Cattlebaron Alberta Steak House and Bar

A+ Rating The best in food, service, food quality and price. This is the best place to be – Chris our guy best in quality service definitely world class!!! Best steak gourmet in Calgary besting and toppling the rest Thank you Cattle Baron YOU Rock! — KennRiz

This is my brothers favourite steak place in the city. We always end up here for his birthday. The steaks are great, the service is wonderful, and the atmosphere is lovely. The salads leave something to be desired but this is not unexpected at a steak house.

This place is classy, pricey, solid, with good sense of style.
Definitely a steakhouse, I won’t imagine ordering seafood there — though would guess it shall be quite reasonable.
Our steaks were, though, professional grade. Not necessarily «oh my gawd the best ever!» type of thing, but something worth its money. Quality thing.
Portion size was not particularly impressive, and I think there was no reason to save on that. That relates to wine department as well. Hence only four stars.
Service was… you know, again — professional. Upscale type, but not arrogant — jus there, balancing on the margin.
This is a place where I can comfortably bring friends from the «wealthy group» and just enjoy a nice lunch or dinner, family style.

This was my first time here at cattle baron. We ordered two 20oz rib steaks, one 10oz prime rib, french onion soup, calamari, lobster mac and cheese, and a bottle of wine. We arrived without a reservation on a Tuesday night and they didn’t have a booster for my 3 year old because they were all in use. The host was pleasant, and we were seated promptly. The waiter was nice as well. My wife liked the french onion soup. The calamari wasn’t very good, it tasted like it had freezer burn and was far from fresh. The lobster mac and cheese had a faint taste of lobster with a small amount of little chopped bits that might have been lobster. The steaks were cooked medium rare, but were both really chewy for some odd reason, same went for the prime rib. I asked for fries with my rib steak even though it wasn’t on the menu and they accommodated my request which was really nice. The fries tasted great! Overall the service was great, but the food really wasn’t worth the price.

Very disappointed, I had heard such good things about this restaurant but it was a total let down. Although the service was prompt and excellent, the meal itself was nothing to write home about. I had better steaks in dive bar steak sandwiches and my husband’s prime rib was all gristle and way over done. This sub par meal came with an overpriced price tag. We will not return

A good steak house. I wanted a good Alberta beef steak before leaving Canada — and I got it here.

I order the scallop appetizer which was the superb! So amazing, melt in your mouth yummy goodness!!! I also has the salmon salad which was good and I enjoyed it– have had better though. I give this restaurant a five star rating, there service was wonderful, food tasty, place was clean, loved the patio option; enjoying my dinner in the sun. Oh and good drinks too!

I have eaten here a few times pre-​Yelp and it has always been good, but my latest visit was just ok. The service was good with only a minor miscommunication regarding a side for one of the four meals ordered.
My peppercorn steak was cooked to order and was a decent portion. Two in our group of four ordered the cut filet. These meals were appetizing enough, but small portions and as a special for $ 39 definitely disappointing. The fourth meal was a regular filet mignon which looked great and satisfied that particular diner.
We shared a nice Malbec which complimented the red meat fiesta.
I recommend the Cattle Baron, but I think there are very comparable steak houses around Calgary. One of my close friends felt the Keg is easily equal and I tend to agree.

Great food and great service! It’s my go to for a good prime rib dinner. The wait staff is always top notch just like the food.

I have been there so many times. The service and quality is always the same; great. Recently we went with our toddler. It was the best service. My sons meal was out within 5 min, and ours followed quickly. Even though it was busy, it wasn’t noisy. Which is awesome with a young child. And for a great steakhouse it is priced affordable.

Not feeling like cooking and wanting to eat somewhere we never tried before in our neighbourhood we settled here.
We sat in the lounge near the fireplace and had probably one of the best servers of all time. She was attentive, smart and knew what people wanted — she really made our experience.
To order we had the beef carpaccio, seafood platter and tomato, onion and feta salad. Everything was fantastic from the wine list to the timing of the food to the taste of the food.
I would go back again and hope we get the same experience as the first time!

Average nothing stellar.
Similar to an overpriced Ricky’s especially since their garlic mashed potatoes come out of a box!
The manager said ‘oh no they are made fresh’ funny thing our server went and asked the chef and found out otherwise.
Not too classy Manager!

Delicious food, excellent service. If you love steak, lamb, salmon and appetizers this is the place to go to.

This is a nice restaurant with good ambience. It always has good food, I am always confident taking guests here. The menu has enough variety for everyone but the steaks are spectacular

This is my favourite steak restaurant in Calgary! Please do not look at the negative review made by someone eating chicken! This place is for steak! I get it some people don’t eat red meat but don’t come here! I love the steak and have been here many many times and plan to return many more! I love the roast beef too! Yes it’s fairly expensive but you get what you pay for. The atmosphere is great even on the bar side. Drinks are good and the staff is always pleasant and not wearing slutty outfits. I appreciate eating at a place that makes me feel like a million dollars and this place does that for me. A job well done or maybe I should say medium rare lol

Hmmmm.. ., came to CattleBaron for an Xmas party and the reviews had me excited to eat. While the service was good, the food was disappointing. I ordered chicken breast stuffed with spinach and feta, which came with a side of rice and roasted veg.
The rice looked and tasted like Uncle Ben’s, the vegetables were mushy and the chicken looked like it came in a plastic wrapper.. , which was taken out of a box.. .. that was purchased at Costco.
I feel bad that my boss had to pay for a meal like that for 26 of us.
Won’t be returning.

Though this place is a steak house, you can get some really delicious non steak entrees. The service is great and for me, it’s nice and close to home.
Of course, the steaks are amazing.

If your looking for AAA Alberta Beef… this is the place!!!

Slow service to get cocktails and not even very busy. Tuesday evening.

A friend and I stopped in to grab a bite one evening… one of those «I haven’t tried this place before, but it’s RIGHT HERE» zero effort decisions.
With that in mind, we headed straight for the lounge to grab a table, pint, and dinner, in that order.
Knowing nothing about this place, and therefore having zero preconceived ideas from reviews, or word of mouth; the choice was simple: «It’s a steakhouse. Steak should be safe.»
Now, as an aside, I have to say I don’t often order steak in a restaurant anymore, because it usually leads to bitter disappointment. Typically in the form of microscopic or too thin cuts with a laughable price tag.
However, I did a bit of a double take, so to speak, when I bit into my striploin. It had the same flavor I get off of my charcoal grill at home, when using pure lump hardwood as the fuel.
That flavor is completely different from a gas grill, for one. It’s pretty unique. And I really can’t recall the last time a restaurant served me a steak that had «that» going on.
The portion size was enough that you didn’t need to fill up on appetizers beforehand. Which is a rarity to be sure.
Otherwise, the place in general seemed more casual than your typical «steakhouse» (which are often pretentious), which is fine. I can’t speak to the dining room, but I’d certainly return to try IT out, and sample more of the menu.
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