Pacini Calgary Southeast — Restaurant in Calgary

I have a LOT to say about Pacini that I just found super amusing and hilarious. Honestly I checked it out because of that viral IG reel of the unlimited bread bar, and I LOVE bread so of course I had to go. My friends and I accidentally chose the coldest day of 2024 January to eat, and I don't know if it's because of that, that they seemed short staffed. I stood at the entrance for 5+ minutes before someone told me I could sit at a table, and that person was one of the kitchen staff!! It was a fairly empty dining room despite being near dinner time so they just said I could sit anywhere I want. So I did. My friends came and we tried the bread bar.

BREAD BAR WAS FANTASTIC. They had different breads to pick from, and of course the foccaccia was on point. They had different types of butter to try as a spread before grilling it yourself. Loved that experience. Apparently some of the butter options were missing though? So we only got to try the garlic butter, pesto butter, and tomato and basil butter. They were all excellent.

Obviously you need to order food to use the bread bar. The food was alright. We got a duck confit pizza that was a little on the dry side. The sauce was drizzled honey. The flavour was good but the duck was kinda dry. I pick duck dishes wherever I go so I'm not just being picky I really do eat a lot of duck 👀🦆 the Mille feuille shitake lasagna my friends said tasted amazing and they liked it! I'm not a mushroom fan so that's on me. The pesto arugula pasta we got was pretty good too! Also on me that I don't like goat cheese lol. You can switch it to Asiago but I totally forgot when I ordered. Their truffle fries were amazing!! Just know I'm not docking stars in my rating purely because of the food--the bread bar and truffle fries were bomb. Bread bar 5/5 tbh.

The kitchen staff who seated us was very friendly and gave us recommendations on what we should try because it was our first time here. Kitchen staff interactions 5/5--he definitely cared about our dining experience.

Our server accidentally dipped his pinky in my friend's cup of water when he was putting the food down on our table. Played it off like no one saw--but of course we saw. We could NOT hold in our laughter after he left and obviously my friend was not going to drink from that cup after so we snatched a cup from the table beside and pretended nothing happened. Because you know, it's a little awkward for everyone. Innocent mistakes we get it. My friends and I ran out of water several times during dinner and we never got our water refilled. We saw extra water bottles bear the bar area and the little tap and kept debating whether to go get more water ourselves but we didn't. We kept an eye out for our server the entire time but he seemed to have gone MIA?! At one point we saw him just put on a jacket and leave through the front door. We were confused--did he clock out? We sat there and just waited even though we were done eating. We weren't in a rush but we really wanted water. None of the other servers paid us any mind probably because our table wasn't assigned to them, but they were sparse (remember, it was a kitchen staff who came and seated us! He wouldve gotten us water if he knew, even though it wouldn'thave been his job to, bless his soul). Eventually our server returned and did give us water and bring our bills.

So in summary: bread bar 5/5, friendly kitchen staff 5/5 The...

On a recent trip to Calgary we stayed at the Holiday Inn. One of our last nights there we decided to try Pacini, which is located in the hotel. It's been a while since I've had a restaurant experience that was so good! The atmosphere was incredible - and surprising. If I hadn't known we were inside a hotel I never would have guessed. Real thought and effort went into developing the ambiance here. The service was great! Quick, efficient, and friendly. Absolutely no complaints.

And the food! Amazing. We decided to splurge a little and go all out since everything on the menu looked delicious. The arancini appetizer was a great way to start the meal (a little pricey for what you got, but good nonetheless). We ordered the chicken parm sandwich with parmegiana fries and the carbonara and split them so we could each try both. Those fries! I'm telling you. Best fries I've ever had. And they aren't just potatoes - other veggie "fries" are included and you will not be disappointed. The chicken parm sandwich was great.

The carbonara was so rich and creamy. Even sharing our meals we still took half our food away with us. But we also saved room for dessert! The apple crumble was good, but the next night we ordered the caramel and cream cheese cassata to our room and it blew the apple crumble out of the competition. Such a delightful, light dessert.

And to top it all off, they have a bread bar! Everything we tried was good, but the standout was the focaccia! And with different kinds of butters to try, it was just the icing on top of an already great cake. We will definitely be going back. The end bill was a litle more than we'd usually spend but it was worth it. Great place for a date or special event. Really fantastic experience! So good we also ordered the lasagna to share in our room the next night -...

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