Redheads Japa Cafe

Cute, funky spot with great, authentic Japanese food!

So first of all this place is randomly awesome!!! I truly love how well rounded their menu is. From Katsu sandwich to some of the best Japa curry I’ve eaten even the true Canadian café necessities. Redheads does it all for a great price and of course a great taste.
They only started doing their brunch on the weekends this winter but it is great to have so many options and the made to order options are very customizable! Which for me is huge as I do tend to make a lot of the Japanese food they offer on their menu.
Every time I eat here it transports me back to Japan and that is why I love eating here and if you haven’t got a loyalty card yet DO IT!

The concept is so weird… imagine western breakfast with Japanese lunch menu. Surprisingly it works! One of the best Japanese curry I had in Calgary. The curry was sweet but savoury. The egg Benedicts was phenomenal. The pork on the pork sliders were juicy and fresh and it went well with the egg buns. My favourite was the French toast. I can’t describe it. Just go out and try it!

Small Japanese Café in Downtown. Their curry dishes are excellent. Good deals during happy hours. We also try the Sashimi salad, which is very fresh. Definitely go back!

Tastes like a memory.
Perfect!
I visited Japan last year and I only allowed myself to eat «truly Japanese» food. My absolute favorite was Japanese curry, and I fell in love.
But alas, this was a love that could not last, as I had to return to Canada.
So when a friend of mine told me they found Japanese curry at Redheads, I had to try it!
It did not disappoint! It was perfect — if I closed my eyes I could swear I was sitting in Shibuya.
Rich, hot, not too spicy, very flavorful — Japanese curry is a distinct flavor.
Get the Katsu Japa Curry — Tonkatsu is a tender pork cutlet breaded with panko and fried golden brown, and it swims with agility in the golden curry sauce.
This place is licenced, too, so grab yourself an Asahi to go with your curry.
MUST TRY!

My foodie buddy told me about this café and we were really excited to try it. I would have never guessed that this café served Japanese food. My friends and I ventured over here for lunch and we were pleasantly surprised with the menu. They have regular sandwiches, Japanese sandwiches, rice burgers, bento boxes, sushi and salad.
I ordered the katsu curry and it came with a side salad. The katsu was bigger than I imagined and pretty thick too but it was kind of dry. It’s still probably the best katsu I’ve had in Calgary. The curry was flavorful and delicious. The dressing that was served with the side salad was a yummy Japanese style dressing.
The karaage rice burger is delicious the karaage is crispy and still juicy inside. The rice burger was bigger than we imagined.
The karaage curry is my go to item now because the meat is delicious and so is the curry.
It’s a good spot for lunch and dinner and the food is pretty good. I’m planning to try the ramen next time.

Oh my! This is a gem in Calgary. I don’t even know any places in Vancouver that has a place like this. Café environment but serves funky, Japanese comfort food. Big hearty bowl of homemade ramen, fully of thick, chewy noodles and deliciously charred pork. Heavy, rich curry with beef and dark, golden brown katsu with PERFECT rice. Healthy and texturally delightful sushi «burgers», lightly filled with salmon, tuna and mayo, spam and egg, or chicken karrage. Do try the desserts.
Prices are the best in the city. Hours are a bit odd, so call before you go. Open on weekdays until 8pm, except on Monday. Buffet lunch which includes some of the items above for only $ 18.99. The owner is bringing in special dinner menu that I can’t wait to try.

A quick but not so simple breakfast joint. Friendly staff and delicious breakfast items. Each with its own flare. Nothing bad to say at all. My morning just got better.

I have been going to this place for about 6 years and I keep going so that means something right?
There are some great things like the smoked meat sandwich and the bagels in the morning. Over the past few years they have changed the menu a bit and some things remain slightly disjointed. For example when I asked for my bagel double toasted and they toasted it once and put on the cream cheese and then toasted it again.
It’s an ok place to grab breakfast or lunch. Nothing more, nothing less.

Good lunch spot with a variety of choices priced very competitively. Check out the salmon avocado bagel sandwich on Wednesdays. Eggs Benedicts also look amazing. One of the better lunch values in the area. Some unique Japanese dishes available as well, Japa-​curry with interesting toppings (egg, euro sausage?), toast with red bean paste, and sushi!

Super delicious modern Japanese food. Intimate, casual setting. Great selection of beers. Had the most amazing curry dish. I wish we had a location closer to our home as we’d eat there a few times a month for sure!

Was here last year on a business trip, I had ordered the salad, fresh as I still remember it, that’s a good thing. Bright, spacious, and liked how their servers cleaned up the tables as soon as customers left.
It’s a happening place, and had organized a catering online order with them; ask for Tomo, he’s very helpful and offers any custom menu depending on your budget and dietary concerns.
I’d go back.

I was craving a bagel sandwich but was pretty tired of TH’s, so when I saw this place online I was eager to try it out. The other reviews didn’t hurt either, so I made the effort to go there.
I cannot begin to say how bad it was. I ordered an egg salad sandwich on a bagel and coffee. A simple enough order, or so I thought. How bad could it be, you’re thinking? Let me tell you: undercooked eggs with bright yellow, hard jelly-​like yolks, chopped in HUGE chunks with an enormous amount of tasteless, gooey mayonnaise on a Montréal sesame seed bagel (the bagel was good).
Salt, pepper or any kind of seasoning never saw that ‘egg salad’. It was served with potato chips and a side order of POTATO SALAD? and a pickle. Talk about a starch redundancy! The coffee was tepid at best, and the milk I poured into it had some suspicious looking ‘flakes’ on the coffee that made me think it’s last good day was yesterday.
The presentation was attractive, but what good is that when the food was almost inedible? I spent almost $ 9 for food that I could not stomach.
There is a sign on the wall announcing a change in management, which I could possibly have forgiven their lack of knowledge of menu prep if the changeover date wasn’t listed as 2010!
The people serving me were Japanese, and I suspect they don’t know anything about Jewish deli at all. They really should stick to what they know best, and that isn’t deli any way shape or form. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY.

In this neck of the woods, you are pretty much doomed to find anything quick to eat after the hour of 4 pm.
So before the unfortunate floods tore our poor city apart, I was trying to grab a bite to eat before seeing possibly the worst act of the two days of Sled Island at Commonwealth.
We were short on time and the only options were at least 6 blocks away or going to cost a 100 bones per plate. When suddenly I saw Redhead’s on the Unilocal app and low and behold they were open till 8!
We parked by Commonwealth, walked a block and were greeted warmly when we entered the door.
They use Wayne’s bagels here and specialize in Montréal smoked meat. We ordered two smoked meat bagels with all the offered toppings and grabbed a seat. The cashier brought them out to us once they were finished, they came with a side of chips and a pickle.
Perfect portion size. I am no expert on Montréal smoked meat, but it was tasty. The café itself is quaint and clean, several other hungry patrons passed through the doors while we ate our meal.
I would be back, very enjoyable and it filled my hunger hole.
Thanks Redheads!

At first I was super excited when I stumbled across this place — all day breakfast, what more could I possibly ask for? The service was good, the staff very friendly and the café was clean and very homey. There is a great selection of breakfast food here and I opted for the eggs benedict — can’t you tell that’s my favorite food by now? I was a disappointed with the food though, it was reasonably priced, but it wasn’t great. So sad! Oh well, maybe I’ll just have to try something else next time.

I’ve been meaning to try Redheads Bagel Café for weeks. It did not disappoint!
Really simple, but delicious selection of menu items from the standard bagel and lox to Montréal smoked meat sandwich to bacon and egg. Delicious coffee too!
It’s also a nice atmosphere… café set up with a booth bench along the wall and little tables. Nice music and free papers to read.
Definitely recommend!

I’m married to a stunning Red Head. I’m also rolling into Week 3 of a long business trip and really really miss Gayle. So do you think that I would walk into a place based only on its name?
Redheads is also my kind of place as this place specializes in Montréal-​style bagels and smoked meat, Winnipeg cream cheeses and Atlantic smoked salmon (flown in from New Brunswick). My only quibble is that they open at 7:30 AM during the week, which is too late to walk over before work. I guess I’ll just have to «settle» for another delicious nosh around Lunch, Linner, or Supper…

BEST salmon bagel on earth…
enough said. But not really… I really really really LOVED their chili, and Montréal smoked meat sandwich.
A must try. The only downside is they close at 3… everyday. I give them a ⁵⁄₅ because I haven’t been to any place like it. If you know of any in the Calgary area, please msg me!

After having to abort a disastrous luncheon at the nearby Edo’s… (Nasty Sushi that! Blregh!) I scurried to find somewhere else edible quickly. Found this delightful little café and it seemed very quiet so I thought «We’ll, they serve Bacon! How can we go wrong?!»
Now that last line in any other review would be foreboding wouldn’t it? Blimey! Thankfully Redheads was a massive exception! It reminded me of the small sandwich shops I used to encounter back in England (Bonus points instantly there). Service was fast and friendly, had a Toasted Bacon & Cheese Sandwich Lunch Box.
IT EVEN HAD PICKLES IN THIS BOX! Huzzah!
The sandwich was nice and light but still filling, the cris… (No! Bad Brit, You are in Canada now!) .chips were a decent custom bag sized portion to compliment the meal. My palette had been sated! Without decimating my wallet and all!
All in all. If your after a satisfying lunch quick. Redheads is one of the best choices you can make in this part of town. This Brit approves!

A couple of friends and I stopped in at Redheads Bagel Café and I was extremely impressed with not only the atmosphere, but with the selection and combination of bagels that they offer.
Whether you’re in the mood for a breakfast bagel, a bagel sandwich, or just a bagel with cream cheese, Redheads Bagel Café is where it’s at.
Specializing in Montréal-​style bagels, smoked meat, Winnipeg cream cheeses and Atlantic smoked salmon, Redheads Bagel Café will have you salivating at the door. Everything is baked fresh on-​site. Between the flavour, quality, selection, service and prices, Redheads Bagel will keep you comin’ back for more and more and more and… well you get the point.