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La Viena
Category: Restaurants Italian Italian [Edit]
2139 Kensington Rd NWCalgary, AB T2N 3R8
(403) 283-3063
- Price Range:
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$$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- No
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Noise Level:
- Quiet
- Has TV:
- No
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11 reviews for La Viena
11 reviews in English
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Review from Genre S.
Calgary, AB
11/30/2011
Best to go on (look it up) Tuesday or Wednesday, when they 1/2 price the entrees. It is satisfyingly passable Chinese-style Italian. Quite good for the price actually. NOTE: Not for pretentious eaters. No buffalo-massaged fresh mozzarella balls for you to take with your truffle-oil IV. Good food, yo.
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Review from Justin B.
2/22/2012 1 Check-in Here
La Vienna is a quaint little restaurant, in a location that doesn't seem to lend itself to this kind of restaurant. The outside looks sketchy, and it is attached to doggy day care. I felt weird going here, but I like Italian food so here we are.
The food was good, not great, but good. No complaints, it just didn't rock my world. The selection of pasta's is great, pretty much anything I could imagine, plus a little more, I could have ordered.
The service was decent, we had a bizarre waiter but he was doing his best and picked out a nice bottle of wine for our table.
The atmosphere was nice, much nicer than the outside of the building. Quiet, we weren't there at a particularly busy hour, but it was intimate and lovely.
Not much else to say, good authentic Italian food. -
Review from Kimberley H.
Calgary, AB
12/26/2011
Went with my daughter December 14th. Food was pretty good! I had the spaghetti and meat balls. very nice.
The best was the dessert. We shared the vanilla icecream with cracked pepper and strawberries sauteed in grand mariner. MMMM! The ice cream could have been homemade, but delicious non-the-less.
Service was adequate, meals came out fast. I would recommend. -
Review from Roz M.
Calgary, AB
2/6/2011
My favourite italian spot! Sorry Olive Garden, you've been had! This place is in the most unlikely spot and if no one ever told me about it, I would have blinked and missed out. I often come here for special occasions with family.
I recommend the Penne Alla Pollo with Chicken, peas, tomato in garlic wine sauce or even the Penne Hawaiian with sausage, pineapple, chicken in a garlic tomato cream. If you're looking for a started soup, check out the Zuppa Stracciatella (Whipped egg in consume broth). mmmmmm.
If you want to come out, I highly recommend that you call in with a reservation. The place is pretty tiny and hard to accommodate groups larger than 6. But a great Italian local, none the less. -
Review from Erin D.
1/28/2011
I had a great meal there the other night. I chose some kind of seafood skillet thing (can't type or pronounce). It was really delicious though it came without the promised mussels as they were all out. The service was pretty unfriendly; she barely visited our table and promised me extra scallops in light of my absent mussels, which really didn't happen.
As I read this review I feel like my experience doesn't necessarily warrant the 4 stars I am going to award it, however given my love of La Viena in general, and how delicious the food is on a regular basis I am going to stick with the 4 stars. -
Review from A C.
11/29/2008
It's the Taste of Italy, right in your own backyard. The staff treat you like family. The dishes are magnificent. The place is charming. It's small, quaint and the perfect dinner for two. It's romantic, inviting and decorative. The entire place has a warm scent, filled with chatter and clatter of plates and glasses. It's a choice of joy. And a joy it will be. The smells and aromas tantalize your senses as the place fills with hot fresh plates from the kitchen.
I've been here 5 times in the last year... And each time my expectations for the food are surpassed. Enjoy a bottle of red with every meal. The toasted hot fresh rolls, the gnocchi, and pasta with vegetables in a tomato oil sauce are simply divine.
This is a must go, must enjoy, must love, local hideaway from the main streets of Kensington Road. -
Review from Moez T.
Calgary, AB
10/27/2009
Being across the street from a friend's liquor store and a popular local ice cream place, I had seen La Vienna several times since moving to Calgary. But I was always hesitant about trying it out. Why? Because honestly, it looks like a dive. Nestled next to a convenience store and some type of pet store in a building that probably predates Calgary, it really doesn't look very appealing from outside.
It was, however, recommended to us by a friend. So one day we decided to take a chance. I am forever grateful that we did.
Inside, La Vienna isn't much better visually, but it works. It has a very rustic feel to it that oozes Italy. Think Chianti, but darker and older. The service was great and it was a very comfortable experience.
The food was excellent. It's a little expensive for what they provide, nothing you can't find at other restaurants. But the quality was incredible. And it's conveniently located across from an ice cream parlour. Or next door to a pet store (actually, I think it's a pet grooming or pet kennel or something). In either case, it makes for a great night out! -
Review from Crystal W.
Calgary, AB
6/4/2011
Easy to find, inexpensive dishes, super fresh and delicious pasta, cozy atmosphere. Don't let the exterior of the restaurant fool you.
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Review from Mayi P.
Calgary, AB
2/6/2010
Friendly, knowledgeable servers. Excellent food. Cozy ambience.
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Review from Spencer C.
Calgary, AB
3/27/2010
Not bad, similar to chianti's cafe or other mid-low range Italian spots in Calgary. We had the Vienna style muscles to start and they were pretty lacking. Served in a generic poutine or baked spaghetti dish they were small and not very good. Only 10 muscles and 1 of them was served even though it was closed and another was smashed with shell fragments in the sauce...crunch...crunch. This might have put a damper on the rest of my experience as they were probably the worst muscles I've had at a restaurant...
From there we went into a couple Pasta options. My salmon linguini was ok. Smoked salmon seemed overly salty, tomatoes were neither ripe nor fresh. She has a similar variation on the butter cream sauce with chicken, mushrooms, brie, and peppercorns. It wasn't too memorable either.
Overall and adequate pasta feed but I'd put it in a league with Chianti's or other similar Italian places... not a destination to experience anything unique or particularly well executed. Doesn't warrant the reviews it gets here IMHO. That said I'd go back, but more likely on a boring Tuesday when I'm too lazy to cook than on a Friday when I'm out more for the unique exciting food experience. -
Review from S Y C.
Calgary, AB
8/30/2010
A group of us of 6 adults went to celebrate a birthday dinner at La Viena. We've gone here before and have usually enjoyed our meals and the occasional dessert. We ordered the calamari appetizers which were light and enjoyed by all. We also ordered french onion soups and the lobster bisque and they were also good.
The entrees ordered were not too bad and were ok but didn't seem as good as they used to be. I ordered the lasagne entree and I was very disappointed. It seemed to be a layered square of pasta with lots of meat sauce layered between the pasta squares and since the dish was a small oval form, the ends of the dish was also crammed with meat sauce too. There was hardly any cheese layered in nor melted on top. I've been to restaurants where at least your lasagne was a nice toasty cheese topping and often would have melted cheese layered as you eat it. But this entree was almost just meat sauce and pasta squares just in the middle. I could only eat half of it and did not like it at all. It felt like they were getting rid of some extra spegetti meat sauce or something. We also ordered a dessert of strawberries with vanilla ice cream and grand marnier sauce. It came to the table with the ice cream quite soft so it must have sat on the counter and started melting quick. We had to quickly eat it and the the syrup that was drizzled on the plate had hardened under the ice cream and was not able to mix with the ice cream. It was kinda petrified to the plate in a drizzle or like hard honey or something.
Too bad this didn't turn out as well as I had hoped. Was quite disappointed and probably will be looking for a different little Italian place to dine at. It used to be good , but maybe service has gone down now since it was busy and I feel the waiter could have been more attentive to filling water and checking with us now and then.
I may try one more time , but not too keen after this episode....
