Dining

Whether you’re a foodie or just a person with a big appetite, you’ll enjoy the best restaurants that Calgary has to offer. Chinese buffets, Korean restaurants, BBQ, seafood, Japanese cuisine, Indian dishes, and more—we’ve listed down all the gastronomical options for you to try!

 

If you want to explore the flavours of the world, you’ll enjoy our recommendations for the best Indian, Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Japanese restaurants in the city. You have the freedom to enjoy dishes like bibimbap, sushi, ramen, Samosas, and dumplings or visit the best dim sum in Calgary for an all-out Chinese feast.

 

Are you a meat lover? As healthy as veggies are for you, some of us are just born to love the juicy flavours that you can only get from searing thick chunks of meat that the top steakhouses in Calgary have to offer.

 

If you prefer that taste of the sea, we’ve also visited the best seafood restaurants in Calgary that offer fresh batches of oysters, clams, crabs, lobsters, shrimps, squids, and more. We made sure to pick out the restaurants that have the freshest catch and delicious flavours for you to indulge in.

 

Is drinking and dining more of your thing? Our team spent sleepless nights searching for the best Calgary pubs where you can enjoy a pint of beer with your buddies after a hearty meal in the city.

 

If you prefer coffee over beer, Calgary also has a lot of delightful cafes for your caffeine fix. You can check our recommendations for the best cafes in Calgary where you can enjoy flavorful cold brews, creamy hot lattes, decadent pastries, and other tasty treats.

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The 5 Best Shops for Hot Chocolate in Calgary to Warm Your Soul

You’d think making a good cup of hot chocolate would be easy, right? Think again. I’ve had my fair share of hot chocolate disasters—watery, chalky, and tastes so bland I started questioning if I’d lost my taste buds altogether. And don’t even get me started on that time I ordered a “peppermint twist.” It tasted …

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The 5 Best Coffee Shops in Calgary Offering the Smoothest Blends

Finding a decent cup of coffee in this city is like finding a free parking spot downtown—it’s almost impossible.  I’ve had my fair share of lukewarm lattes and burnt espresso, which tastes more like charred toast than coffee. It’s enough to make any caffeine lover lose hope, but it also fueled my search for something

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Eat Well with the 5 Best Healthy Meal Plan Deliveries in Calgary

Healthy eating always sounds like a great idea, but let’s be real—grocery shopping and cooking every night can be exhausting. After a long day, it’s usually the last thing I want to deal with. I’ve tried those frozen meal “solutions” that taste like cardboard. Some meal kits even left me with a pile of dishes

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The 5 Best Bagels in Calgary You’ll Want to Eat Again

I hate it when I go out to breakfast and end up with a sorry limp bagel or worse—the ones so dense they could double as a doorstop. One time, I even had a bagel so dry it tasted like I was biting into a rock. Since then, I’ve learned my lesson and decided to

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Start Your Meal Right with the Best Appetizers in Calgary 

Appetizers are the real MVPs of any dining experience—at least, I think they’re the perfect way to get your taste buds tingling. Sometimes, though, you get stuck with an appetizer that’s pure disappointment. For example, one time I ordered crispy calamari at a restaurant, and it was more like rubbery rings of sadness. The calamari

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The 5 Places with the Best Biryani in Calgary for a True Taste of India 

Have you ever tasted biryani so mushy it almost resembled a bowl of porridge? Or have you had it come out dry as sandpaper? I have, and everyone knows that when eating Indian food, there’s nothing more heartbreaking than horrible biryani.  Culinary atrocities like this are what drove me to find the city’s best biryani.

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I Sampled the Best Donairs in Calgary — Here’s What I Found!

There’s nothing quite like the disappointment of a bad day. There was one time a restaurant served me a limp, greasy mess of overcooked meat and a soggy, flavourless pita. And the sauce tasted like it had been bottled years ago. It was a culinary crime, a betrayal of everything a donair should be. That

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The 5 Best Asian Restaurants in Calgary for All Foodies 

A few months ago, I went out for lunch at what I thought was an authentic Asian restaurant. But what arrived at my table was a sad, soggy rendition of Pad Thai that even a microwave wouldn’t touch. The only thing authentic about that meal was the feeling of betrayal. Since then, I’ve done my

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6 Places to Go for the Best Mexican Food in Calgary

Wondering where you can get amazing Mexican fare here in our city? You’re on the right page if you want answers to that!  We recently scoured the city’s Mexican restaurants to compile a list of the very best ones. From sizzling fajitas to mouthwatering guacamole, get ready to discover your new favorite spot for south-of-the-border

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The 7 Restaurants for the Best Pizza in Calgary

Craving a big slice of greasy and juicy pizza topped with goodness? Fortunately for you, we’ve got the restaurants for the best pizza in Calgary in this list, to help cure your cravings. We looked for the ones with the most consistency in food quality, promptness of delivery, and value for money. At the end