Wellingtons Restaurant - Napoleon would be Envious
Wellingtons is a culinary delight of fine dining and an inspiring institution in Calgary. It has survived 30 years of boom and bust and bitumen bubbles. Something our provincial leaders are still trying to understand.
This fine restaurant however, still provides a consistent, steady, and unwavering restaurant service, proving that it must be doing something right. I've returned to Calgary after an absence of nearly 20 years, only to discover that it is still around, still offering extraordinary food.
My recent favourites, include the prawns and mushroom starter, smothered in garlic, white wine, butter and parmesan cheese, followed by the beef steak tomato salad, and for my mains, the usually the Steak Dianne. They have a great election of wines and both my wife and I, love the traditional tableside service for the ceasar salad, the chateaubriand, and some of the flamed desserts.
It is a truly wonderful experience being served in this colonial manner, only achievable with experienced waiters. I thought it was amusing that all the servers were mature men with ties and white shirts, and no evidence of young, nubile, short skirted help. And I absolutely loved the service!
If you are a beer and pizza scoffer, or burger, fries and coke person, please go to your local neighbourhood pub, as this place is not for you. This is not a snobbish opinion. I simply would not want you to be disappointed with the way fine food is prepared and the way service should be traditionally offered.
Despite this restaurant being located in the SE boonies (the sticks), miles away from where I live in the NW, I still recommend that you go there, if you want a traditional and extraordinary fine dining experience.