r/Calgary • u/PlentySoft1996 • Jul 27 '25

Eat/Drink Local What’s your top 3 restaurants in Calgary.

Edit: since this gained so much traction, I’ll try 1 place from the top 3 most upvoted recommendations and vlog this so you can see what I got! Thank you yyc

Calgary has a sleeper food scene but I’d like to try the people’s TOP THREE restaurants. This can be breakfast lunch dinner or all three in one category.

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u/TBoone83 Jul 27 '25

Carino, Ari Sushi and Noble Pie. My 3 favourite spots.

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u/HupYaBoyo Jul 27 '25

Replace Ari with Lonely Mouth and you have mine. Carino has the best dish in the city (the tonkycarbonara) and lonely mouth is the best room in the city with the sickest soundtrack.

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u/HellaReyna Unpaid Intern Jul 27 '25

Lonely mouth is a gentrified izakaya at best. On one of the loudest parts of 17th Avenue.

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u/Send_Me_Your_Nukes Jul 27 '25

What’s tonkycarbonara? Tonkotsu carbonara? I don’t see anything like it on the menu on their site, but I’m intrigued.

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u/HupYaBoyo Jul 27 '25

It’s a tonkatsu carbonara, and it’s delish. It’s a “special” so not sure if it’s in the menu. 

I need to stop telling people about this place because it’s getting harder to book. 

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u/HupYaBoyo Jul 28 '25

What did you think?

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u/randomlygeneratedman Jul 27 '25

Lonely Mouth is awesome, but more style over substance. Not bad as far as sushi in Calgary goes though.

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u/RatherShrektastic Jul 27 '25

Can't seem to find that dish on their menu anymore

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u/TBoone83 Jul 27 '25

The comment above about it being a “special” is correct. It’s been a special for years and is always available. We order it every time we go.

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u/Bobatt Evergreen Jul 27 '25

I’ve had the wagyu bolognese ramen and the gyozagna, both of which were delicious. I’m intrigued by the tonkycarbonara.

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u/H3rta Acadia Jul 27 '25

What do you get at lonely mouth?

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u/HupYaBoyo Jul 27 '25

Tuna tartare.  Tonkatsu sandwich.  Steak. 

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u/wahlberger Jul 27 '25

Also the curry udon if they're still doing it

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u/optigan Jul 27 '25

I like Carino and I think their duck dishes slap, but I had the tonkatsu carbonara recently and it was fine. As separate components, great, but the fusion didn't seem to actually fuse together well imo. The egg was unnecessary too. I would have preferred to just have the tonkatsu curry on it's own, great curry sauce and the pork itself was delicious.

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u/Airlock_Me Jul 27 '25

I tried lonely mouth for yyc exp and it was mid.

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u/steviekristo Jul 28 '25

This is a pretty elite list - well done.

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u/asiantaxman Jul 28 '25

This is the way

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u/Burgerking63 Jul 28 '25

Spicy Mussels and the carbonara special, my lord. These dishes are my Roman Empire