Reviews of Block Kitchen + Bar (Restaurant)

Colby

Block is a fantastic restaurant with a plethora of Asian fusion dishes to try out. The prices are great and the staff are super friendly. I ordered takeout and I was blown away with how speedy the service was and how delicious the food was. I tried Takoyaki (something I have been wanting to try for years) and it was better than I could have hoped for. The duck lettuce wraps were also delicious and the in house made kimchi was unreal. When I am back in Banff I was definitely be returning and hopefully eating on their patio someday.

Jenna Dallaire

AMAZING! The bao is the best I’ve ever had and the ramen curry was unreal. Highly recommend!

T

Very delicious food. Katsu chicken bowl was probably the best. Zen salad was delicious but not filling. Chao Shui Bao was good but a little salty. Ahi tuna poke bowl was great. Bison burger was good, with an Asian twist. Service was very good considering they had 2 front of house staff serving the entire joint. They had many delicious cocktails offered and were btw $10-17/glass.

Annie Drysdale

Service

Levente Kovacs

A really trendy cool place. They have some delicious cocktails and the food is amazing as well. Lots of healthy options with creative plating and amazing flavours. The service was friendly, attentive but not overwhelming. Really enjoyed the atmosphere with awesome music to set the vibe. The restaurant gets packed fast so make sure you get there a bit before to reserve your table, it's worth it!

Rose Orlando

Fabulous place, bartender/mixologist is amazing! We had some delicious cocktails and small plates....a must try when in Banff!

Shray Sharma

Bit pricey but super tasty. Friendly service, although a bit slow. The tuna tataki and duck ssam were definitely the two standouts for us. Passionfruit mojito was great as well as the creme brulee for dessert.

Anita Lerer

Fantastic! If you are looking for a quiet place, don't go here. The food and drinks are too good to find this place quiet. Small, with good ambiance the owner and chef is a French Canadian Chef who spent several years as a chef in Japan. My wife taught in Japan for 5 years so she pointed out all of the Japanese inspired things about this place from some menu items to the place itself. A changing menu from seafood to Japanese appetizers the quality, presentation and taste will not disappoint. Staff are awesome and prices fair. This is not casual dining but a complete experience. Well done everyone at Block Kitchen. Bravo.

Arab Reality

Meal type

jay mackenzie

Awesome food spot in a touristy town. We stumbled upon this place and were not disappointed. I would recommend it to anyone!

M C

This restaurant is amazing! The food here never seems to fail us every time we come into town, there is so much flavour to every dish. The cocktails are also delicious and they are also very pretty looking. We highly recommend coming to this restaurant if you're ever in Banff!

David P

Probably the most incredible food I’ve had in a while. The place has also an exceptional playlist going and the staff is a Marvel. Would recommend tremendously.

Natalie Leung

Super surprise restaurant! The first time I bought a takeaway ramen , the taste is so special and surprisingly many different kinds of ingredients ! Service is very good too! This is the second time I went there even I need to wait for 25 min! No doubt the curry ramen is the best ever! Rarely find something so good in Alberta ! It is Asian fusion! And we had a drumlette or duck is not bad! The pork chop rice ( katsu curry bowl) is also excellent

T F

My friends and I had a wonderful time here. The Service is TOP Notch, food is delicious!! Try their Katsu Curry and Crispy Chicken Burger ???????????? Thank you so much for being amazing to your customers. Will definitely be back again!

Daisy Nguyen

Simply the BEST! Best cocktails amazing food great atmosphere for a fun night out !!!

Casey Ecker

Our second time at Block and we are still amazed. The service is lovely and so accommodating! The atmosphere is fun and of course, THE FOOD is fantastic. Asian fusion that can not be beat. The cocktail list including ingredients local to the area. All in all a five star experience. No reservations so walk in and hope they have a spot for you. You won’t be disappointed.

Vikram Dhaliwal

We haven't had food and service this well delivered in a long time. The cocktails we're well thought through, the fusion inspired appetizers brought flavors together in a way that just made sense. I'm glad the prawn curry came with an extra kick of spice to help us bear through the crisp spring weather, late night in Banff. The servers were knowledgeable and friendly and that only added to the experience. The real winner of the night, though, was that house made Kim Chi, a really refreshing burst of pickled flavours. Bottle it up!

Gina Smith

Can't say enough good things about Block. Amazing food and service. Pictured is the curry ramen, which was their Soup of the Whim for that day. Unexpected food fusions. Bao buns were excellent. The drinks are pricy IMO but worth every penny.

Thalia Dabda

Loved this place! What a gem in Banff. Had delicious karaage chicken, garlic shrimp, salad and duck spring rolls (the only thing I didn’t really like - cut bizarrely and not the spinach was a bit weird). Watermelon drink and passion fruit mojito were delicious.

feriyal hallajarani

Cozy & friendly, with great food and cocktails!

Iris Chan

I try to come here every time I stop in Banff. The cheese platter is a must and the service is great. The wait times can end up exceeding an hour so get there early if you’d like a seat. We got a call once to come in however our table was not ready when we arrived. The server had given us a drink on the house and we appreciated their customer service! Walked by recently and noticed they had opened up some patio seating so glad to see them expanding for more customers.

Landon Caldwell

I've been here many times and have always enjoyed the diversity of food and drinks that have been thoughtfully created and handcrafted. The Calamari was one of my favorite dishes last time we visited but there a plenty of other yummy dishes too. Make sure you try the delicious cocktails... I'm pretty sure we drank our way through the entire menu that afternoon. Keep up the great work!!!

Gene Teichroeb

Very small place but we went early before the crowds. The cocktails were excellent and the service was friendly and prompt. We weren't very hungry so we just had the lettuce wraps but the quality, portion and flavor was really great. I didn't expect to be impressed by such a simple dish.

Ryan Han

Lunch

Paula Mendoza

One of the best places to eat at Banff you gotta come here if u visit Banff. They have a large array of dishes on the menu, such as ramen, burgers, and the delectable Tokyo fries which I'd highly recommend (beat fries I've ever had), and also textures here are just incredible. Along with delicious food, the service here is hospitable, and fast.

Kristin

The food was hit and miss. I thought the cold ramen salad was really good but then I remembered I was starving so maybe that's why it was so good. The Tokyo fries were my favourite, but it's a typical dish you can get at many places. I didn't like the mushroom risotto because the texture was weird and it was too salty. Everything else was good, but not amazingly good, but not bad. Our server was amazing tho; she was so friendly, happy, and polite

rvtBC

Small, hip eatery in the heart of Banff - great cocktails (!) and their share plates are great as well. Actually really liked the sauces that came with the pan-flashed spicy prawns and duck spring rolls. And their daily special was mussels which was also great. Highly recommend!

Jonathan Taaffe

A hidden gem in Banff. Small little restaurant bar down one of the side streets. Great cocktails and delicious food to go with it. Here 5 days and the best spot we ate at. HIGHLY recommend

A Peter

A must visit restaurant at Banff. A small gem of a restaurant. Tasty food and friendly service. Had a great time with friends.

R T

Small restaurant/bar with interesting menu (asian fusion). They have a chalkboard menu and a regular menu. We chose few items on both of them: bbq pork bun, karaage chicken (not pictured) and prawns in green curry. The bun was flavourful but rather small and lacked meat. Karaage chicken was good. Green curry was overly salty, which totally ruined the plate (also, I did not get why they would add a side of kimchi to it (green curry being thai and kimchi being korean)? But their kimchi was fairly good and I ate it with the chicken instead. We tried their ginger/lavender cocktail, which tasted mostly lime with a ginger aftertaste. I found the whole thing rather expensive for the value, I was expecting more considering the good reviews.

Claire Chen

Thank you so much for hosting 16 of us, we all had a great time, and the drinks were phenomenon!! We planned our wedding lunch celebration at Block, everyone loved the food and all the cocktails! With the ongoing pandemic, Stephane, the owner, was so easy to communicate with and made the planning extremely easy for us. They also supplied to-go lunch boxes for our remote wedding the next day; they were a hit! Block will forever be in our memory, thanks again to all the staffs who made it wonderful.

Thisa Pak

Great experience trying different types of food! We got their pork katsu bowl and chicken sandwich which were both great! We order their chicken skewers as well, however, it was the same kind of chicken in the sandwich. Our favourite was the passionfruit mojito! The best mojita we have ever tried!

Brian Chan

The food here was overall alright and in my opinion almost everything we ordered could have been better. We had the Kimchi soup, toyko fries, beef tartare roll and tuna tataki. The last two pictured. The Kimchi soup is definitely fusion and not traditional. It seemed to be tomato based and not anchouvy based like traditional Korean stews. I guess that is what is expected from a fusion place but I just felt that every mouthful was lacking the flavour that comes from what I would get at a Korean restaurant. The toyko fries were the best thing we ordered. Can't go wrong with fries, kewpie mayo, seaweed and bonito flakes. The beef tartare roll is interesting. Not sure if it works though. There is no flavour outside of the sauce which is I found was over abundant. Also the beef doesn't wrap well and everything just falls apart. The tuna tataki was just okay. I found that it had too much sesame seeds which was overpowering and for most bites that was all I was tasting.

Pgogo

We were in the mood for something different and boy, did we find it! We have tried asian lettuce wrap, asian dry ribs and thai beef and kimchi soup. Amazing flavor and good location

Andrew Betz

Coming from the GTA, we were hesitant to get Asian Fusion - however we were extremely surprised with our Ramen. They had a Curry Ramen Special and it was on of the best Ramens we’ve ever had, after delicious small bits with the Alberta Beef Tataki Rolls, and the seasonal Pumpkin Soup. Very impressed with the food and atmosphere. Food was great, service was excellent. We will definitely try again when we return to Banff.

Marissa Corea

Came here for lunch on Jan 5th, the bartender/server was phenomenal, it was super busy and she was killing it by herself. Drink recommendations and the food was amazing as always. Will keep coming back, 10/10

Karsten Lee

Went there with my fiancée and was thoroughly disappointed by the service. The manager and the waiter refused to admit us purely because we could not offer up an Alberta vaccine QR code. We are visiting from Ontario and presented our proof of vaccination but they refused to admit us no matter what. All other restaurants in Banff that we have been to were understanding and reasonable with their policies. The staff here is clearly blind to reason, would not recommend any out of province tourists from visiting this establishment.

Kelsey Geddes

Best place for cocktails in town! Here and their sister restaurant Shoku ????????

Joseph K

Seriously? Really disappointing experience, based off the reviews we anticipated much better food. Service was not great, forgot two items we ordered - and the server took no accountability and blamed it on the kitchen. Food was pricey, we ordered over $100 worth and several dishes. Flavor was muddied by an unexciting hodgepodge of seasonings that made for a really unattractive meal.

Eric Huan

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