servers are great too

Brady Barkley

By far the best wings iv had! Smoked wings are amazing! Keep up the good work! I'll definitely be back

Bradford Garron

Love it, it is so good... amazing food

Jeff W

Good wings , but long wait

Bill Broderick

Good food good service good people

Shawn Taylor

Absolutely terrible, don't ever order from this place, you are better off eating out of a trash can.

Dan Wiebe

Maple bacon boneless wings are amazing but seem to depend who is cooking lately.

Lindsay Tylosky

Love the amazing concerts Better Than Fred's brings in. This establishment also offers great chill hang out nights with pool and supports local events by hosting fundraisers. Fantastic food.

Jack Casey-Campbell

great service, great food, good pool and easy going atmosphere

matt pascoe

Good pool tables fun place to go for sure

Mary Anthony

Wonderful atmosphere, excellent food and service. Great prices!

Shane Wallis

Great atmosphere, amazing venue for live music, and fantastic food. Fred's has it all, highly recommend checking it out and enjoying what they have to offer. The brisket cheese steak was dynamite!

Bryan Farrell

Good food and services ????

Patrick Brodie

Wicked staff with a great assortment of drinks and eats. Constantly having bands come in so it's a rad place to check out !

Riley Brash

Awesome food the service was terrible

Thibault Dambrine

Good food, good music, good service.

Lance Fehr

Local pool hall with a great kitchen and live music.

Kehlan Huhn

Best BBQ in Grande Prairie Billiards music great entertainment

Dan Fontaine

Great Food, great people. Strongly recommend for lunch or evening out

jamie Gairdner

Great food and atmosphere! Can't wait for the live bands to come back.

Tina Kennedy

Live music, excellent wings.

Explorer Hollis

Tasty and well priced bbq style food with a standard drink menu. This restaurant brings in lots of quality live music acts. They sport 6 full size pool tables and several arcade machines. Staff is generally friendly and they run daily deals through the week.

Thomas Petersen

Great pulled pork nachos!

John Mendoza

Best wings I've had.

Charlie Campbell

Top spot for beer and pool

T Sorensen

Excellent food, service , & customer satisfaction!!..As Always..Thanks John for being a strong pillar within our community!!

jcob b

Great ribs and food, best live music. Love this place. By far the Best place to eat in GP. Take out is great and the girls will do curbside delivery if you have your kids in the truck.

Reese Chaffee

What an absolutely great staff and owner.....Could not be more pleased.......100% Love ya all!!!!!¡

Terrance Findley

Fred's has always been my go to spot in grande prairie

Fred Walker

Another excellent afternoon at Better than freds. Their staff are the best. Stephanie knows us too well!

James Radcliffe

Always great food and good service. Found out that they were still open for take out during the covid closures, wish I'd found out sooner. Amazing wings!

Tyler McLeod

Smoked wings were delicious! Great staff and service!

John Pittet

Was wrong salad horrible waitress was great no charge for salad.

Renee The Vegetarian Hairdresser

Great staff, fun place to hang, see a band, or just eat some food.

Cuffs Pardy

Came here for a meal which was really good. However ordered dessert that took way too long. Even paid for the meal and gave a reasonable tip before it was served. Unlikely to return unlesss the customer service rating increases...Sorry you dropped the ball!!!!

Niki .F.

Good drinks, great pool, and the staff are very friendly.

Justin H

This place is a must go for anyone living in, or visiting Grande Prairie. The food is amazing (and award winning) the service is great, and the bands are awesome. I first came here in 2008 and watched Marianas Trench perform with my now wife, and make a point of bringing everyone I can here to experience it. Top notch. P.S. Marianas trench should be a lot bigger than they are. Check them out if you're into pop music.

Matt Kostiuk

Best spot for live music!

Richard Walker

One of the best bars in the town

Aaron

Fast, cheap and easy. Brought my own oil and filter and they didn't change me an arm and testicle like some other places. Definately be coming back to this place.

Corinne Patterson

Food is pretty good. Great concerts!

Pipe Liner

Excellent food. The live shows that go through here are amazing.

Lannie Nuckols

My friend and I usually eat here when I’m in town visiting because the food and atmosphere are great. This last time I came here in I ordered the Mushroom Mozzarella Burger and I can honestly say it was the best burger I’ve ever had. I legit almost wanted to cry after eating it.

Tara Stinson

Food and service are always top notch!

Robert Rose

Excellent service great food

Spencer Galla

Great bbq! Amazing beer selection. Pool tables by the hour and great wait staff

Jason Nelson

Great food and great atmosphere

Wes Keith

Food was pretty good but the service was sub par. 2.5 hours all said and done.

Kyra Moonclaw

Great atmosphere with delicious cuisine!

Kelsey Klunder

Some of the best pulled pork in town, and the greatest french fries if you like them a little on the crispy side. Service has always been good, and even if it is busy it doesn't seem really loud.

curtis neumann

Fred's has always been an awesome time. From the first time I came here 8 years ago till last night, 5/5 good time, good food, good service and awesome shows!

tya rose

Great bacon wrapped wings! Love the concerts here!

Grant Cooper

Great food, service, and owner. Great music never had a bad meal at Freds

Levi

Had a great experience here for a niche game tournament they hosted. Staff was all very friendly, we had good food, and the service was second to none. Our waitress Chanelle was one of the best I've ever had, major props to her and her customer experience. She was able remember our entire groups names only hearing them once, and was never more than an arms reach away.

Kevin Roy

Good place , good vibes !

Mark Harnish

Great service and good food

Chris B

Great place to watch the oilers skate and not score. still a huge fan but we need some wins boys.

Heather Allan

The best BBQ in town! Fred's is a true local hotspot. They have amazing food at a great price, delicious drinks and friendly service. They have also hosted many great live entertainment events over the years. Definitely worth stopping by!

Keith VanBeek

Amazing service, large portions, not bad bbq

Santana Park

Best place in GP to watch live music! Thank you John!

Tina wright

good food and fun piper to hang with

Levy Lewis

Excellent service and atmosphere

androsborsato

Best pulled pork sandwich I ever had. These guys get big names for bands as well.

Roger Leger

Best bar .best staff .best food .best bands .best management in grande prairie .

Alfred Henkel

Never realized so many people in GP played pool. May have to dig out my old cue .????

David Campbell

Great to have a few beers

Joe Doug

Great place, good food and live bands not to mention the chill atmosphere with very little fights compared to every other drinking establishment in grand prairie.

Vannessa Maisonneuve

Good and thoughtful food, appropriate for the venue and more :) Very friendly service, pool tables for your convenience. Locally owned and run by fantastic gentleman. MANY famous and not as famous entertainers and musicians have graced …

Cheryl Steidel

Service is not good. Food is great! Really like the friendly manager but waiting 15 minutes to get service after youve been acknowledged n watch the waitress walk by 2 times. No thanks

Rebecca Jackman

Excellent service. Ordered the Cheeseburger and fries - best I have had in years!! Highly recommend and right in the heart of Grande Prairie!

Richard Stewart

Best smoked wings in town, good service and very well kept up pool tables

Serena Linthorne

Excellent food. Amazing service! Can't wait to go back

Jason Thomas

Good service. Food was tasty and well displayed. Reasonable price. Good music(80's and 90's) I will return.

Bradley Williams

The food and people are 1st class. So friendly, and so much food for a great $. Absolutley a must to try????

payout

Great atmosphere, good live music, tasty food.

C.J U

Good food, love the BBQ, best maintained pool tables in gp, and servers are always friendly!

Landon Stubbs

Awsesome place for food and beverage's. Relaxing chill environment.

Gordon Farrell

Great service. Awsome food

John Carter

Always a gem. Love this bar, and it's people! Keep it up!

J Layher

Great atmosphere, nice to play pool, beer was cold! I had a sampler with BBQ pulled pork, chicken leg, a couple ribs, side of beans and dirty rice. Group also shared a team platter with wings, natchos, perogies, etc. Portions were generous. All the "non smoked" food ranged from okay to tasty, but the flavor of the smoke on the meats was terrible, almost inedible. To me it tasted like burnt rubber. Some guys were actually not eating the wings! The pulled pork wasn't as strong but it was really dry. I've had BBQ in the southern states and this is not BBQ. I might go back for other food but definitely will not order anything smoked. Maybe it was just an off night.

Arthur Benson

John, Carl and all the staff are deadly. I always have to make time to stop in when I am in town.

Chance Hogelie

Great venue, great food, and excellent service! Always loved Freds, it a great spot in Grande Prairie!

Neil Fillier

If you want good BBQ, Fred's is the place to get it!

Jen

Good service! Good food!

Jordan trudel

Best bar in town. Calm vibe. Multiple pool tables. Service is always awesome. Food is good. Always my #1 place to go!

Talon Starrak

Awesome food awesome service

Zack Kruger

Great food, great atmosphere, great service and the drinks are cold what more could you ask for

Saria Rino

Best food in town! Always high quality and never disappoints. I just had the Philly and wow, packed with flavors and a kick of spice. I discover a new favorite everytime I eat here.

Tyra Whynott Funk

staff is always welcoming and provide amazing service, and the place is always clean and the food tastes AMAZING

Crystal Dee

Great food

chance hogelie

One of my favourite bars in town, awesome food and great staff. Highly recommend, especially the food!

Steven M

Better Than Freds is one of the main things I miss about GP.

Todd Kalutich

Good food . Great times.

Mia Gagnon

Atmosphere was good, Server was nice and on top of things. Food was COLD, poutine was SUPER salty to the point of being disgusting, Ordered the pulled pork sandwich. Super dry..no sauce and my bread was BURNT tasted like old burnt toast! for a 65$ meal it was a major FAIL!!!

Jordan Dover

John and his staff are nothing short of amazing, every time I go to Fred's! Food is always top notch and so is the service!

Brett Boman

Hands down best BBQ place in GP!! The peach beet salad is amazing!! And John is so great with keeping the customers happy! Will return again, and again!!

Megan Smith

Food here is AMAZING. Good music. Good service.

Phil Wiebe

Great food and service.

S Brown

Hands down favorite place to go when I go out, and the food is incredible. Just recently learned they have a pick up and delivery service and it's great!! Food is on par every time. Thanks freds!!

Randy Skopyk

The BBQ was excellent....service was also very good and food was super fast

alice2072

Great place to play pool, see a concert, and eat good food

Matthew Runhart

A little expensive. Around 5-8pm is quite nice for just having dinner and a couple beers. Gets quite loud late at night. Wings are awesome.

riley tait

Live concerts always fun and great deep fried mars bar

Horsemanship Rocky

They have some great food the ribs are amazing

Carl Krause

Great prices, great food, great people and live music! Can't get any better than that!

Clint Atkinson

Great service, great food, great company

rad PLATYPUS

Best place in town for pool and live music. Also an amazing smoke house. ????????????

Grant Griffin

Food is super good, great atmosphere and beautiful pool tables

Jeff Harper

Food was absolutely amazing, however the service sitting at the bar was extremely lacking and felt almost forced.

Scott Henuset

Had lunch here.. food was great, had the pulled pork sandwich!!!

Timothy Mccarthy

We had a wonderful half rack of ribs for supper there last night wow ! .

Dan Stobo

Great food and service

Jim Smith

Awesome food and great live music. Plus pool tables! Great place on the weekend

Cristina Blanco

Fantastic food, beverages, beer selection, service and not to mention the best live music. It has the best atmosphere, hands down my favorite bar/pub in town. 10/10 recommend ☺️✨

Darian McNee

Great place for food and pool

J Roos

Outstanding Memphis ribs, cornbread was addictive and the tater tots and beans on the side. Will definitely order again ... and try the chicken next.

Craig Gladue

Great food and great service

Sarah Antaya

Fantastic management, staff, delicious food.

Aaron Camero

Good bbq. Big portions. Fun atmosphere. Decent prices.

Tanner Oviatt

The food gnomes were solid and their visits were frequent. The decor was off the chain and made all my homies feel cosy af. 10/10, would return for a good time.

Cora Ramirez

Great venue for a terrific evening watching Serena Ryder perform.

kemper ogden

Busy as heck so service was medium at best but the food and atmosphere was awesome. Lots of pool tables, friendly people. Was a bit loud but that didn't bother me....a busy establishment is going to get loud. If you want quiet, stay home.

Darrell Adams

When is this place not a good time? Never is the answer people. Always something going on and if not pool tables, and video games to entertain yourself while double screening watching the TV's showing all the sports. The staff are cool and super friendly. That Karl is practically a counsellor for when you need a person to talk too. John is always brilliant with bringing in talent for live shows so if your in town go check it out.

Blur whiteway

Good service and good food! Clean pool tables. Highly recommended!

Angela Miller

My favorite bar! Excellent service and staff, John rocks!

Alysha Steeves

Not my favorite place but it is a good place to go for live music and pool.