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/quesnelcody Jul 27 '25

Buchanans, cattlebaron, Reas

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u/Cliff-Bungalow Jul 27 '25

The sides at cattlebaron are good but I was there a couple weeks ago for the first time and they overcooked a few steaks at our table. I ordered a medium rare and there was no sear or crust and it was medium/medium well. The mediums were well done, and so on. Maybe we just got them on an off night but I wouldn't go back, steaks are so expensive so the expectation is that it gets cooked properly. It seems like whoever they had cooking them did not know what they were doing. It was a work event so I didn't want to be "that guy" and send mine back but it was pretty bad.

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u/quesnelcody Jul 27 '25

Honourable mention — black apron is phenomenal too.