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| - Went here last week with two girlfriends last week and I have to say that I have never been more disappointed in food or service anywhere else as much as this Moxie's in Calgary. Two of us sat at a booth in the restaurant area, and the third joined us about 10 minutes after we were seated. Waitress dropped off menus and didn't come back. Finally had to flag down a manager after almost a half hour to ask him to send someone over to take our order - and of course the waitress came running over once she saw me talking to him. Definitely didn't get us off to a good start with her, and she wasn't friendly or attentive.
I got the crabcakes to start - which I usually love at Moxie's, and they were just okay. A little flavorless and overdone. Ordered the Chicken Oscar, one friend ordered a salad and the other a spicy Asian soup. The Chicken Oscar was probably one of the worst meals I have ever attempted to eat. The chicken was dry, completely charred, the bearnaise was clotted and full of green onions (?) - which was weird, the shrimp were burnt and dry, the crab was obviously tinned and hard and dry, the mashed potatoes were dry and pasty and the veggies were either burnt/limp/doused in grease. The one friend's salad came with ONE piece of avocado and was mostly just greens, and the other friend's soup was tepid and bland.
Once the meal was finally over (we really just came for the Moxie-sized Bellinis, as it was Wednesday), we mentioned to the waitress when asked, if we enjoyed the meal. I'm not usually one to complain, and neither are my girlfriends, but we let loose with everything that was wrong with the food. A little while later, a manager came over and let me know that he took the Oscar off the bill, as I obviously didn't even touch most of it. In the end, the tab was whittled down quite a bit, and for that I can't complain. Apparently the kitchen staff had a lot of meals sent back that night. I don't know if they were new, a bunch of careless teenagers, or if the kitchen always runs at a sub-par level.
I won't ever be going to this location ever again, and probably not to any Moxie's again - it literally left a bad taste in my mouth haha. Since eating there, I've had numerous people tell me that they have had bad experiences there, and that the food/service is awful.
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