Ricky’s All Day Grill

I wish i could give ZERO stars.
I have eaten at Ricky’s locations before in Edmonton and enjoyed my meals. My visit to this Ricky’s location has turned me off ever eating at a Ricky’s again. My boyfriend and I went this afternoon and here’s our experience:
We were seated in the nearly empty restaurant and both ordered coffee and a water, we received our waters (almost 10 minutes later) but only I was given coffee. It took an additional 5 minutes to get the server’s attention to get my boyfriend his coffee.
My boyfriend ordered the Perfect Prime Rib Sandwich with onion rings and a caesar salad to start. His caesar salad took 10 minutes to be brought out and the salad dressing tasted like it had been mixed with water AND we were charged $ 7 for it!!! Our food wasn’t delivered for another 20 minutes and when it finally did arrive, things took a turn for the worse. His prime rib sandwich was abysmal. The meat was dry and flavorless, the au jus they provided for dipping tasted like water. The onions on the sandwich were soggy over-​cooked. The onion rings were crispy but they had ZERO seasoning. What a joke.
I ordered the Grand Forks Breakfast. How can you screw up breakfast? I didn’t know it was possible but they managed to do it. For starters, my MEDIUM poached eggs weren’t even cooked. You could visibly see and taste that the egg whites weren’t fully cooked. They were clear and slimy and my yolks were the palest I’ve ever seen! My bacon was tasty and maple-​y and I probably would have enjoyed it if it hadn’t been COLD. My toast was buttered only in the center of the bread, the hashbrowns were soggy, and my pancakes tasted like some kind of no-​name brand instant mix batter.
The only good thing I have to say about this place is that the coffee was good but when I asked our server if she could bring me a carafe of coffee (I was drinking mine quite fast) she informed me that she didn’t have one and then proceeded to bring me THREE full cups. Needless to say by the time I was half way through the second one, it was cold. I didn’t even attempt the 3^rd cup.
I am not usually a complainer, I made my living as a server for 6 years and I understand that mistakes do happen and sometimes quality slips through the cracks, but this was outrageous. Not one aspect of the meal was up to par and we paid $ 46 + tip for the WORST meal I have ever eaten in my life. I will not be returning and I strongly encourage anyone reading this to take my advice.

When we moved here just over a year ago we had never been to rickys so we went for breakfast and loved it. Every time we have guests in town we take them here for brunch and always have great service and excellent food.

The only convenient thing was the location, parking was okay. The menu was just average, prices seemed reasonable but had to wait too long to order and be seated and have the plates cleared they weren’t busy the service staff were just disorganized. It seemed the only time we had the wait staffs attention was when the were constantly running around with the coffee, I would take one sip out and they topped it up and didn’t even ask if I wanted more. Been there done that.

Mediocre overpriced breakfast, wasn’t anything to brag about. Came here because it’s close to home but won’t be coming back anytime soon. Definitely a disappointment. Don’t bother wasting your time or money.

I think I come here too much whenever I’m visiting Calgary. LoL! I’m a big fan of all day breakfast so when I can have breakfast late afternoon I’m happy. Most of the time the service is good (not great.) It is kid friendly. It’s also one of the rare places that serves turkey dinner. Yum!

Sunday’s here are always extremely busy. We came in and luckily only had 3 groups in front of us in line. The entire time we were standing there waiting, there was 2 – 3 empty tables, both clean and dirty, yet there would be four tweens standing around the till. It took about 15 minutes before we were seated. The beginning of the service was slow, but once we ordered our food came very fast. I had a brisket eggs benedict that was delicious. While we were eating, we saw more tables open up that were being filled. By the time we were ready to go, there were 5 empty tables, and about 6 – 7 groups at the door waiting. Once we were done eating, it took forever to get our bill and pay, so we ended up just going to the till.