[Cecil Terwilliger]

I didn't plan on going tonight but I thought about supper, checked my fridge and it was empty so I walked over to Hy's.

TL;DR Went to Hy's, food was good but jerks around me and bad service kinda ruined it. Not likely to go back.


Sat in the lounge, they have a nice big TV which was great. Figured I'd hang out, eat some nice food and watch the flames game. Nice to go on a slow thursday too. Or so I thought, but more on that later.

I had the escargot, which was good but not great. They only give you two tiny little pieces of crunchy french bagguette. Not only that but it wasn't particularly flavourful. Honestly, I prefer it at the Keg with the nice soft bread they give you. I also found it was not very solid, all the little bulbs (or whatever they're called) were broken up into a miliion pieces. Made it tough to each with that tiny fork and the crunchy bread.

Had steak neptune for my entree. Hard to say no to that, it's one of my favourites. Steak was cooked perfectly, plenty of crab but I will say they were a little stingy with the asperagus. It was just two or three tiny, tiny little skinny pieces not longer than my pinky. It doesn't have to be overflowing but I honestly thought they forgot the asparagus until I was about half done my steak. That's beyond minor though. The important parts were good and better to skimp on teh asparagus than the crab or holandaise.

The roasted potatoes were delicious, maybe just a tad dry but nothing to complain about. Beans were beans. They were cooked well. Al dente, had a nice crunch without being raw. Overall very good entree.

The creme brulee was to die for. Best I can recall having in a long, long time. Maybe ever. #### I could have eaten like 5 of those babies if I wasn't so stuffed.

The service was excellent, atmosphere was good for the most part (but more on that in a minute). They had some jon tesh sounding piano going.

But if I'm being honest it was all kind of sullied, maybe even ruined, by several dbags around me. For one, a big group of obnoxious aholes took up a way too small table across the aisle (if I can call it that). This meant that the loudest jerkoff put his chair smack dab in the middle of the aisle. Annoying as hell for two reasons. One, that put this loud ####### closer to me than I wanted. Like two feet away. And second, it meant that every time a server walked by, which was constantly because it was the lane to the bar/kitchen, it meant they had to sneak by. I spent most of my evening expecting loud obnoxious dink to knock a server with a hot plate of food right onto me. But whatever, it's a lounge. The jon tesh piano drowned them out a bit and i was zoned in watching the game and enjoying my steak.

But then some super loud ####### comes in and recognizes the two women next to me. This ####head proceeds to come sit right next to me on the big long bench so he can yell at his lady friends. Some middle aged wasted on a thursday at 7pm loser sits right down on my damn jacket (and it's a nice jacket, I just bought it!). I had to repeatedly ask him to sit up so I could remove it from under his fat ####ing ass. He seemed more annoyed than anything and didn't apologize. I practically had to yank it out from under him. Not to mention getting up in my personal space while I'm eating (plus COVID) I was fantasizing about punching this drunk ass loser. Finally after yelling in my ear (despite facing the other direction) for 20 minutes, he went and drank with his buddy that he showed up with.

To be clear, I'm not expecting a quiet serene evening with classical music playing when I'm in the lounge. I quite liked the nice din that made the place seem more alive. Eating in silence is depressing. This was purely about crappy people who don't respect personal space or the people around them. It just made the atmosphere unpleasant and low rent. I'd expect more class at the Den on a Thursday.

But then the cherry on top. So my server was excellent, super friendly and attentive so this isn't on him. Halfway through the 3rd period, after I'd sat there since about 5 mins left in the 1st watching the game, the hostess comes over and just changes the frggin channel. No hesitation, doesn't ask if I'm cool if she turns (it was 4-0), just turns the channel in the middle of the goddamn flames game. I wasn't even the only one watching.

I tried to get her attention without yelling but she completely ignored me, intentionally, and then walked away. I was tempted to tip appropriately but it wasn't my server's fault.

I don't know if Calgary just has a higher percentage of dbags or if Hy's attracts them but when I'm eating a $70 ####ing steak, I like to feel like I'm not sitting at Rips on wing night next to a bunch of obnoxiously loud drunken #######s.

But that's not their fault they attract some low class clientele, maybe that's just downtown Calgary on a Thursday. It is their fault for turning the channel in the middle of a hockey game showing the hometown team that I've been watching for 2 friggin hours.

Anyways, rant over. It just really sucks that dbags and bad service tainted such a tasty meal. So yeah, lesson learned. Don't go to Hy's on a Thursday. Or maybe ever if that's their target customer.

Overall I'd give the food an 8/10. Value a 6.5/10. Atmosphere 1/10. Bad enough I won't be in a hurry to ever go back with all the food options in Calgary (and considering how infrequently I eat out), no matter how good the creme brulee was.