10 Calgary restaurants make list of best brunch, lunch spots in Canada

Diners enjoy an outdoor meal on the patio at Calgary's River Cafe. (Facebook/@rivercafeyyc)

With Mother’s Day quickly approaching, OpenTable has released its list of the 100 Top Brunch and Lunch Restaurants in Canada for 2026, in case you hope to celebrate the day with a meal out.

The list, released on Tuesday, draws upon information from more than a million verified OpenTable restaurant reviews and dining metrics that included brunch reviews and Sunday lunch availability, from March 1, 2025, to Feb. 28.

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This year, 10 Calgary restaurants made the list, including:

• Alvin’s Jazz Club;
• Barbarella;
• Bow Valley Ranche Restaurant;
• Deane House;
• Foxtrot at Spruce Meadows;
• Major Tom;
• Orchard;
• Porch;
• River Café; and,
• Ten Foot Henry.

In total, Alberta had 16 brunch and lunch spots that made the cut, including two in Edmonton (Pip, Happy and Olive), one in Banff (Bluebird Woodfired Steakhouse and Fondue), one in Canmore (Bridgette Bar), one in Bragg Creek (Italian Farmhouse Restaurant and Bar) and one in Okotoks (Heartland Café).

Ontario had 54 restaurants featured on the list, B.C. had 17 and Quebec had seven,

Nova Scotia had three, Manitoba had two and Saskatchewan had one.