Thomsons Restaurant

I have always come here for the Sunday brunch and I was always quite pleased with the service I had received as well as their open buffet options.
Last year I had decided to host my Birthday Brunch here and boy was I impressed.
Not only was I dealing with a great lady named Angela, but she was able to make the whole process be a smooth transaction.
They were able to get me the area I wanted, they had the layout placed exactly as I asked, and they were also able to have everyone’s bill’s be separate (which is usually unheard of for a party of 20+).
The staff was so helpful and pleased all of my guests.
I will definitely be hosting this years birthday brunch here as well.
I would definitely recommend Thomsons for hosting parties or just for going to their Sunday Brunch!!!

This place never fails to impress. The staff are incredibly customer focused and do their best every single time to make you feel welcome. I had the avocado toast — toasted Russian rye, poached eggs, house made guac and mixed greens — delicious. I have only been here for breakfast. The house Benedict is crazy: pulled juicy Alberta beef on a buttermilk biscuit with hollandaise and poached egg with bow island baked beans. Decadent!!!
Ivan served us today and he was awesome!

Came here for the Sunday brunch, love the food there and the service great, it’s a good place for family and friends hanging out also.

Came here for dinner with a company Christmas party and it was average. There were a number of appetizers to share with the table which were very good. We had parmesan truffle fries, calamari, bread.
For appetizers with our meal we could choose between butternut squash soup or salad. I got the soup. It was very good. Really tasty. The portion was huge though. It must have been about 2 ½ cups. Really generous for an appetizer. Those that ordered the salad, a meal sized salad I swear, could not even come close to finishing it. The salad was really beautifully plated and really good.
There was a choice of salmon, chicken, and steak for the entrée. I had the salmon, which was undercooked, but I ate it around the middle. Better than overcooked and I was so full from the soup I knew I wouldn’t be able to finish my entrée. The salmon came with a positively enormous amount of wilted flavorless spinach and at least 10, maybe 15 stalks of flavorless, but perfectly cooked, asparagus. I could not finish all the greens. It was way too much. Others had the chicken and the steak and out of more than 20 people barely anyone could finish their meal. The steak also came with a massive amount of asparagus and green beans, which are so similar it was kind of an odd pairing. More vegetable variety would have been nice.
The dessert choices were a butter tart (no raisins and very sweet and rich), a crème brulé with a piece of chocolate bark with rice crispies on it (the rice crispies did not add to the chocolate at all but the brulé was very good, a chocolate cake (the person that ordered this said it was quite good), and an eggnog cheesecake.
All in all service was good, the room if nice, my meal was ok. I don’t understand why the portions are so huge. If I came back if go with someone and make sure we ordered one thing and split it. This place would be great if you had an enormous appetite.

My family love to celebrate birthdays or special celebrations at the Sunday brunch here !
The food is hot and tasty and there are beautiful desserts to indulge in. I enjoy the selection of brunch food they serve and especially the eggs bennies and the fresh orange juice at the table. They even have a candy bar for those who are never too old to cater to your sweet tooth candy cravings.
Lovely setting and a really nice dining place to enjoy with our family. Our adult kids really enjoy coming here with us.

Flash back, one year ago: I ordered french toast and it not only tasted like a fish fry, but it had a big ol’ hair in it! The manager was so nice– but really how do you come back from that?
Well, Thomsons HAS and I must rewrite my review because they have redecorated (Cowboy chic sepia and stone), upgraded the menu (STEAK BITES!!!), revamped breakfast, and have amazing customer service (Ask for Ringo!)
I have the «opportunity» to stay in this hotel often and test driven Thompsons for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
My favorites: STEAK BITES!!! A little steak, served sizzling fajita style in a cast iron pan, with onions, peppers, and cherry tomatoes — YUM! Eat with a green salad!
Also– the bread basket is actually special. This is one time to not turn down the bread.
Enjoy! Tell Ringo I sent you!

I’ve been here a bunch of times but only for the breakfast and brunch buffets on the weekends. Its always been consistent in the quality and variety of the items.
On the breakfast side of things there are fresh eggs Benedict, waffles, and pancakes made to order and brought to your table. There is an omelet station, traditional pans of bacon, sausage, eggs, French toast and hash browns. Also is salmon and cream cheese, bagels & toast, yogurt and granola, fruit, fresh juice and smoothie shots, cereals and pastries.
I’m not a fan of their coffee (fix the coffee, it’s bitter!) but the orange juice is good.
On the brunch buffet is a carving station, mashed potatoes & gravy, soups, buns & rolls, cold salads, pastas, charcuterie items, pickles & olives, and a dessert bar with custards, pastries, and a candy bar.
The service is amazing. Ringo is the best server I’ve ever had in any establishment. Ask to be sat in his section, you will thank me for it later.

I loved Thompson’s on my trip to Calgary.
Very upscale, amazing selection of steaks and pretty good and patient service.
We were a very large and loud group and everyone got their orders perfectly right.
I had the steak bites as an app, delicious as well as a 12oz Ribeye.
Truly awesome, but some people got even better looking cuts than mine.
Overall, a fine experience.
They offer breakfast and lunch and are connected to the Hyatt

Came for brunch a couple weeks ago. It was not bad, but it took them forever to get more croissant’s, and we kept asking and asking, and it took them almost an hour. At times they were out of bacon too. They ran out of a lot of things actually. The foods itself wasn’t bad, but I really didn’t like the Eggs Benedict. And a lot of the food was cold. What I really liked were the pancakes and the french toast. Doubt I’ll be back. Much better can be had for the price. At least they validate parking.

I consider this restaurant to be one of Calgary’s best kept secrets. In the half dozen times we’ve eaten at Thomsons, we have always been impressed with the food and service. It’s almost never busy and even when it is busy, the restaurant is so large, that you can still hear your table guests talk. We park in the Hyatt’s underground parkade, and Thompsons waives the $ 25 parking fee.

Had a business lunch at Thomsons. The Steak and Blue Salad. And yes, while it wasnt bad — it also wasnt that great either yet the pricing and reputation it has, suggested otherwise.
Locals claim this is ‘Excellent’.
Cold steak, rather tough. Second class blue cheese and rather limp, tired greens — it should not be too hard to make a great steak salad in a city ‘apparently’ known for its great steakhouses in a place with large photos of steers and cowboys on the walls…
Then again, after a few visits to Calgary, I am finding that symptomatic of most if not all of the citys restaurants. They are not that good when compared to anything outside of Calgary.
Even so called ‘higher end’ places with meals made from their preferred staple — red meat — at the varied likes of Luxe Burger, Vintages, Saltlik and Thomsons — all considered ‘great’ by the Calgary locals but honestly, just not that good at all. In fact, if they were located in an LA, Toronto, Dallas or quite frankly any other large city but for a booming oil town that is just teaming with new money — they would be found struggling.
So for the locals to Calgary — go — you will love it at Thomsons. For those who hail from a good or even decent food city…
Meh.

We came down here for breakfast two of two morning we stayed at the Hyatt. They have a breakfast buffet which I had one day.
The buffet is not huge but enough. There are breads, pastries, cereals, yogurt, shots of shakes, oatmeal, potatoes, fruit and egg station. You can also order bennedicts, waffles, pancakes and waffles. I had the pancakes which were super light and fluffy. Almost too light, they broke apart super easily. I had waffle too but enjoyed pancakes more.
The next day I ordered oatmeal. It comes with brown sugar and raisins. I asked for banana and it was an extra $ 3. bummer
overall breakfast was good.

I ordered room service and stopped in for breakfast once. Both times I found the food mediocre and way overpriced. Decent service from the delivery person and the server at my breakfast table. I decided on the breakfast buffet at the servers suggestion, and found all the food to be of poor to okay quality.
This building used to be bank, which is cool Calgary re-​purposes old buildings.

Excellent place. I came here for dinner with a gift certificate. We had the calamari, brie platter, and the venison. The calamari was the best Western-​style (red onions and creamy sauce) calamari I have had. The brie platter had awesome fig jam and the brie was creamy and rich. My venison had a really complex blueberry gravy and was extremely tender. For dessert we tried the chocolate cake and ice cream. It was extremely rich and tasty. The waitress was friendly, relatively casual, and very attentive. A supervisor came by twice to ask us how we were doing and the manager came by once. Overall, an excellent experience.

Excellent tenderloin steak, great service, the crispy brie cheese appy was unreal and the cheesecake was top notch. Can’t wait til next time

Good for a hotel linked restaurant although lacks flair and style. Spacious though so would a nice place when you dont want to be jammed. Has decent brunch on weekends and lunch options decent. Wouldnt rush there but honest enough.

A good, uncrowded spot for brunch. Went here on Saturday after realizing 15 minutes in that we’d be in line for another 45 minutes at Over Easy Breakfast. Thompson’s has the typical sausage, bacon, hash browns, omelette station, fruit, granola, yoghurt, and pastries, plus somewhat fancier items like tomatoes gratine, frittata, and smoked salmon. Not a huge selection, BUT you can order waffles and Eggs Benedict a la carte and it’s included, which is great because these do not survive chaffing dishes very well. Also, coffee and juice are included in the reasonable $ 22 price tag, along with parking validation for the hotel’s underground lot. Note that the Sunday brunch is more expansive and $ 30. The apple juice is actually apple cider, which is a great touch. The service was excellent and the atmosphere is refined yet casual at the same time. You could bring guests here, maybe not for a special occasion, but for a good weekend breakfast without the wait.

Before our annual conference, my team always gathers here for breakfast. It’s actually the only time I look forward to dragging myself outta bed in the wee morning hours to make it for our 7AM breakfast.
This year I don’t know why the buffet was off. The bacon was overly crispy and disintegrated when you bit into it — and I was pretty disappointed because I piled my plate full of bacon. .. I ended up hiding it under a napkin while I went up to grab a few pieces of sausage (which were tasty), some fruit and cereal.
A few of my coworkers got the made to order omelettes and had great things to say about them.
I know we’ll be back next year, I just hope the bacon will be better!

Service is good. I just wish I had order something else. I would come back for sure!

I spent a week here a couple of months back. Every morning I would have breakfast here at the restaurant. They have a full buffet, including omelet station, or order off the specials or standard menu.
All the food is quite delicious. It’s a matter of what you are looking for in terms of your meal. I would say however that there are some really good servers who are very attentive to your needs and others who just leave you there. Depending on which person you end up with will greatly change your perception of this restaurant. My only thing with this place is the fact that the potatoes always seem to be in that slimy too wet stage and not «crisped» up enough for me. I like to have my potatoes more firm than what is typically served but I think that is just my personal preference more than anything.
Lastly, the coffee. I guess that I must be a coffee snob and maybe so, however the furniture varnish/​jet fuel they call coffee leaves a lot to be desired for me. Typically I can handle my coffee straight up, but not here. I need not only sugar (too much) but cream as well to help offset the inevitatble stomach destruction.