We had our office Christmas party dinner at Parker House. It has to be said, firstly, that this restaurant is beautiful. When I first moved to Calgary from Vancouver in the 1990s, "Husky House" was literally on the vanguard of cuisine in the city. Thankfully, with restaurants like this, the tide has turned, and this once steakhouse-dominated city has a chance of becoming a "real" city. But I digress.
The Parker House is located in the beautifully and sensitively-restored Lougheed Block in downtown Calgary. The restaurant is a sight to behold, and has been very nicely designed.
As for the food, the appetizers and hors d'oeuvres were very good. I would have rated these alone as being 4 stars or more. However, the main course/entrees (which, as their name suggests, is the most important part of the meal) were merely so-so, a few notches above an Earls in epicurean quality. I had the rack of lamb, and it was merely... ok. This is possibly the first time I've ever had a rack of lamb that elicited such an uninspiring result.
Will I go back? Oh yes, I will. However, I hope that they take the opportunity to "bring up their game" quite a bit.