CHARCUT Roast House - Calgary, Alberta

Top drawer restaurant with interesting takes on Italian and Portugese foods. Serving sizes weren't a shareable size in the "family style servings" version, it was too small for price when family version shouldnt leave people hungry after just a small taste. We had 5 people in our party. But very ... tasty none the less. Bone marrow, truffle poutine, caesar salad and mushrooms were incredible .The 32oz rib eye which 4 of us split was perfection. Overall a great do again experience. Read more

Our first ever visit to Charcut did not disappoint! The atmosphere was electric, inviting and friendly. The table could have been bigger (but, genuinely that's the ONLY vaguely negative thing I have to say about our experience at this establishment). Service was prompt, helpful, knowledgeable and ... informative (Johnny, was charming). Unexpected, and impressive though, was, an informal chat with owner/chef, Connie whose genuine interest in us as customers blew us away - she chatted about stuff on the menu (without upselling) and made us feel so welcome and valued -moments after she left us, a couple of glasses of bubbly arrived as a welcome gift from her - followed by a lovely friendly chat with Ty the floor manager, who knew who we were....had details about us already (from Connie) making us feel extremely valued and welcomed (not too much schmoozing ) , just a professional courtesy beautifully executed. Then the food arrived. Well, if we didn't feel good about the place by then, the food sealed the deal! Warm, blistered vine tomatoes on a bed of whipped cheese with in house charred focaccia were mind blowing -followed by grilled Bransino in a lemon sauce which was transcendent and a Margherita Pizza which was pure heaven. It was perfect mom and daughter meal - Charcut can have our date night money from now on! I was beyond impressed by the entire experience. Read more

We were pretty excited to try out this restaurant. Their menu looked great! We asked our server to help us build a charcuterie board and she recommended getting the premade platter so that’s what we got. I thought for $46 and 2-4 people serving we would get some pretty choice ... cuts of cured meats and cheeses. Instead what we got was shaved pecorino romano, 2 small slices of soft cow cheese, a tiny portion of cured salami and basically deli ham. The bulk of the platter was taken up by pickled carrots and olives. No side of bread or crackers. They didn’t even tell us that we should order the bread separately. I can’t believe we had to scoop shaved (essentially) Parmesan on our forks and eat it. This was an indication of what’s to come for our smoked prime rib to share and a side of asparagus. Asparagus had been burnt to a crisp. The smoked prime rib is definitely not smoked and absolutely needed the jus as well as the dill horseradish sauce. On its own it’s basically a store bought steak. Even if they offer to give us a free dinner I still wouldn’t go back there. Look, if this was a pub or something I wouldn’t care but I really hate spending over $150 on mediocre food. Read more

The food was incredible! Such a nice cut of steak, and it's the first poutine I've ever had that had layers of cheese, not just a few curds on top. Our host didn't seem too enthusiastic about waiting our table but cestlavie. We're not there to make friends. There is also 20% automatic ... gratuity added to the bill, which was kind of annoying seeing as the waiter wasn't the greatest, so be aware of this. Read more

Food is really good, plating was amazing (as seen in the photo). The Brussels sprouts side was especially amazing if you are a veggie lover. Pricing was decent in comparison to where we came from. Our server was also really friendly and he knows his menu! He made really good ... recommendations for steak options. We had affogato for dessert and it was very yummy. The only thing is: DO NOT USE THEIR COAT RACK. I lost my Canada Goose jacket and my Saio & Kyo beanie from their coat check, which makes this dining experience a couple thousand dollars more expensive. It especially sucked as it was -2 degrees out and I was left in a short sleeve. The restaurant and hotel staff were trying to look through security footage but no camera was facing the coat rack. They offered to hang your coat at the door but they didn’t really watch them... (We had a really early dinner and there were probably 4 or 5 coats in total and they lost my coat..) They covered our food bill in the end but I’d rather have my coat back :( the restaurant jotted down my police report info and said they would assist the process, which was nice of them. Everyone says sorry for what happened but.. I really wish I never dined here. Didn’t think I would lose a coat at a steakhouse in a hotel in city center. Food is great though, just watch your belongings. P.S. There was no extra coat on the rack so it was definitely stolen not taken by mistake. Plus my coat was in a rare color. Read more