Moxies

[redrose85]

Been there recently? I hadn't, not for years, so a friend and I went there for dinner. REALLY disappointing. Their menu is so puffed up and the food all SOUNDS good, but when I got my tandoori salmon salad with mangos, mango viniagrette, sunflower seeds, etc... it was essentially old bagged salad with a really gross (and not good tasting) "filet" of salmon. The salad just was not fresh. I could tell that the water chestnuts had been poured straight from a can, the mangos has been frozen before, and I'm pretty sure that the salmon they used was the high liner frozen filets, that I buy for $5.00 every other week. The appies weren't that good either. avocado spring rolls sounded like a good idea, but it was essentially hot and greasy guacamole. I love food, and rarely am I that disappointed, but I really hated to pay $30 for that meal. That's a lot of money for, well...crap :P

[dilligaf]

sounds like every time I have been to Moxies

[Gail]

They were great when they frst opened.lol..how long has that been now?
It's geared more for a "hook-up" place than finer dining.

[swine]

While living in Calgary, I used to frequent moxies quite a bit as I worked in Chinook centre and it was a place that served a quick, tasty and relatively inexpensive lunch. I never had a problem there.

I have had several disappointing episodes at Moxies here in town. The last one, about a year ago, was the straw that broke the camels back. While getting the wifes car serviced I stopped in there for lunch. I was seated promptly and then ignored by the waiter who felt that hovering over a table of attractive young women was more important then providing service to other customers. After 15 minutes I stood up walked over to this idiot as he shmoozed the ladies and asked him if he actually was working my section. "Oh" he said " I thought you were waiting for someone" I was sitting at a booth with 1 menu. How he came to that conclusion, as he had not even acknowledged my presence, was beyond me. He finally took my order, which took a further 25 minutes to arrive at my table, and when it did get there it was lukewarm. I paid my bill, no tip, and on the way out the hostess said "thank you, come again" and I replied, smiling sweetly "Not bloody likely".
I haven't been back since.

[redrose85]

Not bloody likely for me too. I can eat pretty much anything lol, but that was just nasty. If you're gonna serve food, do it right. Otherwise, just do drinks.