West Restaurant and Bar
Stephen Avenue
225 7 Ave SW
Calgary, AB T2P
We went here for a birthday party on their 2nd Saturday open. We had reservations in the Grotto room, which is very cool. You have your own glassed in space and you can people watch but still have your own area. We arrived at 7pm, were seated and didn't see a server until 7:30pm. Im not sure if the hostess forgot to tell her we had been seated or if she was just extremely busy?? She took our drink order and appetizer order at the same time because we were not sure how long she would be gone for. The drinks came at 7:40pm...we had been there for almost an hour and hadn't even had a single drink. The food all came out quickly though, Im sure this is due to the fact that they have a kitchen on each level. We ordered dinner when our appetizers were brought out. All the appies were delicious. the calamari was great, as were the spring rolls. We also tried the fondue which was good, but not really my style. I had the Ahi Tune for dinner, and it was decent. I like my tuna very rare, which it was but it was cold. I think it could have been warmed a bit more. Everyone else seemed to enjoy their dinner. Birthday girl had the risotto and loved it. Hubby had the burger and he really enjoyed it too.
As for drinks, we tried just about everything between the group we had. I do have to recommend the Sangria pitchers, they bring you a full litre, it was delicious. The Watermelon crush is also great! We would have drank a lot more and stayed longer if the service was better. We actually went up to the bar a couple times and got our own drinks despite having a server of our own. It was a big let down thats for sure.
With all that being said we will return. The place is going to give Roadhouse and Whiskey a run for their money and its great for the older crowd to have a bit of a choice on where to go after dinner now.
3.5/5 star rating
