The Olde Angel Inn Pub

Great food, accommodations and friends await you here at Ontario's oldest operating inn. Established in 1789 and rebuilt in 1816 after the War of 1812, The Olde Angel Inn is a favourite among locals and tourists alike.

Boasting a lively English-style pub, dining room and Snug room, as well as 5 guest rooms, The Olde Angel Inn is decorated in old world decor, including 3 gas fireplaces, one in each of our 3 dining areas.

The Olde Angel Inn offers a choice of five guest rooms. Click below to learn more about our accommodations.

Step through our doors and back into history. The Olde Angel Inn's rooms, with exposed hand-hewn beams and thick plank floors laid in 1815, still echo to the sounds of the British soldiers and townsfolk who two centuries ago gathered here for food and drink.

Small but unique, the Inn is believed to have been founded as The Harmonious Coach House on land granted to the deputy surveyor-general around 1789. The town was then called Newark and was destined to become the first Capital of Upper Canada. Records from this time are sketchy but it is known that in 1793, the new Assembly passed an act outlawing slavery, the first such law enacted anywhere in the world.

There is a popular local legend (that shows up in accounts dating to the 1820's) of an unfortunate Canadian militia officer who was killed at the Inn during the American invasion of May, 1813.

Captain Colin Swayze had delayed joining the British retreat in order to rendezvous with a young woman, believed to be his true love. Surprised by American soldiers sent to search the Inn, he hid in an empty barrel in the cellar. The invaders used bayonets to prod into every corner and possible place of concealment and the unlucky lover received a fatal wound.

Some believe the Ghost of Captain Swayze is fated to walk the Inn at night, perhaps in longing for his love. There have been reports of noises coming from the empty(?) dining room, rearranged place settings, and other unexplained occurrences.

It is said that his ghost will remain harmless as long as the British flag flies over the Inn, a precaution prudently taken by the proprietor.

Website: www.angel-inn.com/

From Toronto:

1. Merge onto Gardiner Expy W
2. Continue onto Queen Elizabeth Way
3. Merge onto ON-403 W
4. Slight left at Queen Elizabeth Way (signs for Niagara/East Hamilton/Fort Erie)
5. Take the Regional Road/ON-89/Glendale Avenue S exit
6. Merge onto Glendale Ave/Regional Road 89
7. Turn right at Taylor Rd/Regional Road 70
8. Continue onto Niagara Stone Rd
9. Continue onto Mississagua St
10. Turn right at Queen St
11. Turn right at Regent St

From Buffalo:

1. Take Queenston-Lewiston Bridge (Partial toll road)
2. Entering Canada (Ontario)
3. Continue onto ON-405 W
4. Take the exit toward Niagara Pkwy
5. Turn left at Niagara Pkwy
6. At the roundabout, continue straight to stay on Niagara Pkwy
7. Continue onto Queens Parade
8. Continue onto Picton St
9. Turn left at King St
10. Take the 2nd right onto Johnson St
11. Take the 1st right onto Regent St

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