Ayden Saskatoon Serves Comfort Food & Cocktails

Ayden Saskatoon was ranked as one of the best restaurants in Canada by enRoute Magazine. It’s considered the best restaurant in Saskatoon, if not all of Saskatchewan.

Ayden Restaurant serves international comfort foods, snacks and craft cocktails in a stylish Prairie-inspired dining room.

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Step Inside Ayden Saskatoon

Saskatoon’s most storied restaurant opened Fall 2013 in a retrofitted heritage building located between 3rd Avenue and 20th Street. Ayden Saskatoon’s concept presents a culinary homage to where Chef/Owner Dale Mackay grew up, to the places he’s traveled, worked, learned and dined.

Chef Mackay is perhaps best known across the country for winning the Food Network’s first season of Top Chef Canada. No big surprise seeing that he’s had the opportunity to work alongside the likes of Gordon Ramsey and Daniel Boulud.

Chef MacKay and his team prepare home-grown and globally inspired comfort food that pairs perfectly with hand-crafted cocktails in a relaxed and inviting setting that evokes the nostalgic appeal of the classic butcher-shop. The cozy interior features white tiles, dark woods, antique artifacts, hinterland taxidermy deer trophy, stained glass and charcoal finishes.

Craft cocktails at Ayden Saskatoon's bar. — Craft cocktails at Ayden Saskatoon’s bar.

Ayden Saskatoon Menu

Last year Mr. Mackay’s team pegged Saskatoon to Canada’s culinary map after being featured in enRoute Magazine’s coveted list of Canada’s Best New Restaurants. Truth be told, you haven’t truly visited Saskatoon unless you’ve been fed a carnivorous feast meets cocktail sloshed bacchanal by dapper Chef MacKay.

Led by MacKay, co-chef Nathan Guggenheimer and general manager/mixologist extraordinaire Christopher Cho, Ayden Saskatoon’s open kitchen serves French and Asian inspired dishes made with local Saskatchewan ingredients.

Ayden Saskatoon's signature sausage platter. — Ayden Saskatoon’s signature sausage platter.

Ayden Saskatoon Menu: Small Plates

Thai Wings: pineview farms chicken, lemongrass, kaffir lime, cilantro
Popcorn Prawns: tempura batter, lime and spicy aioli
Soft Shell Crab: smoked paprila aioli, green onion, basil
Beef Shin: beef shin scrumpet, smoked apple mustard, horseradish, dried parmesan
Mushrooms: smoked mushrooms, cheese on toast, malt vinegar, sage, hazelnuts
Croquette: gruyere, charcuterie and leek, smoked mustard aioli, pickled onions
Trout: cured and smoked diefenbaker trout, classic accompaniments, fennel mayonnaise multiseed bread
Beets: smoked beets, pear and carrot relish, beet vinegar aoili, pine nuts, herbs

Ayden Saskatoon: Carbonara with tagliatelle, parmesan, yolk, coppa, spring zucchini, black pepper

Ayden Saskatoon Menu: Large Plates

Sausage Platter: chefs selection with seasonal accompaniments
Pork: pineview farms smoked loin, sausage roll, caramelized onion, pear, sage, mustard
Beef: grilled 10oz AAA striploin, spinach, bone marrow, cafe de paris butter, sauce bearnaise, frites
Fish: la ronge pickerel, charred rapini, romesco, almond, lentil powder, milk aioli
Classic Burger: daily ground beef, lettuce, tomato, onion, aged cheddar, garlic aioli, house cut kennebec fries
Veggie Burger: grains, beets, rice and nuts patty, arugula, grilled portobello, chips, garlic aioli, house cut kennebec fries
Charcuterie Board: selection of house made charcuterie and pickles
Cornish Hen: creamed kale, bacon, pickled mustard, pomme puree
Lamb: slow cooked lamb shoulder, confit belly, red and white cabbage, fried bread crumbs
Pasta: mafalda, aged beef ragu, chili flakes, parmigiano reggiano
Perogies: four cheese, radish, onions, apple puree, cremini mushroom, parsley