dining out in Edmonton & Calgary

[Cinnamon Girl]

what's your favourite place for a dinner date? Doesn't have to be quiet & boring, good food, good atmosphere, maybe live music or ?? Food has to be top knotch is the only stipulation. Lunch ideas too. I love east indian food, seafood, french, italian......mm mm mmmm

Downtown Calgary
West Edmonton prefer, but will consider downtown.

Any fun things going on when I am in town? Calgary Feb 8-12th Edmonton March 8-12th

Thanks,

 

[EnglishGent]

Edmonton Eateries

New Asian Village is very good, there is a location in the west end as well!! Not sure about the west end location but I know the origianl location did also have private rooms available!!

 

[MRGREEN]

Emonton Eateries

Normand's
11639A
Jasper Ave
www.normands.com

Peace Mr Green

 

[Sweetiepie]

Khazana's downtown is perfect for its romantic ambience and East Indian food. Its better than the Asian Village IMHO.

 

[threepeat]

Edmonton

Hey there Gina, you might find this thread useful: https://perb.cc/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=10156

My recommendations are:
Japanese: Mikado (overall), Kyoto (best dynamite rolls in town, average otherwise), Sankyu (bang for the buck)
Fine dining: Harvest Room at Hotel Macdonald (my personal fave), Hardware Grill (generally regarded as best restaurant in town), Unheardof (theme is fresh local ingredients done with flair. Very Anglo-Saxon complete with pictures of the Queen on the wall), Manor Cafe (bring a flashlight cause it`s super dark in there, but great food)
Thai: Bua Thai (not fancy but really good)
Casual/Fusion/Interesting: Gabbana (best casual dining in town. Get the wild boar salad)
Italian: Sicilian Pasta Kitchen (best pasta in town), Sorrentino`s (fancy and good, but a little overpriced)
(if you have a tough time making up your mind, the "power corner" of restaurants in the city, IMHO, is Sicilian Pasta Kitchen, Bua Thai, and Gabbana, all right next to each other on 114th Street and Jasper)
Indian: New Asian Village West (approx. 172nd St, 100th Ave) -- awesome lunch buffet for $10.95
Best kept secret: Cafe at Holt`s at Holt Renfrew, Manulife (surprisingly cheap lunch prices for fine dining, the best chicken caesar salad I`ve ever had)
Feed-my-face-healthy-and-tasty-and-cheap: Pho Tau Bay (Chinatown). They only serve one dish -- Vietnamese beef noodle soup -- but people still keep lining up out the door at lunchtime. Only costs about $6 and an interesting experience.
Korean - Bul-Go-Gi House. Tasty and cheap, an Edmonton institution
Best donairs: Nitza`s (sp?) in St. Albert
Best fancy place for eating meat: Normands (nothing too fancy or experimental, just great execution)
Chinese Dim Sum: Jumbo Restaurant

Just a note on L`Azia`s since someone mentioned it in the thread I referenced above. Downtown L`Azia: good food, exceptional value because the portion sizes are huge ***1/2. North Side L`Azia: worst food I`ve had at a sit down restaurant **

 

[littlejonny]

Thanks threepeat. I just printed off your post to reference the next time I'm in Edmonton. The only thing I have to add is for sushi I highly recomend Furusato on White Avenue. It's run by a couple who are actually from Japan.

 

[wolverine]

This is worth reposting - an E-town restaurant review board:
http://www.ualberta.ca/EDMONTON/RESTAURANTS/

Of course, as with SPs, YMMV and some reviews may be shills and axe-grinding.

 

[high-speed]

http://www.discoveredmonton.com/Edmonton/RestaurantsBars/

Here's another one that may help.

 

[Teal]

Calgary restaurants

In Calgary..

Sultans Tent.. need reservations though. Awesome food/atmosphere
Broken Plate.. greek food, again. need reservations.. but so worth it!

 

[Ais]

My favourite restaurant for fine dining in Calgary is the Belvedere downtown on Stephen avenue. Exceptional food, service and atmosphere.

A good place for drinks and apps is Murrietas (sp?) on 1st sw near 8ave. The lounge is fun with a good atmosphere. They also have a restuarant but I find the food is sub par.

Hope that helps

 

[Cinnamon Girl]

Thanks

great intel

The Sultans Tent Teal mind wanders.....

Characters was great & threpeat must be a bachelor! thanks for taking the time to write all that.
sweetiepie is that Calgary?

I LOVE foooood!!!!!! Great input everyone special thanks, I'll write them down.

 

[Teal]

let your fingers do the walking...

Ohhh.. trust me, in Sultan's Tent.. more than your mind can wander *wink wink*.. its very cosy, private and comfertable. There are a lot of off menu treats I am sure there.
I know for myself, I have enjoyed the atmosphere...........and..............stuff...



Teal

 

[Sultan]

my tent

Teal, I would love to explore some of those off menu items with you some time

 

[Teal]

full banquet,,,heh

*smles and lix her lips*... I think the menu would be adjusted just to your licking.......... I mean. liking!

Hope to show you soon, all the delightful items that are served just to your order.



Hugs
Teal

 

[Cinnamon Girl]

Edmonton

My ATF restaurants in Edmonton:
Characters
Hardware
LaRonde

A symphony of flavours...amazing!

 

[calvinxxx]

I agree Hardware is very good
but think my two favorites are Cafe Select
and for breakfast Barb & Ernies. As they say the eggs benedict are as good as any's

 

[Cinnamon Girl]

fine food

is an aphrodisiac for me too......thanks for the intel Tess