I'm going to Banff in February for 5 days. What restaurants would you recommend in Banff? Also, what does Banff offer in terms of nightlife?

buffalo mountain lodge is suppose to be good. there is an italian one one the main street that starts with a "g". can't remember the name.

melissa's is a good spot for nightlife.

A lot of the temporary workers for the ski hills stay in Banff (if they can afford it) plus the well-heeled athletic young(?!) tourists so the night life there is pretty good.<BR><BR>It has all the usual restaurants - Hard Rock, The Keg, etc. For plain old eating, I liked the one done up as an old 50's chrome diner with big burgers; JOE BFLSTK or something...

Lots of good chioces in Banff for restaurants, but my favourite is the Grizzly House...its right on the main drag. Great food (maybe a little pricey, but not excessive), but the atmosphere and service is awesome. the nightlife is good at most of the pubs and taverns there; we usually stuck with Wild Bill's.<BR><BR>Enjoy!

Oh, and the Italian place on Main St. is called &quot;Giorgio's&quot;. It is very good also.

Whatever you do, *avoid* Le Beaujolais if you're not fond of food poisoning. It's allegedly a AAA four-diamond restaurant, but the food is awful, overpriced, and I've never been so sick in my life as after I ate there. Banff has plenty of great restaurants (I second the recommendation above for Giorgio's), so steer clear from Le Beaujolais...