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This place has it all i serious i have tried them all when it comes to sushi places and I'm not kidding this place even has a roll called the Crystal Roll, when you place it in your mouth it practicality devolves. It wrapped in a rice paper and the flavour is just making you think oh i could eat 20 of these there so good. My other favourite one there is the Ocean Garden Roll, but for me they know what i want every time i come in just ask for the sample roll its got crab, avocado wrapped up in a cucumber roll with no rice or seaweed. My 3rd roll for me is the Spicy Tuna Delight this is really good, it has that little kick to it that makes you coming back for more.
If you think this cant be for real please come back here and tell me your experience!
Ro is hands down my favourite sushi place. When I lived in the area we ate in or took out every week or two. All of our friends also love the sushi here. Now that we live further away we are here less often but as often as we can find a reason to be in the area.
Our favourite rolls over the year and today (hoping for sushi tonight)
- Papaya tuna- the papaya balances of the tuna nicely and melts in your mouth
-Salmon mango- simple and fresh combo of fruit and fish
- Saskatchewan- incredible veggi roll topped with thinly sliced 'hay' potatoes, so so good
- Popeye- gomae roll with avocado
- Amber- mango, tuna, salmon with spicy temp bit. Really tasty.
- Green hornet- my husband's favourite like a dynamite roll with avacado and sauce
- Alberta- beef and asparagus with avocado very addicting
So good here. I can't wait to eat some soon.
I've been going to Lemonia for a while and I've always liked their food but I have noticed in the last couple of months they are improving even more! Their flavour is even more delicious than before (didn't think it was possible) and their salads are even better too! (more attention to detail??) If you haven't been for a while you should really go try it out again. My favorite is the chicken wrap and the typical chicken skewer with rice, pita etc.
It's a great place to get catering from too. I can tell it's a family run business and they care about their food and customers. Thanks Lemonia :)
My wife and I went there on a very quiet Thursday (maybe 40% capacity). We got a nice seat by a window.
The ambiance was nice. Not too dark like some places. It was also typical to a lot of Greek places.
The menu was also typical to the Greek restaurants in Vancouver. Same dishes, which is good.
The hostess and waitress were great. They seemed in good spirits. They were also quite quick and efficient. Could be because it wasn't busy. They were also quite helpful in making up my mind.
We started with the Kalamari. Maybe a bit worse than other Greek restaurants, but I still liked it. We also got pita bread on the house, which is fantastic at Sfinaki.
My wife ordered the Lamb shoulder. Came with rice, pita, potato, and a salad. A lot of food, enough for her lunch the next day. The lamb was cooked perfectly. The rice seemed undercooked (a bit hard). Overall, the dish was a bit too salty, but great.
I ordered the lamb Gyro. The waitress recommended it to me. It came with salad, rice, and fries. It was just the right amount of food, I was a bit overstuffed. Only $12 there too. Same comments as the lamb shoulder, rice undercooked, and a bit too salty. I loved it. It wasn't too messy either. I usually have the theory that the messier the wrap, the better, but this was surprising good for how neatly it was made.
We also had an entertainment coupon. So the Gyro was free. I would recommend Sfinaki only to those who are nearby (within a 15 minute drive). Not worth a long trek to go here. So check it out if you are around the area.
T. Schuay
We came for dinner since we read about their renovation a few months back. We like their food, so we wanted to see their new decor.
Pretty nice, definately needed the update. No music playing?? which was really weird. All you could hear was the banter from the kitchen and service staff and the owner talking loud at one of the corner tables.
Our server came to the table and blankly asked us what we wanted to drink. No suggestion of any sort. Hello, your a server, 'have you heard of suggestive selling???' if you suggested something, maybe I would have gotten that instead of water.
We were a bit indecisive on our menu choice. We decided on the lasagna and chicken souvlaki. The food came out at a reasonable time. There were two other tables there while we were there. Great food, but service very lacking. It ruins the experience.
I wish we had the other server, she was smiling and seemed genuinely happy to be serving people.
We usually go to our favorite local sushi place which we love but with an upcoming birthday dinner being organized, thought we research somewhere new to try where the service might be a bit faster considering we'd have more people. I read the reviews on Matoi and was quite excited to try it. When we arrived there were only two other tables seated. It took us well over 10 minutes just to see a waitress. We finally placed our order and it was another 30 minutes before we received our food which was definately not outstanding. I ordered the seafood hot pot that was supposed to be full of seafood and fresh vegtables. The vegtables consisted of cabbage and a few carrot slices. As for seafood, it was tofu, chicken thigh, two small front legs of a crab, one itty bitty piece of salmon, two clams with grit and a bit of white fish (no idea what is was). I usually stick to rolls and sashimi but wanted to try something different. was not impressed. My husband and daughter also ordered food and again, poor quality. The rolls all fell apart and the fish wasn't of great quality. It usually costs us $35 dollars for dinner so when we received the $55 dollar bill, that was pretty much the last straw.
I don't usually right reviews but it's upsetting when you go somewhere expecting something superb only to be disappointed. I hope we just picked a poor night but it was enough that we won't going back.
Great food, superb service... they have one of the best tasting preparation cuisines around. Went a bit anxious to try it but came out really satisfied and full. Butter chicken with naan is epic, so is the rice pudding. Food was served quite warm, which is rare to find these days. Service was fast and efficient. Overall, nice and hygienic, staff were courteous beyond doubt. Must try at least once.
I went here with three friends and glad we chose this restaurant. It was busy but not too noisy and we didn't feel rushed. Service was excellent. He wasn't overbearing and came enough times to check on us. And when we said something tasted really good, he would thank us!! He didn't flinch when we didn't order any alcohol beverages like some places may. Ambience was very nice. Not too crowded and not too noisy . . maybe because it was a week night instead of a weekend. The only annoying thing was the TV was on and showing "40 Year Old Virgin"!! WHY???
Appetizer: Three of us had the Bocconcini Saltimbocca salad and one the Cauliflower with cheese sauce. Salad was amazing . . . the balsamic vinegar was delicious! Didn't care for the cheese sauce with the cauliflower. It would have been better without the sauce.
Entree: Three had the Coca Cola Beef short Ribs and one had the Chicken Breast with Tomato Masala Cream. Both dishes were extremely flavourful and so delicious. The Masala cream sauce was very,very, very yummy!!! I wanted more with rice.
Dessert: Two had the Black and Blueberry Crumble with Vanilla Ice Cream and two had the Chocolate Mousse with Candied Pecans. Both were delicious but very, very, very small.
All in all, it was worth every penny. It was the $18 menu and I would highly recommend this place!! Would I go back? Yes I would to try their regular menu!!!
Yes, the food is very good, including a range of recipes that, while not authentically foreign, have enough spice and zest as to be a Cactus Club alternative. Of course, they market themselves as the entirety of the Silk Road condensed into a single attic room, but like most claims to the cosmopolitan the ambience is more fantasy than experience. It's about as close to India as 'Kung Fu Panda' is to Beijing.
But that's ok: the yoga crowd enjoys the easygoing, if also shallow, kind of exotica. And the food is great. $35 great? Yeah, since it was all you can eat when I was there friends.
To tell you the truth, I would have ranked the restaurant higher, but for a very disturbing incident.
I went with a transgender friend. She's pretty, intelligent, and polite. I suppose you can tell she's trans, and she's quite open about her history if you ask respectfully, but it's very obvious she identifies as female.
Our server insisted throughout the night in mispronouning her -- calling her 'him', 'he', and 'sir'. It was incredibly awkward, embarrassing, and verging on disrespectful. I finally had enough of it and let the server know how my friend would prefer to be addressed. There was *no* apology or the like. Whatever your personal feelings are about trans people and their identities, everyone is entitled to civility and appropriate consideration. Come on. This is Vancouver.
So, makes me wonder: if you're queer, I'd be careful in there. It is *NOT* LGBT friendly.
We ordered 8-pcs of chicken, 12pcs of cupcakes and 1 med. size gravy. When we got home, we realized that KFC forgot to include the gravy! After 3 days, we decided to stop by the same KFC and ordered chicken for take out. I told the lady about the gravy incident and she asked me if I called that night. I told her no. She said you should have called and we could log it in. In my mind, how should I know that I would need to call????!!!! She didn't gave me my gravy $1.99 worth. Right then and there, I decided never to come back to this outlet again!!! FOR A $1.99 WORTH OF GRAVY, KFC has lost me and my family as their weekly customer.
Best Pho broth we've tried. We rate it #1. Portion sizes are relatively consistent. Meat quality varies, but generally is satisfactory-good. Service is fast and typical of Vietnamese Pho restaurants ("diner atmosphere" focussed on food quality, consistency and speed of service rather than on personal attention to customers). It is also open 24 hours which is a major bonus for late night diners. Prices very reasonable.
The Pho broth was satisfactory, and the meat quality was good-excellent. We've only eaten here twice though so uncertain as to the consistency of the food quality and portion sizes. The service was excellent with very sweet friendly staff. The broth could be more flavourful and we didn't like that the hoisin sauce seemed watered down.
Inian food is subpar to other I have had. Nothing special, but nothing that bad either. Service is ok. Par for the course.
Delivery for their pizza however was a gong show.
First took FOUR times to get the woman answering the phone to get the address right, she kept yelling "WHAT?" in my ear. Should have hung up here. Pizza took an hour and 15 to arrive, not cool, pizza was however. So now cold pizza very hungry, and low and behold they forgot the pineapple on a Hawaiian, sort of turns the Hawaiian into a ham pizza. Pretty disappointing. Didn't bother to call and complain, just wont frequent here again.
Food:Wonderfully innovative DOV menu. Sturgeon (with chorizo broth ) and dessert of coconut lime pannacotta were a special hit. Everything was well presented and serving sizes ample. Loved the whole dining experience.
Service : Prompt and friendly. Water glasses refilled constantly. Meal was paced weill and we did not feel rushed even thought it was DOV.
Ambience: was lively and not overly noisy as reported by some diners and certainly no blaring music to detract from dinner conversations. Perhaps it depends on the area of the restaurant that you are in.
Overall: Definitely worth returning to.
Went for lunch at Sushi Shelter due to the great ratings on here. I am glad I went. The place was not busy at all and my friend and I got a table quickly. I had the sashimi salad lunch special and my friend had the Sushi Shelter Roll lunch special. Each special came with tempera chips, 2 pieces of calamari, 2 pieces of salmon type roll, a potato croquette, and fruits. I also ordered the torpedo roll (smoke salmon, tempera shrimp, tataki tuna) which is really delicious . The sashimi salad was really yummy. Big portion all around. They don't cheap out on anything. The total was around $34. A pretty good deal for all the food we had.
If there is any establishment anywhere that would like to improve its customer relations or learn how to put on a fresh face for the public, all they need do is visit the Hannam Market in Surrey. Pleasant is an understatement. Eager to please would better describe their approach to one entering the store. I'm just an Alberta redneck (and the only white guy in the place) but they couldn't do enough for me. I had texted my wife (who is Asian) if she'd like anyhting from this very special store. She asked me to pick her up an item (which was unknown to me) and they couldn't do enough to help me.
Absolutely fantastic people and service.
Even if you're just sightseeing, make sure to take in the Hannam.
My friends took me here for my birthday for Dine Out Vancouver, it was a wonderful experience.
The staff was warm and kind, we even got greeted by the restaurant owner (which is a first)! The portions were rather large which is something that normally lacks at traditional italian restaurants.
They only mixed up one of our orders but the waiter seemed sincerely sorry and even offered us creme brule as a apology! The waiters are all very nice and hospitable. The only thing I would warn is that the menu online is cheaper than the actual menu in the restaurant (maybe because it was dine out time).
At the end they brought a Tiramisu cake with "Happy Birthday" written in chocolate (I even got serenaded by the waiters!)
Overall I left well fed and extremely satisfied :) I would recommend this restaurant for anyone who has a special occasion.
I am a fan of Fresh Slice pizza and have been to several other branches. Since this particular Fresh Slice is close to where I work, I decided to order from them for an event my work was hosting. This is not the first time we have worked with this particular Fresh Slice. Everytime we host anything which requires food that is quick and easy to eat, we get pizza from them and last year, for one event alone, we ordered 70 pizzas.
Our event was being held on a Wednesday, so I called in to order 110 whole pizzas on Monday to give them time to prepare for such a large order. During that call, I asked the owner (I was told he was the owner) to provide me with plates and napkins for the pizzas. His response was that he was going to charge me for the plates and napkins. I was complete baffled! I asked him why he was charging me for plates and napkins when I had just put in an order for 110 pizzas. After all, if someone walks in to his store to purchase a slice or two, he would not charge them for the plates and napkins. His response was that since he was giving me a deal ($11.00 per pizza) he would have to charge me for the plates and napkins. I thought this was absolutely ridiculous and I said no and that I would get my plates and napkins from Costco instead (it's the principle). I was also told that I had to go in to the store to pay for the pizza. We determined that I would send someone Wednesday at 9:30 in the morning to pay for the order.
I sent my colleague to Fresh Slice at 9:30 AM on the Wednesday to pay, and when she got there, there was no one there. She was there until 9:45 AM and no one showed up. I called their head office and spoke to the district manager to complain. He said that first of all, they should NOT be charging for plates and napkins. Secondly, there is no need for me to go to the store to pay as they have portable credit card terminals and I can just pay when they deliver the pizza. The district manager definitely made me feel well taken care of and he sorted out the whole thing with that particular branch, so kudos to him. However, the pizzas were delivered late that evening (three separate deliveries and the last delivery was a half hour late).
I will probably still get pizzas from Fresh Slice for future events, but NOT from this particular branch.
I went here for the dine out vancouver menu. the seafood chowder was ok.. then i ordered the ribs and prawns for my entre and the ribs were sooo fatty that i only had a bite or two and the prawns had no flavour at all.. for dessert i had the creme brule and the top of it wasn't even crispy... so food was not good at all. and on top of that, the service was sooo slow.. we were the only table in there so they had no excuse.. i would not go back to this restaurant.
I went with my wife and two good friends for Dine Out 2012 based on the reviews and awards they had. Overall, I really enjoyed what I ordered, but unfortunately my wife was not as lucky. She ordered the Natural Pork Tenderloin. Some of the pieces were completely raw (not pink). She asked the kitchen to recook the portions that were raw. They brought back the plate with a slight problem. Here's a simple kitchen "common sense" question: if you have four pieces of meat, three pieces are pink and one is raw, which piece would you recook? Logically, you would recook the raw piece and not touch the pink ones right? Nope! I guess the kitchen doesn't have any common sense apparently. They recooked all four pieces which means that the three pink pieces are now overcooked and white and the raw piece is now perfectly pink! Secondly, it was the tenderloin that needed attention, not the couscous. It came back completely dry! Where is your head guys? Do you lower your standards because it is Dine Out? Mostly, I choose future visits to restaurants by what they serve at Dine Out. Sorry CRU, I will not be coming back to visit you again. You lost a future customer because you did not use basic culinary common sense.
UPDATE: I posted my concerns on the Cru's FB Page. Serving raw pork, lack on culinary common sense...in less than 5 minutes after I posted, they deleted my comments. What a bunch of @$$ holes.
