jwslam
05-15-2014, 09:55 AM
Disclaimer: IT'S IN FOREST LAWN; the urbanspoon reviews are probably all from people outside the hood who don't appreciate the dive.
Restaurant name: Aristocrat Restaurant & Bar
Location: 3460 17th Ave SE Calgary, AB T2A 0R4
Website: http://aristocratcalgary.com/
Food rating 5/5
Ambience 2/5
Service 4/5
I bought the TeamBuy for $20 AYCE wings before I read the urbanspoon reviews. This place has a 41% likes and lots of bad reviews especially from those that bought the same thing.
I went last night (Wednesday). 630pm. My brother and I.
Walked into a place with tables set on both sides of the stage. The place was bright with artifically lighting, but dark paint and a covered skylight made it feel not-so-welcoming. 3 tables of filipino couples. All eating wings. The projector was on, and it showed that their music was from Galaxie Channels.
Sat down and told them I had the deal voucher, she quickly listed a few flavors and asked us what to drink. Asked for coke and iced tea. She comes back with a coke and says the iced tea is out and she doesn't know how to change it. So I asked for coke. Comes back again with a canned coconut juice. Apparently the coke was running out; but she did ask if the coke we had was OK or if he wanted something else. (I've never had coconut juice before but it was good).
20 minutes later, wings come. Honey garlic is the typical sauce, and the other was S/P. Both sets of wings were piping hot, but dripping with juice, and quite large (think Jameson's size).
She cleared the bones off our plates onto the wing plates and asked for our second order; got Thai and S/P. Again, after 20 minutes, the wings come out piping hot and dripping with juice.
Halfway through this second set of wings, they started to set up karaoke. None of the people who sang were bad, but that was more than we could handle. When we finished she promptly came back to clear our plates, ask if we wanted more, and took down our voucher number. She asked for $1 GST on the $20 voucher, and we left her another 5. Got out around 8:15.
Would recommend this place for the wings alone, and their menu looks vast with their western/flip fushion with everything under $20.
Giving this place my :thumbsup: contrary to the urbanspoon ratings.
Restaurant name: Aristocrat Restaurant & Bar
Location: 3460 17th Ave SE Calgary, AB T2A 0R4
Website: http://aristocratcalgary.com/
Food rating 5/5
Ambience 2/5
Service 4/5
I bought the TeamBuy for $20 AYCE wings before I read the urbanspoon reviews. This place has a 41% likes and lots of bad reviews especially from those that bought the same thing.
I went last night (Wednesday). 630pm. My brother and I.
Walked into a place with tables set on both sides of the stage. The place was bright with artifically lighting, but dark paint and a covered skylight made it feel not-so-welcoming. 3 tables of filipino couples. All eating wings. The projector was on, and it showed that their music was from Galaxie Channels.
Sat down and told them I had the deal voucher, she quickly listed a few flavors and asked us what to drink. Asked for coke and iced tea. She comes back with a coke and says the iced tea is out and she doesn't know how to change it. So I asked for coke. Comes back again with a canned coconut juice. Apparently the coke was running out; but she did ask if the coke we had was OK or if he wanted something else. (I've never had coconut juice before but it was good).
20 minutes later, wings come. Honey garlic is the typical sauce, and the other was S/P. Both sets of wings were piping hot, but dripping with juice, and quite large (think Jameson's size).
She cleared the bones off our plates onto the wing plates and asked for our second order; got Thai and S/P. Again, after 20 minutes, the wings come out piping hot and dripping with juice.
Halfway through this second set of wings, they started to set up karaoke. None of the people who sang were bad, but that was more than we could handle. When we finished she promptly came back to clear our plates, ask if we wanted more, and took down our voucher number. She asked for $1 GST on the $20 voucher, and we left her another 5. Got out around 8:15.
Would recommend this place for the wings alone, and their menu looks vast with their western/flip fushion with everything under $20.
Giving this place my :thumbsup: contrary to the urbanspoon ratings.