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| - This is a bit of a weighted average review. Let me explain.
Over the 10 years I've lived in Calgary, I've been here twice. Once for dinner, which really didn't blow me away. In fact, it really disappointed me as my party of 6 or so all found the steaks and such to be pretty sub-standard to say the least. As this was a time before I was a Yelper, let alone a Yelp Elite, I really didn't say or write much more than... "meh, had better". This experience would be a 2 star at best.
But recently, I tried out the Sunday Brunch for the first time. Now here's something to actually write about.
It wasn't a huge buffet brunch, but there was a decent selection of salads, hot foods, breads, desserts and such. No seafood to speak of, but then it's not necessarily a hard and fast rule in buffet brunches that there had to be.
You see, on top of the usual choose your own omelette station (which is then delivered to your table...nice touch) and that the beverages were part of the price (thank heavens, I HATE paying an extra $3 for coffee at a buffet brunch), there was the surprise of having an all you can eat all you can eat top sirloin steak offer thrown in with the whole thing. Needless to say, 2x 3oz. medium rare steaks later, I was IN.
The food overall was average to above average depending on the item, but then people rarely go to a buffet expecting 4-star cuisine. But as an experience and value overall (very family friendly too), this was a winner. I wouldn't mind going back again and again over the next few years, though I was pretty damn full after that Sunday Brunch.
Soooo... I would give that experience about a 3.5 to 3.75. Add the 2 together and divide, you get more or less a 2.75 rating, which would round up to 3.
Sooo.. Thanks Sunday Brunch for redeeming Nick's in my eyes!
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