the living room restaurant

cute little restaurant with a decent menu. i love the fondue and that's all that i usually have unless i am with a larger group. the patio is nice if you are eating here in the evening.

watermelon salad. the watermelon salad is to die for. great service.

six years of being a vegetarian down the drain. went to the living room with my mother to celebrate my birthday. really excited to try to cheese fondue as ive heard amazing things about it. ordered the asparagus as well we the spinach gnocchi as i am a vegetarian. food came out and looked amazing, took my first bite of the pasta (which i thought was gnocchi) and it tasted a bit odd, almost like bacon. we then cut one piece open to find that that was exactly what it was. i raced to the bathroom because i was so upset and came back to the table to find out they had run out of the spinach gnocchi and the chef had taken it upon himself to substitute my pasta for a pasta dish that was filled with bacon and didnt even tell our waiter he did so. the afternoon manager didnt even apologize and only came to our table to ask if we needed a menu to order something else. our waiter michael was amazing and apologized multiple times and comped our dessert but that was all. on top of it all they then told me after that the cheese fondue has chicken base in it. worst experience ever. do not eat here if vegetarian!!!!!

great fondue, excellent drinks and service. had a great time shutting the place down last time i was in calgary.

great food, server was fine, host / door staff was nearly a walk away experience. two friends, and myself, wandered to the entrance to check the place out. and, without even asking what the place was about / see a menu, we were pointedly told by the host (very pregnant, very rude, very rude to everyone that walked up) that "this isn't a bar" and, then said nothing. we all were a bit confused, as if we were just accused of stealing a candy bar, but had been reading comics at the magazine rack for the last half hour. we said ok, and mentioned we were looking for dinner. she then told us, "if you order a drink, but no food, you can finish your drink and will then be asked to leave.". i was confused still by the attitude, and one friend was ready to offer her a pile of salt to pound. but, i was hungry and walked past her anyways.

the server was great, the food was super good. i would go back for that. but.....being on the patio, and ten feet from the entrance. i heard her treat everyone that walked up to the door with the same threatening rhetoric. what nonsense. will not come back because of that, and don't recommend they put her up front when she does. perhaps, somewhere in the back of house, back, back of house.

awful. the food tasted like hospital food no flavor at all.

poor service and sneaky add ons. we experienced poor service although we were the only table in the restaurant. waiter forgot many requested items, and more often was found chatting to his friends. we shared a bottle of wine, and he opened a second and kept pouring although no one requested it. the waiter recommended cheesecake was dry, heavy and overy sweet. was not impressed.

they have opened up the patio, have a great seating area along the railing for people watching or more intimate tables on  the patio.  great new menu for the summer,  went for happy hour, had a number of appi's.  dinner last week was great

stopped by for a martini the other night. fantastic. tony. i will be back

if you are going by late night pop in for the famous shaft.  if you have to ask, you have to try it.

can't wait to go back.   

had the chocolate fondue, was very delicious and had a wide selection of fruit. service was slow, however server justin was very friendly.

? unsure of the negative reviews...?. i've eaten here an indecent amount of times and cant possibly understand the negative reviews. pricy? maybe. i think there is a menu posted on the outside of the patio so shouldnt you know what youre getting into?

i have never had a bad meal or experience here and always feel welcomed by the staff and ownership. knowledgeable bartenders always whip up something new for cocktails and theres great wines by the glass. the wine by the bottle prices dont gouge either.

only negative is that the patio does get a bit "sceney" in the summer but thats true for any spot on 17th ave when the sun shines.

the best date spot in calgary with the second best patio also brings some seriously delicious food to the table. their fondues are the perfect sharing food and the beef tartare can't be touched by any calgary steak house. there is so much to choose from y

my husband and i went last night to celebrate his birthday, my husband is a chef and a foodie so picking restaurants for him is always challenging. i pick the living room because he had never been and i've always had good experience. unfortunately this wasn't one of those times.
1) staff isn't on the same page with restaurant policies (corkage)
2) service was very lax and unprofessional ( was seated by the service station and our sever kept reaching over our booth and holding things out for us to grab rather then walk around and place them on the table) (also got to listen to majority of the servers and manager shoot the sh*t, swearing and speaking loudly (romantic))
3) main entrees weren't that spectacular, dry chicken (rookie mistake) didn't eat half and no inquiry if everything was ok
4) wishing we had gone to teatro's, for the same price we could've had delicious food and professional staff.
disappointed is an understatement
way to make me look stupid living room.

i'm new in town and was told i have to try the living room!
my oh my what a delightful experience!! friendly and knowledgable servers and delicious food. the interactive style was new and exciting and every bite was fantastic. kudos to all involved.
my friend and i will be recommending this establishment to any who will listen.
and i'm definitely coming back for some fondue!!

went for a birthday lunch. sadly disappointed.
menu items not available. ordered items forgotten. over cooked seafood. not impressed.

waiter wasn't attentive & slow.

always great.. every time i come to this restaurant the service is always so great, very genuinely friendly. the food is very good, and the atmosphere is unbeatable on 17th.