Guelph Happy Hours 2026: 20 Spots With Deals
Quick answer: Guelph happy hour most often runs 2 to 5 PM, and this guide covers 20 venues with a deal in our October checks. Prices start at $1 for beers at Trappers Alley on Mondays and Thursdays, with $5 domestic pints at The Shakespeare Arms and $6 pints at The Wooly Pub. Downtown, around Macdonell and Wyndham streets, has the most spots.
Last verified November 2, 2026. Where a venue's own site and our records differ, or a venue publishes no times or prices, we say so, and you should call ahead. We re-check the list monthly.
Guelph happy hours at a glance
| Venue | Deal | Days and times | Price | Neighbourhood |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trappers Alley | Beers | Mon and Thu | $1 | Downtown |
| McCabe's Irish Pub & Grill | The 24 Deal: 12 wings, fries, domestic pitcher | Daily, 2 to 4 PM and after 9 PM | $24 | Downtown |
| The Shakespeare Arms | Domestic pint | Mon-Fri, 11 AM to 5 PM | $5 | University and Stone Road |
| The Wooly Pub | Select pints | Mon-Thu, 3 to 5 PM and 9 PM to close | $6 | Exhibition Park |
| Borealis Grille & Bar | Taps (beer, wine, cocktails) and apps | Mon-Fri, 2 to 5 PM | $6 taps, $10 apps | South end |
| Jimmy Jazz Music Bar | Domestic bottles and pizza slices | Mon-Fri, 4:30 to 7 PM | $4.50 | Downtown |
| 1881 Steakhouse and Burger Bar | Half-price appetizers | Wed-Sun, 2 to 5 PM | Half price | Downtown |
| Bad Luck Bar | Mixed drinks and domestic bottles | Sunday, 5 PM to 2 AM | $5 | Downtown |
| Miijidaa Café + Bistro | Full-size pizza; 5 oz wine with pizza | Mon and Tue | $17.99; $8 | Downtown |
Guelph's 2021 Census count was 143,740 residents, up 9.1 per cent from 2016, according to Statistics Canada, and the City of Guelph lists 21 neighbourhood groups, including Guelph Downtown, Old University, Hanlon Creek and Westminster Woods. According to TodaysTab's checks on October 31, 2026, we track 91 active venues in the Guelph region and 25 of them (after merging duplicate listings) have a current special that meets our rules (confidence of 0.7 or higher, re-checked within 45 days). The lowest confirmed price is $1, for beers on Mondays and Thursdays at Trappers Alley. Of the 20 venues in this guide, 4 have a 2 to 5 PM window in our records, the most common one. Several venues run a second window starting at 9 PM, including McCabe's, The Wooly Pub and State & Main.
Downtown Guelph: Macdonell, Wyndham, Quebec and Carden streets
Downtown has the densest run of bars, within a few blocks of Macdonell Street and Wyndham Street North.
Trappers Alley (100 Carden St) has the lowest prices in our data. Beers are $1 on Mondays and Thursdays, according to the Partytown website, which lists Trappers Alley, Tap House, The Palace and Tabu in one building. The same site lists $1 wings daily from 2 to 5 PM across its venues, so call to confirm they apply at Trappers Alley. Burgers are half price on Tuesday, according to the same site. Trappers Alley is open noon to midnight Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and noon to 6 PM on Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
McCabe's Irish Pub & Grill (9 Wyndham St N) sells the 24 Deal for $24: 12 wings, a basket of fries and a pitcher of domestic beer, 2 to 4 PM and after 9 PM daily, dine-in only. Thursday is a pound of wings and a domestic pint for $18, and Sunday is $4 off burgers.
Jimmy Jazz Music Bar (48 Macdonell St) runs a weekday happy hour from 4:30 to 7 PM with $4.50 domestic bottles and $4.50 pizza slices, according to its website. Tuesday trivia at 10 PM brings $4.50 domestic bottles and $5 pickle backs, and Wednesday bar rail drinks are $3.75. Sunday wings are half price.
1881 Steakhouse and Burger Bar (72 MacDonell St) posts weekly specials on its website (prices exclude HST). Appetizers are half price Wednesday to Sunday, 2 to 5 PM. Monday is a domestic pint and a pound of wings for $16.99, Tuesday is $5.50 Corona bottles and $4 Jose Cuervo tequila, and Friday is half-price wine bottles after 4 PM.
Bad Luck Bar (10 Wyndham St N) had a $22 Bad Luck Lager pitcher on any day and, on Sundays from 5 PM to 2 AM, $5 mixed drinks and domestic bottles with karaoke from 9 PM, according to TodaysTab's October check. The bar's website posts Karaoke Sunday and pitcher posters as images, so call 519-822-8225 to confirm prices and times.
Royal Electric Bar & Public Eatery (52 Macdonell St) rotates a daily feature, according to its website; call 519-767-1694 to confirm. Sunday is $2 oysters, Tuesday is $7 Cowbell Cerveza, and Thursday is half-price wings.
Miijidaa Café + Bistro (37 Quebec St) sells any full-size pizza for $17.99 on Mondays and Tuesdays, with select 5 oz glasses of wine at $8 when ordered with a pizza, according to its website. Wednesday Date Night is a three-course dinner for two at $59.99.
La Cucina Ristorante (25 Macdonell St) opens at 5 PM. Tuesday is half off every bottle of wine (Reserva Vintage excluded), and Friday and Saturday spritzes are $12.50.
Bardō (105 Gordon St), on Gordon Street just south of the core, has half-price bottles of wine on Wednesdays from 11 AM to close, according to its website. The site shows no happy hour, although third-party listings claim one.
Exhibition Park and Two Rivers: Woolwich Street, Victoria Road, York Road and north Wyndham
North and east of downtown, the city's Exhibition Park and Two Rivers neighbourhood areas have a pub, a brewery, a bistro and a country-and-line-dancing club.
Cowboys Night Club (166 Wyndham St N) on Wyndham Street North north of the core, is open Saturday nights, with doors at 8 PM and line-dancing lessons from 8 to 9:30 PM. Cowbombs are $2 all night, according to the club's website.
The Wooly Pub (176 Woolwich St) pours $6 select pints Monday to Thursday from 3 to 5 PM and from 9 PM to close, and on Sundays from 8 PM to close, according to its website. Trivia is Tuesdays at 8 PM.
Royal City Brewing & Beer Hall (199 Victoria Rd S) has a $15 stein on Sundays, a $25 burger and beer on Mondays and a $25 sandwich and pint on Fridays, according to TodaysTab's October check. We could not load the brewery's website, so call to confirm.
Fork On York (648 York Rd) has a daily 2 to 5 PM menu in our records: Sleeman draft at $6, margaritas and Caesars at $11, a pound of wings at $15 and a wagyu cheeseburger at $23. Its website shows no happy hour, so call 519-763-6333.
Woodlawn Road: north and west Guelph
Woodlawn Road is the chain-restaurant strip on the north and west side.
Kelsey's Original Roadhouse (124 Woodlawn Rd W) runs a daily 3 to 5 PM happy hour in our records: domestic draught, wine and mixed drinks from $5, and select appetizers from $10. Kelsey's national site lists a 3 to 5 PM and 8 PM to close happy hour with similar prices but notes individual locations may differ, and the Guelph restaurant is listed as open on OpenTable, so call 519-826-0120.
Piper Arms (515 Woodlawn Rd W) sells a 20 oz domestic pint for $5 daily from 11 AM to 4 PM and a 6 oz house wine for $6 after 9 PM, according to TodaysTab's October check. The pub's website does not list these, so call 519-546-9949.
University of Guelph and Stone Road
The University of Guelph campus sits around 50 Stone Road East, and the nearby streets have a few places with student-friendly prices.
The Shakespeare Arms (35 Harvard Rd) is about 0.9 km in a straight line from the university's main address at 50 Stone Road East. A domestic pint is $5 Monday to Friday from 11 AM to 5 PM, dine-in only, according to its website. The site also lists 2 lb of wings with a domestic pitcher for $30, without naming a day.
Bar Mason (50 Stone Rd W) is inside the Delta hotel, about 0.8 km in a straight line from the university's main address at 50 Stone Road East. In TodaysTab's October check, bottomless brunch is $50 for one entree plus two hours of mimosas, Caesars or 12 oz house lager. The website does not show it, so call 519-780-3727.
South end: Gordon Street and Clair Road
South-end restaurants cluster along Gordon Street and Clair Road, in the Westminster Woods and Clairfields neighbourhoods.
Borealis Grille & Bar (1388 Gordon St) runs happy hour Monday to Friday from 2 to 5 PM and Thursday to Saturday from 8 PM to close, with $10 apps and $6 taps (beer, wine, cocktails and kombucha), according to its website. In our October check, Tuesday is two tacos for $15.
State & Main Kitchen & Bar (79 Clair Rd E) advertises happy hour daily from 2 to 5 PM and from 9 PM to close, with drinks from $5, on its national site. In our records all food is under $10 in those windows. Monday is $2 off margaritas and Wednesday is half-price wings after 2 PM. The national site does not list the Guelph restaurant, which OpenTable lists as open, so call 519-780-1119.
Shoeless Joe's Sports Grill (5 Clair Rd W) lists an Appy Hour Sunday to Thursday, 2 to 5 PM and 9 PM to close, on its OpenTable page. Our records show 3 to 6 PM, with 16 oz domestic draught at $5 and half-price wine bottles, and Tuesday is a pound of wings for $10. Call 519-827-1212 to confirm times.
What's not on this list
Several Guelph venues turn up in competitor lists or in our database without a deal we can confirm. Baker Street Station (76 Baker St) and Bardō appear on third-party sites with a 3 to 5 PM happy hour, but our records hold only a priceless half-price Wednesday cocktail for Baker Street, and Bardō's own site shows none. Scaddabush has a happy hour on its chain pages, but we could not confirm a deal at its Guelph restaurant. Fixed Gear Brewing's Edinburgh Road restaurant and 6IXTY Wings have specials in our records that we could not confirm. The Lookout pub on campus (50 Stone Rd E), Brothers Brewing, Gin Mill, Frank & Steins and The Keg have no confirmed deals in our data. We found no Hanlon Creek or Hanlon Parkway venue with a confirmed deal.
Frequently asked questions
What time is happy hour in Guelph?
The most common Guelph happy hour window in our records is 2 to 5 PM, shared by 4 of the 20 venues in this guide: Borealis Grille & Bar, State & Main, Fork On York and 1881 Steakhouse (half-price appetizers). The Wooly Pub and Kelsey's start at 3 PM, and Jimmy Jazz runs 4:30 to 7 PM on weekdays.
Where is the cheapest drink in Guelph?
According to TodaysTab's checks on October 31, 2026, Trappers Alley at 100 Carden Street has the lowest price in our data: $1 beers on Mondays and Thursdays, per the Partytown website, which also lists $1 wings daily from 2 to 5 PM across its venues. Next are $2 Cowbombs on Saturdays at Cowboys Night Club.
Where can University of Guelph students find cheap pints?
Closest to campus in our data is The Shakespeare Arms at 35 Harvard Road, about 0.9 km in a straight line from the university's main address, with $5 domestic pints Monday to Friday from 11 AM to 5 PM, dine-in only. Downtown, Trappers Alley has $1 beers on Mondays and Thursdays. We have no confirmed on-campus pub deals.
Which Guelph bars have late-night specials?
McCabe's at 9 Wyndham Street North sells its $24 deal of 12 wings, fries and a domestic pitcher after 9 PM daily. The Wooly Pub has $6 pints from 9 PM to close Monday to Thursday, according to its website, and State & Main lists 9 PM to close daily. Bad Luck Bar runs $5 mixed drinks Sundays until 2 AM, and Cowboys has $2 Cowbombs on Saturday nights.
Is there a happy hour in Guelph on Sundays?
Yes, though most weekday windows stop on Friday. On Sundays, Partytown lists $1 wings (Trappers Alley is open noon to 6 PM), The Wooly Pub has $6 pints from 8 PM to close, Bad Luck Bar has $5 mixed drinks from 5 PM, and Shoeless Joe's lists an Appy Hour from 2 to 5 PM on OpenTable.
Where can I get half-price wine in Guelph?
Wednesday is the main wine night: Bardō at 105 Gordon Street has half-price bottles from 11 AM to close,. La Cucina on Macdonell Street does half-price bottles on Tuesdays, and 1881 Steakhouse does half-price bottles on Fridays after 4 PM, according to its website.
How do I know these Guelph deals are current?
TodaysTab re-checked every special in this guide on or before October 31, 2026, and only lists deals with a confidence of 0.7 or higher that were verified within 45 days. The live Guelph page is always newer than this post.
More Guelph deals and guides
This post is a snapshot of October 31, 2026. For current deals, see the Guelph deals page, or browse by day: Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Know a deal we missed? Submit it here. Read more on the Guelph blog and in how we verify every special. Nearby guides: Hamilton, London, Halton Region and Toronto. Also: Kelowna, Edmonton and Ottawa.