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 | Nov 7 | (Van) | Honolulu Cafe (Main) | Value inspired meals |  |
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| | A couple of friends and I dropped by for dinner tonight looking for value conscious grub. There wasn't the usual dinner rush so we were able to be seated promptly.
We went with the dinner combos which choices of meats, namely the rib eye, panko breaded sole filet and chicken cordon bleu sans the breadcrumbs. Uninspiringly flavourless for the most part, especially the steak, which was not finished by any of us, a rarity for us thrifty folk who do not like wasted food. The other items were decent at best. Portions are ample; Honolulu is the only HK cafe I know that includes french fries alongside the usual array of soup, bread and drink. Prices are actually a couple bucks more than a carbon-copy assembled meal elsewhere.
Service is mostly absent but they are friendly enough, just don't expect checkups.
Space is bright but feels dingy. Our sightline from our booth to the little opening from the kitchen is a little unsettling; mostly for sanitary concerns but I digress.
Not exactly rock bottom prices for a meal, but it should fill one up nicely is this is their go.
By Bonka of Vancouver (288 Reviews) |
| | Nov 7 | (Van) | Tropika (Cambie) | Felt unwelcome, very poor service |  |
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| | Very, very poor service. Was yelled at by the server because I wanted to ask why my food did not look at all like the picture displayed on the menu. Tells me rudely that there's a tiny statement at the bottom of the menu stating that the picture may not exactly be the same as the actual dish. I understand that there might be some differences, however, it was nothing alike!! Server offered no solution, handled the situation poorly by raising his voice at me. I even had to ask him nicely to lower his voice because it had everyone staring at me. In the end, he walked away and said "you go and talk to the manager yourself." Save yourself the trouble, go to another location.
By lzhang of Vancouver (1 Reviews) |
| | Nov 7 | (Van) | Osteria Napoli | Great pasta! Amazing mussels and clams! |  |
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| | This hidden gem is a really great restaurant with amazing dishes. Our waiter was great, he was attentive and very nice and genuine! They have a special on the front page of the menu where you get your choice of appetizers (the mussels and clams was really yummy), pasta trio, veal done 3 ways with delicious roasted potatoes, grilled tomato, peas, red pepper and broccoli!! After your meal, you get a choice of dessert (the home-style Tiramisu was really well done!) and coffee or tea is offered after. There were a lot of food and I even had take out from each course to bring home!! We would definitely come back to order off the regular menu. Very pleasant dinner and great service, it was amazing from start to finish.
By JooJoo of East Vancouver (62 Reviews) |
| | Nov 6 | (Van) | Me & Julio | Me and Julio sucks | |
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| | I don't write alot of reviews, but I feel some responsibility to write one when I have an absolutely awful meal. The food was awful. They had early 80s goth music blaring on the sound system. Mexican food in a Vancouver is hit an miss at best, but this place is the worst I have ever had. In fact, I think this was the worst meal I have ever had on the drive. The waitress was pleasant, but that's the only good thing I can say.
By jimlahey of vancouver (1 Reviews) |
| | Nov 6 | (Van) | Alexis Restaurant | we always enjoy our visits | |
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| | Tonight was our fifth visit to Alexis. We brought our friend who has just returned from a holiday in Greece and she enjoyed her meal of roast lamb. Delicious and a perfect amount, she told us. My friend and I always have the same thing...we look forward to the comfort food of souvlaki, keftedes, roast potatoes, and are never disappointed. The staff has always been friendly and welcoming. Alexis will be a regular, cozy date for us this winter.
By petalia of Fairview (1 Reviews) |
| | Nov 6 | (Pit) | Firehall Bistro, The | A delightful evening |  |
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| | A genuine gem. Service was excellant and diligent given special considerations. House wine was quality as was the meal. Aged Rib eye and stuffed chicken (dates, pine mushrooms and veal) amazing for flavor and impact. The amuse bouche was a lovley touch (musckat jelly, so unique and full of flavor) and genuinly set the stage for what was to come. Rivaled any Vancouver meal I have had in quite a while. We will be delighted to go back.
By Itisallaboutthefood of Burnaby (1 Reviews) |
| | Nov 6 | (Bur) | Fish On Rice (Kingsway) | *************ATTENTION************* | |
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| | Worst service in vancouver for all you can eat sushi. (never go to this place to eat All You Can Eat if your going with a party of 8+)(DONT LISTEN TO ANY OF THE REVIEWS THAT SAY THIS PLACE HAS DECENT SERVICE, THEY SAY THAT BECAUSE THEY PROBLY WENT WITH 2-4 PEOPLE.)The servers here don't even talk and gives you a weird look when you ask them something. They don't take orders or change the dirty dishes. When we ordered food only about 50% came .We ordered sushi mixed with sashimi and all those foods like miso soup, suimonono,etc. They gave out all the sushi cones rolls first and so we will be full and not able to eat the sashimi. They give out multiples of those cheap rolls which we did'nt order because they know we are in a big group, trying to take advantage out of usso beware of what they are giving you guys. ( You guys wanna know why the service is this bad????????) Because they charge a mandatory 10% tips on the bill, because if you go with a party of 8+ or more they will charge the tips because some people won't know about it and will just pay the bill without looking. But even if you notice it they will say its just a mandatory service charge.Say to them why do i have to pay this charge it does'nt say on the menu and wait to for what they say. (BOTTOM LINE - THE SERVICE IS THIS BAD BECAUSE THEY STILL GET THE 10% TIPS ON THE BILL EVEN IF YOU DONT GIVE THEM ANY.)
By WhyWhyWhy of vancouver (1 Reviews) |
| | Nov 6 | (Ric) | Well Tea (Richmond) | The service is unbelievable | |
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| | I remember one time I went there with my friends. My friends invited me to well tea, they told me that they wanted to try. Even thought I am living in Richmond, but I have never tried this restaurant. All of my friends are coming from other provinces in Canada. The first time I went inside, the feeling to me was not bad. We ordered not much foods, we only odered some drinks and snacks. We didnt know they didnt accept for credit cards, so we paid for cash. We should pay $3 dollars for tips, but we didnt have any coins left in our pocket. Finally we said sorry for them that we didnt have enough coins to pay for the tips, but we did paid $2.25 for the tips. When we left the chairs, on the way we were leaving, the stuffs came to us. She asked us if we satisfy their services, we said ok and also we had already said sorry for the tips. However, the stuffs told us if we satisfy the services, we should pay exactly $3 dollars or more. The stuffs tried to not let us go. I couldnt believe what they said and did. First, service is not counting by money, is giving by your heart. Even though a customer didnt give enough tips, if you were a waitress, you should give the customer smiling and happy face. It is how important to serve every customers. My friends I am will not go there anymore.
By coofilw of Richmond (1 Reviews) |
| | Nov 6 | (Vic) | Ricky's (Victoria) | Not impressed | |
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| | My husband and I went to Ricky's recently for dinner because we had a coupon and thought we'd give it a try. We have been to the Nanaimo location a number of times for breakfast and enjoy it. I had a fairly boring pasta with pesto sauce and garlic toast. He had a burger with caesar salad. Both of us had a pop. Even with a coupon, it was $44 with tip! You can go to a fine dining restaurant for that price! The food wasn't great for the prices! The atmosphere wasn't great, and the service was just ok. I will definitely go back to the Nanaimo one for brekkie, but I would give this one a pass.
By hilabean of Victoria (2 Reviews) |
| | Nov 6 | (Vic) | La Piola | Should be packed every night | |
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| | Just moved to Victoria and went there based on the reviews here and found everything to be terrific. La Piola is as good as La Buca in Vancouver. The service from Michael and the rest of the team was terrific and the food is even better. I had the pork rib chop which was wonderfully presented and was done just right - the fat melted in my mouth. My girlfriends pasta was great as well, the pasta is homemade and was cooked just right - firm but not hard, soft but not mushy. The tiramisu was rich in flavour and unique in style. All the food is sourced from terrific suppliers and you can see a lot of thought and effort has gone into preparing all the dishes.
The ambiance is nice although not as good as the best italian places I've been too but all in all I can't believe this place isn't packed every night - in Vancouver it would be a top ticket for Italian.
By supafamous of Vancouver (5 Reviews) |
| | Nov 6 | (Van) | Nha Trang Restaurant | Had the Sandwiches |  |
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| | Had the Chicken Sandwich for lunch. It's an awesome Deal, and a great Sandwich. Lots of chicken meat in it, and tastes upto par. Can't beat the price. Hope to go back to try the Pho soon. I ordered Take out, the Sandwiches are 2.50$ a piece, which is great Value. Gets pretty busy at lunch. The Interior can use some brightening up, and, they really need to clear out some of the clutter. Would go back, and look forward to going back.
By Goodwrench of North Vancouver (15 Reviews) |
| | Nov 6 | (Nor) | Mumbai Masala | Major disappoinment! | |
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| | We just ordered in dinner from Mumbai Masala. We usually order Indian food from our favorite place (Palki) but had decided to give a new place a chance. Well, our dinner was INEDIBLE. It tasted as if each dish had been cooked in the same pot as everything had the same underlying taste of being terribly burnt. We also ordered several different items to taste their variety and you couldn't tell one dish from the next. Needless to say dinner ended up in the bin. Back to Palki's!!
By DaniS of North Vancouver (1 Reviews) |
| | Nov 6 | (Ric) | Grille, The | What? Good decent food here? Yes... | |
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| | At a golf course, yes, there is this restaurant. They even let us in wearing sloppy jeans and t-shirt.
Frankly, it looks like a typical casual fine dining restaurant in Vancouver. Say a nicer White Spot. It certainly doesn't hurt though that it has a rather nice view of a very good looking golf course. Not so much course out the window, but trees, ponds, grass... you could do worse.
Service is friendly and proficient, but nothing super amazing. No complaints.
The food? Surprisingly decent! They advertise only wild, sustainable salmon. And local produce from Richmond farms.
There is absolutely nothing fancy or innovative about their food. Burgers, pasta, sandwiches, soup, salads. But, they do a very good job of it. Maybe it's the ingredients.
Prices for lunch are pretty reasonable, I would say cheaper than Earl's, most things around $10-11.
Would I eat here again? Easily? Worth a trip? Maybe not. But hey, it sure beats most of the crappy HK tea restaurants around Richmond.
By EatsFats of Vancouver (208 Reviews) |
| | Nov 6 | (Van) | Shima-Ya | Good food comes in small packages | |
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Shima-Ya is the kind of store that you could easily missed while walking down the street, submerge withing the ocean of neon lights that is the common sight of business district of downtown.
But don't be fooled by it's appearances; this small restaurant had a selection of interesting decoration that is unique to Japanese culture such as Japanese most popular traditional sport: "Sumo", and Japanese paper doll; and all that with a top notch cleanliness to boot.
During this particular meal we ordered one tamago roll and six seafood sushi roll that contain raw or partial cook fish. What impress me the most is the chop scallop roll; not only can you feel the soft but chewy scallop meat, but the faint hint of sweetness as well - as the faint smell of sea water rose up to your nose. The B.C roll is freshly cooked (over the grill) chop salmon with skin wrap in rice, and taste pretty good while it was serve hot. While I had many good things to say about Shima-Ya, I also had to make some complaints about their "Chicken Teri Don"; perhaps the chef had a slip of hands and added too much sugar, but their chicken Teri Don was just too sweet for me. So take my advice an stick to ordering seafood if you ever visit Shima-ya.
Lastly, I will briefly talk about services and value: in my opinion, Shima-Ya charges adequately; it's definitely can't compare to places such as Sushi Garden, but for the tentative waitress and the tasty meal I think it's all worth it. In short, if you're not too heavy on seasoning, okay with the natural flavor of the ingredients kind of guy then you should definitely give this restaurant a try.
By Memory of Vancouver (1 Reviews) |
| | Nov 6 | (Van) | Spicy Court Chinese Restaurant | Very pleasant | |
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| | First time we have been here, just over the road from Oakridge Canada Line station.
Greeting was very nice, they actually asked us what type of tea we wanted, we have never got that in a Vancouver restaurant before. So nice of them to ask us.
We were a little nervous being alone in the restaurant with no other customers but it filled up quickly.
The food came quickly, it was very good. I had sweet and sour fish and it was as equally nice as the best places I've had this in.
The staff were extremely polite and courteous to us, and this seemed to be the case for other people arriving. It looked as though they had a lot of regular customers as they knew some people coming through the door.
The restaurant looked pleasant enough inside, and clean as well. I found the shouting from the kitchen a little distracting. Also their phone was going off and could be heard throughout the restaruant.
Would I go back to this restaurant?
Yes, I am very likely to return.
By stevendrowe of Vancouver (30 Reviews) |
| | Nov 6 | (Bur) | La Sushi | Wooo hoooo Decent!!!! | |
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| | Hi. I'm back. off the reviewing stage for about a year due to over zealous mod who dared to edit a stinging review. Anyway.
LA Sushi. Unless you live neaby, don't bother.
OK food. Actually just OK. Warm, OK. Ambience, lame to non-existent. Sushi, in a pinch, when you don't wanna drive or walk further than a thousand feet. Service, who knows, no one actually says anything other than, "yes", thank you" "good bye". Are you getting it?
Cheers.
By Okaliswan of New Westminster (74 Reviews) |
| | Nov 6 | (Van) | Wakame Sushi | Great family run business | |
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| | I love looking for unique and good restaurants. I love to support local and family run businesses. I just happened to be in the neighbourhood and I was STARVING. Little did I know that I would order waaaay too much.
The quality of the sashimi is excellent and unlike some places it was actually at a good temperature and not frozen. The portions are incredible. I was very surprised that they accepted credit cards. Usually places like this keep their prices low by not accepting credit cards and go the "CASH ONLY" route. I've recommended this place to all my colleagues and family. Try it out, just don't go during lunch time, they get massive business from the High School next door.
By heypeter of Richmond (1 Reviews) |
| | Nov 6 | (Van) | Cactus Club Cafe (Bentall 5) | Nice! | |
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| | Went here with some friends on a weekday night. The lounge area was pretty packed; we had to wait at around 30-45 minutes, and decided to spend some of it outside, where it was freezing cold. Finally got a table; the waitress was rather nice and the food was good, although I'm not absolutely sure it was all worth what I paid for. The ambiance was a step up from typical Cactus Club ambiance, with some notable additions that gave it much more of a "Wow!" factor. Would definitely recommend this place and return.
By tyrannitar of Burnaby (2 Reviews) |
| | Nov 6 | (Van) | New Bohemian, The | Nice place in Kits | |
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| | I went here with some friends at around 9pm for a 'quick dinner.' The restaurant interior was rather nice, music could be a little loud but the service was nice enough. I ordered some kind of a summer salad with blueberries and goat cheese, which came with plentiful portions and tasted pretty good, although it did have a slightly strange undertone to it. All around, a pretty nice place; I would totally go there again.
By tyrannitar of Burnaby (2 Reviews) |
| | Nov 6 | (Van) | Lime Restaurant | Good Find on the Drive | |
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| | Been meaning to try this one for a while, but with all the cheap sushi places around it was never at the top of the list. Glad we finally dropped in though, the food was fantastic, very creative, and worth the extra cost. We had the lobster roll, tuna tataki, tuna gomae, panko portabella, crispy avocado, fried gyoza...all just awesome! Only small complaint would be the miso soup is a bit generic for $3.
Service was good, a lot better than some places on the Drive that take a very laid back approach which can seem indifferent at times.
Low rating on the ambiance as we didn't realize (and weren't given any heads-up) that there would be a live performance (7pm on a Tuesday). The place was almost empty and we were sat in the front area, and halfway through the meal someone jumped on stage and started singing; the volume was too loud for table conversation and we could barely understand the server. I'm all for live shows, but seemed like an odd venue and day/time for it. They could also dim the lights a bit more in the evening.
By rmfont of The Drive, Vancouver (2 Reviews) |
| | Nov 6 | (Van) | Incendio (Kitsilano) | Pass on the Beet Salad | |
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| | Roasted beet salad??? I was served a fairly plain spinach salad with a few crumbles of goat cheese and walnuts. The beet portion consisted of 5 thin slices of boiled beets. Now really! The waitress did graciously offer to take it back, but I was in a hurry and hoped my next choice would make up for it. Next I had the clams marinara, steamed clam appetizer. The sauce was quite tasty, but the clams were tiny and like hard rubber erasers. Very disappointed! I felt totally ripped off. Thought this place used to be decent.
By delilah10 of vancouver (1 Reviews) |
| | Nov 6 | (New) | Pantry Restaurant, The (6th) | Nice Turkey Dinner | |
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| | The turkey dinner with cinnamon apples on the side was very, very good. I enjoyed it a lot and will probably come back for it soon. I have been to a couple of Pantry Restaurants. Their menu seems a bit limited, without too much choice, but what they have there they do well. The value is definitely there.
By applepie of Burnaby (83 Reviews) |
| | Nov 6 | (Van) | Knight and Day Restaurant (Boundary) | We waited all week to go out for a meal! | |
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| | Yes, in our busy work week we finally connected with what we hoped to be a lovely breakfast. But instead the service was very un professional to say the least. And the food was not cooked properly at all. To explain: I had asked for my bacon to be very well done. I do relize the waitress did not cook the food but she could have a least looked at what she received from the kitchen. She would have relized that the bacon was far from well done. When she brought the food to our table, I looked at the bacon and looked at her in shock ,that this was what you call well done. What she did was dumped the creamers on the table and with her fingers took the bacon and placed it on that small dish to take back to the kitchen. While she was gone my wife had asked for scrambled eggs . Can you believe that a simple item like scrambled eggs was not cooked properly at all. My wife is a chef and when she saw this food and how disgusting it looked; well lets just say it turned her stomach. When the waitress came back with the bacon she just tossed it on my plate and ran away. My wife had to stop her and tell her the scrambled eggs was not cooked properly.
I am very sorry to say that our experience today with your restaurant was not a very good one.
By Nairobikenya of vancouver (4 Reviews) |
| | Nov 6 | (Van) | La Fourchette | Tasty homemade food! | |
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| | I've been eating at La Fourchette at the FX building for years and years.
The food is always solid, I have never once had a meal that wasn't tasty and great value. They have fresh homemade soup everyday - the white bean is my favourite, but they are all hearty and good.
Spinach pie with tzatziki and greek salad is a filling tasty meal, the spinach pie isn't greasy, has lots of feta and nice and crispy.
The veggie burger is SO good! They have in my opinion some of the best fries I've had.
There's a reason why there is always a full restaurant of police in the mornings for breakfast, great value and good food.
The service can be slow but they are busy, staff is friendly.
By vancouvertasty of South Main, Vancouver (11 Reviews) |
| | Nov 6 | (Por) | Saint St Grill | Amazing hidden gem!!!! | |
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| | This is the second time that I have visited Saint Street Grill and have been thoroughly impressed again. The decor is interesting, kind of art deco-ish meets modern day influences. The ambiance is great. The food and service is amazing. There seems to be two main servers and they are both great, pleasant to deal with and very efficient. The food is amazing, great selection and great items that you wouldn't find at an average restaurant. I highly recommend this restaurant. I'm really not sure where the few negative remarks come from on this website, but try it for yourself you will be amazed! Also, take your "entertainment card" and get a free entree with the purchase of an entree.
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