Banff has many restaurants in various price ranges. Each category is organized by proximity to the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel;
i.e. the 100-block of Banff Ave is closer than the 400-block.
The area code is 403.
Ʋ= confirmed vegetarian items
$ = entrées $12 ($10US)
$$ = entrées $12-25 ($10- $21US)
$$$ = entrées $25-40 ($21 – $35US)
$$$$ = entrées > $40
Breakfast
Phil’s Restaurant $
12 minute walk from hotel.
Family (all-day breakfast)
109 Spray Ave; 762-2902
6:30am – 4pm
Coyotes $$
Contemporary Southwestern
206 Caribou St.; 762-3963
7:30 am-10 pm
Melissa’s$$
Breakfast till 4 pm.
218 Lynx Street; 762-5511
7am-10pm
Ticino$
(in the High Country Inn)
415 Banff Avenue;
762-3848;
7 am-10 am
Coffee/Sandwich
Natur’el $
Teas & Canadian wines, appetizers. Organic ingredients
103 Banff Ave; 760-2511
10 am-7 pm M-F; till 7 Sat, Su
Evelyn's Coffee Bar $Ʋ
(3 locations) Crowded but good place for sandwiches, coffee and baked goods.
The Bear St. location is less busy.
119 Banff Ave; 760-2907
201 Banff Avenue; 762-0352
Wolf/Bear St.Mall; 762-0330
7 am-10 pm M-Sat, opens 7:30 am Sundays
Jump Start $
206 Buffalo St; 762-5232
Baked goods, quiche, breakfast bagels
7 am- 5 pm
Wild Flour Artisan Bakery $
101-211 Bear St (Bison Courtyard); 760-5074
Artisan bakery, sandwiches
Tue-Sun 8 am–6 pm
Cake Company Café $
220 Bear St; 762-8642
7 am-6 pm
Pubs & Casual
Wild Bill’s Saloon$-$$ Ʋ
Party central
201 Banff Avenue; 762-0333
11 am-2 am
Rose & Crown $-$$
Full menu till midnight
Upstairs 202 Banff;762-2121
11 am-2 am
Magpie & Stump$-$$
Tex-mex
203 Caribou; 762-4067
noon-2 am
Earl’s $-$$Ʋ
Over 50 menu items
Upstairs 229 Banff Ave(@ Wolf St); 762-4414; 11:30 am-1 am M-F, till 1 am Sat/Sun
Coyotes $$Ʋ
Contemporary Southwestern
206 Caribou St.; 762-3963
Frequented by locals and tourists alike; reservations recommended; 7:30 am-10 pm
Melissa’s $$
218 Lynx Street; 762-5511
In Banff since 1928; 7am-10pm
Cascade Plaza Food Court $
317 Banff Ave (@ Wolf)
Edo Japan, Lotus Chinese Foods, Mrs. Vanelli’s Italian Foods, Taste of Sri Lanka, Booster Juice, Dairy Queen, Subway, Second Cup coffee (ground flr.) ,
St. James’ Gate$-$$
Very Irish Pub
207 Wolf St; 762-9355
11 am-1 am, -2 amFri-Satreservations for > 7
Aardvark Pizza & Sub $
Takeout/Delivery
304a Caribou St.; 762-5500
(below Rose & Crown); 11am-4am
“Ethnic”
Guido’s Ristorante $$
Italian. 30 years in Banff
116 Banff Ave; 762-4002;
5-10:30 pm
Pad Thai Restaurant $
110 Banff Avenue, Clock Tower Village Mall; 762-4911; 11:30 am-9 pm
Chaya $
Japanese/Asian
118 Banff Ave; 760-0882
Typhoon $$
Eclectic asian – Thai, Szechuan, Indian, Indonesian, Japanese, Vietnamese
211 Caribou St.; 762-2000
reservations accepted;
11:30 am
Barpa Bill’s $
Greek,; Cash only
223 Bear St.; 762-0377
reservations not accepted; 11am-9pm
Sushi House Banff$$
Japanese
304 Caribou St.;762-4353
reservations not accepted
noon-10:30pm
Sushi brought ‘round by a model train. Dishes are priced by plate & tallied at the end of your meal.
Ticino$$
Swiss-Italian
415 Banff Avenue (The High Country Inn); 762-3848
reservations recommended
5:30 pm-10 pm
El Toro $$+
Mediterranean, steakhouse; family
429 Banff Ave @ Irwin’s Mountain Inn; 762-2520
27 years in Banff
Albertan/Canadian
Maple Leaf$$-pastas-$$$
Canadian, “meat-oriented”
137 Banff Ave; 760-7680
reservations recommended
11 am-11 pm
Grizzly House Restaurant $-lunch, $$-dinner
Exotic, Fondues & Hot Rocks
Funky, old log cabin with stuffed animals. Specializes in Alberta beef , exotic game meats: buffalo, caribou, wild boar, venison, shark, alligator, rattlesnake, & ostrich
207 Banff Ave; 762-4055
reservations recommended;
11:30 am-midnight
Nourish Vegetarian Bistro & Tea / Sunfood Café$
Vegetarian
2nd fl, Sundance Mall, 215 Banff Ave (follow Sunfood Café signs); 760-3933M-F 11 am-9 pm (possibly open @ 9; call ahead); Sat-Sun 9 am-9 pm
Saltlik$$-$$$
Steakhouse
221 Bear St; 762-2467;
5 pm-11 pm
Bumper’s The Beef House $$-$$$
“If you haven’t been to Bumper’s, you haven’t been to Banff”. In Banff since 1975
603 Banff Ave; 762-2622
4:30 pm-
Hotel/Fine Dining
Le Beaujolais$$$-$$$$
French, prix fixe menu: $68 for 3 course meal; $95 for 6 course surprise meal. Some a la carte. Smart casual dress
Banff & Buffalo St., upstairs
762-2712; 6 pm-midnight
Fuze Finer Dining $$ (vegetarian) - $$$ V
110 Banff Ave (2nd floor Clock Tower Village Mall); 760-0853
6 pm-
BuffaloMountain Lodge$$$$
RockyMountain cuisine, game. A wonderful place for a very special meal.
Tunnel Mountain Road; 760-4484. Reservations recommended
7 am-5:30 pm, 6 pm-10 pm
CilantroMountain Café$$-$$$
Casual, California-inspired cuisine
Reservations recommended
Wed – Sun ; 5 pm – 10pm
Rimrock Hotel
Mountain Ave;
Fine dining options & great views
Eden$$$$
French.
A 4* restaurant.
Prix fixe menu
Reservations recommended
762-1865; 6-10 pm
Also the
The Larkspur ;
678-1361
Divas:762-3356
Martini Cocktail lounge live entertainment
Grocery Stores
Keller Foods
122 Bear St next to parkade; 762-2140
7:00am –midnight
(small version @ Banff Springs Conf Ctr)
Safeway
318 Marten St (@ Elk St);
762-5378
8:00am - 11:00pm
Candy/Ice cream
There are some great shops in Banff, excellent for treats or gifts.
Welch’s Candy & Chocolate
Old fashioned
126 Banff Ave.; 762-3737
Cows
134 Banff Ave; 760-3493
The Fudgery
215 Banff Avenue; 762-3003
Mountain Chocolates
200 Banff Ave.; 762-2624
Chocolaterie Bernard Callebaut
The best European chocolates around
111 Banff Ave: 762-4106