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I was sick recently and I was really craving for some good ol' comfort food in the form of a nice hot bowl of congee. It was late and I didn't feel like driving very far to get take out so against my better judgement, I went to Hon's. I ordered what could only be the most basic can't-go-wrong style of congee (salty pork with century old egg congee, equivalent to wonton noodles in terms of popularity) and to my dismay, they managed to royally mess that up. The ingredients in congee are supposed to be cooked with the rice so that the flavours are all absorbed during the process. My congee on the other hand, it was blatantly obvious that they had a big pot of plain congee and had just thrown the cooked ingredients in there, hence, making the congee completely bland. For a Chinese restaurant with a reputable name that has boasted decent food for years and years, this was embarrassing! We've had less than average meals here before, but this was definitely the last time for me. I'm sorry to say, you can probably find food court Chinese food that would taste better.
DO NOT ORDER!
Not only did the food take over an hour to arrive, it came overdue and expired!
Completely not following the health regulations.
I thought I'd give it a try after reading mixed reviews myself, but now I know!
I'm warning those thinking about trying this the first time!
You don't want to jepardize your family's health.
Sick & Disgusted!
Absolutely amazing food. I had the spanakopita which was outstanding and I had the chicken pita dish with fries. Everyone i dined with was impressed with the food. We are from calgary and a local recommended the food here. However, the service was lacking. The tall bald gentlemen with round glasses was continually rude to the table. When I was talking to him he looked at me blankly and rudely asked who I was talking to. He forgot some of our drinks, brought out a dirty wine glass and threw out our left overs when we asked them to pack them up. Worst of all, when I made a comment to the manager about our experience, our waiter came back to the table and made a confrontation in front of my guests. He asked what he did that was so horrible that we had to go to his boss and complain. When we tried to explain our problem he got defensive and yelled at my sister. I suggested we pay and leave, but my guests were slightly upset. They had loved the food and was looking forward to our left overs. They talked to the manager again and he gave them a free meal the next time we come, but from this experience, I would hardly think I should come back. The manager was great and apologetic, but the server was very unprofessional when we criticized his work. I would have liked to see a better resolution to the issues we had brought up. Thank you for a great dinner, but our experience was ruined.
Went on a weekend and found great pleasure in the food and service. Music, magic shows were on hand for entertainment. Apparently, its throughout the week too.
We had the Mushroom and Mozarella burger which I found surprisingly good. Fries were the way we loved them.
People around were pleasant too, tourist and locals alike. Ambiance was nice as to avoid all the noice and crowd in the market proper.
The cafe is set in a building across from the public market so for most who are are new they may not realised the cafe, this mall which is warm during the cold months and cool during summer also houses specialty stores. That's a win-win.
Will visit when we return, as they also serve all-day breakfast. Cool.
This is a fantastic restaurant ! My family and I have been loving this gem of a restaurant for many years now and I am perplexed at some of these reviews. Pasta Polo is a busy, popular spot. The staff are warm and welcoming, professional and attentive.The food is flavorful and everything is made fresh daily in house.The menu is huge so even the pickiest of eaters will find something they like.They even cater to allergies, ciliac options,vegetarian options and cater to substitutions.Now how many restaurants will do any of these?I dine out often so I can tell you not many restaurants cater to their customers needs like Pasta Polo Coquitlam does.Obviously I am not alone in my opinion as this is a very busy place and much loved in the community.The owner is very generous and sponsors numerous community events, schools, and non profit community services.Perhaps some of the previous reviewers do not dine out often or maybe they are simply out of their minds! Love this place!
Felt like getting out of my house again and decided to stay within walking distance. Walked up to Kingsway and Boundary to try out Malay Curry House. This used to be Bowl of Stars (which I enjoyed, per my review on dinehere). Same owners, I believe, but menu was tweaked.
The place is very clean. The waitress both friendly/polite and helpful, answering questions about the different laksa and what they included. She also offered me a choice of hot tea or cold tea (complimentary).
I chose the cold tea - it was served in a large glass with ice. It was sweet and very tasty. I ordered the coconut curry laksa with lamb at $8. I was offered a choice of noodles - I chose the big, udon style ones.
My food came quickly. It was very, very tasty with generous portions of tasty lamb. The curry had the perfect balance of sweetness, richness and spice.
Despite finding it delicious, I was too full to finish it. It was packaged nicely and bagged for me to take home.
The bill, with tax and 20% tip came to $11.00
I will return.
If you like to line up with brainless hipsters this is the place for you , otherwise avoid this joint . In my view anyone who lines up for pizza , or any food really , is bordering on stupid .
The pizza is typical Napolitan stuff , burnt thin crust and very little toppings , in other words extremely cheap to make . Prices are very high for what you get . Also had the meatballs , they came tepid and tasteless , I guess spices is not a napolitan thing .
Do yourself a favour and go to Lombardos instead , or even better Sunrise
After a night of clubbing and drinking found this place all lit up and busy. Piled in for some late grease. japanese people all inside. A good sign. Oh my goodness, someone was listening to my wishes. I can't believe I found it!!!! We were hungry and drive through was not what we needed. Oriental food now available in the west, aside from Asia. Oriental style pork makes an excellent topping for alcohol late at night.
Very cheap. Honestly you won't pay much.
We wanted to have brunch on a padio somewhere close to home. We chose Rose and Crown. The place was packed when we walked in. The food looked decent going to customers so we ordered. The food was really late and it seemed like we were left behind. The padio was so loud we had ringing ears from the bustle of the street to everyone shouting to be understood on the padio and we musicians tolerate loudness...When we recieved our food the quantity for the money was shabby. Poor servings. I bit into my hash browns and they tasted stale like they have been sitting out under a heat lamp for 3 hours. My breakfast wrap was unedible. I have never experienced a menu item I just couldn't get down. Horrible experience. Right down to the rickards red pint I ended my meal with. An instant hangover. Their pipes are so dirty. I had more enjoyable food and service at the Cambie and that's a real dive. Don't eat here. It's a rip of and unhealthy for you. Ruined my day(s).
I've always heard about texture and layers of taste across the palate..... I now understand what this means.
We enjoyed:
Potato encrusted chicken on ratatoullie , crispy outside, moist,tender chicken inside.
Potato Gnocchi...... light, fluffy, and covered perfectly with an oil, parmesan, peas, pine nut(?) Pesto.
Dessert was a trilogy of tastes but what stood out was the beet mousse, if beet mousse is wrong I don't want to be right! Great levels of taste with textures abound
Food... was fantastic, pairings could stand on their own but really shine when put together. Their farm to table mantra means seasonal menu that will keep things nice and fresh and me coming back.
Service was great, timely and attentive, they had no grand marnier..... but that's why it was a soft opening!
There really appeared to be very few kinks in the road to figure out for this one and and I feel this is a legitamate contender for the diners of 4th Ave cuisine.Value
Value.... money to taste value...... we are getting a deal!
Ambiance.... walls highlighted with rural lighted picture boxes, upscale rustic finishings. I'll need to go back to confirm the ambiance description ; )
I went there with a friend Saturday night, I got almost no food for my money, service was very poor and wouldn't give us more soup in our pot...she laughed and said, it's an extra charge...
We only received a few pieces of veggies, the soup was bland, the ambience, just too many waiters and managers staring at us, not sure why, they should have spent more time working on serving decent food with taste.
This is NOT hot pot, this is a north american version, if you're Asian like myself, don't bother.
We actually had to go out to eat afterwards to fill ourselves up.
Felt the need for a snack and to get out of my house for a while at around 8:00 PM. Decided to trek to Chinatown for the China Town Night Market, which started this weekend. I had been to both Richmond and Vancouver's Chinatown last year, so I knew what kind of grub to expect.
One thing about the China Town Night Market is that it is much, much easier to get to by transit. Vulcan Way in Richmond was a transit NIGHTMARE. However, the China Town Market is also much, much smaller. This can be good or bad. If you want to spend an evening - Richmond just has more going for it because if it's size. However, I just wanted to a jaunt and a snack - so China Town just made more sense for this evening.
The south side of Keefer has all the food vendors while the North side has all the goods and wares. I strolled the few blocks and found what I was looking for, curry squid balls ($2.50 for six) and bbq meat skewers (4 for $7).
There are two places that sell skewers - one for the aforementioned price, the other is a little bit more expensive (3 for $7). Sadly, the first place was completely sold out of skewers. I guess with only two places selling them in such a small area - it is pretty easy for people to automatically gravitate toward the better deal. However, they did have curry balls. Six soft, delicately flavoured fish balls with a tasty curry sauce served in a cup with a skewer to eat 'em. Tasty and cheap.
I picked up my skewers at the other place, sampling lamb and beef. I had to wait a few minutes for my beef (as it was still on the grill), the server plopped an extra skewer which had been on the hot plate for me (nice gesture). Both the lamb and beef were very tasty.
Pop is available in cans for $1.50 each. There is also dim sum, grilled squid and some other Asian items. For food stalls - I found they kept the area as clean as possible, wearing gloves when handling food.
Be aware that it is CASH ONLY - bring small bills and loonie/toonies/quarters for ease. Also, be aware that there is two 'Johnny on the Spot" type washrooms at the west part of the street for facilities. I would bring some hand sanitizer...
To get here, you can walk a few blocks from Stadium Skytrain. You can also get off the Skytrain at Main Street and either walk or take a bus if you are nervous walking in the area. Get off close to Keefer and it is just a block more to the west.
I rated the ambiance a little low at two stars because it wasn't as big as Richmond, just not as much to see. Also, I got hit up for change from panhandlers wondering through the area three times. It is just a little sadder than the Richmond Night Market.
i have never been to a restaurant that suppose to be fine dining, with food that was so bad.i expected a lot more for the food especially with the price. Don't get me wrong the view was beautiful, but i rather enjoy the view from outside. We order the calarmi which cost $12 but it was the worst calarmi i have ever tasted. it had no taste ! event the dipping sauce had no taste. then our group of friends order a bunch of entrees. they are all so bad. the steak had no taste. there was no seasoning to the steak. they gave two little baked potatoes that were cut into half pieces with a few small carrots. the potatoes had no taste. worst steak dish ever for $33 dollars are u kidding me. That dish was my bf which i tasted. My dish was the lamb shank. the best part was the smash potatoes otherwise the lamb shank had no taste either. that was barely any veg. they gave me like three pieces of tiny carrots. The lamb was so disappointing, i even make better lamb at home. My other friend order the salmon, the rice was over cooked and over buttered. all u could taste was the butter! no flavor ! we didnt bother tasting dessert because at that point i was so disappointed already. my sugguestion is that if you want fine dining and willing to pay that kind of price for food go somewhere else don't waste your money! if you want to see the view just go up there for the view it has a park on the outside. i'm sorry to say but there was a family having a pinic out the restaurant and their sandwiches looked better then our food.
Went here for lunch after stroling in Stevenston. The restaurants were busy in Stevenston so that would try this place. It was not busy as it was sunny day. Service was good but food was very average. Blackened Halibut burger was good but the steak was very average. Not a cheap place either. You can get better food at many restaurants in Richmond. I don't think i will go back. No fault of the server as she was great.
I've come here several times already and it seems to be the newest favourite on the Drive.
Like any usual pizza place, takeout is king with some seating along the wall. Lineups are orderly which makes for snappy get-in-get-out transactions.
My gf and I have yet to sample the entire array (most of their choices are great) but the beef and blue cheese and the spinach and feta are our preferred selections. Toppings are generous (especially the meatball where the toppings are literally heaped on) while the base sauce is mellow and complimenting rather than overpowering. I am a bit of a snob about the dough/crust and to me it's somewhat inconsistent and lacking. It's a noticably thinner crust than your typical pizza but it lacks flavour and the slight greasiness (therefore crispiness) I generally prefer. We've had this a handful of times and the crust seems to vary in doneness each time. The thinner crust coupled with the amount of toppings will cause some structural integrity issues when eating - folding or propping up with your other hand will probably be required! All in all, it's a good slice and I personally think their thin crust pairs itself best with one of their vegetarian variants.
Service is friendly and relatively orderly. We've had different staff help us each time and it has been good each time. It's hard to find consistency like this nowadays.
If you like toppings both in quantity and quality you will definitely like Fire Pizza.
I am not sure what all the fuss is about (mental note to self - stop paying attention to pretentious foodies and self-appointed experts), but, I for one, was most disappointed. Had the special - spot prawn withh spag - very poor. The spot prawns were floppy and tasteless - worse acutally - had a distinctive fishy taste - gross. It's now several hours since my dinner and I can still taste that fishy mush - yuk.
Also had the chick pea appet - avoid it; dry and tasteless - need something to take it up several notches.
On the other hand - great ambiance . . . too bad about the food. Those morons at Van Mag and other critics - get a life; better yet, go to school (college at least) and qualify for a real job.
I supplemented our poutine from the counter over with a shawarma here. They ran out of lamb (special of the day) but the fellow there assured me the chicken was a good option. My gut said go with it. Neatly assembled and wrapped before going into the press for a few minutes which I don't see too often. While the chicken was a touch on the dry side it did have great flavour with a crispy, salty, slightly-charred bits on the outside chicken pieces. To make things simple everything was loaded up (sans hot sauce) and whatever dressing that was squirted in provided a nice, rich compliment - if it wasn't tahini or tahini based, it was something akin.
Again, the space is nothing special at all. I surmise it's mostly a takeout affair.
Service was sufficient. Counterperson was friendly but if he's the lone person dealing with cash and food, I'd hate to see how it is when there's a lineup.
Meat wrapped up in bread is always a good choice and Taste of Paradise seemed to fit the bill.
Late night munchies brought us here recently. I had heard of some decent praise regarding their poutine - nothing fancy but filling. It was enough for me. The rest of the menu mostly consists of the freezer to fryer variety so not much to gloss over.
Brado shares the space with a couple of other food establishments. It's certainly not a date place but the few tables in the center and at the back make the best of what's available. As with a lot of Commercial Dr. eateries, the takeout and eat while you're walking mantra is probably your best bet.
We ordered the large poutine to go, housed in the big, square syrofoam takeout container. It's packed to the brim with hot fries, loads of hot gravy and a generous heaping of curds. I am not a fan of poutine but it definitely hit the spot for my gf and I. Fries look to be frozen, but I'm not going to discount the crispy outside and relatively creamy innards. The gravy was on the salty side but I suppose if you're eating this you'll want to chase it down with a Coke.
The staff were hiding away in the kitchen at the time but nothing a quick gesture couldn't fix. Otherwise the older fellow there was incredibly friendly and we had a quick chat before leaving. I suppose food always tastes a little bit better when the people serving you are pleasant.
Truth be told the poutine here really isn't anything special but we had it nice and hot, a large portion to boot and at a reasonable price. Good enough for me.
Poor service on a slow Saturday night. Eight of us came here for after-dinner drinks, each of which came five minutes apart. That's pretty slow service even if the restaurant were busy. A waiter took our order and the waitress who brought the drinks barely knew what she was serving us, which caused confusion over who ordered what. My friend found the passion fruit with mango stars too sweet. The waiter offered to remake it but she settled for a glas of water to dilute it. Another friend ordered pearls in his drink but got coconut jelly. He was nice about it, so the waitress didn't offer to correct it. Finally, my drink still hadn't come after over 30 minutes. Because the waiters seemed to be socializing, I called for them across the room and told them it had been a long time. My drink was quickly served without an apology. I'm sure they forgot because there were just 4 other small tables being served. We left a $2.00 tip on a $37.00 bill, but I'm sure the message is lost on the staff. Might be back to try to food, which seems like good value. This experience at this location is definitely not as good ad the Granville store. There, they are at least efficient.
I have been frequenting them for a little over 2 Years and I always go back when I visit this area (which is not desirable). By far, the best Japanese and Korean foo outside of the Japan (yes I have been there too). The staff is always plesant and very courteous. Try the Korean foods for the best experience but they also make good burgers, meats and the BBQ too.
