Edmonton Date Spots: Our Second Year Anniversary Date

Even months before our anniversary, we had already planned to go to the Laronde Revolving Restaurant, located at the top of the Crowne Plaza Hotel building Downtown Edmonton. Sometimes we feel that it is good to splurge on special occasion type of dates, such as anniversaries. If you are on a tight budget, it helps to plan ahead and work it in your budget. Because we have 2 small children, we have other priorities so we can't just indulge whenever we want.

Josh and me at the Muttart Conservatory

Our anniversary date started out with a nice romantic walk in the Muttart Conservatory. Since our wedding anniversary falls during the cold season (November 15, 2008), we wanted to stay indoors. This is also a nice location to take each other's pictures. Hubby took tons of pictures of me, lol.

Afterwards, we still had time to explore the City Centre Mall before dinner. Our reservation was for 6, so we had an hour to walk around the mall, where hubby got me some chocolates from Purdy's. He really knows how to please me! I have such a sweet tooth that I will eat anything sweet. But at that time, I didn't eat my chocolates because I was saving some room for our dinner date.

Am I glad I didn't eat those chocolates! We got to the Laronde and we had a positive experience. The server was nice and friendly. The maitre'd was polite. I've always heard that the food was terrible at the Laronde, but in my opinion, it wasn't bad! It wasn't great, but it wasn't terrible either. We decided to order from the Lover's Delight menu, which is $150 per couple.