Bars & Pubs
The Well Student Pub
About The Well Student Pub
Campus addresses work differently from the rest of Kelowna. The university sits in the hills northeast of the valley floor, a fair climb up from Glenmore and a genuine drive from the lake, and one street number up there can cover a whole building full of separate operations. That is the situation at 3272 University Way, where The Well Student Pub keeps company with six other businesses under the same number. Anyone heading up for the first time should plan on parking once and walking the rest of the way.
A campus pub runs on a rhythm set by the academic calendar rather than the tourist season, which makes it an unusual animal in a city where most licensed rooms swell in July and empty out in November. Term time brings crowds, exam weeks bring a different sort of quiet, and the long stretch between April and September changes the place again. If you are coming from off campus for something specific, it is worth checking the details at suo.ca/well first so you are not driving up the hill for a locked door.
Kelowna is a spread out city and the campus corridor is one of its furthest reaches, so factor the trip into your evening. Transit runs that way and there is a steady flow of people moving between the hillside campus and the neighbourhoods below, but a car still saves time outside the peak hours. Groups meeting there should agree on a building and an entrance in advance, since a shared address is confusing on arrival and phone reception in a busy room is never as good as anyone hopes.
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In the Glenmore neighbourhood of Kelowna.
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