Moxie’s Grill & Bar

Hello,
Hello — Had the Beef vindaloo and it was great. Perfect meal for a snowy day in Calgary. The menu has some nice choices and the quality to price ratio is good. This is a chain restaurant that offers good service but if you travel a lot is just kinda what you get in all other chain restaurants, not that that is a bad thing it’s just don’t expect to be blown away for a
culinary experience. It was in a nice new building just like all the other nice new buildings in that area. The service was very friendly, the meals came out fast and is exactly what I was wanted for my meeting.

Stopped in on Monday for a late breakfast. Hostess was fantastic, as was the food.
There were only 2 tables taken in the restaurant at the time we arrived. Waitress only came by twice, and then gave us the bill. She was nice, but basically the hostess helped us, got us more jam, Ketchup, and asked if there was anything else we needed. We were done eating when our waitress appeared with a coffee pot. I could see if it was busy but I couldn’t even see her never mind finding her.
So a big thank you to the hostess and the chef’s as our meal was fantastic.

I had lunch today at Moxie’s. They have a lounge side. I sat on the dining room side.
I ordered the Double Stacked Turkey Club sandwich (minus the lettuce and cheese) with roasted baby potatoes. It’s been a while since I’ve had a sandwich and this was a good one! The bread was tasty and soft and the bacon was indeed crisp. The baby potatoes were delicious!
Spenser was my server. She was friendly and took good care of me.

I’ve been here twice now and the food has been great both times but the service is extremely slow. We asked for our check and it took 15 minutes for the server to bring it to us and then another 15 minutes for him to come back when we gave
Our cards. Drinks took 15 mins and Food took 30 mins to come out.
When we told the manager he didn’t seem to care. The atmosphere is nice and the food is great, but the service really takes away from the experience.

I visited with a group and ordered fish tacos. I had informed my server that I have a severe tomato allergy and a manager even came out to speak to me about precautions they would take to prevent tomatoes from contacting me food. Then my tacos came with salsa, they professionally handled the situation and very quickly fixed my meal. I would highly recommend this restaurant for their kind service and especially for individuals with allergies.

Food was good, however, service sucks. Especially the front desk girl with skimpy dress was very snobbish.

I sat at the bar and the bartender was great! The food, however was truly disgusting. First, it took quite awhile for my order to arrive, and when it did, the steak was cold, the veggies looked as if they were about a week past their prime and the potato was really over cooked. I would just as soon walk an hour as not to eat here ever again.

Might be one of the worst restaurant experiences I have ever had. I had some very basic requests, as little oil as possible and rice instead of potato with my salmon. When it came there was oily potato and very greasy green beans that look like they were bought dehydrated and half way reconstituted. Unlike other reviews on here my server was actually very accommodating and got me my rice and some more inedible vegetables. I had a similar experience at at the Toronto location so this will for sure be the last time I ever visit a moxies.
I have been cooking for a living for about 18 years so I really do know how easy it is the accommodate these requests.
And I really love how they put all of their own professionally done photos on this site.

I’ve been to this location 4 times and only once the food was edible.
The manager had to comp the meals 3 other times because they were so awful. I dont know what’s going on here. Food so poorly prepared, so salty you couldn’t swallow without water.
Service is pretty lame also.
they have been crossed off my list.

Steak was cooked properly. Although never worth 31 $. Inferior quality but amazing service and cooks. Burgers are good and chicken wuesadea was good. Been here before and downtown had a nicer atmosphere. If u have nowhere to go and are trapped in the sandman hotel, eat here.

Well, as usual when alone and travelling, I ate at the bar. It was across the street from my hotel, but because I’m from the (American) southeast, and I hate the cold, and it was cold, I took a cab who happened to be sitting outside the hotel when I came outside. And went across the street. Cost me $ 4 to not have to spend 30 minutes warming up.
Took a cab back too — had the hostess ring me one. It started snowing during dinner. That’s just not ok.
At any rate — down to business. They have a good selection bourbon, which is always a plus for me. Drink prices are a little less than downtown — bartender was great. He hates the cold too and perfectly understood.
Had the potstickers. Meh. Good but not great. Ordered a new york strip. Now here’s where I was a little surprised — that thing was fantastic! Cooked well, good cut of beef, nice char, real nice piece of meat. I really enjoyed it. Had, I believe, baby reds alongside — also quite nice.
Now, here’s where I actually had to realize that this place deserves a 3 when I initially had put a 4 before realizing I needed to rate the restaurant, not the servers walking around. Can I say this on Unilocal?These women were beautiful, well dressed, and extremely professional. I mean, you think of the average black pants black shirt type uniform — not here. All walking around in heels carrying plates and trays and stuff, I was truly impressed at their dedication and commitment — no way you could get any female I know to walk around a restaurant in heels serving oil and gas bros in Canadia.
So anyway, if your sitting at either of the Marriott’s and thinking to yourself that you just don’t want to go downtown, but want a decent meal and good service, walk across the street.
Or cab it if it’s cold.

I’ve eaten here probably Ten times and the service is a little spotty, some good some bad. The menu is good and the prices are to be expected considering the type of restaurant. I gave only 3 stars because I had breakfast here once and it was horrible. But it’s a 3 or 4 restaurant depending on the server and what you choose. Best thing on the menu is the tuna sushi! I wouldn’t come here for breakfast again!

This Moxies location has been an annual gathering spot for me when I visit Calgary on business and its been consistently going downhill year after year in terms of service and food. I noticed a similar trend at their Vancouver location on Robson that is now closed.
During a late lunch visit, I had to wait just under 5 minutes to get a hostess to greet us and the general feeling I got from the staff was they just didn’t want to be there. They used to be on par with other mid level chains but they have really fallen hard. The food was mediocre at best with uncooked rice in my Teriyaki Rice Bowl and it didn’t taste fresh.
We also had a nightcap in their lounge which has a good décor and lots of tv’s to watch the game but once again the service was incredibly bad. The server plopped menus on our table and walked away without even saying hello and the rest of our interactions were once again, as if we’re doing her a favour by being there.
This is my first bad review on Unilocal but I was so taken aback by the poor service that I had to comment on it.

I almost did not eat here but am I glad I did! The food and the selection of different items on he menu was outstanding. Very friendly staff too! I had the red tai curry bowl and it was great! I will be in Calgary for another week and I guarantee i will be back here.

Came to this Moxie’s because it was across the street from the hotel. Been to a dozen Moxie’s across Canada and the food is always good, as it was here. I’m a business traveler and came here because I can get a healthy, good bite and get some work done. Unfortunately, their internet was producing no signal and the manager didn’t know how to fix it. I was told it happens often. Big downfall for for some of us.
Meanwhile, the service was fair (I came at 9:30 and they seemed low on servers). Still, the lemon pepper haddock I had was excellent. Tasted fresh, had a tremendous amount of flavor and the sides were good, too.
As with every Moxie’s, great décor and atmosphere.

I know this place is a chain but it was my first time at any Moxie’s. Moxie’s was conveniently attached to the Sandman Hotel near the Airport. I was staying at the hotel for a conference so that’s how we ended up here. We went to Moxie’s for drinks and dinner.
It is true, the waitresses are more of a high class Hooters. Waitresses were nice. The place however is full of men. lol. So I’m in agreement with the other comment — a tad creepy. lol
The bellini drink that I had was quite good. The steak was incredible. Best steak in Calgary (then again i’m only comparing to one other steak). They did a perfect job at making it medium rare and the seasoning was simple but enough to bring out the flavours of the steak and not take away from it.
The bathrooms were very clean. Nice atmosphere.

A higher class Hooters, just as tacky but with good food.
I do enjoy going to this place because the food is pretty good and it’s right next to the Marriott Courtyard which serves microwaved food. However you can’t help but feel like a creep going into the place. 99% of the staff are attractive girls wearing low tops and short short skirts. 99% of the patrons are overweight business men who like to stare at ass.
Who doesn’t? Right? I don’t know. It’s still creepy.

We had a real adventure at Moxie’s this evening. In my humble opinion this restaurant should be totally restaffed. From entrance to exit it was horrible.
We were greeted by the pleasant short skirted hostess and seated in a booth in a section with six tables. For some reason the waitress who was attentive to the other five tables declined to attend to us. Instead we were assigned a waiter who proved to be very inattentive — but I put the blame on the full staff.
OK details:
— no cocktail menu provided
— no cutlery provide until after the meal was served
— had a martini served in an old fashion glass because they ran out of martini glasses at 8 o’clock on a Saturday night
— ran out of stuffed potatoes, but served a mish-​mash of mashed and baked potatoes (we could physically separate the two potato types on our plates)
— got thirsty waiting for water
— wine got served after the meal was eaten
— pretty sure that the two different red wines were served to the wrong person
— we had to interrupt the waitress to find our waiter to pay.
It made an impression on me so that I will never go back to a Moxie’s.

This place is an upscale bar & restaurant chain with an excellent environment to catch the latest sporting event. I sat at the bar and was impressed with the décor. Everything from granite bar tops to embossed leather seats made for a nice environment. You could tell it had a woman’s touch. My barkeep, Andrew, tends a hell of a bar. I saw him doing everything from concocting sangria from scratch to keeping an older lady patron happy with a few corny jokes.
Their drink list is vast and they have a plethora of drink specials depending on the night for those on a budget. My meal was pretty good. I got the parmesan chicken and prosciutto sandwich, which was really rich and filling. The side sweet potato fries were not good. They were about as soft and lifeless as the kid that gets picked last in dodgeball. Moxie’s had a great turnout for a random Monday night. I wouldn’t hesitate to come back as the service, environment, and diverse menu made for a nice night out.

Not a fan of the new overhauled menu, thus the loss of a star, sorry.
I was shocked when I came in an noticed several, (at least 10) of their regular menu items were removed, ie the kitsalano sandwich, sesame ginger noodle bowl which was one of my favourites, was no where to be seen, in fact there are no soft noodle dishes on the menu. Also, my favourite app, the bruschetta with warm loaf is gone :(its been replaced with an inferior bruschetta on crisps… boooooo
With that we tried the new head chef, Alex Chen’s, signature, rigatoni. It was good, it was pasta, it was just meh, nothing I would make a trip out for… and I found it really salty. My husband had the thai coconut barramundi. I personally found it underwhelming, it tasted really light but I did not like the relish, found it really didn’t help the delicate fish. The shrimps in that dish also tasted steamed, no WOW, no seasoning, nothing to help the shrimp.
Even their seasonal menu didn’t bring back one of my favourites, the marsala chicken with seasonal root veg. I was at least hoping to have that, but nope… I noticed A LOT of items which incorporated ham, or bacon on the new holiday menu, I don’t eat pork so I can’t say I would be excited to try them. Two tarts, a couple of regular menu items, the rigatoni I mentioned earlier and no chicken on the features, what is going on?! Isn’t a holiday or feature menu supposed to have new and exciting items that would make you want to try them? And why would you have two regular menu items on the feature menu? It doesn’t make sense to me!
That said, the pecan macadamia nut tart sounds good, keep up that caliber of innovation and you might win me back.
Kudos for trying something new, now please with sugar on top, lets go back to how things once were… Good effort Alex Chen but sorry, this new menu doesn’t quite make the cut for me… will probably stick to your lunch steak sandwich (and nut tart) if I did end up going again.