We really wanted to like this place. Calgary's west side desperately needs a breakfast spot and a casual, family-friendly restaurant. (A real food restaurant, not the mass-produced garbage of the chains.)
We were disappointed.
The hashbrowns? Frozen grocery store pellets that have been reheated.
The fruit at breakfast? Mostly melon (even though we're in peak summer fruit season). But the bigger problem? The fruit has that gross aftertaste that comes with factory-cut fruit shipped in from somewhere else. (Identical to those Costco and grocery store precut fruit trays that miraculously stay "fresh" for days.). This stuff clearly comes from Sysco, not a farmers market.
What else is pre-processed? Who knows. Those two items jumped out at us, so I'm sure there's more.
That would all be fine if this were a Denny's. But Diner Deluxe claims to be high-end, fresh, and chef-crafted.
At about $80 for breakfast for four, it's not worth it. They need to up the quality and live up to what they claim to be. Don't re-sell us processed junk from a factory.