Montana’s Restaurant

Not a great experience. The chicken was stringy and dry, the hostess and our waiter weren’t very friendly and seemed and quiet and anxious. There was no music, nothing in terms of atmosphere except the sounds of children shrieking and crying so the ambience (if you could call it that) was quite unpleasant. The prices weren’t unreasonable but with the quality of the food it still felt like a waste, honestly I feel like I would’ve had a better experience if we’d gone to McDonald’s. From the way the staff acted, my guess would be either their boss is a jerk, or they are tired of fielding complaints from customers about the low-​quality food which they can’t do anything about. Take the hint, Montana’s. This used to be a great family restaurant.
On the plus side, I will say their boozy milkshakes are quite good.

This was the worst experience at Montanas, altho I’m never overly impressed, this place takes the cake. We only went because we were traveling through Calgary and it was my sons 3^rd birthday so the song and dessert sounded fun…3.5 hours (alot of waiting) 3 waitresses, (apparently stealing each other’s tables) a pile of confusion we finally got out of there. Not before asking 4 times to have my son sang too. Furious. Get your crap together. better management needed.

We went to this place tonight. The quality of the ribs pretty bad, very dry, and not fresh. The manager was unfriendly and seemed like she was just doing her job. She probably needs training on customer service. The girls who were serving us tried their best to make us happy. Overall it was a «never again» experience.

Montanas we are not too impressed. We had a table for for 8, 4 adults, 2 teenage boys, and 2 young boys… Took forever to get the server to our table, we ordered drinks and food at same time!
I asked «Can I have a piña colada?» «No we don’t make blended drinks.» Hmmm I have had many there before!!!
«Ok. I will have steak sandwich med rare.» «Sorry we don’t do med rare but we do blue rare or medium.» Is this not a STEAKHOUSE?
Son ordered ribs and shrimp… Shrimp way over cooked and rubbery
Food — 6
Service — 3
$ 198 meal… Not worth it!

I am not sure what happened to this place. It used to be one of our family favorites. Last nite when we went there it was an odd experience. First, only about ½ the restaurant was being used. Our server was less than attentive and the food was a big disappointment. My son ordered chicken wings and they were still frozen in the middle. I had beef that was dry and my husbands burger was burnt. We will not go to Montanas again.

Their food has really taken a turn for the worst. I do not want to get into details but the ribs were lukewarm … and we ordered the ‘nicest and most tender’ — obviously most expensive rack o’ribs!
Staff were … ‘Meh I’ve experienced better.“
Their servings are ‘Texan’ size! Which is what got them their second star but … does it really matter it’s a big plate when the food is not that good? Hmmm …

Went into Montana’s for lunch with a friend. Wow! What a change! Absolutely lovely new décor in the bar. I loved the old Montana’s décor, but the changes made are really, honestly fresh and wonderful. We ordered Antijitos, fast, fresh, and always wonderful. Then I had the fish and chips, fresh battered in-​house (not the crappy stuff you can buy at the grocery store and make yourself, like some places). My friend had the Jambalaya, and loved it. Of course, you can never go wrong with the Baked Chicken Penne, a staple of Montana’s. My son and his girlfriend recently went there and couldn’t stop talking about the goat cheese pasta (they didn’t say what it was called).
Having said that, the service was patchy for a bit a year ago. FULLY CORRECTED. Very attentive service. We had such an amazing lunch, we plan to go back there often with our group of friends. And why not? This was one of many recent visits in the last few months when the service was just STELLAR! (but our first after the make over…) Perfectly located if you are catching a show at Crowfoot. I don’t live in Calgary, but all of my friends live near by there, so it’s one of our «go to» spots. For a chain restaurant, we felt it to be a good value for our money.