Mimo Restaurant & Lounge - Calgary

This is me and my family's favorite place to eat, the food is well cooked and had lots of flavor and it took a reasonable time for the food to come out. After going there for generations we have built up a great relationship with the owners of the store and the family. Very sad to hear it closed this year due to the covid-19 pandemic, it will be a deadly missed place, I will always have a spot for mimos in my heart.

One of the best meals I have had in along time. My coworker called ahead for the paella and it was delicious with tons of seafood and the rice was perfectly cooked. The smoked sausage and grilled squid was excellent and totally recommend also. Very friendly service and family run restaurant. Would come back again :

We came in on a very busy Saturday night. We were the only table of 4 in the entire restaurant which was booked by 3 separate huge parties. Despite that we still received very attentive service and had delicious food! I would highly recommend the garlic clams, beef madeira and grilled squid. No pretensions with presentation bursting with flavour and everything was served family style. <br/ <br/ We had our eye on the Discover Portugal platter but our waitress was honest and told us given the overwhelmingly demand from the 3 groups that they were sold out. I guess that gives us a great excuse to come back!

Love this place!!!!! Went for 1st time last night with a larger group, had heard about it before but never had a chance to go til yesterday! Don't let looks fool you, facade is very basic but food is beyond great, I had the sole dish with Portuguese fries and salad, excellent!!!! Everyone at the table loved their food. Service was friendly. Didn't mind the longer wait for food as it is all fresh cooked, it is well worth the wait! Will be back for sure!!

I was excited to attend another Vine and Dine event in Calgary, this time at Mimo, a Portuguese restaurant in the SE. For $69.50 plus taxes and gratuities (for a total of $86), we were treated to 6 courses, each with a 2 oz. pour of wine. Mimo is in SE Calgary, just off 17 Avenue at 49 Street. It’s a very multi-cultural neighbourhood, in a strip mall now called Little Saigon, which used to be filled with Portuguese businesses. Mimo recently renovated their restaurant – having been there for over 31 years I guess it needed a facelift. This was my first time at Mimo, and my first impression of this family-owned business was pleasant. The restaurant is large, clean and modern. The washrooms were even updated! The restaurant also has a little market that sells frozen meat (sausage) and seafood, canned peppers, pickles and sauces, canned fish, and a variety of spices. It was neat to be able to buy some of the ingredients used in the meal.