Reviews of Dancing Sasquatch (Dance School)

William

Fun spot. Order the time machine!

Chelsea DePape

Currently at the dancing Sasquatch right now(Sat July 8), it’s so lame I’m posting this while at the club. “DJ K 1” or whatever is interrupting every song to stop the music, make a comment, put in some musical effect, or whatever. Just as you’re getting to know what the song is, you have no time to actually dance to the music before he switches it to something else. That being said, I think the DJ has potential if he stops doing the above and actually let people dance. It’s getting annoying, we are leaving.

Luke P

Best place in town to party

Travis Szalay

Great environment, from the staff, cheap drinks, DJs and energy of the place I'd recommend anyone to check it out if you're looking to have fun.

Grant Joyce

Very popular amongst the locals and returning visitors. A must visit...

M D

Very crowded.

Phil McKraken

great place to dance

Terence Teske

Pretty small but will always be my 'go to' for a night out of dancing.

Keegan Brockie

Gave the entry girl my I.D so I could pay the head charge. I paid the $15 for it and was drunk so forgot to get my I.D back. End of the night she refused to give me it back to me saying I never paid and now have no drivers license

Patrick Klaiber

They don’t serve sparkling wine on ice- what a shame!

Josh Timm

Fun place decent layout

Brittney T

When men harass you in the club " it's okay " the bouncers just tell you to leave and walk around the block. I have gone here many times and loved it. But I will never be back. It's disgusting how they dealt with me. Terrible staff.

Júlia Dotras Garcia

Agressive, violent bouncers just looking for trouble.

Justin Woolley

Good old sask

Jordon Stanton

Kicked my friend out for defending a girl who was uncomfortable. Worst place in banff to go. I would rate this 0 if i could.

moe barzagar

This place is a joke from the bouncers to the service. Bouncer told us it was a saturday night so long wait to get in. We waited outside and when we finally got in the place was a ghost town with an awkward setup. I would not recommend this place to anyone.

Peter S

Good music

sunil godson

good one

Michael B

my brother was there a week ago and caught Covid. He then got my parents sick! These type of establishments that don’t allow for distancing should not be letting non-vaccinated people in!

David Hilger

DO NOT GO here with a large group of friends. ONE FRIEND was kicked out for a trivial matter and our ENTIRE group was placed on the "banned list" for bars with scanners across Western Canada, for an entire year.

Kris Weatherbee

Pretty good music and atmosphere. Not the best place but definitely good.

Colin Lussier

DJ Wouldnt serve me nachos....not coming back ????

Jordyn Rich

It was decently fun, but your blonde bartender in plaid working Saturday March 30th 2019 was the worst bartender ever and not to mention the rudest and most unpresentable person I have ever seen in this industry. You should talk to her about an attitude change!!

Keegan Boulineau

Great on Sundays. Busy and half price time machines.

Joe Warriner

Great little club! @djlaela rocked the place on Friday night!

Amy

Save your money and go next door to Tommy's pub. The staff here is awful and good luck getting in without waiting at lease 30-60 minutes. Door guy takes cash from people to let them in because they don't want to wait but guess what you have to pay cover as well! Not worth it at all.

chirag patel

Amazing night club. Best night club in banff

Jarolyn

Terrible.

David Fay

Not my scene, but people seemed to be having a good time.

Suzi Roy

Hard to rate this place because I never remember going here but somehow always end up here. Can't go wrong with a $9 time machine on Sunday funday!

R Thompson

Open to late

Duncan Mcintosh

First and last time I'll be going here. First impressions; Security who were arrogant and rude. The cover price is overpriced and the girl behind the counter very unwelcoming towards me and my wife. We went to the bar on 3 seperate occasions and were charged 3 different prices for the same of basic drink. Made a complaint to management who tried to justify the price differences by saying that we must have asked for different types of spirit in the drink, (This was not the case). I've had many different experiences of bars and clubs around the world and this is somewhere to definitely avoid. If you want a fun, friendly good music place then go to the Rose and Crown.

Brad Warren

Fun

Ty F

Was packed on a Sunday night, $3 coat check, $3 highballs. Young crowd.

Alberto “Xtreme” Rodríguez

First, this is the only place to really have fun at night in Banff. Obviously always gonna be full, hard to get in and even harder to buy your drink. But the place it's cool, nice security and great music.

Colby Salyniuk

Awesome place, young croud.

Janelle Renee

Absolutely disgusting experience. I've never felt more violated as a woman than I was by the staff of this establishment.

Wade Fraser

Useless music, rude bartenders and shithouse crowd.

Ruth T

I only go on sunday funday, free coverage for locals.

Liam Flathers

Best nightclub I went to in banff!!! Music was absolutly killer, and the dancefloor was packed from about 11:00 on. Make sure to stop by on sundays for 9$ time machines (their signature drink), which taste delicious and has 3 oz!

Oliver Creighton

Bouncer with black tshirt (white snowboarder on it) and black hat - standing in the middle doing absolutely nothing - kicked my drink over because it was near his feet. Serious attitude problem; neither me or my friends bought drinks for the rest of the night, cost the company money but I guess that doesn’t matter to him. I’d genuinely understand if I was highly intoxicated or other people were in his way, but pretty poor on his part. One of the worst bouncers I’ve met. See ya buddy

marc ouellet

I honestly do not understand the DJ, just as you’re getting to know what the song is, you have no time to actually dance to the music before he switches it to something else... They have so many bars in town..instead of waiting outside for nothing just go somewhere else... Only people from Calgary who doesn't know better are going there. Im not gonna even talk about the Doorman. Change the DJ please, or teach him how to properly switch songs.

Aaron Gayle

I only remember half of my night but great drinks and amazing staff

Ji Jee

I don like dj

Jenna Ballarin

AMAZING security guard

Dan Cotfas

Very very very drunk crowd and a favourite of bachelor and bachelorette parties alike. The drinks are fairly expensive and bland, but that's not why you go to a place like this - admit it.

Manda

Had a great time. Always do when we come here.

Buerinni

Had a blast!!!!

Arashdeep Dhesi

Best place to Party In Banff. The manager and his security team are very responsible and helpful.

Dayna Henry

Front staff was absolutely terrible. 10/10 do NOT recommend.

Chris Guadron

Rough

H Hansen

Great place to have a blast, good tunes and dancing.

Mackenzie Douglas

Very poor service. My friend and I were kicked out for requesting a song. Obviously the “DJ” needs to learn how to accept criticism or at least play a song that is requested. I will be telling everyone I know to avoid this place, and I will never be returning.

Dean Rose

The worst place I’ve been to. The bartender was extremely rude, stiffed us on one of their over priced drinks and then said it was our problem that we don’t watch our drinks. We talked to the manager and he was extremely rude and aggressive.No help from him. Worst experience ever.

Josh Delaney

Don’t bother so many better bars in banff

Haley Rebecca Onuoha

Drinks are really expensive. The music is good, they play a wide range of genres to keep everyone happy. If you go a bit on the earlier side of the night you'll pay a lower cover fee, a cover at all sucks but it's not as bad as other clubs.

ngrimma

3 of the bouncers violently assaulted my friend. Most disgusting experience of my life. Would advise anyone to consider your personal safety and stay away.

Jodi Montgomery

Had a lovey time with great music. It is quite small and it got a little packed for being a random Friday.

Robyn Borden

If this place had ANY competition they would close for sure. Rude staff, aggressive bouncers, sticky floors and no ambiance.

Taralyn Cooper

If you’re catering to a male clientele, good job. All I saw was males dancing.

jaba figgz

Joke of a nightclub all around. Not even worth venting about, avoid at all costs.

olivia rubletz

Long wait lost of people but good music and lots of fun

Natasha

Music is decent. Drinks are expensive. You will feel sticky from spilled drinks and a generally dirty feel of the building.

pgrooves

Overall, not a nice club. Bad DJ who doesn’t play requests or banger songs. Of course no one starts dancing because of bad music. They’re only dancing because of alcohol.

Kate Story

Rudest staff - from the ID checker, coat check ladies, to the security staff. In every area it felt as if I was being barked at, even the crowd seemed like all they wanted to do was spill drinks everywhere and pick fights with people. Not worth the cover charge or overpriced drinks. This is a bar, people need to chill.

Chelsea O'Bee

Bouncers had my friend arrested for “bumping into them”. Drug him outside and kneed his face to frozen concrete. MOST unprofessional and rudest staff I’ve ever encountered. Never returning to this place. Nightmare. I’d highly recommend else where.

James Royce

Great bartenders…. Time machines are awesome and rad club all round .Came On Friday and Saturday ( get in early to beat the lines ) and it was pumping ! Brodie the big door guy was very helpful/ friendly and got us waters and called us a cab so we could beat the cold home THANKS AGAIN MATE ! one of the better bars in been to in Banff AB , highly recommend!

Hamidulloh Asatov

Worst place to go..... securities was unfair and unfriendly.... I dont recommend this place to go too. Staff there they cant listen what situation happened. They will straight up kick you out if you involved in something which you did not do nothing. This club's securities are sooo unfair. I probably can tell this is worst club in the whole world..

Sam Dean

Great club, do not buy drinks on a Friday though, they're double price

Lorien Mcneil

Waited in line for over an hour and still couldn’t get in. Gave it another 20 mins after that then gave up and went to HooDoo instead.

Carly Santuccione-Boyd

Only good thing about this place is the music. Other than that, awful staff, the bouncers were even worse- rude and pretentious. I was highly disappointed

Natasha Hau

Waitress knocked over 3 drinks in the course of the night. And blamed our table for it. Also sitting in vip area and are required to spend 500 dollars on alcohol but beer isn't included. If we had known that we would not have bothered to go there. Our ladies group was mostly beer drinkers. ????????

Simon-Olivier Roy

Terrible customer experience. The short haired barman in the western bar keep an empty jar as a tip jar. I ordered a glass, paid and gave him a good tip. I pressed the lime and put it in the jar by error. I never saw this kind of tip jar on a bar in more than 10 years of nightlife. The guy kicked my glass on innocent beautiful girls and called his meatheads to kick me off the bar. I tried to explain myself but probably my english was not enough fluent... they threw me outside in a -25C night without my jacket.

B Bhullar

Always a good time. Amazing music.

Steven Fuller

Drinks are over priced, and the staff doesn’t care about their patrons. You’d be better off finding somewhere else to spend your money. Would not recommend.

Jeff Tessolini

Get a time machine, dance the night away, and have nothing but regrets the next day. Usually the busiest dance club in Banff. Make sure to check your coat as many have been lost here.

hailey dahdona

Terrible customer service. I have emailed, called and left messages about booking my friends stagette. 3 weeks later and still no response, date is next weekend. Not impressed with the lack of response.

Mary Harrison

Over priced and poor service. The manager, Lexi Robinson, was shrill and rude. Apparently they are known for kicking people out for no reason...but after they charge you an overpriced cover. Save your money and go else where until she goes.

Julia S

We were down for a night of drinking, a crowded bar and dancing. Sasquatch was RATCHET. The men were sleazy and touchy, the girls were wasted, and everyone was pushy and way past their peak at 10 pm. Dont get me wrong, we were out for a good time that might get a little wild - but sasquatch was gross. Vomitting in the bathroom, spilling drinks..gross. All around a gross vibe, we left within an hour. I understand the bad reviews perfectly.

Berthe Oumar

Definitely make me love Banff even more. My friends & I concluded that it was one of the best night ever, I've been to the most famous clubs in toronto & montreal, but I never seen such good DJ's. I've been there on a monday night during reading week, and still was LIT af. Keep doing a good job. Lost one star because of the expensive drinks. 5$ cover its okay. Bouncer were very nice, even though I read on some comments that they were rude.

David

bartenders were rude, bouncer were pretentious, people were getting kicked out for for literally no reason. will not go again.

Danny Doganieri

Don’t bother going here even if it’s the only nightclub in town, the service was horrible, we spent a lot of money on bottle service and the waitress was very slow at coming to pour us drinks, They also sold us a bottle at around 1:30 and never told us that at 2:00 we couldn’t drink anymore and basically scammed us out of a bottle. Very disappointed

Kenneth Lippa

Bouncers are all on a power trip. If you even ask them why you paid $20 to wait in line when you were told you could get in right away, they will kick you out. No communication between them and high rollers when they’re both the same company. The bouncers will hurl abuse at you but if you say anything to defend yourself they will turn you away, they all think they are high above everyone else just because they stand in front of a door all night. STAY AWAY.

Kayla Walker

Worst place ever!!!!!!!! If you are going to Banff for a night out.. avoid this place the guy at the front door is the worst! I went there once and will never be back ever again!

faith villanis

I went to sasquatch and paid for a coatcheck, i left an hour after to find a friend, came back after 30 minutes and i went to go back just go get my jacket back (not to party back inside) and it was -20c. The bouncers rudely told me to go back in line & i asked them again if i can get just please get my jacket and they refused. I was getting super cold and people in the line helped me be warm. They saw how rude the bouncers were. They were being so sensitive and accused me for being rude. I was helpless in the cold. I paid for a coatcheck. I have a right to get my belongings back. He told me I wouldn’t be cold if I didn’t dress like a sl*t. Thanks sasquatch! Best bouncers ever!!!

Square Cat Box office

I went here over the family day long weekend. I got there at 9:30 and danced the whole night. I think the best part about this place was the crowd and the music. I never felt like the DJ was playing bad songs or songs I couldn't dance to. The crowd and the security made me feel safe. I felt like I had fun the whole evening and never had any issues with other customers behaving inappropriately, which is important to me as someone that goes to clubs just to dance. At one point the floor opened up into a circle and people were having a dance off. This happened a couple times in the night, which was super fun to watch and partake in. I'm not sure what this place is like on other nights, but if it's like this every weekend, I would recommend it as a place to go and have some evening fun. Thank you for providing a safe environment for us ladies to come dance :)

Kayla Sambrooke

I was asking if I was requesting a song right (due to their intense stipulations.) The DJ told me no and I kept asking for help and he blew me off. So I asked the bar tender what was up. She said, the guy had a complex and that all DJs do. Suddenly I was escorted out by 3 men for being rude. . I'm not sure who I was so rude to that I got kicked out. I never even got to request the song. The DJ then messages me back on Facebook (part of the process to request songs) and asked what I wanted and I told him I got kicked out for being rude. He said sorry... I'm not even 5 feet tall and was kicked out by 3 big guys with absolutely no explanation of who I was rude to or what cause me to be kicked out. This was unacceptable for someone just trying to request a song for a bride on her bachelorette. Thanks Dancing Sasquatch

Zetetic Bear

The bouncers at the door lack respect. They have obvious ego issues and are quick to overreact to everything. I saw this with other customers for no good reason, and then surprisingly it happened to me too. Nobody was looking for trouble but these bouncers seem to enjoy the thrill of pushing around patrons. Seemed like the bouncers were jealous of the patrons who were out having a good time. Whoever owns the place should termanite the current bouncers and replace them with guys that have self discipline and people skills. Also for liability reasons, some of what I saw the door guys do could end up instigating violence with customers. Professional Door staff, security, police, all know that de-escalating/defusing a situation is always the goal of an interaction. These bouncers are eager to escalate things so they can flex their “authority”. I’m sad to say that in bigger cities I’ve seen behavior like this lead to very violent attacks against bouncers, I would hate to see something like that happen here, but the bouncers are just low skilled and unrefined kids with egos..... they need to replace them with professionals. I know it’s the only disco style nightclub in Banff, but really, you’re just going to end up disappointed with the behavior of staff so you’re better not going. Read the other comments, unsatisified customers is consistent at this 2nd rate disco club. There are plenty of other fun places in Banff to drink.

Jesse Carter

Ooof..

Matt M

Made for tourists who don’t have other plans. Told at the door it was empty but there was a line kept out front to justify a cover charge.

Frank Oak

Terrible DJ. Very rude and doesn’t play requests. Just hits play on his MacBook and doesn’t play any hit songs.

Peter Heese

This is THE nightclub in town. Very happening place. Worth the cover!

Bill Thistle

Bar staff is good but the DJ needs to go, no flow.

Graham Myers

Worst experience ever. Would give 0 stars if possible. Ordered 4 drinks at the bar to which the 20 year old bartender thought to mean 40 drinks which we refused to pay. Bartender then instructed that we be kicked out of the bar for ‘not understanding what we ordered’ then collecting our coats from coat check the bouncer made extremely rude comments to which I told him to shut up which causing him to get offended and remove myself and friends from the bar with extreme force saying we should ‘cry to the police’ we spoke with the rcmp and Have pressed charges on the bouncers and bar. Most unprofessionally run establishment that I have ever had the displeasure of patronizing in my entire life. Please avoid this place at all costs.

Lars Mutschinski

Super rude and unfriendly staff/manager. Worst experience ever

James Dueke

Bit of a dive but tons of fun! Only downside is the line on weekends. Especially if it’s cold.

Adam Carter

Great place! We went here during the summer and it was nice- good music, great drinks, a great time overall! Staff was very nice and everyone was having a good time.

Cory Khosravan

I would not recommend this club to anyone I know , got kicked out for sparking a cig at the exit doors to the club, absolutely ridiculous.

Fred Delgado

So many fun nights down at the Dancing Sasquatch ... definitely Banff's best club!

Vanessa Curtis

Great place to party in Banff! I left my jacket there, and needed to leave early the following day to catch a flight. The manager was so wonderful and helpful and worked with me to figure out a delivery option. Excellent customer service!

Shivangi Jha

Beautiful place amazing crowd. Must visit if you are looking to dance your night out in Banff.

Torquil Paxton

Change your hours for covid. Says your open

Jade Salikin

Great place to dance and club. Young crowd but they play some older stuff mixed with newer stuff. Very bumping, place is packed. Had fun, bartenders were very friendly and talkative. If your looking to dance then this is the place!!!