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    Darwin's Charcoal BBQ Chicken

    4.8 (23 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

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    Vinbo B.

    Tried Darwin's for the first time last year on a trip to Calgary and was blown away! This time, I had a flight back from Heathrow with a 24 hour layover in Calgary and immediately thought I can eat here again! The bbq chicken is awesome here, and love the bbq sauce. Love the pancit and my wife loves the chicken livers. The staff are so friendly and the service is also terrific. Wife also had the coconut pandas drink and loved it. It's very casual and close to the airport. Will come here again when I have the chance!!

    Pulled chicken with sweet slaw & island salad; tropical and sweet.
    Suzy H.

    This place smells delicious the second you open the door. The beautiful food and friendly service were a great welcome to Canada! Definitely recommend this place.

    A A.

    We were stuck overnight at Calgary Airpirt and were pleasantly surprised to have found this simple restaurant with excellent service and some very tasty Phillipine foods; including a mango shake that tasted like they took a mango cheesecake and put it thru the blender - dessert! This is a nice and clean place but like most restaurants in this area - they are in an industrial area We were stuck overnight at Calgary Airpirt and were pleasantly surprised to have found this simple restaurant with excellent service and some very tasty Phillipine foods; including a mango shake that tasted like they took a mango cheesecake and put it thru the blender - dessert! This is a nice and clean place but like most restaurants in this area - they are in an industrial area

    Half chicken Lechon with sides of rice and pancit and appetizer Tofu and cucumber salad
    mich l.

    My husband and I decided to go Calgary this weekend and found a highly rated Filipino restaurant near our airport hotel. It didn't disappoint and they deserve the high ratings!! How they make their chicken and how they roast it is they have a machine that rotates the chicken constantly so it's evenly cooked. The marinade they use is perfect not salty at all. The pancit is not too bad. The Tofu salad with cucumber is good and I didn't know you can make such combination like that. And the desserts I actually I ate them first before my entree. They are yum yum yum !! I also ordered the chicken and pasta soup as a side, very flavorful!! I didn't wait that long to get my food except the soup which took a little longer but it's ok because I was chowing my desserts first. It's a casual setting, And there's constant stream of people coming. So it must be popular. One thing they should invest are blinds because it gets sunny. They get a lot of afternoon sun.

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    Bunny P.

    This turned out to be a great stop as we left Calgary Airport on the way to Banff. We ordered a half charcoal chicken with 2 sides and that was enough for 2 people at lunch time. The dining room is tiny but there was enough table space. The owner and the staff were all friendly and the food was served promptly with good mild flavor enhanced with side sauces.

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    Justin C.

    Can't recommend this chicken shop enough! Delicious menu combos, sides, and sauces to devour amazingly juicy and crispy charcoal bbq chicken. Darwin himself was there and we asked all about his love for cooking and his chicken and homemade sauces. Efficient service and cool vibes with a packed dining room for a 2pm lunch! Would absolutely come again and located near the airport which is convenient for travelers from YYC and Edmonton.

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    The food was fresh and wholesome. The service was wonderful too. Get the BBQ sauce with the chicken. And the island rice was yummy!

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    5 months ago

    just passing thru wow great food fed us both for 22 bucks . small venue but great food

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    It was the best chicken ever! Chickens are smaller side, so order big! We ended up ordering more chicken as to feed our teen age kids!

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    1 year ago

    Great food, great staff and very cool atmosphere. Highly recommend this place to dine in and order take out. Darwin's chicken is amazing!

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    The food is amazing, the portions are large and flavourful. Would recommend this fantastic place as it is a hidden gem!

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    Tasty, home cooked goodness!! Food was a bit slow to come out for what appears to be a fast casual restaurant, but it was worth the wait!

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    This review is for March 2025…read more We flew in late on Thursday, so we were looking for a bite to eat. Quite a few places online stated that they were open late, but we were turned away by a number of places as they ended up closing earlier. Thankfully, one of them pointed us to Comery, one of the fews spots open past midnight. For a late night bite, it hit the spot! Meats are half off after 10pm.The three of us got: - $9 mango wheat - $9 cherry sour - $9.5 1/2 lb brisket (discounted at this time): tender and bombbb. There's an array of housemade BBQ sauces at every table. my fave is the spicy one - $18 wings dry rub: not very memorable but still good - $7 coleslaw: refreshing - $7 spicy fries: not bad Service was a little slow at this time. Took awhile for someone to notice we were waiting. It's dimly lit but the way the tables are set up allows for easy socializing. I would come back!

    Here at the 2025 Rotary International convention in Calgary, the @WhiskeyDram Fellowship selected…read moreComery Block restaurant for a club dinner. Holy cow we were impressed with the 250 selection of whiskys!! Richard, the manager was unaware of us arriving (my fault) but quickly arranged a private room for 25 people. Our servers, Maddie and Charmaine worked the room with perfection. Bringing great food like Brisket and smoked pork belly. Everybody enjoyed their time together. As we closed down the our event, Maddie told us about the Prickett Richard Speakeasy under ground. She took us downstairs to the beautiful, dark cozy, discreet bar where you step back to the 1940s. I was waiting for Al Capone to walk through the door. What a place, check it out when you can!!

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    Perfect BBQ Been coming here for over 18 years…read more Owners take pride in their BBQ skills!

    When my parents were visiting, we did some shopping at the TOPS Supermarket that's just off 16th…read moreavenue on center street NW. After browsing on my own, I found my dad but my mom was no-where to be seen. Shortly after, we discovered that she walked down the street to BBQ Express - I didn't even know this place existed and apparently my mom, who hardly ever comes to Calgary knew it existed - she must have had those BBQ duck senses.. Anyways, they are right next to a Vietnamese place and there's a parking lot available. It is exactly what their name is "Bbq express" - they offer BBQ Pork, BBQ Duck, Soya Chicken, Sausage, BBQ ribs, and even Roasted pig's head if you order in advance. When you enter, it smells amazing - delicious Chinese BBQ aroma. You can see all the meats through a glass shield where they are hanging. They only do takeout and only take cash. My mom had ordered half BBQ duck and a pound and a half of BBQ pork. You can select which hanging meat you want to be cut from. The duck is chopped into small pieces and I'm not sure if they cut the BBQ pork but we did ask for it to be cut as well, they also pour some sauce on the BBQ pork. Both orders filled a decent size styrofoam container and you are given a bag of soya sauce, duck sauce and some packets of plum sauce. When we got home, we put on a pot of rice and cooked up some vegetables to go with our protein. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM fresh rice with BBQ duck and pork is one of my favorite combos!! I especially love duck with plum sauce, DROOOLLLLL. The BBQ duck was really good...tender and fatty with a slight crisp on the skin, the BBQ pork was good too, a little tougher but still really tasty, the fatty parts are the best. BBQ Express is a really great place - if you want some reasonably priced delicious Chinese BBQ meats, this is the place to hit up! What a gem of a place if you need to pick up something to bring to a pot luck or if you want to pick up something for lunch/dinner that is quick and tasty. They offer a lunch box special until 3pm(?) which is any two meats with rice, duck is an additional cost because it's so darn good. They are open every day from 10am - 7PM except they are closed on Tuesdays. I can't stop thinking about the BBQ meats here, must go ASAP!!!!

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    **Fantastic food, vibrant atmosphere, and very family-friendly!**…read more Stopped by here with my daughter after a full-day dance class because we needed a BBQ spot near T&T Supermarket. We've never been to a Chinese skewer place like this (even in California!), but we absolutely loved it. **What we ordered:** Kalbi, beef skewers, bacon and mushroom skewers, whole grilled squid, and Korean-style jajangmyeon. The portions were great--we had plenty of leftovers. The skewers are heavily seasoned with authentic Chinese spices (like ziran/cumin) and are inherently spicy. I had no problem handling the heat and thought they were incredible. My daughter couldn't handle the spice level, so we ordered a second round of non-spicy skewers. She completely polished them off, which was incredibly satisfying to see! Great service, lively vibe, and excellent food. I would definitely return--next time just my wife and me, so we can go all-in on the spicy menu!

    Family came here to celebrate Father's day with my dad. Never been but my dad had read about it in…read morea magazine and wanted to try it and we're sure glad we did as it was pretty good. The restaurant itself is in a little nondescript strip mall with lots of parking. Inside it nice with lots of seating and the smell of food on the charcoal. I had made reservations previously and we were seated right away. The menu had lots of options with many having pictures. We ordered Lamb, Beef tendon, Pork Belly, Chicken Leg, Chicken Gizzard, Chicken Hearts, Whole Squid, Oysters, and Eel. Everything was really good. Chicken Leg was moist. Everyone enjoyed the Gizzard and Oyster that we placed another order. The squid was not dry at all. We thoroughly enjoyed our meal. Staff were friendly although we did have to flag them down to place another order of some things or get more water. Will definitely come back and try other things on the menu.

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