Diners' Choice: Canadian restaurants in Calgary / Southern Alberta

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Updated March 05, 2025

Looking for restaurants with the best overall Canadian cuisine in Calgary / Southern Alberta? You’re in the right place. Each month OpenTable analyzes more than 400,000 new diner reviews. We sort the results by category to help you discover new favorites. It's a great partnership: you reserve, eat, and review. We listen...and deliver the results for all to benefit. Enjoy!

525 Restaurant and Patio

4.9

4.9 (105)

CAN$30 and under

Canadian

Airdrie

About the restaurant

525 Restaurant and Patio was born out of a desire to provide a unique dining experience to our community. "High End Casual" is what we call it. We've created exceptional menu offerings that are complimented with polite, attentive service to produce memorable experiences for our guests.

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Trevor

Dined on Mar 2, 2025

As always a great experience. Great food, staff, and atmosphere.

Eden - Rimrock Resort Hotel

4.9

4.9 (1363)

CAN$51 and over

Canadian

Banff

About the restaurant

Our AAA Five Diamond award winning restaurant is an exquisite dining experience, offering French cuisine with regional accents. Combined with Eden's Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence and ALTO Award winning service, this restaurant provides each guest with the finest in dining, service and scenic views in Banff. Sommeliers are on staff to offer the best wine pairing to complement the experience. Please check reservation for availability.

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CarrieVIP

Dined 1 day ago

Celebrated my husbands birthday. Our server, sommelier, table, meal was outstanding!!!!!! Was a very nice splurge!

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Cellar Experience

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Seven Course Tasting Menu

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Four Course Tasting Menu

The Bison Restaurant & Patio

4.8

4.8 (2977)

CAN$31 to CAN$50

Canadian

Banff

About the restaurant

Named in Trip Advisor's top 10 Canadian fine dining restaurants and OpenTable's Top 100 Restaurants in Canada, we proudly feature regional, seasonal, Canadian cuisine. Watch the show as a line of talented chefs prepare your meal in our open concept copper kitchen. Specializing in forno creations, fresh plant based dishes and of course Alberta bison. Enjoy your meal from our mountain view dining room, or escape to our rooftop terrace. Sip away on a signature cocktail, local craft beer or choose from our carefully selected wine list. Bison offers group & private dining options accommodating 8-100 guests.

Mountain-view dining room / Open-air terrace cocktail receptions / Total venue experience
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Learn more/connect about group dining:
www.banffcollective.com/groups
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JodyY

Dined 5 days ago

Our table for 2 by the window had beautiful views. The delicious food was made primarily with local Alberta/BC ingredients and was sooo tasty. The service was excellent, friendly and professional. We have eaten at most restaurants in Banff which has some top notch restaurants and feel this meal was one of our best! It’s not cheap, but you get what you pay for and it is a reasonable price for the quality of food and service.

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Alberta Bison Tomahawk

The Lake House

4.8

4.8 (3460)

CAN$31 to CAN$50

Canadian

Calgary

About the restaurant

Perched directly above Lake Bonavista with large glass windows overlooking the lake, The Lake House is home to one of Calgary’s finest and most creative restaurants as well as a unique setting for weddings and events.

The Lake House features Canadian Rocky Mountain Resorts‘ (CRMR’s) renowned and distinctive Rocky Mountain Cuisine. This is interpreted and presented by Chef Gareth Colville. Chef Colville and his team excel at showcasing the regional flavor of Western Canada. Our locally inspired menus are complimented by a diverse wine list offering global selections authored by acclaimed sommelier Brad Royale.

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Dafne

Dined 6 days ago

The food and drinks were delicious, the portions perfect and the attention was outstanding, Francis was our waiter and he was super attentive and nice.

Blowers & Grafton - Medicine Hat

4.7

4.7 (126)

CAN$31 to CAN$50

Canadian

Medicine Hat

About the restaurant

Blowers & Grafton dishes up authentic street food, delivering real, honest ingredients and laid-back, East Coast hospitality. B&G sources as much of its menu from out East as possible to bring you tasteful tributes, genuine flavours and all the classics! From the OG Halifax Donair and Garlic Fingers to the Mini Lobster Rolls and Fried Clams, it’s all washed down with your choice of craft beer or cocktails.

B&G was founded by a group of passionate Canadians with a bold vision: to salute the spirited roots of Halifax with fellow Maritimers and share this beloved experience of food, drink, music, and culture with the rest of Canada.

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Randy

Dined 2 days ago

Great food with a nice variety of dishes on the menu. Courteous and prompt service. All good.

Seasons of Bowness Park

4.8

4.8 (1390)

CAN$30 and under

Canadian

Calgary

About the restaurant

Seasons of Bowness Park is a Casual/Fine Dining restaurant perfectly situated in one of Calgary’s largest and historically relevant parks. Overlooking a beautiful tree-lined water system used for boating in the summer and skating in the winter, Seasons is the perfect setting. Open year round. Join us for our weekend brunch before strolling along the banks of the Bow River. Seasons is the perfect setting for everything beautiful. Date night, Brunch, Weddings, Rehearsal dinner, Graduation Dinners, Thanksgiving Dinner, Private functions, Celebrations of Life, Christmas Parties, Birthday Parties, We do it all at Seasons...All Year! Our summer Patio is bar none the best patio in Calgary's North West. Where else can you sip beautiful wine, enjoy some appetizers and watch the beavers eagerly working away while sitting on a beautiful patio. Seasons Patio is also open during the winter months. Watch the kids skate while enjoying a relaxing winter drink. SEE YOU AT SEASONS!

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Bruce

Dined 4 days ago

Great little place for a quiet supper with the one you love.

Klein / Harris

4.7

4.7 (1250)

CAN$31 to CAN$50

Canadian

Calgary

About the restaurant

KLEIN / HARRIS is an independent restaurant concept, inspired from the diverse bounty that Canada has to offer. Located in downtown Calgary on Stephen Avenue, KLEIN / HARRIS highlights the stories of passionate Canadian producers with the use of exceptional products and ingredients. Working with a long list of national heroes that make True North Cuisine possible, Executive Chef James Waters focuses on distinct coast-to-coast Canadian dishes; a culinary journey that begins in the West to eventually end on the East Coast, highlighting ingredients like wild seasonal mushrooms from British Columbia and fresh notable oysters from The Maritimes.

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Danielle

Dined 6 days ago

The service was excellent, the food and cocktails are worth going back for, and I enjoyed the ambiance with friends. I recommend the salmon and a white sangria!

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Charred Pork Tenderloin

Bow Valley Ranche Restaurant

4.7

4.7 (4325)

CAN$31 to CAN$50

Canadian

Calgary

About the restaurant

The Bow Valley Ranche is located at the end of Bow Bottom Trail SE, in Fish Creek Provincial Park, just follow the signs for Bow Valley Ranche.

The Bow Valley Ranche Restaurant is the new fine dining facility located in the restored Ranche House. Their menu features a contemporary interpretation of Alberta regional cuisine. Today, the flavours and traditions of Alberta’s ranching heritage live on at the Bow Valley Ranche. Our Grand Salon holds approximately 110-120 guests. William Roper Hull and Senator Patrick Burns hold approximately 30-32 guests. Our John Glenn room, located in the upstairs, old master bedroom of the house, holds approximately 12 guests.

Sit down beside the massive fireplace in the Grand Salon or enjoy the covered wrap-around veranda during warm weather. Enjoy lunch, dinner, cocktails or weekend brunch. Reservations are recommended. Please note that we do not take reservations for the patio.

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Patti

Dined 3 days ago

Our meals were all delicious, perfectly timed and with little interruption otherwise.

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4.8

4.8 (1983)

CAN$31 to CAN$50

Canadian

Inglewood

About the restaurant

A collection of beautifully curated rooms, each with its own unique character, set the stage for a Canadian culinary journey at Deane House. In the dining room, library, bar and gardens, we guide guests on a seasonal, regional exploration. Enjoy dinner and weekend brunch in Inglewood, 5 minutes from Calgary's city centre.

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OpenTable Diner

Dined 3 days ago

Definitely do the afternoon tea! Delicious desserts, loved all the savory treats!

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Experience

Afternoon Tea

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Wine Wednesdays: 50% off all glass pours, all day!

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$2 Oyster Thursdays

River Café

4.7

4.7 (4886)

CAN$31 to CAN$50

Canadian

Calgary

About the restaurant

An extraordinary dining experience is to embark on a journey. We have created a beautiful place in an extraordinary setting and have tended to the details that make you feel at home: staff who care, chefs who are passionate about quality and the regional seasonal ingredients that bring to your palate a taste of place.

Getting to River Cafe is just a walk in the park.

Access River Café on Prince's Island Park from:
1. North side crossing the Bow River and Memorial Drive at the Calgary Curling Club.
2. South East end of the island at the 2nd street SW bridge, directly East of Eau Claire Market.
3. South West end of the island at 6th Street SW and Eau Claire Way near the Peace Bridge.
Eau Claire Plaza is currently closed for construction.
Please note, only our Afternoon Menu is served daily from 4:00pm-5:00pm.

Thank you for choosing to dine with us, we look forward to serving you!

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CodyVIP

Dined today

Great all around! Everything we tried was delicious.

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Fish & Game Board

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Haida Gwaii Halibut Cakes

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Yukon Arctic Char

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