Moxie’s Grill & Bar

I’ll write more later, but for now in summary:
Always have had very pleasant servers.
The food is good and the atmosphere is nice.

As a restaurant close to work I finally decided to try the Moxies in Shawnessey. The menu is decent UNLESS you are gluten free/​wheat free, have sensitivities or allergies really of any kind, and do not mind being embarrassed and hungry.
Our waitress insisted that the manager come and talk to me about my allergy which he nearly argued that I could not be allergic to «just wheat» (which I am) but all gluten. Everything I picked, including the obligatory salad list appeared to be cross contaminated. Before I even inquired he told me that I couldn’t have rice noodles either because of cross contamination. I ordered iced tea. After basically being called to task by a defensive manager, not getting the waitresses attention for even a refill of iced tea I did not even get an acknowledgement that ordering from their menu was tough or anything hinting at an apology. Actually I was told that I hadn’t received a refill of my drink because the bartender was «flighty» and didn’t know how to make it.
I will not be returning.

Meh. You get what you get. I frequent this Moxie’s. Not cause it’s soooo amazing or anything more out of convenience. I’ve never had any major issues here. The staff is always pretty good and I have had consistent meals here.
The one thing I do find funny is on the weekends the lounge tries to hold mega loud parties that are few in attendees probably because the music is absolutely blaring. I came on St. Patty’s day last year cause it was close to home and a cab wouldn’t cost an arm and a leg and it was stupid loud! I think I only had 1 drink and we got out of there so fast. A few weeks ago they had a neon party. Listen your a place of food and drink not a club.
Stop trying to be a club! If I wanted to listen to shitty dj music and barely order my thoughts together I’d waste my money at the back alley.
Theme nights are only ok if you are telling your patrons in advanced and you all commit to it other wise it just looks silly.
Food is sub-​par… although I once had a staff member try to convince me my pasta was EL DANTE (not al dente) *face palm* and it was rock hard I could barley chew it. I ate it cause I was very hungry… but not in the least impressed with being told my food was cooked when clearly it wasn’t oh well.

I had given up on Moxie’s a long time ago, but we tried to give it another go with my mother-​in-​law. I wish we had just given it the heave-​ho instead. We sat in the lounge because the hostess seemed to prefer us there. We were seen right away by our server and the new menu items by Chef Alex Chen seemed promising. For some reason though I went with my chain restaurant staple — the beef dip. How could you go wrong with a beef dip? Well Moxie’s accepted the challenge and served me a fatty, gristly portion of what I think may have been roast beef. I am not sure as my first few bites were spent trying to dig the gristly grossness out of my mouth as it was unchewable. The au jus was tasteless and grease floated lazily on the surface. The bun was past it’s date and was so stiff, I gave up and eventually tried eating the meat, cheese and mushrooms with a fork and knife. The caesar side salad was ok but a bit too saucy.
The server finally asked to re-​fill my soda after I pushed my empty glass closer and closer to the edge of the table. She also asked my husband if he was finished and waited patiently for an answer despite there not being a single portion left on his plate.
I won’t be returning.

Recently my friends and I decided to get together and just meet up for desert. Our debate was between Moxie’s or Earl’s, and my search online showed Moxie’s has a larger selection of deserts so I thought that might be more worth while. Then the debate was between this location or Southport, and we chose here since it was more central for us. First, I didn’t even realize this location existed at all until I looked for it on Google, and I realized I have actually driven past it a number of times and never noticed. Maybe a bad location? But they do have a large parking lot which makes them better than Southport.
So anyways, my friends and I went here at 8:30, we were worried it might be busy but it was not. We decide to sit in the lounge for fun even though we weren’t planning to drink. Our waitress seemed friendly and talkative with other tables, except us. I don’t think she liked the fact we weren’t getting drinks, and that we only wanted desert and not a full meal, but that still is no reason to be short and rude to paying customers. My friends and I are quite polite, we say please and thanks, and we don’t do or ask for things if we think it will inconvenience our server. It really made no sense why were were getting attitude.
Beyond the fact that the service sucked and I will either not go back, or not sit in the lounge, the place was ok. In regards to desert: I had the taster trio where it was a toffie cake I think, a chocolate mousse, and the white chocolate brownie. The cake was pretty good, the mousse was wonderful, and the brownie a little disappointing. I remember back in the days when I went to Moxies a lot I was obsessed with the brownie, but I found it looked and tasted like cheap boxed cake mix with some other things thrown in. The décor was mellow, the patio looked quaint and nice, the seating was comfortable, but the music was way too loud.

While we usually enjoy what we order at Moxie’s, the service during the last three visits has made the experience very disappointing. Initially, service was pretty quick, placed our drink and dinner order. We both ordered the loaded burger, with the mini salad/​dessert promotion. Received our drinks in a reasonable time. Another table was seated about 15 minutes later. We still hadn’t received our salads. That table then placed their order and received their food and we still didn’t have our salads. We stopped the manager who was expediting food. Here, our server had not completed the food order. When our salads were served by that manager, he mentioned he would comp us the «promotion» part of the dinner ($ 10 savings). We thanked him for looking after us.
Our burgers were good as usual. We ordered special coffees with our dessert — however they came out separately (my husband insists on waiting until his coffee arrives, which doesn’t bode so well for the melting ice cream with dessert!”.
Dessert was good (as usual).
When we received our bill, we had been comped the $ 10 promotion, however had been billed for the mini dessert.
After all is said and done, my husband and I looked at each other and decided the poor service meant we probably wouldn’t be back! Too bad.
The great news is the new Original Joe’s off SunValley Blvd has a great patio and lovely outdoor heaters!

Went here last week with two girlfriends last week and I have to say that I have never been more disappointed in food or service anywhere else as much as this Moxie’s in Calgary. Two of us sat at a booth in the restaurant area, and the third joined us about 10 minutes after we were seated. Waitress dropped off menus and didn’t come back. Finally had to flag down a manager after almost a half hour to ask him to send someone over to take our order — and of course the waitress came running over once she saw me talking to him. Definitely didn’t get us off to a good start with her, and she wasn’t friendly or attentive.
I got the crabcakes to start — which I usually love at Moxie’s, and they were just okay. A little flavorless and overdone. Ordered the Chicken Oscar, one friend ordered a salad and the other a spicy Asian soup. The Chicken Oscar was probably one of the worst meals I have ever attempted to eat. The chicken was dry, completely charred, the bearnaise was clotted and full of green onions (?) — which was weird, the shrimp were burnt and dry, the crab was obviously tinned and hard and dry, the mashed potatoes were dry and pasty and the veggies were either burnt/​limp/​doused in grease. The one friend’s salad came with ONE piece of avocado and was mostly just greens, and the other friend’s soup was tepid and bland.
Once the meal was finally over (we really just came for the Moxie-​sized Bellinis, as it was Wednesday), we mentioned to the waitress when asked, if we enjoyed the meal. I’m not usually one to complain, and neither are my girlfriends, but we let loose with everything that was wrong with the food. A little while later, a manager came over and let me know that he took the Oscar off the bill, as I obviously didn’t even touch most of it. In the end, the tab was whittled down quite a bit, and for that I can’t complain. Apparently the kitchen staff had a lot of meals sent back that night. I don’t know if they were new, a bunch of careless teenagers, or if the kitchen always runs at a sub-​par level.
I won’t ever be going to this location ever again, and probably not to any Moxie’s again — it literally left a bad taste in my mouth haha. Since eating there, I’ve had numerous people tell me that they have had bad experiences there, and that the food/​service is awful.

Moxie’s is always a good bet when you’re looking for standard fare at a decent price.
The Shawnessy location has a lot of dark wood, giving in an upscale look. The cushions, funky lights and cool art soften it, making it «accessibly upscale».
My companions and I wrapped up our Saturday night there. It was late in the evening (after 9:00 pm) so it wasn’t terribly busy. We were seated promptly and our server was friendly and attentive without hovering.
One companion ordered the tandoori chicken pizza. He said it was «above average» although «it was hastily cooked» (ah, unevenly cooked).
My other companion had the chicken & three cheese pizza. The tomatoes had a «different» taste to them but other than that, he gave it the thumbs up.
My shrimp curry rice bowl was moist, without being overly goop-​y. The curry was subtle, just the way I like it. The shrimp were plump and juicy. I couldn’t finish my meal so I got it wrapped up. It passed the «Next Day Taste Test» with flying colours.
It was too bad that were were too full to try the new trio dessert sampler. That will have to wait till next time!