Ann M
The mussels were the star of this dinner. The shrimp was well done but the sauce was a little sour. The octopus was a bit more sour than we expected as well and the cauliflower/kale dish was mouth puckeringly sour. The pasta was good, normally I'm not a gnocchi fan, but this one was nice and soft. Is it just me, or is the drink menu here extremely limited? Service was great, he was friendly and attentive and took the cauliflower off the bill.
sng1002001
Surprised to see an Italian family style dining restaurant in Calgary! The premise has the restaurant on one side and marketplace on the other. The tables in the restaurant are nicely spaced apart. There is a cooking pot right in the middle. Huge wine selection too.
Overall food flavor is good and the ingredients are fresh. May be it was busy when I visited but some of the menu items could have been prepared better . The risotto was a bit undercooked. The mixed grill meat, particularly the chicken was overgrilled. Server very knowledgeable and friendly.
Vina Galang
Delicious food. Ambience was great too and we got to watch the chefs in action since we sat at the bar. Ordered the linguine and tagiatelle, and the pastas were fresh and had an al dente bite to it. Best part of the meal in my opinion were the mussels (cozze) loved the sauce that they were cooked in! Only thing that was subpar were the brussel sprouts. Expected a little more crispiness to it. Such a lovely experience overall.
Taniya Perera
This is a great restaurant located centrally . Food was amazing , real authentic Italian . We ordered Rissoto, gnocchi , fungi , tiramusu and pastry stuffed with cream.
Everything was great .
Amazing staff service . Great ambience . I will surely visit this restaurant again
Kim Tran
I was excited to try this place. We ordered 3 appetizer, 2 pastas and the octopus as a main. Everything I had was BLAND & crazy salty. I thought something might be off with my palette. Until I read all the similar reviews. Nothing tasted good. Just very average, basic I would say. Servers & service were fine. Unfortunately for the price, I will not be going back.
Arlene WM
Always great service and delicious food. Ambience is quite loud and they don't offer boosters or high chairs despite seeing several families with kids. I also noted we would require one on our reservation but no one called to inform us they don't offer it. Should we have known, we would be more prepared.
The gnocchi and mussels were excellent. I was really excited for the Bistecca but for some reason it was not as good as I remembered it. Still one of my fave restaurants though and I prefer this location because of easy parking.
Maureen Dahlseide
Our meal was tasty but portions are huge and very expensive. It is a family-style menu intended to share, however for three of us the portions were way too big. Our waiter was excellent but seemed to be looking after too many tables so wait times in between were quite long.
One of our dishes arrived at the table with a live ant in the pasta. The waiter apologized but it was not taken off our bill, despite the fact that we no longer wanted to eat the dish.
James W Reszka
Amazing restaurant 😍
We are thrilled this place survived Covid after enduring no revenues for 2 years. In our opinion the restaurant is now better than it has ever been. Service was outstanding, food truly great and the facility is super spotless clean. Many Thanks and kudos to the owners. Great job and your success is well deserved 💕
Robin Fisher
Great experience last night, dinner with friends, top notch service by Mike. Delicious food from start to finish. We had great seats right over the kitchen so had a wonderful show all night. Will return for sure
Sonny Gaetano
After hearing nothing but outstanding reviews about Mercato West I finally decided to try it out. All I have to say is WOW. This is by far the best Italian restaurant in town! The service was honestly the best I've ever had. The food is on another level. Outstanding! I recommend to anyone and everyone.
Curtis Heinz
Amazing food & wine along with great service! If you haven’t been to Mercato, go!
Natalia Iskam
For the last 2 years we were regular customers at Mercato West for occasional lunch/dinner and in summer time we would stop there for gelato at least 3-4 times a week while biking with kids. Not any more. Tonight we were refused to borrow couple of spoons that we can eat our gelato just outside their door since the weather is good. Apparently they think that people who can spend $5 for a small cup of ice cream is up to stealing 1$ spoon. Well, tonight they lost a repeat customer over 2 spoons, congratulation! Your gelato is good, but there are few other places around with good ice cream and better customer service.
Ashley Sceviour
Food was good but pricey. Our problem was the lack of change tables in either bathroom. The Manager did not have any solution (i.e. did not offer an alternative space), which shows a real lack of caring of their patrons. We had to leave. For a family friendly restaurant (there was 4 tables for lunch, 3 of which had kids/babies) they do not have good facilities. We will not be returning.
Geraldine White
Food was amazing! Went for our wedding anniversary. Server was very knowledgeable even shared a tip
On the amazing sprout side dish.
Kim Sheppard Thompson
We've waited far too long to try this place but we'll definitely return. Loved it! It reminded us of being in Italy. Will definitely bring the whole family next time for Bistecca Fiorentina!
Rinah Goldberg
My husband and I picked up a few items from Mercato's West yesterday. two desserts, their lemon cheese cake and their carrot cake. Both were fantastic, the lemon cheese cake was very smooth and light and the carrot cake was also light tasting, the only thing that my husband thought was missing from the carrot cake was more icing, as he loves the cream cheese icing. I also picked up a past salad, which I am having today and will be just as good. New place for dessert, great place to visit and eat.
Kristine Carlson Liakopoulos
Always a great experience at Mercato West. The food, ambiance and most of all the service. It was just fantastic.
I will be back!
Gustavo Perez
The best Italian style restaurant in town, ro my opinion, better than the downtown one
Samer Safadi
Incredible food! Amazing service! Always a pleasure to dine here!
Sonal Sharma
One of my family's favorite Resturant. I had my son's 18 birthday party there. It is the best Resturant in Calgary.
Keeley Craig
Best Italian in Calgary! Amazing atmosphere, food and service. You can't go wrong with eating at Mercato - so many great options as well as an outstanding wine list :)
Adam Sly
Thank you Mercato West for a superb dinner for our group of 21 people on the dining room side. The food, atmosphere, wine and drinks and service were all very good!
Brad Philpott
Awesome food and fantastic people!! Definitely a favourite spot for us and our friends!
Mike Blayney
Another amazing dinner tonite...after 4 months I think I finally have tried everything on the menu! Hard to say which is my fav. Sooo good.
Pim Sirik
One of the best Italian place in Calgary
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