Edelweiss Village

Great deli/​store to find great European food and fair. Also deli side also has a great lil restaurant where they serve great food. Down side is they often microwave things to reheat which I am not a fan of but food quality and quantity is great!

Here it comes, a German writing a review about a German business in Canada! Okay, it’s not solely German, more European, but I’d say mainly German.
They do have a lot of imported German, Dutch, Polish and Scandinavian food, so if you are planning on making a special dish or just craving some special food from this region there is a good chance you will find it here, at a high price though, which is okay because it is imported. Okay for most of the things, selling Nivea Deodorant that is available at so many stores in Calgary for twice as much is not okay in my opinion, but I don’t want to get lost in details.
In case you were not able to bring back the German clock your grandma keeps talking about, because your suitcase was already stuffed with beer mugs, you will find one at this place. They not only have food but lots of other stuff, like magazines, books, music, videos… go check it out!
They have a café as well and sell home cooked food, so we had dinner there. The roulade was good, the red cabbage is okay (not the best but not bad either), the potato salad is very plain and has nothing in common with the German one except for the potatoes. They serve it warm; I never had or heard of warm potato salad before. And it just tastes very different and not good (at least to me). The beef and barley soup was good, but you had to search for the beef. The spicy Bratwurst tasted more like the German «Mortadella» with lots of spices, but not like a Bratwurst.
For dessert we got some cake, apple strudel and a poppy seed cheesecake, 6 bucks a piece! The apple strudel was a thin slice and it just wasn’t good, at all. And it tasted old as well. The cheesecake was better. They make it with «Quark» which to me is the real cheesecake, so I was very happy about that. The taste is good in general, but it had an odd taste to it, which sometimes can come from the poppy seeds I think. This piece was a decent size. But I still think that 12 bucks for two pieces of cake (not a big fancy one) to take home is just too much.
To sum it up: they have a big and good range of products, just stock up your wallet a bit more before you go there. The food they cook/​bake themselves was a little disappointing to me, but I am not saying «don’t go there»! Go check it out and decide for yourself, because a lot of people like it a lot.
I will probably go there again to get specific things, but I am most likely not going to be a regular customer, as much as I would have liked that…

This place is a great idea – charming exterior, lots of kitschy goodies and imports, delicious dessert pastries, plenty of delectable choices in the deli case, and an incredibly cute seating area to sit down and eat away at your European meal of choice. I will never pass up schnitzel if I see it on a menu, and my mother had gone with a sausage plate. Her sausages were delicious, though I found my pork and schnitzel were a little on the bland side and a little tough. I did however enjoy my giant serving of sauerkraut and potatoes, so yes, all is right with the world. It was pretty busy when I went in there at about 1pm, but I actually didn’t have to wait long in the lineup at all, and we found a great window seat right away.
As for the other side of the building, which houses the service cases and a huge selection of imported products, I have to say I had a lot of fun perusing their items and left happy with my purchases. Giant box of Mozartkugel? Check. Kartoffelland Knödel? Check. Hagelslag for my morning toast? Bless the Dutch, and check. All that was missing was for me to have enough money to realistically buy one of those awesome bier steins or a gorgeous handmade cuckoo clock on the amazing wall display.
All in all, definitely check this place out for a tiny taste of Europe in Calgary!

This place loses a star solely for never ever having enough staff available. The wait times are long. But it is worth it I suppose. I’ve had their Russian cheesecake and perogies and soft pretzels. My friends tried sausages too. Everything was delish. So so good. Fatty, but good. There’s some real butter going on here.
I also got a pack of 20 small beeswax candles for 8 bucks. Um yeah!!!
There have loads of German foods as well as other mostly European bits and bots. Very large selection of sweets and chocolates and cookies. Haha. Decorative items and jewelry and cosmetics and such as well in smaller quantities.
It’s a nice place but avoid ALL peak times ie lunch rush, special occasions, holidays, after work dinner rush. There’s a small parking lot too so people are absolute idiots about it. Just park on the street.

I dropped in here for lunch and ordered the Oktoberfest platter. The red cabbage was tangy and not too tart, and the scalloped potatoes were creamy with a smoky accent from the diced ham. The bratwurst was cooked to perfection. I wished that there were two of them on the platter; I’m a carnivore at heart!
There is a cozy little eating area here with paintings, prints, and antique clocks for sale. To the right of the store is an excellent deli with imported cheeses, cold cuts, sausages, and pates. The bakery makes European pastries like cream puffs, cakes, strudel, croissants, and tortes. There are also shelves of cookbooks, raclette and fondue sets, kitchen gadgets, mugs, and imported foods available.

My top inspiration for that perfect balance between gourmet and gourmand.
There are about a million things to peruse in this Fairy Tale-​esque building; I could spend countless happy hours checking out everything from what has proven to be the TASTIEST bacon I’ve had in recent memory, to the beautifully intricate cuckoo clocks filling one wall. The candy selection is of particular interest… no matter how much I tell myself I don’t REALLY need anything… I always find something that I can’t leave without. I might want to start bringing a handkerchief to mop up the drool so I don’t scare anyone off.
I’ve been going to this place since I was in Elementary school, and snuck off school grounds in Junior High to run over for a treat during my lunch break. When I went in last time the owner was running the till with a welcoming smile and warm disposition, and she even remembered what grade I was when I first met her (some 17 odd years later)! This place makes me feel all warm and tingly inside like I get at Christmas time; which come to think of it this place would be my top place to go for stocking stuffers.
The staff are patient, pleasant and never pushy; I’ve never felt like I’m annoying anyone in the slightest by approaching them with a question. You should probably just stop reading this, grab your coat and go before I work my way through their entire inventory.

The staff was incredibly friendly, and the selection is amazing. Being of Polish heritage, I was excited to see products directly from Poland, and I was even more excited to see treats from Austria that I haven’t been able to find since returning from Europe. I purchased some deli meats and plum cake, and I found the prices to be on the high side (in comparison with The Italian Store and Lina’s Italian Market), but I had lunch in the café, and it was perfect.
While I might not come back for deli meats and cheeses, I will definitely consider coming back for lunch or coffee.

This place looks exactly like my cute little old german grandmothers house! Ok, I don’t have a cute little old german grandmother, but if I did, I would want her to live here. It’s magical.
Housewares, kitchen ingredients, knick knacks, chocolates, fancy handcrafted village scene wooden cookoo clocks, and pretty much anything you can think of from the old country.
It was a cold day, and I went in for a delicious hot plate of cabbage rolls, mashed potatoes, sauerkraut, and bratwurst. They really do make some fantastic comfort food. It’s everything you need to feel all warm and happy on the inside and it tastes home cooked, just like my fictional german grandmonther used to make.
Served on dainty white ceramic plates with german pattern work around the outside, eating at a table with a crochet table cloth, this restaurant market did everything to stir up the nostalgia in me for a time and place that I hadn’t ever experienced.
Eidelweiss Village is a great place to go if you are honestly looking for German products, for a down to earth home-​cooked meal, or if you want to feel like a tourist in your own city.