Elita Restaurant

One of my favourite places to eat in Canmore! Great location especially in the summer - has a nice view of the three sisters! Made with fresh ingredients locally grown! Great choice for a vegetarian. Food has always been consistently delicious over so many years! The chef is passionate about what he does and its always a pleasure to talk to him. One less start for the wife who doesn't make the experience 100% as she prefers perfect kids with the perfect table manners! But this has not stopped me from visiting this place regularly.

It was the first time that my family and I came to Elita! We are from Calgary, so I have read reviews first and it is all good. The reviews are true! Their food is excellent we enjoyed all of the food we ordered. I ordered the Arroz Rojo! I lovee it!!! The portions are good for the price!! Highly recommended. Elita will be our go to restaurant every time we go to Canmore!! ❤❤❤ The owner, Victor is so nice, accomodating and funny. He explained every food that is on special for Sunday lunch.

Went based on good ratings from various sources. Don't know how they have such a good rating... I ordered a Paella, which is supposed to be a classic saffron-scented rice dish with a signature crispy bottom crust. The chef obviously didn't get that memo. My wife's order was a smoked salmon bearnaise, very shy on bearnaise sauce. See pics.

Great service at this wonderfully run family business! The owner and the rest of the family made us feel cozy warm inside when it was a bone chilling -35 outside! Such unique and intricate designs around the restaurant- a cool touch was the jewelry and different cultural trinkets decorating the room that’s actually for sale too! The food itself was ok- the moussaka could use more eggplant instead of a potatoe overload. I’d recommend the Venice Chicken Asparagus as we found it to be the most flavorful. The Taste of Madras appetizer was also a great recommendation made by the staff. Thanks for a great Christmas dinner!

Service was wonderful but food was just decent. Muscles and steak were little overcooked but the sauce was delicious. The risotto was good though. The muscles come with a cream sauce that didn't really taste like a wine sauce and garlic bread was apparently not included. They have a variety of cuisines from pierogies to schnitzel to steak and risotto. I personally find it a bit expensive for the quality of food.

I went with my family on Christmas and the chef was super friendly and welcoming! We had a lot of food and all of them were delicious and unique. Would definitely come again ?

We had such a great experience here! If you enjoy travelling and dishes from different cultures, this restaurant will be great for you! The menu offers a variety of dishes from different parts of the world, so for someone like me who loves trying different types of food this was a nice little piece of Heaven! ? The food was absolutely amazing! Soooo much flavour in every single bite of every dish and such great presentation and portion size too! We started with an appetizer, the Riviera Mussels in white wine sauce, then my boyfriend chose for his dinner the (Italian) Milano Mediterranean Fantasy Chicken dish, so I chose a different style of cuisine, Asian, and had the Magic Wok of Tibet (vegan). I tried all 3 dishes, and they all tasted delicious! Then for dessert we enjoyed a most flavourful cup of chocolate ice cream with fresh raspberries - as you may see from the pictures, this simple ice cream dessert was taking ice cream to the next level! Even my boyfriend who can be quite a picky eater said this was the best meal he has had in a long time ?? For drinks we ordered a chai and a grasshopper beer, and we also had Bailey’s shots for after dinner, nothing fancy but always good ?. We were soooo full by the end, we probably should have packed some of it for later, but it all tasted so good we couldn’t stop eating it ?? The service was warm, prompt and very respectful and thoughtful in regards to our preferences with covid even if restrictions had been lifted. The owner Victor served us as we went for dinner pretty late just before close time and he was the only one left there. We asked him more about himself and his story and we enjoyed some of his stories from his many travels cooking in some great places, you can tell he has a passion for different cultures and their cuisines which shows in his creative and diverse menu selection as well. I found the interior design to be quaint and unique as well, which I personally liked, made me feel as if I were travelling back to South East Asia and Europe ? You can notice little components from different cultures in the interior design, which I appreciated. And I love a good fireplace with books and a bit of jewelry as decor! I think more restaurants should display local artists’ art, be it paintings, jewelry, pottery etc. Easy way to experience a bit of (window) shopping and have your eyes be entertained by the art around you while waiting for your food ? Overall we found Elita to be a pleasant surprise of a restaurant with delicious food and friendly service and great value for your buck! We will definitely go back again lots and tell all of our friends about this hidden treasure in the cute town of Canmore.

Food was good and price is reasonable. However, the service and hospitality were awesome. Restaurant is small size, neat and clean. Washroom is clean but access is not good. There are some items for sale. Dedicated parking spots for the restaurant customers. We felt like home in this restaurant. Highly recommend others to try their foods.