El Toro Restaurant

Fantastic tapas.
Only dish that wasn't as amazing as everything else was the calamari.
And the dessert was top shelf, freshly baked chocolate cake (as in don't touch the bowl, it just came out of the oven)

I’m usually a 5 star girl but I have to discount due to the fact that the calamari was rubbery (most likely frozen) and the salsa was more like a clumpy tomato sauce. The servers were amazing and the fajitas were tasty. But overall I think some of the food is not fresh and it needs an updated menu with a new chef to bring local ingredients alive.

The waiter there was rude and unwelcoming, and the food didn't taste authentic neither did it taste good. The fajitas and tacos were subpar and I would prefer fast food style mexican food (chipotle...). On top of all of this, the food was expensive, I don't know if the breakfast taste good or not, but the dinner was not worth whatsoever. All in all, do not go.

Had a great time here for dinner. Very friendly staff and quick service in a nice atmosphere with simply amazing food. Would definitely recommend their braised lamb shoulder 🤩

We dined in in early Sep 2022. It is next to Irwin Inn and have access to here inside. The 10% off coupon from the hotel can’t be used for breakfast ! The wait time for food was 40 minutes. The breakfast for two cost c$48 incl tax and tips with free coffee refill.

This is a fine dine Mexican restaurant. The staff was very welcoming. The quantity of the food was generous. Overall very good experience and good food.

Because of their great Monday offer we decided to have dinner. We ordered Burrito, Fajita and Enchiladas and it was quite nice and we were satisfied. The waitress was very nice as well. So far I would have given 5 stars.
As soon as we got the bill we were confused. The prices were higher for drinks and food. So we let the waitress know kindly about the mistake. She answered that she made a mistake on the drinks and will redo the bill. But according to her we were supposed to pay 16,99$ per dish instead of 14,99$ because everything is more expensive at the moment. More confusion on our side because it was not written on the menu nor did she say anything about it when we’ve ordered.
So in the end, after we made clear that we are not paying the extra, she walked off and wasn’t as friendly as in the beginning. Quite the bitter note at the end…

WOW! We went to Banff to elope and honestly, this was the BEST food we had the whole time while in Banff. Dont skip out on this little gem. We got the fajitas to share and come chips/salsa. The chips were SO GOOD. I mean everything was wonderful ! We called just 5 min after the cut off for delivery (we did not know) but they still took our order and delivered it to our hotel room.

thank you for the great experience! This was a perfect end to my wedding night. We will be back 100%!