Montana’s BBQ & Bar

We wen’t for my birthday and I was not too impressed. First we were told it would be a 15 – 20 minute wait, not bad for a Friday night… but we ended up waiting for over and hour watching people who came in after us get seated!?! We asked if they took reservations or something and one server said no while another said yes… when we finally did get seated it was in some random corner at a HUGE table. Our server greeted us kindly and apologised for the wait offering to take our order right away because she knew the kitchen was backed up. We thought that was very kind. I ordered a pasta with tomato sauce that ended up being more like pasta and cut up tomatoes! It was super spicy and not even a sauce! For dessert we shared the Nutella Waffles which were SO AMAZING!
Usually I LOVE this place because of the atmosphere, food and service. This location seems to be lacking but I would recommend this restaurant… just not this location.

Very comfortable environment, have been to this close-​to-​home restaurant a few times in the last month and have ordered a variety of items on the menu and the food is consistently really good and flavourful. Staff are warm and friendly. Giving 4 stars because the menu is really good, well priced, with a lot of variety in comparison to other equivalent restaurants in the same area.

Asked for a well done steak for take out, got a piece of burned charcoal. For being a steakhouse they sure don’t know much about grilling a piece of steak.

Was there last weekend but have to admit not the best. Starters ok but mains were far from good. Specialty is meant to be ribs but my son and I had those with the same sauce yet it was like eating 2 different types of food.
Not cheap either and of course the wait to be seated whilst a lot of empty tables just makes you irritated.

I found it to be mediocre and overpriced.
However, for families with small kids, it can be a great choice to throw birthday parties (more than half the clientele were families with birthday kids!)
Get your expectations adjusted and enjoy Montana’s!

Our visit to Montana’s was to use a gift card we were kindly sent after a horrific visit to a new location in the city. While perhaps being gluttons for food, we are no gluttons for punishment so opted to go with Calgary’s original location that has been going strong for around 18 years. The service was initially outstanding, and the food was right up to what we expect a visit to Montana’s to be and was hot, fresh and tasty. We had only one issue with this visit, and perhaps had I not worked for Montana’s for 4 years in the late 90’s I would have not had as much sympathy for the poor guy serving us! Their hostess slammed the poor dude! Several sections, split up as I remembered from back in the day. Three other servers who could have handled and accommodated any of his new tables in their section and appeared to be twiddling their thumbs with the two tables each they had, yet our guy was «quintuple sat» within about 10 minutes! A table of 4, then a table of 5, then a table of 8, another table of 2 and finally another table of 5. Luckily we were in no rush and after not seeing the poor guy at our table for about 20 minutes, but seeing him rushing around like a one-​armed juggler, a manager came and picked up some slack for him, wrapped our food and got us the bill. This observation for a learning opportunity for the hostess aside, we enjoyed the excellent early service and were reminded of what I love so much about Montana’s with the hot, tasty food that was completely absent at the other location. Still a solid «4 star» visit. The Antojitos are still exactly as delicious as they always were, and we tried two newer appetizers that we would definitely order again. Now, if only we can convince them to bring back the short lived, yet mouth watering Buffalo (baby) shrimp…

Montana’s is an alright place for Canadian BBQ.
Being a restaurant that focuses on steaks and ribs, you would assume that they have become quite good at cooking them. Unfortunately, this is not the case at Montana’s. When I was there last, they did not even have any beef ribs as they had sold out of them. Instead I got the rib eye steak which was a very poor cut of meat. The steak itself was cooked to my preference but the fat was impossible to cut through with the very dull steak knife I was provided. Some of the people I was with got the pork ribs and found them to be extremely dry and cold when served. The restaurant was busy, but they also took far longer than they should have to cook the food. The service was also quite spotty but good when they around. I don’t understand why the prices are so high in Montana’s in comparison to similar restaurants. Paying nearly $ 30 for a meal has me expecting far better quality than what they serve.
Go for the beef ribs if they have them but don’t bother with the high priced steaks.

I just left there. I had an excellent Bison burger and fries and my wife has a very good Canadian Burger Eh! with a tasty Cesar salad. The waiter Envi was more than pleasant. Would go back again. Next time I think I will try the steak

Their food is definitely better here than at their other locations.
Staff are friendly, service is quick.
Their servings are ‘Texan’ size!

We would eat here as a family because it is one of the few places on Calgary’s West side where you can bring small kids. After the past few visits, however, I am avoiding this place and staying home.
The food and the service is terrible. The servers frequently forget parts of your order. The food has come out cold on several occasions, and do not, by any means, order steak from Montana’s. It was chewy and overcooked.
The speciality items on the menu are never ever available when I order. The server said this was because they are having a hard time getting product from their supplier. How disappointing.

Yuck.
I got out of a late movie and was craving some nachos. I hadn’t been to Montana’s in over 3 years and it’s not my #1 choice. But it was close by, so we decided to just go there. It was a Thursday evening, so the restaurant was only a quarter full and we were sat pretty quickly. The menu said that the only nachos they had were «Pulled Pork Nachos». I like pulled pork, so I decide to settle for those even though I wanted just plain nachos. We also decided on a caesar salad to share and deep fried pickles. We promptly put in our order, and that was probably the most service we received all night. We saw several staff members walking around, chatting and ignoring customers. It seems to me that Montana’s tends to hire really young servers (barely 18 I think) that don’t give a crap about their job.
The food took almost 40 minutes to arrive. The starter caesar salad was pretty disappointing. It was extremely small (small even for a starter), and looked like that bagged iceberg lettuce from Safeway with bacon bits and Renee’s Caesar Salad Dressing. I could make that at home, and do a way better job too. The deep fried pickles were alright, but the batter was a bit thick. The worst was the Pulled Pork Nachos. There was barely any cheese on the nachos, and it wasn’t even melted cheese. The pulled pork was disgustingly sweet, almost like they were sitting in maple syrup for a week. It made the nachos taste awful.
I tried to flag down the server, but had no luck. So, unfortunately, I was so hungry that I ate around the horrible pulled pork as best I could. That was the theme of the service all night. As soon as we placed our order, we didn’t see our server again until we were done eating. Our drinks had been sitting empty for a while, and she asked if we wanted more drinks as she was bringing over our bill. Since I work in the service industry, I still tipped her, though not nearly as much as I usually do because of her nonexistent service.
Not recommended, unless you want slow service and terrible food.

Not fine dining is one thing, but this is just poor service. 45min wait for our meal, only to get served on a dirty plate. I’m not a clean freak, but this was just appalling, there were bits and pieces in my water from the unwashed glass wear. Not a good experience … Keep coming back hoping it changes, but it just gets worse. Not recommended!

This location’s food is really good for when you want to step it up from Boston Pizza or Earls. their service however, is horrible!
Their servers are absolutely the slowest and least professional I’ve encountered in YYC. I’m sorry to say that because of this location’s bad servers (it’s not just one), we don’t come here anymore which is a shame!
Excellent customer service should be a No.1 priority and goal at any restaurant. Hoping to return to Montana’s in a year and see a positive change!

Dependable, good quality food, with great staff, and a family friendly environment. It can get busy in the evenings, so try to go a little earlier than usual.
The sweet potato fries are nice and crispy!

Lots of fun!
Staff knows how to treat families.
Large portions.
Great steaks!

It’s not the best place to eat but the service is quick the staff is very friendly and the kids love that their meal comes in a truck and dessert is three ice cream cones and gummie worms. :)

It’s not fine dining, but if you’re looking for comfort food/​BBQ then this is a great place to hit up. They’ve got a large menu, including a selection of appetizers and lots of MEAT.
My favourite are the chicken fingers with medium wing sauce on them (hot is pretty HOT). It’s a generous meal and they let you substitute the fries with any of the sides. Whenever I crave chicken fingers, Montana’s is the first place to come to mind.
The staff at this location is friendly & generally pretty good at checking in. Just be careful as it gets very busy around dinnertime, especially on weekends. The bar has the same menu but it’s self-​serve seating, for those not with kids. Tons of parking at this location as it’s located in the Signal Hill mall.