Moxie’s Grill & Bar

Very nice food and service. Very underrated wing night. Great price. Moxies is one of those chain restaurants that seems to be great everywhere you go. Everything is really good here including service but can’t help but I wish atmosphere wasn’t as casual

I tried Moxie’s for the first time since moving to Calgary from Montréal.
Comparing to Montréal is unwise, however I had a good experience contrary to the reviews.
The place has a nice ambiance, space for families and a separate bar (kinda Sports Bar), the menu has a good number of options. I’m a fan of steaks and judge places based on their Steaks, 8 oz was a little less for me though it was cooked perfectly medium.
I enjoyed the cheesecake dessert, it’s as good as you would get anywhere.
I would recommend the place for a casual dinner. anytime!

We ended up at Moxie’s as we had a gift certificate to spent…
Our experience however was below average. The service was nothing out of the ordinary and the food was well overpriced for the quality you get. My conclusion, especially for this location: there is a better value for money at some places in the Market Mall foot court and when steak is on the menu any Keg Steakhouse is better.

I can’t give a review lower than 1, so stuck with that. Went here with my parents in town, expecting above Food Court quality. Sadly very badly disappointed! We had litter under our table. We had to return the glasses twice because they were unwashed!!! The server did not know even half the things about any food item on the menu. Our basic requests were lost on her. These server kept banging things on the table and not heading to the requests. The unhygienic serving and careless hostess left us with an uneasy lunch experience. A food court would have been better. Our overall experience was horrid and we left with a big bill and even bigger annoyance! Don’t go here if you aim to enjoy a meal with some decent hospitality. Big disappointment

Moxie’s is one of my favourite Canadian «chains».
They always have the best service and the food is so delicious. On of the best things about Moxie’s is how there is something for everyone — makes a great office party location or taking new friends out for a meal. Also, great for families since their menu is relatively kid-​friendly and the atmosphere is not too fancy.
I’d highly recommend all of the appetizers here — the wings are really delicious (and you can get multiple flavours if you ask). Confession: sometimes I go here and only eat appies (no shame). The one thing you must get though is their Asian chicken salad — the sauce is amazing and will leave you wanting more!
The drinks here (like most of these places) are on point and they have a large selection of feel good drinks. If you aren’t feeling a fancy drink, they also have beer, can’t go wrong with that.
This particular Moxie’s has some of the friendliest service i’ve ever experienced — the girls and gals here know how to do their jobs right and are really helpful and make the dining experience wonderful. Came here for lunch after a stressful morning and felt a lot better after good food and good company.

A disappointment … Have eaten here before and loved the food and service but not today. My fish tacos were bland and I think the fish was supposed to be hot and my Dads soup was cold and my brothers sandwich dry. For an average cost of $ 15, the servings were small and not satisfying. The server seemed to be in another world, we had to ask her to take our order, it was hard to get her attention and we had to ask for our bill. Too bad.

We went to market for a search for a laptop for me. Didn’t find one. Fine. I was getting hangry anyways: p we opted to go for Moxie’s as the bf has been craving it for some time. We were greeting at the door and offered the lounge. We sat ourselves and the booth I picked unfortunately had quite a bit of crumbs on the seat.
The boyfriend had heard through word of mouth that the moxie’s chicken enchilada was really good. Therefore, that was our selection for the day (we got some dry ribs as well). Our server was super attentive and filled our drinks quite quickly throughout the meal. The wait for the enchilada was quite long, a good 25 minutes; the food came warm at least.
I found the dry ribs to be under seasoned and tasted heavily of oil. No real complaints or complements for their chicken enchiladas either. They had plated chips with the enchiladas, so we had something to scoop up all the left over sauce and cheese on the plate.
I personally don’t mind eating in the lounge, but the bartender throughout our whole meal spent a majority of his time chatting with two girls at the bar and actively eating from across the bar with them. Not the most hygienic practice… probably won’t be getting a drink from here anytime soon.

I would give you a review of the food, but we never made it that far.
We were seated right away, restaurant wasn’t that busy. We waited 15 minutes no service. We asked a busboy to get our waitress. He said she would be right there. Another 15 minutes passed. So after half an hour not even a glass of water.
We got up left, and told the girl at the front we had waited half an hour, and no service. She said if we took a seat someone would help us right away. We were not going to take that chance.
Horribly disorganized.
Stay away.

For my first experience at this place, I’m quite frustrated. Took forever for the food to come, and didn’t taste that good. Is good, but not for the price that is charged.

Moxies Market Mall Location is horrible! We ordered wings and was white covered with salt … disgusting! We wait for the server forever as he is busy trying to get a date with another server … he finally comes to the table and we tell him that the wings are so salty and they white …he then gets us supposedly another order of wings and … guess what… it us the same wings refried!!! Now I wait forever again as he is still busy trying to get a date while other tables are clearly frustrated too … he returns again to our table and I ask for manager who is equally incompetent!!! Please do not go to this location as it is a waste of time and good money paying for crappie food and crappie service!

A nice oasis of relaxation while shopping in the mall. The hospitality here ranks at the very top, and I have never had to deal with a bad attitude here, ever. The food is always excellent and the service is nearly perfect. The prices are exactly right for what you receive.
My only complaint is the lighting in the lounge, which I find very annoying. Bright lights over the bar, with no shades, which leave spots in your eyes and make the booths seem very dark. I hope they fix this soon.

Moxie’s — Market Mall location
My recommendation — if you are at the mall and want a sit down restaurant go to the Milestones on the other end of the mall.
My food was cold, my dad’s food was cold. My mom’s garden salad was sad, I could have made a better one at home. She wanted it with a chicken breast no salt however that could not be done as we were told they get the chicken in pre-​seasoned — and I am assuming frozen.
Service was slow. There were 3 other tables around us and the manager had to come out to each of those tables at some point while we were there. Will not be going back to this location.

Every time we are there it’s a kinda of. Light disappointment. They desperately want to be an up-​scale restaurant and the interior says this place should be cool, but in real it’s average family restaurant with high prices. Last time we were there we got a piece of plastic wrap in 30 $ steak and got only apologizes from manager, no one offered to waive the price. Meanwhile in milestones restaurant they waived the half price of our dinner just because they brought the dish late. So, we decided not to go there, but yesterday broke our rule and again disappointment — my favorite Thai curry bowl was heated up in a microwave or so, because inside it was cool and the sauce had a thin film on it. Really??? Never again. Firm this time.

Mediocre service, Mediocre food Mediocre drinks…
and I repeat: Mediocre service.
for FULL price!
Example:
Our beer glass was 0.5 empty on top with foam dripping down the glass as if someone had taken a sip from it!!! I asked our server and she said the glasses are too big, the beer in there is exactly how much it should be!!!
Example:
It took them 20 minutes to bring some cups of tea and coffee. Tea was already cold and you could see it had been sitting on the counter for a while.
This was in a quiet Tuesday night, not many customers in the restaurant.
Not going back.

Every other time I have gone to Moxie’s I’ve never been blown away with the food. It’s maybe mediocre at best? (We ended up here because the Milestone’s in the mall had an hour wait time) When we sat down, our server told us the specials as we glanced over the menus. I noticed they had been updated since the last time I was there and the Asian Chopped salad peaked my interest.
Grilled chicken sat on a mixture of chopped veggies, leafy greens and crispy wonton strips, and a tasty ginger sesame dressing coated the salad. I was surprised and impressed!
Although this hasn’t fully changed my opinion on Moxie’s, at least I know what I’ll get next time if I come back.

Friday night around 6pm and this place is pretty full. The only other sit-​down restaurant in the mall is Milestones, and we’ll try that one some other time. We once ordered takeout from Moxie’s and it was great. A lot of people where I work like it.
We were seated sort of in a hallway, but it was nice because it wasn’t in the fishbowl window looking out into the mall, and it was something of a private booth for two. Before dinner I went to wash my hands and the washrooms are immaculate. Great sinks and taps and a fireplace. Nicer than most of the places I lived in Edmonton.
We ordered a veggie burger and their teriyaki rice bowl, and the food was great. The veggie patty itself was no big deal, but the pesto and vegetables on it were delicious. The rice bowl was great too, although a little sweet.
Service was quick, with lots of staff buzzing about. I’m not sure they have their table numbering system memorized because we were brought our neighbour’s food and someone else was brought ours, which was comical. (Not a huge deduction for that.)
Overall, of course we’d be back, if we lived closer.

Went with my husband for dinner.
Service — ⁰⁄₅ stars
Food — ¹⁄₅ stars
Atmosphere — ⁴⁄₅ stars
Waitress ignored us for 25 minutes before even coming for our drink order. 10 minutes after we had been seated, friends of the waitress had arrived and were seated and she had proceeded to go out with a bottle of wine to sit and enjoy the wine with them. Had to raise my voice and wave my hand to get her attention. Was very annoyed that we were interrupting her paid social time.
Ordered food and drinks at the same time since we weren’t sure when we’d have the next opportunity. Food came out in exactly 30 minutes. Food was BURNT (steaks and potato were charred beyond recognition) but also cold. We were not given cutlery to enjoy our meal with but were told they’d get it to us right away while dropping off the food. After waiting for another 10 minutes, we got up and left.
Manager wanted to know why we were leaving in the middle of our meal that we had not touched. We listed our complaints and he acknowledged the service and food were crap and let us leave without paying.
Will never come back to this location ever again. Would not recommend to anyone and would not serve the food to a dog.
However, waitresses make great eye candy and the place looked fantastic! If you want good food and good service, look elsewhere.

Food was just ok. They should stick to their classics. The chicken enchiladas were not great. Their burger was good! Fries average. Cocktail list is fun but typical for a chain restaurant. Tables could have been wiped down better as well.

Not much to say, I’m not really a chain restaurant person, but Steph S. and I wanted to grab a bite before going out on the weekend. We had originally tried Earl’s in Dalhousie, but that wasn’t going to be happening, so we headed this way.
It was also super busy, but we managed to snag a couple seats at the bar. The service was terrible, mostly because you have bartenders, taking food orders and playing both roles.
I ordered the pork tacos, as they come in a corn tortilla so I was able. The server was good enough to ensure there was nothing added that could make me sick. They told me the can’t prevent cross contamination, but the tacos themselves were ok.
We had the gin & tonic, and peach soda for drinks. Steph went a burger. The food was decent and drinks were yummy. It’s always an option for a good quick meal.

This place is not too bad for a chain. I won’t dream about Moxie’s, no way, but as a drop-​in — this location is good.
Totally liked the servers — very polite, friendly, and totally helpful when we’ve asked them some questions about Calgary and surroundings. Thanks guys!
Food was a typical chain stuff, well balanced between price, quality and other economic factors. It is not supposed to impress or pleasure your gourmet qualities. Just a reasonably good stuff — though I have a strong feeling that this will not be consistent across the locations, or even different staffing of the same location.
Prices were ok, portion sizes were reasonable, service was great — what else to ask from Moxie’s?