Da Guido Restaurant - Calgary

Its always been the Top Italian Restaurant, Guido the owner is not into it any more, unfortunately reading the reviews below it seams to be the consensus, Guido has gone thru his shares of unfortunate instances...but overall has done well... he needs to get on top of his staff and out of the kitchen...more!

My husband and I loved our date night here! He had the carbonara and I had shrimp! They were both excellent! We will be back for sure!

Dined there on a Thursday night and arrived at 7:15. Three servers. The first two were lovely and helpful but then we were saddled with the third even though the other two were there...odd! The third server was the rudest most obnoxious person I have ever met. He made it clear that the cook had been on since 8 am and needed to go home. He kept asking us if we did not like the food because we were eating so slowly. After receiving the bill at 9 pm shortly after our cappacinos arrived, he continued to make us feel completely uncomfortable. I asked what time they closed and he shrugged his shoulders. Even though it was 9:15 when we were compelled to leave, we checked on line at it said closing time is 11pm. We felt clearly bullied and it destroyed the ambiance of the nice wine and lovely food. To add to the insult of his service, he threw a pen across the table at my friend to calculate her portion of the bill when we asked to pay separately. I was unable to finish my cappacino and had to leave it there. Never going back and will never recommend this restaraunt to anyone else. Clearly a shame when the food is so good.

The meal was actually quite good however the service was absolutely horrible. We were rushed through our meal the entire evening. Our waiter was incredibly rude and pushy and kept trying to clear our plates before we were finished. He constantly interrupted us and when he dropped off the bill he literally threw a pen at us and said, "there's your calculator." They turned off the lights before we got out the door! It was 9:15. We arrived at 7:30.

Wow, where do I start? I phoned ahead to let the restaurant aware of my friend's birthday. The service was awful. The food was less than average. We barely sat down and the waitress asked us for our drink order twice. Really pushy. I had to ask the waiter telling us the specials for repeat himself about 3 times. I could barely understand him. There were 4 different people waiting on us throughout the night. It was like nobody knew what the other was doing. We told them about the Veal Marsala being too sweet. This was after we were nearly done eating. They didn't come by during our first bites of food. I am not sure what has changed but honestly this was my favourite restaurant for years. I am not sure when I would be back. They asked how our meal was as we were getting our jackets. I told them it might be awhile before we return. It was like they just didn't care. We walked out a little shocked.Lastly, they forgot all about my birthday request. Sooooo disappointed!!