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| - I'm happy that Calgary has some restaurants that have a kitchen that puts effort into what it prepares. Front of house, however, left a lot do desire. While Calgary is a rip off when it comes to low-end meals, we get VERY good value for high end restaurants like this. For dinner, my partner and I had jalapeno+bacon stuffed oysters as an appetizer (AMAZING) to start. My partner got a very fresh pasta and I got a loaded tuna sandwich. The quality was stellar. We didn't get anything to drink, and our meal cost $55 + tip. In Toronto, this would cost double, despite being 4 hours closer to the East coast than us.
The servers are indeed pretty detached, mediocre, and lazy. While ours was nice and obviously meant well, she was pretty rude as a result of what seems to be non-existent training and or experience. She was hard to find, but when she did come around, she would swiftly take ambiguously finished plates from us swiftly without asking. My friend wanted her pasta packed, but our conversation distracted her from asking. Our server was also not very helpful in settling our debate about the difference between Crab and Lobster, stating "actually, you know what? I do not know the difference between the two." Are you fucking kidding me? A server at Calgary's premier seafood restaurant does not know the difference between their two most prestigious (and expensive) dishes? I just changed my rating from 4 to 3 stars.
EXCEPTIONAL food, but my god, I need to move to a city that has cheap labor.
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