Zucchini Blossom Market & Cafe - Medicine Hat, Alberta

Julian

For the money we paid, I was extremely unimpressed. We paid $34 for two "sandwiches", 2 cups of soup, and 2 drinks. For that, I expected a little more than a paper thin sliver of salami and 2 pieces of oversized bread. When we got the sandwiches, we literally laughed to ourselves at what a bad decision it was to eat here. The soup was obviously homemade and very good, but that's where the good ends. I left feeling hungry and ripped off, and that's probably not the vibe that is intended. I mean, look at the picture. $34 for a couple of those Yikes.

Kevin J.

My wife and I went to the Zucchini Blossom market and cafe in Medicine Hat and I was blown away by the food quality, service, decor and prices. The cafe has house made, delicious, savoury and sweet food and drinks brought to your table by friendly, helpful staff. It is comfy, bright, clean, and tastefully decorated inside with local art on the wall from Medicine Hat Medalta clay district. There is also a small market area with ethnic groceries, tea and teapots for sale.

I had the best sandwich that I have ever eaten with their El Gaucho sandwich, which was on a panini that was crispy on the outside, soft on the inside, with spiced, roast pork, cheddar cheese and mayo with what looked like a broccoli floret chimichuri, that finished it off wonderfully. It was absolutely delicious and delightful. My wife had the roasted apple and parsnip soup (with local parsnips), it was smooth, crunchy with apple and gingery from the parsnips.

To drink I had a lovely green tea latte and my wife had a coffee that she went back for seconds. The other thing that I will mention is the cute plates and cups that everything is served on, that are all handmade pottery. You just don’t see things like this in a normal cafe.

Lastly, as we all know, a cafe is only as good as its baked goods and the Zucchini Blossom didn’t disappoint. We tried the Nanaimo bar cheesecake, which was beautiful to look at and tasted just as good. I couldn’t resist the peanut butter coconut bar, which blew my mind! Everything that we ate was absolutely delicious and the quality reminded me of when we were in Paris.

My wife even took home one of their zucchini, carrot, cranberry muffins for breakfast and she loved it. Medicine Hat is very lucky to have a boutique cafe like this. The food is fresh, thoughtfully made, has healthy, vegetarian options, as well as farm to table options. A true artisan style cafe that I don’t believe I have seen the like in Canada. You can tell when people love their jobs and it’s clear to see here, as it’s in the food.

Just H.

10/10!! They have AMAZING hot chocolate, I like mine sweet and it was perfect! Lots on the menu including Italian sodas, lots of take-home merchandise, EXCELLENT customer service and energy, amazing atmosphere and seating variety. They bring your order to where you’re sitting and they grab your dishes from you so you don’t need to take them to the register again. Will definitely go back and absolutely recommend!

Russ W.

Amazing place to grab a quick sandwich or small pizza and a good coffee. Glad we decided to get off the highway for our pit stop to and from Regina Sk. Was well worth it. Fresh delicious and reasonably priced. Will definitely come back next time in Medicine Hat.

Raymond M.

Driving through the Hat on our way to Regina and wanting to avoid highway fast food decided to venture off the #1....

Totally worth it. Great atmosphere. Really friendly service. Cappuccino was great. Breakfast panini was delicious.

Fast, good food. Highly recommend.

Dan M.

The "panini" was 2 giant pieces of bland/crusty bread. It was bone dry with not even a hint of butter or sauce. Inside was the thinnest piece of ham I've ever seen and a tiny shaving of cheese. The whole thing was bland, tasteless, and made my mouth dry.
I really wanted to like this place, but this was the worst panini I've ever had in my life. Will not be returning.

Banafsheh

I really like the staff there, super nice! We had coffee and breakfast there and the only problem was too much milk in my latte

Terrestrial E. A.

Amazing staff, amazing owner, scrumptious food offerings, an abundance of refreshing drink options. You cant go wrong making ZB a regular stop.

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