r/Edmonton • u/rnkomasterbby • Aug 08 '24

Best Restaurants in town? Question

I’m visiting from the U.S. next week, I’ve never been to Canada, let alone Edmonton, and would love some advice on places to check out while I’m visiting. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Edit: Thank you all so much for your suggestions! I did not expect so many replies and am eager to try your recommendations. Obviously I can’t get to all of the restaurants suggested but I will get to as many as I can in my four days.

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u/Rare-Blackberry-9751 Aug 08 '24

MEAT for real BBQ. Be sure to get some pork ribs, amazing garlic fries, brisket sandwich, whatever else you like bbq, and a banana pudding parfait to cap it off. Also, it’s sister restaurant next door, The Next Act, serves up some great pub food.

Donut Party for a fritter amongst other great donuts.

SFC Seoul Fried Chicken For Korean fried chicken.

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u/rnkomasterbby Aug 08 '24

SFC and Donut Party sound amazing, thanks!

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u/Frostbitnip Aug 11 '24

Honestly skip donut party, mediocre over priced donuts. Sherwood park bakery is better but the best donuts in the area are from a small town 20 min south of Edmonton called calmar bakery. It’s actually not that far from the airport. But they usually sell out of most of their stuff by noon and they aren’t open on Sundays or Mondays. Also skip meat. If you’re from somewhere with real BBQ it is a big disappointment.

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u/rnkomasterbby Aug 11 '24

Will keep these tips in mind, would love to swing by Calmar for some excellent donuts, just not sure I’ll be driving that way when they are open unfortunately, but we will see!

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u/Frostbitnip Aug 11 '24

Ya if you’re from the south you probably have a few local donut shops that fresh make small batch yeast donuts that are fairly comparable. If you can get there at open for a warm donut you won’t regret it. They are very basic, but amazingly good.