Ernest's at NAIT

I have taken many people for dinner and everyone has said this was the best place for food and conversation.

Just excellent food. Salmon was wonderful and a very generous serving of crepe brûlée (which was also great). Service was friendly and all of the group thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

Have already recommended this restaurant to friends. It was a wonderful meal with good service. It is a nice place to go for good food and a special night out. Love their wine choices.

Food was good the order seemed were the best - the entrees had a lot of spice in them which meant one could not try every Thing as there were to many strong spices. Also the pork was not well done - sorry I am old fashioned and like my pork cooked!
They actually ran out of desserts and I was very sad and surprised as usually there are tons.
The tea I ordered was a waste of a good tea bag as they did not boil the water! We could see the scum on the water in the glass tea pot which told us it was from a machine. Very 😞

Always enjoyable eating here. Food, services, and overall are above and beyond anywhere comparable like the hotels. This is the best high class food in Edmonton.

Amazing time as always, thanks again. A great gem find are very reasonable prices.

I do have only one comment, we were a little surprised by the choice of music playing?.. pop?.. and a little loud?
We thought (for an evening meal) there would more of a romantic, or relaxed kind of feel. The lighting and setting definitely was, but I guess we thought like Jazz, dinner music, or instrumental? Overall the experience was excellent.

The food was excellent, but we were there for hours. We were a party of seven, and it took us a while to choose our drink orders. I am thinking that you have to have patience because good food takes time. The entrees weren't brought out as quickly after the first course as one would hope.

My favourite place for lunch or dinner...food is outstanding . Very well priced !
Cannot think of another place that I would like to go to where you can actually
eat, and hear yourself and the people at the table speak without all the loud
music and noise that is always at other dining choices...
Joanie

We had a small group and had a great evening There was a special menu and the food was great for all I did order the squid for my main and it was rubbery but ordered the char as a replacement and it was exceptional Everyone left happy and with full bellies

We came during the one week when menu was different from usual. Excellent - we tried half of the items on the menu and I would recommend any of them.

Really enjoyed all the wonderful tastes and the students who displayed their talents so well! Just wondering if it is possible to label food as GF. Always a bit tricky to know for sure.
Many thanks!

Food and service was great.

Dinner was great , the service was good, the students are friendly and it shows that enjoy the work that they are bring out to serve. Definitely will return!!

A wonderful meal. Friendly service. A great atmosphere.

Just fabulous yet again. The hors d'oeuvres and canapes were amazing. I've not been to another restaurant where I kept saying 'wow' at all the wonderful tastes. Difficult to single out on particular item, but the pumpkin latte was very different and memorable. For the main dishes, the sweet potato puree was especially tasty. For the deserts, words fail me - all wonderful - we had far too much. The hazelnut cream Paris-Brest was heavenly. All this topped off with exceptional service. Congratulations to all the students - you all looked so proud of your creations and rightly so. You all deserve and least 6 stars.

The buffet is so good. There are always new foods and every time I have gone, I have found something that is so delicious, I want to eat as much as I can. I really enjoy going to Ernest’s.

Excellent..so glad we experienced it!! A real treasure. Celebrated a 90th bday...it was the perfect choice!

Very nicely presented and flavourful food! The restaurant was clean, tidy, sufficiently lit, and comfortable

The students did an amazing job. Food and drinks were amazing.
Was disappointed that we were asked to pay our bill and that our table was needed when we hadn’t had desserts yet by the staff running the front. Felt rushed

Wow ! Ernest's exceeded our expectation and we will be back for sure many time in the future. Our waiter was discreet & professional and we have not had better service in a while in Edmonton !
What to say about the food - from amuse bouche (complimentary) to house made chocolates (complimentary) we were blown away by the quality of ingredients and preparations. As we have celebrated birthday, they congratulated our daughter and wrote Happy Birthday in chocolate on her dessert :)

Incredible 5 Star food and service. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed every dish that came out.

We enjoyed our meal very much. The food was cooked to perfection and was delicious.
Waiter was very pleasant and attentenive.

We having been coming once a year from outside Calgary for The Alberta Golf Association buying show. The past four occasions have been a lovely treat for us. Each time has been a unique and wonderful experience. It’s wonderful for us to be able to enjoy a fabulous meal, team build for ourselves and participate in watching young minds and people grow. Thumbs up to each of the students, teachers, faculty over the last four seasons.
The Turner Valley Golf and Country Club Team

It was absolutely amazing one of the best dining experience I’ve had in Edmonton

One thing is the hostess seemed a little preoccupied with something which is very minor

the staff were very accommodating of a guleten allergy and very fresh and amazing selection of local foods

We found the meal pricy, entree should have included either a small soup or salad.

The food was amazing although I was disappointed with the dessert menu. I wish there would have been more options. We opted to skip dessert and go elsewhere for that. Our server was fantastic. She brought us a bread basket several times. We definitely did not leave hungry. She was very friendly and joked around with us. The value was amazing. I was expecting to spend twice what we did so I was happily surprised when the bill came.

Always fantastic. The chefs are amazing and service is the absolute best in the city.

Great experience, will definitely be back as the items change weekly. Good selection of food but some items such as the red snapper sat too long and dried out.

We often use Earnests for entertaining business clients. It is wonderful to share such a hidden gem with them. Our most recent visit we chose the "table de hote" student led menu. We made that choice and sat back to enjoy a wonderful evening. Menu details, wine pairings, service and GREAT Food.

Excellent service and atmosphere. Loved the food!

We are from Winnipeg and were very interested in trying Edmontons version of the culinary up and comers.
Our experience Red River College in Winnipeg have a similar programe where the dining is done in an beautifully updated historic building which used to be the Royal bank downtown now known as 'Janes' where students cook in an open kitchen for two week periods and then switch to serving the clientele for another two weeks as this gives then a good feel on how to deal with the public and we can say the presentation of the food is outstanding and extremelt tasty!
Our visit to Ernest's was very disappointing as my wife had the Duck Confeit Rossetto which was horribly salty and as a result she left 90% of her dinner something that should have been addressed by the serving staff which was not! My beef tenderloin was cool with a very few vegetables. Appetisers we alright but charging $17 for three shrimp which was supposed to be 'Prawns' was a joke cold again. It is very important that both serving staff and kitchen personal work together mind you that said the servers were polite.
Perhaps the next time we are in Edmonton we will probably give it another try and hopefully with better results ...hopefully!

Another exceptional evening at Ernest’s. Three of us had different mains. We were all very happy diners! We absolutely recommend everyone check out the amazing food and service. These students are clearly receiving top notch training.

Excellent food and customer service. I have been to this restaurant a few times in the past and the quality of the food is still as good as the last time that I was there!

Every time I eat at Ernest's I come away marveling that culinary arts students can produce such extraordinary fare. Thanks for the great food, attentive service, and terrific ambiance.

Everything about our meal was oustanding except the service . We found our server to be adequate and good but we are used to energetic , and very attentive service at your restaurant. The server we had is not in the culinary program and that is probably the reason.

Impromptu date night and the place was amazing. Great service and food.

A friend and I went to celebrate our birthdays. The menu was fabulous - we both had trouble deciding which of the dishes we wanted to try most We enjoyed the food and the service was exceptional. We felt quite spoiled by little extras that Ernest's offers.
Thank you for a wonderful, relaxed evening out.

Food and service was fantastic. Seating layout was tight. Many times my chair was bumped by other patrons as a result of the tables and chairs being too close together, resulting in walk aisles that were quite narrow. Dessert bar had a continuous crowd around the hot service end of it, again creating an issue on walk space and bumping the patrons chair in the immediate vicinity.

High-quality fare for a fair price. The service was most excellent, attentive and very friendly.