One of the best plates of food I’ve had in Calgary. Stellar service. We were very pleasantly surprised having overlooked this place for years. Accessible fine dining. Nothing pretentious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Scout Hunter
Great food, service, and dog friendly patio! Thank you for a great time!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Karla Jansen Sanchez
Not a great variety of food. It's delicious but expensive
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Howard Ng
A very nice place inside the hotel. They have a good happy hour selection which lasts til 6 pm. The regular menu is only available starting at 5 pm. The place is very clean, and the servers are all extremely friendly and helpful. Excellent place for either just some drinks and snacks or a full course dinner. Highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
H Sumaida
Dessert here rocks lol but we still ate shorts ribs and cod. Patrick was great thanks Patrick
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kyler Fisher
Spectacular service and spectacular food, particularly a fan of the braised, short rib and sweet potato hummus. Great location.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Grachel Anne Miranda - De Roxas
Too bad Google reviews can only go up to 5 stars because I would rate this restaurant 10 stars if I could. Our experience here went far beyond our expectations!! The staff provided the best service despite a busy Saturday night. The host was very charming and sweet, her smile could light up the whole room. Our server was very attentive and made sure our table was always ready for each course.
We ordered lots of appetizers and entrees for our table to share and all I can say is everything was a hit! Every dish was bursting with flavour from different cuisines. The Brussels sprout Caesar was absolutely delicious, the sauce from the Hamachi Crudo really complemented the fish. And lastly, the duck breast was our absolute favourite. The duck was perfectly seasoned and cooked and the fried rice has a perfect amount of heat and is very flavourful. It definitely brought us all home. Totally recommend it.
Special shoutout to Chef Junell and Chef Angeli for preparing all these dishes for us. We can't wait to come back and taste his new creations!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Elaine Sereda
I thought the service was excellent, any server that walked by our table stopped to fill water glasses, pick up dishes or refill wine glasses. They were very helpful and accommodating.
I was less impressed by the menu. Ordered the pork & duck sausage roll only to find out they were out at virtually the start of dinner service - disappointing. My wife had the duck breast, portion was good and duck was done well. I ordered the braised short rib & sweet potato hummus. Portion was very small pita wedges were very greasy. If we hadn’t shared the duck wing small plate, I would have left hungry - disappointing. While there were only a large table of about10 and another table of two, the dining room was very noisy and I felt lacked ambiance. All in all except for the service, I found the experience to be mediocre.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Laurie Agate
We were happy we chose Oxbow for a small gathering during their 3-6pm happy hour. Corey, Restaurant Manager and Server, Jonathon, were exceptional to work with, our guests were pleased and the food delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Krista Noyes
Phenomenal magical experience for dinner. Brussels sprouts and cauliflower dish was out of this world (the onions REALLY make it). Patrick was sublime, ripe with recommendations and cheeriness!!! Crème brûlée and key lime pie were life changing. Don’t sleep on this place!
We recently dined at Oxbow for our family’s Mother’s Day dinner. I was there with my husband and my son, and each of us ordered our dinner off the “large plates“ menu, and we also each had a dessert. While I know that it is a popular theme for upscale restaurants to serve their food in small quantities, I felt that this was taken to an extreme. It is disappointing to drop hundreds of dollars on a meal, only to walk away hungry. It was a huge disappointment.
This was not my first time at Oxbow, but it was the first time that I had experienced this problem.
Unfortunately, it has definitely coloured my opinion of the restaurant, and I likely won’t return.
Ashlee Lauren
Thank you to all the staff at Oxbow for an amazing evening!! 👏🏻 We went for the YYC Food and Drink Expo and what a treat it was!!!
Jonathon took excellent care of us from start to finish, including my many quesions regarding my egg allergy - Thank you!!
The kitchen staff prepared the most amazing dinner, our favorite of the placea we tried!! The modifications Chef Junell and team made so I could still enjoy a full menu were top notch and incredibly delicious! Thank you so much for taking such wonderful care of us, we will be back!
D
For our first time at Oxbow we tried the 5 course tasting menu with wine pairings. The food throughout the courses was quite good, and the hamachi stood out for us. I thought the wine pairings were also well thought out, but I was disappointed that we weren't told much about the food or anything about the pairings. For example, the first pairing came with a cider, which despite being a good fit with the dish wasn't what I was expecting to see with wine pairings. I'm sure the kitchen had a reason for this pairing instead of a wine, but it wasn't discussed with us beyond it being announced as cider. This felt like a bit of a miss for me compared to a more typical tasting style menu where each element of the dish or pairing is described. As the night went on the wait time between courses increased a bit too much, which was a bit of a shame as we were stuck with wine pairings we didn't want to touch so that we could enjoy them with the food. It seemed like a difficult night for service, so perhaps our experience is not typical.
Overall, we largely enjoyed our first experience at Oxbow, but I'm not sure that we would be inclined to take a tasting menu again. Despite this, the food was good and the wine pairings felt appropriate. I wrestled a bit with the star rating here, but in consideration of the quality of the meal I settled on four stars.
Samantha JY
We had a reservation for 7:30 PM tonight but waited until 8:15 PM without anyone acknowledging us. A blonde staff member briefly told us to wait since they were behind schedule but didn’t even ask for our reservation name before walking away. With the restaurant closing at 9 PM, this kind of service was unacceptable. This was supposed to be a special night for my husband's birthday, but it was completely ruined. I will never return and definitely won’t recommend this place to anyone. Absolutely disappointing! I wish I could give zero star.
Migo Nguyen
Ox bow’s 5 course was fantastic and delicious 🤤 worth the gout
One of the best plates of food I’ve had in Calgary. Stellar service. We were very pleasantly surprised having overlooked this place for years. Accessible fine dining. Nothing pretentious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great food, service, and dog friendly patio! Thank you for a great time!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Not a great variety of food. It's delicious but expensive
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
A very nice place inside the hotel. They have a good happy hour selection which lasts til 6 pm. The regular menu is only available starting at 5 pm. The place is very clean, and the servers are all extremely friendly and helpful. Excellent place for either just some drinks and snacks or a full course dinner. Highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dessert here rocks lol but we still ate shorts ribs and cod. Patrick was great thanks Patrick
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Spectacular service and spectacular food, particularly a fan of the braised, short rib and sweet potato hummus. Great location.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Too bad Google reviews can only go up to 5 stars because I would rate this restaurant 10 stars if I could. Our experience here went far beyond our expectations!!
The staff provided the best service despite a busy Saturday night. The host was very charming and sweet, her smile could light up the whole room. Our server was very attentive and made sure our table was always ready for each course.
We ordered lots of appetizers and entrees for our table to share and all I can say is everything was a hit! Every dish was bursting with flavour from different cuisines. The Brussels sprout Caesar was absolutely delicious, the sauce from the Hamachi Crudo really complemented the fish. And lastly, the duck breast was our absolute favourite. The duck was perfectly seasoned and cooked and the fried rice has a perfect amount of heat and is very flavourful. It definitely brought us all home. Totally recommend it.
Special shoutout to Chef Junell and Chef Angeli for preparing all these dishes for us. We can't wait to come back and taste his new creations!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I thought the service was excellent, any server that walked by our table stopped to fill water glasses, pick up dishes or refill wine glasses. They were very helpful and accommodating.
I was less impressed by the menu. Ordered the pork & duck sausage roll only to find out they were out at virtually the start of dinner service - disappointing. My wife had the duck breast, portion was good and duck was done well. I ordered the braised short rib & sweet potato hummus. Portion was very small pita wedges were very greasy. If we hadn’t shared the duck wing small plate, I would have left hungry - disappointing. While there were only a large table of about10 and another table of two, the dining room was very noisy and I felt lacked ambiance. All in all except for the service, I found the experience to be mediocre.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
We were happy we chose Oxbow for a small gathering during their 3-6pm happy hour. Corey, Restaurant Manager and Server, Jonathon, were exceptional to work with, our guests were pleased and the food delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Phenomenal magical experience for dinner. Brussels sprouts and cauliflower dish was out of this world (the onions REALLY make it). Patrick was sublime, ripe with recommendations and cheeriness!!! Crème brûlée and key lime pie were life changing. Don’t sleep on this place!
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We recently dined at Oxbow for our family’s Mother’s Day dinner. I was there with my husband and my son, and each of us ordered our dinner off the “large plates“ menu, and we also each had a dessert. While I know that it is a popular theme for upscale restaurants to serve their food in small quantities, I felt that this was taken to an extreme. It is disappointing to drop hundreds of dollars on a meal, only to walk away hungry. It was a huge disappointment.
This was not my first time at Oxbow, but it was the first time that I had experienced this problem.
Unfortunately, it has definitely coloured my opinion of the restaurant, and I likely won’t return.
Thank you to all the staff at Oxbow for an amazing evening!! 👏🏻 We went for the YYC Food and Drink Expo and what a treat it was!!!
Jonathon took excellent care of us from start to finish, including my many quesions regarding my egg allergy - Thank you!!
The kitchen staff prepared the most amazing dinner, our favorite of the placea we tried!! The modifications Chef Junell and team made so I could still enjoy a full menu were top notch and incredibly delicious! Thank you so much for taking such wonderful care of us, we will be back!
For our first time at Oxbow we tried the 5 course tasting menu with wine pairings. The food throughout the courses was quite good, and the hamachi stood out for us. I thought the wine pairings were also well thought out, but I was disappointed that we weren't told much about the food or anything about the pairings. For example, the first pairing came with a cider, which despite being a good fit with the dish wasn't what I was expecting to see with wine pairings. I'm sure the kitchen had a reason for this pairing instead of a wine, but it wasn't discussed with us beyond it being announced as cider. This felt like a bit of a miss for me compared to a more typical tasting style menu where each element of the dish or pairing is described.
As the night went on the wait time between courses increased a bit too much, which was a bit of a shame as we were stuck with wine pairings we didn't want to touch so that we could enjoy them with the food. It seemed like a difficult night for service, so perhaps our experience is not typical.
Overall, we largely enjoyed our first experience at Oxbow, but I'm not sure that we would be inclined to take a tasting menu again. Despite this, the food was good and the wine pairings felt appropriate. I wrestled a bit with the star rating here, but in consideration of the quality of the meal I settled on four stars.
We had a reservation for 7:30 PM tonight but waited until 8:15 PM without anyone acknowledging us. A blonde staff member briefly told us to wait since they were behind schedule but didn’t even ask for our reservation name before walking away. With the restaurant closing at 9 PM, this kind of service was unacceptable. This was supposed to be a special night for my husband's birthday, but it was completely ruined. I will never return and definitely won’t recommend this place to anyone. Absolutely disappointing! I wish I could give zero star.
Ox bow’s 5 course was fantastic and delicious 🤤 worth the gout
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