Beef Top Sirloin
Scopa Neighbourhood Italian

Scopa Neighbourhood Italian

2220 Centre Street NE Calgary, AB T2E 2T5, T2E2T5, United States

Pizza • Italian • Vegetarian • Restaurants


"I visited this restaurant for the first time on Saturday, June 3, 2017 along with my brother and his wife, and a close friend. We were there to thank our friend for her exceptional kindness during a difficult family time. My brother and sister-in-law had visited Scopa many times and had really enjoyed the food and experience. Sadly, our experience went from one disappointment to another. Among a long list of shortcomings, our waiter had nothing positive to say about the food--"doesn't look that good", "wouldn't recommend it", "yeah, I guess you can can get a bottle of Prosecco", etc. etc.. He managed to overflow the Prosecco as he was pouring it and never returned to clean up. The wine was warm, and my brother's beer arrived sometime later. Then we were asked to stand so that our table could be moved to accommodate a party of 12 who ended up sitting outdoors. As to the food, I ordered the seafood risotto and it was tasteless, gluey and the scallops were small enough to be indistinguishable. The other entrees were OK, but no one was raving about the food. The waiter wandered by a couple of times and managed to deliver two glasses of wine but, again, the second beer was delivered after the main courses were finished. In short, Scopa was a great disappointment from the service to the food. It may have been a good neighbourhood restaurant at one time, but it does not come close anymore. We will not return."

Samba Brazilian Grill

Samba Brazilian Grill

240 W Gilman StWI 53703, Madison, United States

Meat • Steak • Chicken • Italian


"I would love to say that I prefer Samba over Texas de Brazil, but I just can’t. I will always favor and spend my money with snall business over the chains when all is equal. Sadly, this dining experience did not sway me to choose Samba over TdB, even though it is closer, more convenient, and less expensive. Our server came to our table once. And it took her 10 minutes to come over after we sat down. I believe we were her only table at the time. The gauchos were amazing, kept meat on our plates and our water cups full. Our server never checked on us and we waited for a bill for 15 minutes after our table was cleared before we asked a gaucho to have our bill brought to us. It was an early Friday night 5pm reservation and there were no more than 6 other tables. It was far from busy. I told my husband that I wish we could just tip the gauchos directly, because I’m not sure why we were tipping our server. They were the ones who deserved the tip . We did tip her a full gratuity, only because I assume that she tips out the gauchos, who earned every penny of their cut. The was nothing at alll wrong with the food, it just didn’t have as much flavor as TdB. Meat was cooked and served at the perfect temperature for a churrascaria. We will try it again and give it a second chance, because I don’t think you should ever try a restaurant only once, but if the same, we will continue to dine in Schaumburg at TdB."