Elevating brunch with globally-inspired flavors in a cozy Calgary setting.
Maven is a beloved brunch restaurant in Calgary, known for its intimate atmosphere and diverse menu featuring creative dishes like Mexican-style Birria de Res eggs Benedict, Spicy Crab Fried Rice, and Chilli Crab Toast. With a 4.6/5 Google rating, it offers generous portions, high-quality ingredients, and attentive service in a beautifully decorated space with plants and wallpaper. Ideal for food enthusiasts seeking a top-tier, cozy dining experience.
1006 17 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2T 0A5, Canada
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Enjoy a diverse menu featuring classic breakfasts, eggs Benedict, and innovative dishes in a cozy, intimate setting.
Savor unique flavors like Spicy Crab Fried Rice and Birria de Res, complemented with sawsawan, sambal, and atchara.
Indulge in high-quality coffee and drinks, praised for their excellence and perfect pairing with meals.
Accommodate groups with a welcoming atmosphere, ideal for chatting and sharing dishes while waiting.
Options for both in-person dining in a beautifully decorated space and convenient takeout service.
Overall rating
Iryna
great atmosphere, sweet and quick servers, and a really interesting interior. coffee was absolutely amazing, worth every cent. breakfasts were solid too, with generous portions that left us very full the only disappointment was the salad on my plate. i’m usually understanding if there’s just one not so fresh leaf, but unfortunately there was too much of it, so i ended up skipping the salad and only eating the berries on top
Claudia Enriquez
Visited this place for brunch, and we loved it. We ordered the Maven Breakfast with brisket and the Mexican-style Birria de Res eggs Benedict with garlic fried rice—everything was fantastic. We were so stuffed by the end! Our server, Joyce, was friendly, and the place has lovely décor with plants and cute wallpaper. I’ll definitely come back on my next trip to Calgary.
Paige Fossheim
My friend and I visited Maven for brunch on a Saturday at 10:30 AM, and it was a delightful experience from start to finish. The food was absolutely delicious. The menu is incredibly diverse, offering a great range of flavors and portion sizes to suit all levels of hunger. We were impressed by the quality and presentation—it was truly a step above. (The photos show the beautiful scrambled eggs on toast with a side salad and a lovely panna cotta!) The atmosphere is a huge draw. It’s very cozy and intimate, with only a few tables, which makes for a great dining experience. The noise level was perfect—we had no trouble holding a conversation, which is a rare find during peak brunch hours. A note on timing: We had put our names on the waitlist, and the wait wasn't bad right at 10:30 AM. However, the restaurant did start getting much busier around 11:00-11:30 AM, so I recommend going earlier if you want to avoid a longer wait! Highly recommend Maven for a top-tier, intimate brunch!
Nikki (SANTISIMA BURINAW)
First time in Maven and I've got to say I'm pretty impressed with what's going on. Service is good and the kitchen was very accommodating. Friend and I had two dishes: Spicy Crab Fried Rice and Still In Manila subbed w/ Salmon. What I appreciated: - They offer sawsawan, sambal, and atchara--essential accoutrements to southeast Asian cuisine. Filipino restaurants, from what i've seen lately, have forgone this in their menus and I think it's a damn shame. - Crispy Garlic Fried Rice. It was crispy, and nice. - They aren't afraid to get spicy. Things that could be better: - Food was tasty but a little two-dimensional - E.g. the Spicy Crab Fried Rice had everything going for it, until it didn't. Saving grace was the server offering atchara and other pickled sides, which gave the dish the necessary acidity to make it work. - My dish, the Still In Manila, didn't have the onion tomato sawsawan, which really was a shame. The atchara was good, but onion and tomato sawsawan is iconic and a mainstay--especially if they use some sort of in house vinegar. I'm sure that with the sawsawan, it would have added much more to the dish, but as it was, the garlic rice lacked salt, and overall the dish lacked a bit of a kick. The sambal that I requested saved it, though, but would be amazing to have a chili vinegar sukang sawsawan, too. Overall, 3.5 to soft 4. Would love to give them another shot though!
Abong 98
We decided to try the menu after seeing it. We started with the Spicy Crab Fried Rice, which had a delicious Malaysian-inspired rice flavour. The Chilli Crab Toast was surprisingly similar to the rice. The waiting time can be long, and the food might take a while to arrive. However, since we were in a group, we had a great time chatting and entertaining each other while we waited. Overall, it was a enjoyable experience.
