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| - We came here on a Friday night for a nice evening out. After having read a number of reviews we were quite eager to give The Guild a try ourselves. Overall, the location/decorations/interior are very cool. It's crazy sitting in the restaurant and thinking that it used to be the first floor of the Bay! However, the food wasn't anything spectacular in my opinion.
The service was wonderful, we had a reservation and the host(s) were extremely friendly. The server offered excellent suggestions and was quick to check on us throughout the evening.
As far as food... we ordered the pork belly appetizer which was on special. It was my favourite part of the meal by far! I had the brisket for my main, it was exactly as described, a huge chunk of beef brisket. The sauce was tasty, but since there was so much brisket I felt that that the majority of the meat had very little flavour. Which was fine, but nothing amazing. It came with a bit of quinoa and corn salad which was meh. Overall it was exactly as advertised, but nothing special.
The boyfriend ordered the lamb shoulder which came with dandelion greens and some smoked mash. Again, huge chunk of meat which was well cooked but nothing special. The smoked mash was really good, but there wasn't a lot of it (or of the dandelion greens which was probably for the best in my opinion). We also shared the carrot cake for dessert.
Overall the food was good, exactly as advertised, but nothing wow or different outside of the appetizer in my opinion. The location is cool and worth stopping in for but I doubt we will be back considering the other wonderful restaurant options in Calgary with the same/similar price point.
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