I don't trust them...but I like them. Highly suspect.
I'm oddly highly suspicious of the Cactus Club. I've been a few times and I always walk in very slowly and cautiously while squinting one eye.
They do all of the things that should in fact make you question what you are doing here. Enter; Unnecessarily short skirts and even higher heels. Enter; All female staff except the management. Enter; Terribly generic over played satellite music. Enter; Dark tacky rooms and in this particular CCC, a bar surrounded by glass. Like being at an aquarium...only in the dark...and lots of drunks and sports inside. And no whales. Well...depends on who you ask I suppose.
They also don't seem to practice any recycling or compost programs in Calgary. Another big box habit. They pride themselves in being one of the only multi-unit certified "green restaurant concepts" in BC, but unfortunately not in Calgary.
Despite all of these typical nightmare-Moxies-like cliche's, the service is 1000x's better and the food you're expecting to be just as lacking in personality...isn't in the slightest. They make an awesome Korean Style Lettuce Wrap.
The Korean Style Lettuce Wraps are delicious! A platter of braised and shredded pork shoulder, kimchi, chopped ginger and green onion, korean chili bean sauce and spicy yogurt served with a side wedge of ice berg lettuce. Of the 3 or 4 times that I've stopped in (cautiously of course) I've always ordered this and I always love it. I wish I could review some more dishes, but I actually can't not order these lettuce wraps and I will again.
I'm watching you CCC. With one squinty eye.