Wellingtons of Calgary — Restaurant in Calgary

Pls forgive any typos. Its late, im tired and I don't feel like proofreading, lol

Sorry, no pics of food but it was extremely delicious 😋 🤤!! Came here for our anniversary today, Gemini (googles AI in messages) suggested it to me.

My husband had the french onion soup. I am a huge french onion soup fan! But I 2as in a HUGE seafood mood so I got the seafood bisque. I did however have a taste of his soup and I can say BEST french onion I ever had! Even better then mine! I wanna point out I make everything at home from scratch. Its very hard for me to part with our hard earned money when eating out because 9.8 times out of 10 I am appauled at what we are charged for what we get and I often wish I just stayed home and cooked. So if I say its better than something i made Its seriously amazing! The seafood bisque was also appetizing but I did find myself wishing I got the french onion instead. Dont get me wrong the seafood bisque with brandy was very good as well! But my favorite soup is french onion. It has been my favorite ever since I had it when I was 8 Years old (im 43 now). Im serious when I say its the best french onion Ive ever had and ive been all around. i grew up in hawaii and las vegas. ive been to Australia, korea, etc etc. so yea Ive been all around and yes hands down the best Ive ever had! Ok on to the entrees! Husband had beef Wellington. I have NEVER had this dish before so I have absolutely nothing to compare it to. I have no idea what its supposed to taste like. With that said my husband ordered it med-well and I took a pretty big bite. The meat just melted in my mouth and the crust was extremely tasteful. It was flavored just fine to me so Idk what some other reviewer was talking about. They claimed it was flavorless and they had to drown it in the gravy. I have to disagree. I actually found it to be flavored just fine. In fact i would rather not drown in in gravy. I would prefer to eat it all on its own so I could enjoy the flavor of the quality beef with the crust. But we all have our preferences. I had the seafood pasta. It was very good, flavored to perfection and the pasta was a perfect texture! Then to end things I had the créme caramel. Which is basically a caramalized flan. The very top had a creamier texture and the rest of it had a more gelintinized texture. It was a delicious light desert that had perfection in every bite. Oh we did order the chili garlic prawn appetizer. It was also very tasty! Everything was perfect and the food was fanfrickentastic! We did not need to salt our dishes! Very very good! We both dont drink so I cant comment on the wine choices.

I gave a 4 star instead of 5 because I made reservations online at OpenTable i couldve sworn i requested booth if possible but we were sat at a small table. The entire time we dined there was a comfy booth wide open for the taking. I will say its partially my fault for not speaking up when we were seated. However, my 4 star is based on the uncomfortable chairs. I gotta lotta cushion in my backside and my bum started hurting within 5 mins of being seated. The entire restaurant mainly has tables with these uncomfortable chairs. So thats my reasoning for 4 stars. If the chairs were more comfortable I would give 5 stars. But then again that could be a me problem and everyone else could feel differently. Oh my I almost forgot to comment on service. Everyone there is very helpful! My husband has this issue of flagging down anyone that passes by if we need something, whereas I always wait to flag down our server. However, everyone he flagged down was haooy to help and accomedate! I really have to say they are the...

Really unimpressed with our whole experience. Each of the 6 members of our party has worked extensively in food services/customer service so we intentionally give the benefit of the doubt. Our server did not inspire confidence in his ability as he continually asked us to repeat ourselves, even with basic questions or statements, and then he talked over us as we clarified. He was an older gentleman so we spoke slowly and clearly but he still struggled. One member of our party ordered a steak and she specified that she had a pepper (bell/capsaicin) allergy and for her steak to come with no peppers or spice. He really struggled to understand what she was saying so she clearly said “No peppers (vegetable or spice). No spice”. And her plate came out with bell peppers draped on top of the steak. We all dropped our faces into our hands. He didn’t even offer to make her a new one just asked if she wanted them taken off. (When she finished her meal he said, “there, that wasn’t so bad was it?” as if it was merely a preference.) I ordered the “catch of the day” which was halibut - it was so painfully bland AND I LIKE MY FOOD PLAIN. The rice was literally butter and salt, the fish itself just tasted like... fish... with a bit of butter and garlic, and the side vegetables - broccoli and carrots - were steamed (I think) but they were very hard to cut.

In hindsight I absolutely regret not talking to the manager, but we weren’t upset, just disappointed. We got to talking and just got up and left after paying our bills. Wellington’s is a great option if you like plain, plain, plain classic food. This is not necessarily a bad thing as this restaurant has been around for a long time, but you just have to have those expectations. (As an ending note, my husband ordered the Carpaccio and LOVED it.) We are very budget conscious and I’m very disappointed that our rare and special date night was spent here and cost us $150 (two drinks, two starters,...

We went here this past Saturday for dinner with friends (it was their first time, we have been a few times). Having been here before I was disappointed by a few things, the bread came cold with 4 small hard butter rolls, our calamari appetizer was overcooked and rubbery, dinner was good, my steak was delicious, my husband had the chicken (he wanted the halibut but they did not have any, apparently issues getting it in) which he said was good, our friends had steak and lamb, the only complaint there was no mint sauce for the lamb. The service however was not good at all.

Our servers name was Carlos, he was very demanding, loud and intrusive bordering on rude, constantly interrupting us without so much as an excuse me. My husband requested an Disaronno for his drink, Carlos said they did not carry it and did not know what this was, my husband told him it was an amaretto and Carlos snapped why did you not say that first. He demanded that we order our dinner immediately (my friend asked if we could order appetizers first while we were deciding what we wanted and he told her no). During dinner he leaned across our food and us several times, he pushed between our friends, pushing my friends husband out of the way to talk at her.

I can honestly say it was the worst service I have had at a restaurant in a while. Although we (us and our friends) both tipped him as we did not want to be "that customer"(we had separate bills) it was not a high tip (15 and 18%). Immediately after we paid he stood not 5 feet from our table obviously complaining to another server about the tip waving his hands and gesturing to our table and another that had just left.

I will say I am highly disappointed and if we return I would not allow him to...