Chili’s

As a stand-​alone restaurant, I’d probably rate this Chili’s 1.5 stars. As one of the few restaurants open at 5am in the airport, my rating becomes much more generous.
The menu is decent and service is quick, that’s all you really need to know. On a recent airport trip, the restaurant was full up at 5am, so they seem to be doing good business.
I had the breakfast tacos with a side of fruit. The meal came with two decently sized tacos with scrambled eggs, cheese, and salsa. I’d rate the food as «fine».

The breakfast burrito is good. Better with sausage! Good stop before flying.

can almost upgrade this to 4 stars as this airport is seriously lacking sports bars, hot food, non-​franchise food offerings.
located domestic side near Tim Hortons, small layout considering travellers with their carry on bags bit I digress.
Ordered the appy baked cheeseballs, tasty enough.
casual atmosphere.

I can count the number of times I’ve dined at Chili’s in my lifetime prior to this visit on two fingers, so you know it’s certainly not my go to place. Unfortunately the Calgary airport is lame and this is the only sit down restaurant after security, so I had no choice but to eat here before my 9 hour flight.
I didn’t really expect much and it ended up being better than expected (back handed compliment?) Our server was super perky and pretty quick. There was a solo man at a table beside us who was very rushed for time and she suggested some meals that would come out more quickly than others and explained that fried things would take longer than, say, a side salad.
I ordered a chicken burger and my husband had a beef burger, both with fries. They only took 8 minutes to get to our table. There was nothing wrong with the taste at all. Again, better than I expected them to be.

I normally stop here for breakfast when travelling through calgary international airport.
It is one of the few restaurants available once you pass security.
Fare is ok for a decent breakfast and good coffee.
15 dollars for breakfast

There are only two things I need from a waitress: a full drink and the ability to pay and leave when I want. This place had neither.
I get it– it’s an airport. I also get that I was there in the early morning, but it was during your open hours, so there should be no reason for me to be leaned over 7, count ‘em, seven times for other waitresses to put random stuff on my table. They didn’t want to refill my drink either.
The service was terrible. There were 5 waitress and about that many tables. We’re dealing with a one to one ratio here. With that in mind, it’s unreasonable that I be visited so little by my server. Once to order, once to bring my food, and once to bring the bill I hadn’t asked for (that’s cool, I won’t have anything else) where I had to suggest that my long-​empty drink be refilled.
She never came back for me to pay– I approached the bar to do so after a long wait. Let’s review for a minute that this is in an airport. People have flights to catch!
The food was actually decent– I didn’t expect a good breakfast from chili’s, so that’s why this is a two star eating instead of one.

The Chilli’s in the YYC domestic terminal is a prime example of why competition is so badly needed. The only spot I know of that can pour a pint once you have passed security, Chilli’s struggles to deliver edible food in a timely fashion. Having been here a few too many times, I can say that this place is consistently terrible, especially for ‘airport prices’. I think I have learned my lesson and will only be ordering things that come in a beer mug from now on.
Food: I had the BBQ Bacon Buger and fries. Lindsau S. had the Buffalo Chicken Salad. We agreed, NEVER again!
One of the servers shook her head when I went to order…
She then whispers «oh, dear, you don’t want that… why don’t you try this instead!»
I thought, «That was very nice of her!» So I go ahead and take her suggestion. Awful. So if the food she recommended was terrible, what was she protecting me from???

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Good place to «Chil» while waiting for my flight back down to the States. I’m used to having Margarita in a Chili’s down in California, watching a ball game, talking Spanish to Spanish speakers, but this has got to be the first Margarita with Canadian Curling on the screen. Can you cross-​check with these brooms? I wonder. The restaurant menu is fairly straight forward bar food, but good. Narrow aisle, just like aircrafts, so you will feel right at home. I’d come back.

For the record, Chili’s is not the type of place I go to, but the choices once past security in the airport are limited. Chili’s gets several things right in this aviation context:
+ The bar extends out into the main corridor, so you can here announcements
+ The food is quick to prepare, so you don’t have to worry about timing
+ The bill is brought immediately
+ The staff at this location were very attentive
The food is more of a mixed bag:
+ Awesome shrimp quesadilla. I wanted to hate it, since it’s a chain: but the tortilla was freshly made, paper thin, crisp, the shrimp tender, the real cheese gooey, and the pico de gallo flavourful.
+ The drinks were strong and tasty
— The chili cheese nachos are more like Cheeseburger Hamburger Helper than nachos. I think a good plan is to avoid all menu items involving processed cheese or ground beef.

average to below average in their quality of food… the service was a touch above average

Had breakfast here this morning with Chris and Rhonda at Calgary Airport.
We all had the regular breakfast food, eggs, sausage, omelette’s and toast. It was nice, quick and reasonably priced. Server Shawna was outstanding !!

This review is for the YYC Chili’s in Concourse D, the open pub with some booth seating. I do like the atmosphere because it’s always buzzing with people and it also makes for great passersby and TV watching.
My issue this past weekend was the service. I sat at the bar for at least five minutes before I was acknowledged. I ordered a beverage as I didn’t have enough time to eat. I was asked if a can was okay and I requested a frosted glass, which is what they serve other beverages in. I was a little disappointed that she put the can and glass in front of me to deal with it. It’s not that I’m too good to help myself, but I thought the service would be a bit better than that. Upon paying, the server tipped herself with my cash and then didn’t talk to me again. Alllllrighty then. Being that I saw other customers receiving better service, I wondered if my server had an issue with me or just wasn’t loving her job that day.
This won’t stop me from going back because I’ve not had a notably poor experience before. Maybe I shouldn’t sit at the bar?

Food is definitely overpriced here, and the quality is lower than other Chili’s. I’ve only ever eaten breakfast type stuff here, and would suggest staying with simple items like toast and bacon. The eggs benedict isn’t very good here.