Mimo Restaurant

Amazing, I loved every bite.
Generous quantities, You will definitely leave full with some food to take home.
Will be back for sure!!!

Not many restaurants in Calgary feature many seafood items on their menu, which makes Mimo Restaurant unique in that regard. My favorite dish is the grilled squid in delicious red sauce. When it comes out, it doesn’t look like much, literally squid in tomato sauce. But when you taste it, it blows your mind. They serve it with a big basket of bread so you can soak up all that saucy goodness and by the end you still want to lick the plate clean. Be prepared to fill up on bread should you order any of the appetizers as most are sauce base and you won’t be able to resist yourself dipping the fresh bread into it. So I advise doing family style. We were a party of 3 and ordered the Portuguese style mussels, grilled squid in red sauce and paella for 2. We were unable to finish the paella for 2 due to all the bread we ate, but we didn’t mind taking home the left overs. Another thing I really like about Mimo Restaurant is that they’re a family run business, so its great to support them because you can tell they work really hard to do what they can to provide the best experience to their patrons they can.

A Family owned and run business, I have been eating here since the early 90’s and it is my favorite Portuguese restaurant this part of the country. Mimo specializes in traditional dishes, great recipes, I love all their seafood dishes, the squid is my #1, and the rest are #2,…the portions, the flavors, simply the best! Peri Peri Prawns a must try, give this place a try, especially if you like spice. It hits the right spot for me, everytime time!

Amazing food. Wait is a bit longer than most but it’s because everything is cooked fresh at order Worth the wait Try the taste of Portugal. Seafood to dye for.

We were there last night with my friend, because we wanted to eat paella and it was really good choice! Paella was delicious with fresh sea food. I also tryed Portuguese wine and my bf their traditional beer and is was good too. Servise was perfect and I can this place recommend to all ppl!

When ordering, remember to ask what seafood is in season. I learned from the owner’s daughter that mussels are in season until January. Seriously, these were the BEST mussels I’ve ever eaten. Massive, plump fresh morsels. The pork and mussel casserole was heavenly — the spices and flavour really popped — the pork was tender and the potatoes were full of fried goodness.

i was looking forward to trying mimo’s based on the reviews i’ve been reading on urban spoon and the ffwd. being both a seafood lover and a foodie, i was quite excited to get some portuguese grub on.
the waitress was friendly and made a few recommendations on wine and food. we ordered a bottle of the house red which was pretty good value, i think it was $ 25 (can’t remember exactly) and was very good.
we had heard about the chorico a bombeiro (flaming sausage), which comes out lit on fire. reviews were singing praises for this dish, but i found that after the flames subside, the sausage is actually a bit tough and is a bit too salted for my taste.
the mains were next, which we went with the bachalhau cosido c/​todos (poached cod portuguese style). the first bite reminded me that we’re in calgary and that the cod was frozen. it was alright (for frozen) but similar to the sausage, a bit salty for my taste. don’t get me wrong, i’m not one for bland food — but it seemed like i couldn’t taste the actual fish and was primarily the seasoning or perhaps the brine. not sure.
we also ordered the paella for one (which included clams, mussels, squid, crab legs, lobster tails, shrimp, chicken, meat and peppers). it was certainly enough for the two of us, so portion was very healthy and generous. it was a bit overcooked as all the seafood was a bit tough and the vegetables without a fresh crispiness. it seemed like the meat was already cooked separately and was added to the paella. finally, i found the rice to be a bit soggy, perhaps from possibly using cooked rice rather than using stock to cook the rice.
the charming friendliness of the waitress and her stories of portugal made our meal pleasant, but i’ve had better portuguese food (albeit not in calgary).