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5 Calgary restaurants named in the top 100 in Canada!
🏆 Calgary Restaurants in the 2025 Rankings
Eight – Ranked #6
An exclusive 8-seat chef’s counter by Darren MacLean, offering a deeply personal tasting menu that reflects Canada’s multicultural culinary landscape.
Nupo – Ranked #30
Also helmed by Darren MacLean, Nupo focuses on sustainable seafood and plant-based dishes, blending Canadian ingredients with Japanese techniques.
River Café – Ranked #47
A Calgary classic located on Prince’s Island Park, renowned for its commitment to local ingredients and rustic charm.
DOPO – Ranked #56
The evolution of the beloved D.O.P., DOPO offers refined Italian cuisine in a cozy basement setting, with Chef David Leeder bringing a touch of luxury to traditional dishes.
Shokunin – Ranked #74
Darren MacLean’s original venture, Shokunin is a vibrant izakaya-style restaurant known for its seasonal ingredients, exceptional sake list, and creative cocktails.
Way to go for Darren! He’s really helped elevate Calgary’s food scene over the last few years. I’ve eaten at all of theses places (as per the almost weekly posts of me stuffing myself at DOPO). The only one I think is good, but not deserving of top 100 is River Café, not because it’s not tasty, but because the food is somewhat uninspired, and hasn’t really evolved over the years. It’s good, don’t get me wrong, and the location is great, but it’s definitely not better than the others on this list that ranked after it, and there’s a few restaurants in Calgary more deserving. LIKE:
1. Pat & Betty: located on 1st Street. This restaurant is peak comfort food, if your comfort is eating great food!
2. Bar Gigi: it’s a travesty this one isn’t on the list. This tiny “hole in the wall” on Edmonton trail is great in most aspects, the food is top notch, the service is always bang on, and the location is non-ironically kind of dilapidated. Highly recommend.
But Congrats to Calgary for being on the list! Let’s try to get at least 10% of the list next year!