Rigoletto's Cafe - Edmonton

Not normally an Italian food guyI was expecting an overly heavy meal, with a salty sauceI have been converted. read more Not normally an Italian food guyI was expecting an overly heavy meal, with a salty sauceI have been converted.

This is our go to restaurant for a date night or just getting together with friends. read more This is our go to restaurant for a date night or just getting together with friends.

It's not the most attractive looking place either inside or out but if you want an excellent steak sandwich at a very reasonable price this is the place. The st... read more It's not the most attractive looking place either inside or out but if you want an excellent steak sandwich at a very reasonable price this is the place. The steak is so tasty and tender! Perhaps one of the best steaks from a quality standpoint as I have ever had. It comes with carrots and pasta as sides both of which were over cooked. Next time I'd get fries. Friendly service. Will go back!

Amazing food and ambiance. Staff is friendly and easy going! Recommended for the whole family! read more Amazing food and ambiance. Staff is friendly and easy going! Recommended for the whole family!

My wife and I enjoy dining out often. We hadn 't been to Rigoletto 's for over 20 years and were looking forward to a nice meal and what would for us after all... read more My wife and I enjoy dining out often. We hadn 't been to Rigoletto 's for over 20 years and were looking forward to a nice meal and what would for us after all these years have been a new restaurant experience. When we entered the building, we were met (or, rather, glared at by a middle aged man with indifference ingrained on his face. He said nothing, didn 't acknowledge us, just stared as if to ask what hell we wanted there. Thankfully, after just a minute or two, a young lady arrived and asked where we preferred to sit. The restaurant had just one other table of diners on our end of the building, as well as a private event taking place on the opposite (west end of the space. We sat down and soon one of the rudest waiters we 've ever experienced in our many years of dining out came over and said drinks? When I ordered my preferred Malbec, which also happened to be the cheapest by the glass red on the menu, the waiter sneered and trundled off, only to return with a bubbling (yes, the bubbles never fully left the glass over the hour we were there glass of red wine. (I 've poured many glasses of red wine and I 've never seen bubbles that didn 't dissipate within a few minutes after a pour, so not sure what else was in the wine. It tasted slightly strange, too. Unfortunately, the rest of the evening was much the same. We ordered the shrimp and white wine appetizer to share. For mains, my wife ordered the Salmon and I ordered the pasta Puttanesca, immediately sensing our waiter 's drafty disdain. Thankfully, the snotty waiter eventually let the (hostess/bus girl young lady take over serving us, which we welcomed, of course. Ultimately, Rigoletto 's offers a beautiful space in the Albert Hotel building, as well as nicely prepared, hearty Italian cuisine. But the strange atmosphere created by the weirdo at the front door, along with the snooty waiter (and strange wine added up to an extremely unpleasant experience we could not wait to get out of there. Edmonton enjoys so many world class restaurants that offer food as good or better, along with beautiful spaces and excellent service. Don 't waste your money at Rigor mortos.