Moxie’s Grill & Bar

just to be clear, this is not a place I would normally go to. I was taken out and moxies was the only available option on valentines day — yes, I know not particularly classy, but hear me out. The restaurant is located at he hotel and not the best hotel I should say. The clientele was looking a bit cheap or casual. The food, however, was quite good. I had a steak and I could not fault it in any way. So the moral is, one can get decent food in such place without breaking the bank. I think it was $ 30 or $ 35 per person for three courses — probably special price for Valentines day.

Not a lot can be said about Moxie’s that hasn’t been said before.
Pretty standard «upscale urban hipster-​casual» is what I’d call this place.
Not super fancy, but just fancy enough.
Prices are a bit high, but I suspect because they are attached to the hotel upstairs they get away with it.
I paid $ 18 for a Cob salad that was actually a «wedge salad». They just cut half a head of iceburg lettuce and piled some stuff on top. It’s not that it wasn’t good, but it wasn’t great — and the size was not an entrée. It was a starter at best. I ended up eating again when I got home. =(
Drinks are great when they are on special, but expensive when they are not.
Service is good, but somewhat slow for the amount of people that are ever in this joint. I’ve been on a few different occasions and I never see any more than about 20 people dining at once.
There are far better places to go for food, but if it’s in your budget and it’s close it’ll fill the void in your belly.

Stayed at the Sandman so Moxie’s was convenient. Ate there twice, having the rustic pizza with grana padano, pulled short rib, caramelized onions, prosciutto & pancetta. Very good. The next days sweet chili chicken was just okay. But. I’ve become addicted to their Blue Zen Martini. Now to recreate it down here… :)

I am a flight attendant and I ate at Moxie“s, and I will never eat there again. I ordered chicken wings, they came in a small bowl that held about 10 wings. Probably the smallest wings I have ever seen. Although the price for these wings are not small. 12 ½. The restaurant and service staff were good but the food was not worth the price. If you’re hungry better go some place else. Oh, not too many more choices, that’s why they can get away with it. Competition is the only thing to fix this problem! Sorry but I do not recommend going to this place to eat. John

Food was excellent. Even better than other Moxies.
Service however was inexcusably bad.
Dining alone tonight, I elected to sit at the bar. There were about 5 of us being served by a woman who may in fact be the slowest employee I’ve ever met.
Once the delicious burger arrived, I had to specifically ask for a napkin.
Not a busy night, but terrible service.
Definitely won’t be sitting at the bar again…

This place is pretty good. The ambiance and interior of the restaurant is nice. The food is good although a bit on the pricy side. The staff is quite friendly and attentive. Good place, very typical American type foods.

Solid veggie burger with pesto with sweet potato fries are the go to meal at this place. Great for groups of 4 – 6, with a large menu with selections for ever taste.
Good downtown location, with access to the tram (tram is free in the center core).

Had a great dinner!
The 4 of us all had a great dinner. Was a little worried as it was not busy for a Saturday night, but service was good and so was dinner. Definitely going back.

This is a review for the lounge only. I’ve eaten here a few times weekday lunch and you can’t beat it for timing. The other pubs downtown are crazy busy and slooooooow at lunch. Moxi’s get’s busy but they seem to have a system because you get your food and you’re out in an hour. Menu selection is the same as downstairs, service is a prompt and prices are fair. Had this fish tacos this time which you can have grilled or fried, I went fried and fries (yes I was bad) and they were very tasty. Decent sized pieces of fish, tangy sauce, crunchy lettuce and fresh tacos. Good portion of fries as I couldn’t eat them all. Good, quick lunch spot.

Yet another decent bar for after-​work drinks with colleagues. I don’t usually frequent these sorts of places (as they all start to look alike after a while) but when you work in the Core it ends up being a fact of life.
The thing that I do like about this location is that there is an upstairs and downstairs, and in the warm months, you can sit right outisde. Granted, you’re overlooking a CTrain track, so I’m not sure how nice of view that really is, but hey, at least you’re outside. Anyway, with two levels, tons of seating, and pretty good service this place earns its three stars even if I found everything else to unremarkable.
The menu is a typical bar-​food with a fancy twist and the drinks aren’t anything to write home about. There are specials every day (with wing night on Monday and ½ price wine on Tuesday) including some (limited) hapy hour drinks. Although, yes, you do need to enter near the CTrain, inside the establishment is clean, well-​lit and not very noisy.
I got an appetizer and a few drinks, so I can’t comment too much about the food except that the sushi cones were good (although all together unremarkable.) I probably wouldn’t go here for dinner, to be honest, as I wasn’t really impressed and the prices are fairly high.
In general, this place goes on my list of decent places to take work contacts, but beyond that I don’t think I would go again. In general, I would probably go back to James Joyce over Moxie’s for that sort of atmosphere anyway.

I’m not a big fan of chain restaurants but this particular one has nice venues and their staff are usually friendly.

The fact that this location exists right by the LRT tracks should warrant a mediocre review at best however, that’s not the only reason.
Walking past the storefront to the main entrance, there was human vomit that had not been addressed by staff — kind of gross if you ask me.
I have been here on 3 occasions now and would like the last to be my last.
We have had veggie burgers here — which were dried out and so-so…but that’s really the only veggie option other than salads.
I ordered a caesar salad with the dressing on the side last time, and that was decent. Calamari here is ok, there is a decent wine list.
A lot of business types here at lunch drinking and meeting or whatever they are doing. If you do arrive at a busy time, service is deeply crippled.
Anytime I have ordered a cocktail it didn’t arrive in the typical version of itself. I would stick to beer and bottled wine/​easy cocktails.
Like I say about most chains, fancy fast food.
They have ice cream for kids and they use dry ice to make it look like it’s smoking or whatever… woo oooooooo. Chicken fingers/​fries and generally the standard fare for kids at any restaurant — bordering on child abuse…
Relatively clean, the washrooms are a total pain in the butt to get to at the very rear of the restaurant and up a bunch of stairs.

Nach vielen Steaks hatte ich einmal Lust auf Abwechslung. Das red thai curry hier war sehr scharf, aber schlichtweg köstlich!
Die Bedienung war ausgesprochen aufmerksam und sehr freundlich.

I was staying in the Sandman hotel, so Moxie’s was right downstairs, and it was definitely better than your average in-​hotel-​lobby restaurant. I ate there twice, and props for the kitchen being open until Midnight on a weeknight! I had an AAA steak sandwich, and I was (happily) surprised that it was an actual well-​cooked piece of steak on a half-​baguette instead of the slices of meat that «steak sandwich» usually connotes to me. The next time I had a chicken caesar salad which was perfectly fine. We split a nice bottle of Cotes du Rhone and had a good caramel-​ly bread pudding for dessert.
A strange thing about the restaurant is that seats in the booths seem very low (or the tables are very high) so you feel like you’re eating with super-​high elbows. You know the feeling when you’re trying to tie your own bow tie in the mirror and can’t quite get it for 5 minutes and you get all frustrated and tense and your arms hurt? It’s a little bit like that when you eat in the booths here. I know that’s a super-​strange comment to make, but for some reason it stuck in my head after eating here…

For the most part my experience here was typical. I’ve ate at Moxie’s in Edmonton and I wasn’t expecting anything fantastic.
I was staying in Calgary for a conference and hadn’t eaten much all day so by the time I got to Moxie’s at the end of the night (around 8 pm) I was really hungry. I ordered a steak sandwich and a glass of water.
My waitress seemed to disappear into thin air after I ordered. Which was bad, because she ran off without asking me how I wanted my steak. I didn’t see her again until my meal arrived. I like my steak blue (but I’ll accept anything up to medium rare), and the steak I received was well done. Ugh, ugh, ugh. I was so hungry I didn’t send it back — it took long enough to get it in the first place, and the waitress seemed to be in a really foul mood — constantly scowling.
I ate, paid, and left. $ 20 wasted!

This was MAH PLACE TO GO.
That’s all changed sadly.
I used to come here on every first date. For the location and where it’s at. I’ve never seen it extremely busy.
Over the last year, I found that it’s slipped a bit from where it used to be.
The Menu is all the same — Usually I just go with a Burger and a Bellini.
The Bellini is where it’s been hit the hardest.
I used to come to this location and it used to be filled to the brim with goodness.
Now you’re lucky if it even comes close to the top.
If you’re going for Dinner; Get the Beef Vindaloo — It is by FAR the best thing on their menu.
Stay away from the Steaks. Been disappointed everytime.

Moxie’s isn’t terrible for a chain and this particular vacation is the best of the one’s I’ve been to.
The service here is great and prompt-​important for downtown office worker dining. The menu is varied-​definitely something for everyone and any sized appetite. The prices are reasonable and I’ve found anytime there is an issue with a meal or something they are quick to fix it. What I like about this Moxie’s is it is reliable and you know what to expect. I’ve never had a terrible menu item and several things on there are very tasty. The often have interesting seasonal specials and menus as well to shake things up a bit.
The lounge upstairs is great for after work drinks or a more casual meal. The service up there is a little less «classy» but still acceptable. A good spot to visit with one person or a group!

Moxie’s just across the street from work so I go there quite often. Service is good and food isn’t all too bad either! My favorite dish is the veal meatballs stuffed with bocconcini.
This place is almost always crowded. It’s perfect for large groups. They can accommodate dozens of people in a group. All you need to do is pre-​order using a pretty little spreadsheet.
Above all, I like to go there for a beer or two after work!

Love this place! They have nightly drink specials & amazing desserts. The entrees are great, too. Some of our colleagues weren’t as impressed, but we loved it. The second visit the service left a lot to be desired as they were VERY slow to wait on us. Funny thing is it was the same waitress both times.

First time in Calgary and the cold plus close distance to this restaurant brought me to the doors of this hotel restaurant. The staff is friendly and is a decent atmosphere. Food was decent too.

Perhaps it is the location skewing my review slightly (I work nearby, and there is very little else around for lunch… with the crack corner location, and all) but I keep coming back to this Moxies for weekday lunches.
Atmosphere is fine — typically I meet up with a friend, and this location is fine for chatting and catching up. Quite often, the same friends later ask to meet again at this Moxies.
Generally speaking, service is attentive, and my food arrives in good time — key during the work week.
The menu is pretty diverse, which is one of the reasons I enjoy Moxies. So I’ve tried everything from an almond-​crusted salmon to a straight salad for lunch. Never dissapointed.
I should say, as well, that sometimes I’m pretty conscious of «behaving» during lunch (so I don’t have to make up for it on a treadmill)… and restaurant food can be a gut-​bomb. That being said, there is a pretty good selection of main-​course salads, with a wide range of styles and ingredients. I’ve picked several as my meal, and they have been very satisfying.