1888 Chop House - Fairmont Banff Springs

A can’t miss dining experience when staying at the Banff Springs Fairmont. Service was outstanding, the food equally so.

Good food, feat ambience, good service, very pleasant surroundings.

We were disappointed with the quality of our main dishes. The sides were delicious and perfectly prepared. My $50 filet was over cooked. Others in my party were also unimpressed.

Another excellent meal @ 1888 Chop House. Fast, courteous, professional services in conjunction with amazing quality and ingredients, can't beat that!!!

Outstanding food was topped only by Adam’s service. Great wine list as well. Top shelf all around.

The service and the food was delicious! We appreciated, especially, that everything was local. It is a must do again for our family... Thank you Adam, who was our waiter, for being so attentive!

Service was keen though seemed stretched thin at times. Food was average.

We had a wonderful, romantic meal at 1888 Chop House - top class service, a wonderful wine list and steaks prepared perfectly.
I highly recommend the cocktail list, any of the novel Old Fashioned will fit the bill! We will be back!

Great food, ate too much couldn't try out their desserts as I felt like I had a 4month old calf inside me. :( Next time.

Incredible dinner at 1888 Chop House.

The staff were very welcoming and accommodated our three year old daughter impressively. Quick to bring a highchair and coloring supplies as well as promptly getting an order of fries to keep her occupied.

Steaks were cooked to perfection. Spouse had the Waygu 7oz, myself the Black Angus 14oz. Sides were served hot.

One improvement could be improving non-alcoholic beverages list, with that said it was only a minor detail and overall and excellent experience.

We will be returning.

Thank you.

Our food was late due to a mishap in the kitchen but the restaurant graciously took it off of our bill.

It was an awesome way to spend a Wednesday evening. We are locals and appreciate good food. Our server was very knowledgeable and provided great service

Excellent experience all around. Our guests loved this dinner. The service was attentive and the food was amazing.

Best steak in ever had. Our server was well versed in the wine menu and very friendly. Great experience!

Incredible food-likely in our top three of best beef ever. Very pricey, but amazing service. No complaints whatsoever.

First and last let’s talk about our server Adam who is always unbelievable. We go each year for my husbands birthday and somehow are lucky enough to get him each year. His memory is incredible and he might be the best server we’ve ever had. Thank you to Adam for always making sure we’re taken care of and paying careful attention to his customers.

We always share the porterhouse and it never disappoints. The market vegetables were amazing as were the whipped potatoes and Caesar salad. I wouldn’t get the Caesar salad again because it’s not that big and we were hoping for a Hy’s style salad where it’s made table side. It is excellent but just not what we expected. The whipped potatoes are to die for. And we’ve had the mushrooms in previous years and they are pretty incredible too. We always get the steak with extra au Jus on the side. It is the perfect compliment to the steak. The carrot cake was ridiculously delicious. We had a bottle of the $110 Gigondas and it was remarkable. I would ask for it to be decanted as it only got better with time and air.

Fourth year we’ve got there and I’m already looking forward to next year! This time we will be requesting Adam because why mess with a great thing?

Too pricy for overcooked meat. I felt like the waiter became suddenly interested in our family when we ordered an expensive bottle of wine.

Overpriced
Scallop appetizer consisted of 1 scallop
Main steak wasn’t cooked properly sent back and ate after guests ate for that price there are much better options

Dinner was excellent and Adam our server was fantastic.

Excellent dining experience. Great food and outstanding service!

Expensive and amazing!

Dinner at 1888 Chop House is the perfect compliment to staying at 'The Castle'. The setting is nothing but romantic, the food is perfect and the service is top notch. We had a delicious time being spoiled. Thank you!

My Birthday

It was wonderful just like the Hotel itself

Chop House was true to its name. Great cuts of meat and all the trimmings. Wine list was very nice too! Ambiance had a very hearty feel and the service was great!

Nice place good food , over priced can get the same service and quality of food for cheaper at other restaurant, it's nothing that's going to knock your boots off , but worth a try once.

One of the best steaks you can get. Expensive but worth it.

Like and Andy were awesome. We had a daughter with allergies to egg, diary and peanut and nothing was too hard for the Chop House team to make it a wonderful steer free evening. Thanks Guys

We had the best experience! We celebrated a 9year business anniversary with class, comfort and great food and wine! The service was so friendly and knowledgeable without the pretentious air we have had at other fine dining establishments. I will definitely be back.

Food was very good. Excellent restaurant!!! Would definitely come back next time I am in Banff

The food was fantastic. The steak was a little big for on sitting so I took left overs home. The server was very good. Although he was a little slow at bribing out our teas at the end of the meal. It was sure nice to get a phone call about our jackets. Even though we had them. Very clean very tasty meal. Thank you for a great romantic wedding night meal.

perfect perfect perfect. tasting menu and wine pairing made the 1200 price tag for two a bargain

Celebrating Christmas

Our experience was mixed. My elk steak was delicious and wine selection excellent. My husband's steak was very under done for medium rare. Beer was good, however we thought it was a bit pretentious for a "chop house". We preferred the Jasper Lodge Chop House for meal and atmosphere.

Was there for Christmas Day 2018, good service, food was ok, little bland, but very much over priced.

Anniversary

Got the tomahawk steak. Was very tasty and expensive but worth it. Would definitely go back..

Excellent people service all they staff were friendly, sincere and polite. Food choice seemed limited but once you get the side dishes right the whole meal lights up. Well presented food, freshly prepared and delivered in a timely fashion.

Service was outstanding, romantic and intimate ambiance & the most delicious food with high quality ingredients and beautiful presentation. An amazing dining experience we will never forget, thank you!

Food was great service was very good . A little pricy to say least .