"2009-06-16T00:00:00"^^ . "I went here for my wife's birthday. I must say that the restaurant is functionally correct. It looks good, the wait staff is quite friendly, and the wine selection is very good. However, I found the food lacking, especially for the price.\n\nWe did the Chef's tasting menu, and I have done this many times before at restaurants in Calgary and all over North America. I have to say to was probably the worst to date. It wasn't bad, but for a \"Chef's Tasting\" it was simply uninspired. The tasting broke down like this for $95:\n\n1. canap\u00E9s and amuse bouche - A cold cauliflower soup in a cup. Tasted very cold and bland. Not very appetizing. I drank it like a shot of Tequila, and gagged the same way.\n\n2-4. A whole bunch of un-memorable dishes that were extremely rich and bland.\n\n5. spring creek beef tenderloin - Was the best part of the meal in my opinion. Very nicely done, rare to perfection. The bordelaise sauce, morels, parsnip pur\u00E9e complimented the meal perfectly.\n\n6-8. A whole bunch more rich and bland unmemorable dishes and desert which was good, not great.\n\nSo bottom line, Rush is great if you have money but are not critical on food. Also, you like great service is a modern/trendy (isn't that style getting a bit dated?) environment. There are better restaurants overall out there in Calgary like Rouge, Capo, and yes the old school staple La Chaumi\u00E8re. However, I guess for \"Americana\" style this is not bad, but for $300 a couple it is not great either."^^ . "0"^^ . . . "0"^^ . "0"^^ . . "2"^^ .