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| - I go to fine dining restaurant time to time to treat myself. I have been to numerous famous restaurants in NYC and other major cities. I have been to Michelin three star restaurants suh as Pierre Gagnaire, Per Se, Jean Georges to name a few. I have also been to two or one star ones like Jungsik, Aureole, BlackBird, etc.
That being said, I didn't expect my dining experience at Teatro to be as great as some of the Michelin three star restaurants I have been to. However, I was still looking forward to my dining experience here as I heard this restaurant has always been rated as one of the top three restaurants in Calgary. I am fairly new to Calgary, and I was more excited as this was the first fine dining restaurant I was trying out in the city.
I recently had the eight-course Chef-Tasting menu, which is priced at $135/person. Actually, if I include the sorbet, cheese dish, and fruit dessert that came before the actual dessert, I guess I had total of 11 dishes.
The service was good enough for me. What I wasn't satisfied was the actual food itself. In short, my overall experience of this restaurant was just so-so. None of the dish I had was bad, but most dishes were mediocre at best. There were about two dishes that were good, but nothing excellent or very good.
Because this restaurant is still a fine dining restaurant in Calgary, I guess they do try using some of the pricey ingredients like caviar and truffles, but the quality of these ingredients were not very impressive. This is especially true for truffles. They amount of the truffle that was on the dish was actually quite generous, but they barely tasted like actual good truffles.
Also, some of their dishes seemed to be bit salty, yet other dishes were bland and under-seasoned. By the way, their bread seemed to be quite salty as well.
Overall, I would rate this restaurant 2.5 at the best. Don't get me wrong. It wasn't bad, but I was disappointed because I was expecting something quite lot better after reading all the positive reviews and hypes about this restaurant. I really hope Teatro is not actually one of the best restaurants in Calgary. If it is, I guess there are just no good restaurants in Calgary.
Again, I didn't expect this restaurant to be as good as some of the Michelin three star restaurants, but I was expecting it to be at least somewhere near the level of Michelin one star restaurants in NYC and other cities in the States. After trying it out, I totally have to agree with Ardy down there who left a review before me. "Teatro is not even close to the quality and flavor of a Michelin star restaurant.", which is very true based on my fine dining experience. I would say even one star Michelin restaurants are so much better than Teatro in terms of taste.
I am also well aware that Michelin Stars aren't everything. In fact, I have also been to many non-Michelin star restaurants and have had excellent meals. Unfortunately, Teatro just wasn't good enough.
Maybe I will try other fine restaurants in Calgary, like Rouge. Hopefully I will have a better experience there, but I would be really disappointed if the other top fine dining restaurants in Calgary offer similar experience to that of Teatro.
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