Normand’s Bistro - Edmonton, Alberta

This was my second visit to Normand's. Both occasions have been during my lunch for work. I've thoroughly enjoyed the food both times. Service was great. Large portions. Not too busy, perfect for a quick lunch! The chicken penne is amazing.

I have eaten here before and found the quality and preparation of food very poor unfortunately my resent visit proved to be the same. I had the chicken penne can't remember ever experiencing difficulties cutting into a chicken breast before until now. It was like chewing on rubber ... the sauce was so heavy I only made it through half the meal. The meals appear to be prepared the old style of cooking heavy , fried and too rich. What we paid for the bill was disappointing last time I will eat there lots of other restaurants in walking distance the only plus the show "Ring of Fire" was excellent Read more

We just went for a quick drink and ordered beers and wine and some fries. The place for some reason smelled heavily of food even when it was completely empty and we were the first and only ones there. The fries were really sub par, thin and not close to ... any of the decent fries I've had. The server though was very courteous and service was good. And you can't mess a beer which they didn't. In a nutshell, it's not a fancy place to hangout at but decent place for a quick drink on your walk back from work. Read more

Absolutely horrible. Went at opening (11am on a Saturday) waited approx. 45 min for our breakfast (we were the first ones there) then when it did show up it was wrong. The male waiter tried to say I ordered something else when everyone at the table heard exactly what I ... ordered. The new order than took an additional 25 min while my friends had theirs. I ordered the omelette and they brought it to me as a scrambled dish but did not want to send it back an additional second time. Food was sub par and the menu was very small. The waiter while completing the payment decided to bring up politics and bash my friends hometown (who was visiting) in front of us all. Completely unprofessional. I will never go here again. Read more

My wife and I came here prior to a show at the Citadel and so did everyone else. The place was 100% full, so it's a good thing we made a reservation. The waitress said that every night around 6:00 o'clock people come in and by 7:30 the place ... is empty because everybody's going to the same show. I was impressed, given those dynamics, how organized the kitchen was, as was evident by almost every table getting their food by 6:30. On a related note, the waitress told us that they had recently reduced their menu to make it more manageable for the kitchen. I think that makes sense, and the menu still offered a decent variety of food although if you don't like meat (like my wife) there aren't a lot of options. My wife ordered the salmon with rice and she seemed to enjoy it but she's not one to complain. I ordered the steak with fries. Mostly a good dish. The fries were excellent and the steak was good. I also liked that they used broccoli and cauliflower instead of weird "artistic" veggies that nobody likes (like beets). Unfortunately the steak was a bit over done, as I had ordered medium but it came out medium well. Also the steak was a bit thin for my liking. So not the best steak but I still enjoyed it. The worst part about my meal however was that they put a lot of sauce over the steak, which ended up getting soaked up by my French fries, resulting in a good portion of the French fries being wasted. If they could keep the sauce separate from the fries I think the meal would've been much better. Read more