This restaurant is an institution in Banff. The interior looks as if it was carved from the inside of a tree, with highly varnished wooden walls hung what looks like an entire herd of buffalo heads. The bizarre menu specializes in expensive fondue dinners featuring a veritable menagerie of meat: beef, ostrich, buffalo, rattlesnake, alligator, venison to name a few. The wine list features over 100 selections including a special list of Canadian wines. Dinner at the Grizzly House is an event to remember.

The Waldhaus Restaurant and Pub is a short nine-minute walk from Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel. The Waldhaus Restaurant looks like a Bavarian cottage, set with handsome dark wood paneling and a blazing fireplace. The restaurant upstairs serves Swiss German fare, such as Wiener schnitzel and goulash soup. The pub offerings include local beer and pub fare offerings like wings, nachos and calamari. Guests can choose to watch sports events, play pool or shoot darts. Enjoy a luxurious fare with your loved ones at Waldhaus with a warming hearth offering you a calming ambiance.

For those who’ve hankered for a romantic dinner high in the Rockies, there’s no better way than to book a table for two at the Castello Ristorante. This restaurant in a castle, is reminiscent of an Italian courtyard, with pale neutral colors and open great window views of the Canadian Rockies. Whet your appetite for authentic Italian cuisine, desserts, and wines in the unparalleled Alpine setting of the Castello Ristorante.