The Best Restaurants For Date Night
Make sure you’re eating only the best when you indulge in a date night in Calgary!
Rouge
This French restaurant focuses on locally grown ingredients and quality dishes. The best option is often the chef’s tasting menu with coordinated wine pairings, but the duck is always a great option, as it’s widely considered the best in the city. For dessert, you may want the flourless chocolate torte, which is unbelievably rich. Separate rooms reduce the noise factor so that you don’t have to shout across the table and consistently excellent service ensures that the experience flows smoothly.
Alloy
Alloy focuses on a simple menu that’s done extremely well. The short rib is cooked until it’s so tender that it just melts in your mouth, and the curried wild prawns are delectable. For dessert, indulge in Death By Chocolate – it’s huge, so it’s the perfect dish to share. The restaurant is hard to find as it’s a little bit of a hole-in-the-wall, but the soft lighting, beautiful decor, and amazing food makes it a great date-night spot.
Cassis Bistro
Another French spot, Cassis is a small and intimate restaurant with a top-notch chef. The beef tartare is uniquely delicious, topped with a raw egg, and the cheese plate has enough varieties to truly be impressive. The beef frites is a perfect go-to dish, with a buttery sauce that provides the perfect accompaniment to the tender meat.
Escoba Bistro
This bistro offers great Spanish and Italian food – their paella is out of this world. Their wine list is quite extensive, but your best option is to order a wine flight so that you can taste a variety of their imported wines and match them to your courses.
Villa Firenze
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This cozy Italian trattoria has a portabello appetizer that is responsible for most of their loyal clients. They also offer some fresh seafood that’s great, but their pasta dishes are outstanding, as they are so packed with flavor that it will blow your mind. The restaurant has a strong focus on service, so you can rest assured that you’ll be treated like family when you visit.
Saltlik
This steakhouse has great service and perfect steak. Get the filet with blue cheese butter, which provides a complimentary tangy flavor to the juicy steak. For a side, indulge in a bit of surf-and-turf with the lobster mashed potatoes. If you’re looking for a filling meat-and-potatoes dinner but elevated enough to impress a romantic interest, this is the place to go.