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Last Saturday my Mom and I were driving around Coquitlam knowing that we wanted Sushi but couldnt decide where to go so thought we would drive until we saw one that caught our eye....Boy am I ever glad we found Sushi Mori!!
We went for lunch and were immediately greeted and given free miso soups (not very common anymore), the inside of this place is awesome, fake cherry blossom trees (not tacky), very clean, great vibe and unique seating and dishes. All the staff were super, spoke English well, came by frequently to asked if we had made a choice or asked if we had any questions, filled our drinks before even getting emptied. Food came out fast and was AMAZING...the prices are that of any other sushi place but is so much better, fresh, warm, good portions...great seafood. I eat sushi out once or twice a week and this is by far my fav place. All finished up with a yum yum chocolate with the bill and all of them saying Thank you and Good bye as you left :) I went back less than a week later.
Yum yum yum!
If my waitress was at a Downtown street corner I would have thought she was a hooker. Here's $20.00 bucks, now go clean off that table across from me again. Wow, seriously Sammy is that all you've got? Food was just O.K., service sucked and the prices could be better. Think I'll go elsewhere.
Just had a wonderful time at this restaurant! Great food, great service and very reasonable prices. I read one of the reviews for the Greek Taverna, stating that the lamb was no good. Bull$#*% the lamb was delicious! The place was very busy on an early Friday night (always a good sign) I recommend that you reserve a table. The service was excellent even though the place was packed. I didn't received this good of service at the Boathouse, Port Moody and I paid more than twice as much for food that was half as good. I'll be going back again. Sincerely, Kevin.
First off, I have been to numerous Montana's locations throughout Canada and have always enjoyed them. Unfortunately though, I have to join the ranks of the ones who would give this place a terrible rating here. I had wondered if maybe our experience was a one off but after reading about other experiences, I'm concluding that this place just isn't good.
We went here on a Saturday night around 8:00pm or so. The dining room was not busy when we arrived and the hostess sat us right away. Sho also told us that they had just had a dinner rush to explain the dirty napkins and straw wrappers all over the floor that never did really get cleaned up.
We sat at our table long enough to have decided on drinks, an appy and our dinners before we saw our server. She had been chatting with other servers and rolling napkins the entire time. Rather than ask if we had decided yet when she saw that our menus were folded, she launched into the specials. We listened and then said that we had already decided. She was really abrupt with us and pretty much barked the options for sides at us.
Someone else brought our drinks over and then our calamari a few minutes later. We didn't have cutlery so we had to sit and wait until we were able to flag someone down and by that time everything was rubbery and cold.
Our steaks weren't bad but the sides were absolutely disgusting. Imagine a bowl of half cooked freezer hashbrowns that have been mixed with congealed oily sauce and raw onions. That's what we had. We were not told about these "smashers" and we didn't know what to make of them.
Our server let our plates sit on our table for a good twenty minutes before we finally managed to flag her down again to ask for our bill. She asked if we wanted the smashers and other leftovers packaged and we said that we didn't. She then offered us different sides. Never mind that she had not checked on us once, apparently she thought we would be happy with a bowl of corn to munch on for desert?
Negligent service and disgusting food aside, the atmosphere was nothing short of obnoxious. They apparently have a birthday thing where staff members come from the kitchen cheering and clanging a huge triangle before yelling their birthday greeting at everyone. Once, no big deal. Twice was a little annoying. The third time in twenty minutes had us on edge. I can understand wanting to have a fun birthday but you really do not need to annoy an entire dining room full of people who are all paying for a nice dinner out. The damn triangle and hollering are something that this place CAN control and should. It really just made the entire evening that much more annoying.
The entire debacle ended with us biting back laughter. Our server finally came by with the credit card machine and apologized for keeping us waiting to pay. Her excuse? She told us that she had been checking with another table whose food had just been delivered becasue she "wanted to make sure that they enjoyed their food becasue good service is really important". In other words, she was giving another table service that we had not seen? Or was she just making a last ditch attempt to get a decent tip? We kept straight faces and burst out laughing once we were outside. Good service huh? I'd hate to see her on a lazy day.
I went to their website the next day and emailed them about our experience. I specifically stated that I did NOT want to be contacted nor did I want to have any sort of "make it right next time" gesture made becasue we don't want to waste another evening there. I'd rather pay for a nice meal out than have to endure a horrible free one.
The manager did contact me regardless and I was impressed at how seriously he took my complaint. He did send us a gift card to bring us back again. Here's the thing though; he wants us to let him know personally next time that we are in so that he can make sure that we have a good experience. Great of him? Absolutely. But if this place is so great then they really shouldn't have to have a manager on hand to make sure that customers are treated well.
We haven't used the giftcard yet. We tried to use it at another place owned by the same company (Cara) and were told that we can only use it at Montana's. So it'll sit and collect dust unless we make the trek out to another location. (Langley is much better.)
After looking at my average marks on food, I decided to write about my favorite korean restaurant. First, the service is superb. They recognize you only after coming maybe 2 times. This is why they call themselves Good Friends. They try to remember you. When they bring you the food, they say "enjoy!" and "thank you!" Atleast the usualy female server does. The food is very good and worth it. We usually have a wrap meal, which has lettuce, meat, rice, and a soup for less than $13. The kimbap is the best I've ever had in the Greater Vancouver area & not a lot of restaurants make kimbap. Our favorite is marinated beef. We also had calamari kimbap which was very interesting & tasty. Their seafood/beef tofu soup is pretty good, but not the most flavor. The side dishes are generously refilled & come decently portioned. Also, the side dishes have more variety than some places. The kimchi fried udon is so good! It's tasty & fried dry unlike Haroo. so wonderful. the only dish we don't like is the seafood pancake. It's not crispy enough. But there are tons of other dishes for you to choose from. The house is very quaint, with spacious couches. It's just too far of a drive for us unless it's a weekend. Also, Song, the owner, is very nice. Kamsamnida!
This awesome restuarant is owned by koreans...which make the best stone rice in Greater Vancouver. It may be expensive, but it is worth it. The sashimi is fresh and the love boat combo has a variety of things including:
.sashimi
.sushi
.2 miso soups OR @ 2 salads
.shrimp
.other...
The restuarant is huge, and it is impossible for you to not have a seat, but the number of waiters/waitresses are not as surplus as the restuarant itself. The entrance is really nice because there is a small pond and huge rocks for you to sit on. There is also a tree.
This is one of the best restuarants for me.
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.
I've heard good things about Golden Boot so I don't know if they were having an off night but my recent experience there was disappointing at best. We ordered a margarita pizza and I was hoping for an authentic Italian taste but it was basically just as good as a plain cheese pizza you'd get at Pizza Hut. There was nothing tasty about it at all. We also ordered a pasta dish which is what they're supposed to be famous for but it was one of the most disgusting things I've ever eaten. I don't think they put one grain of salt in the water--blech! Handmade or not handmade-pasta from right out of a box would have been much better.
I agree with other comments that the waiters tend to spend all their time with the regulars and barely have a smile for you if you're not. The ambiance is okay. They've expanded it so there are more tables and it's not so cramped in there as it once was.
Overall, there is nothing about The Golden Boot that would make me want to go there again.
Went to Cumparis for a late night visit with a friend and had a decent time. The selection of Gelato was smaller than what I am used to but they all looked good at least. I had the lemon, my favorite and enjoyed the tartness of it. I had a coffee too afterwards and was disappointed. Not only was it expensive for such a little thing, it was too weak as well. My friend agreed about the coffee. Maybe just stick with the gelato here.
Also, if you plan on going here, be warned it is quite busy with people just hanging out and chatting. Didn't see too much food on the tables but it is open later so a popular hangout I guess.
decent ambiance for coquitlam, but the prices are too high and the gelato/sandwiches/coffee is not good. stick to ordering a pop or something they dont have to make
i dont think they are too worried though as they seem to still get a lot of business
also dress warm if you plan to sit outside, there is no heat for the outside seating....
some of these reviews are laughable.....clearly some shill reviewing going on....
anywho, i live close by, am italian myself and familiar with all the top italian restaraunts downtown.....
tried this place a few times, havent been for a while, but from what i remember, the food is very munja cake ("italian food" made to suit non italians)....
for proper italian food, you really have to go into vancouver...... there are no quality options in the tricities....
had to say something especially after reading some of these reviews, which look very fake.
We recently ate at Kefi Greek Kouzina, in Coquitlam. The food was fairly good, however, the rice was not hot.
The prices were slightly higher than most greek restaurants.
It was a little loud there. The bar is very close to the seating and the noise level from the bar is a little too much. If you go there, do ask to be seated as far from the bar as possible!
I found it a little odd, as we both ordered meals and we both were to each recieve a salad. When the salad came we were told that it was a salad to share. Why did we not get our own bowls? Now here we were dividing it up onto our side plates. Very unusual!!!!
Then, when our tzanziki came, we only got 1 very small container, but we got our 1 pita bread each. I had to ask for our the second tzanziki. Again, very odd! Why would we only get 1 small portion of tzanziki when each of our meals came with bread and tzanziki.
Futhermore, my water should have been refilled and it wasn't!
I may give it one more chance????
This has got to be the best Japanese restaurant ever! We usually order the spicy salmon sashimi don and it's orgasmic. It is VERY spicy so if you can't handle it, you can request them to make it less spicy. The sushi boat is very good however, the portions is a bit less when it comes to the price. They have many special/exotic sushi rolls that you just have to try. I tried to fried california roll and it was delicious. The cream cheese roll was very good too.
I have tried everything on their menu. I am now a few pounds bigger, a great deal happier and an expert on Italian food. Honestly the canneloni has me humming while I eat it. It's a good thing that they expanded so we can get a seat whenever we arrive. The salads and pizza have already been described and I will affirm that they are spectacular. I appreciated them more tonight than any other time after a very bad Italian meal in another restaurant. Don't bother going anywhere else. This is as good as it gets.
We were puzzled that our experiences at Sushi Mori were so below par lately. Gone are the good size portions, the little free appies (which were such a nice touch) and gone are the friendly, efficient waitresses. In its place we found small portions and a disorganized kitchen. I hope the new owners are developing a whole new base to draw their customers from because the regulars will not be coming back when asked to pay the same for far less....
We just moved to the Central Coqutialm area from Burnaby 3 weeks ago and wanted to find out the good pizza places to order from. I'm glad to say that Austin Heights Pizza is a definite keeper. I ordered 3 medium, 3 topping pizzas for $23.99 + taxes. The pizzas were really good, great sauce, lots of toppings and cheese. The crust is really good, not too thick and not too thin, with a bit of a sour tang to it, which is nice. It's a bit on the oily side, but I think that is due to the copious amount of cheese on each pizza. I'm used to great pizza places in Burnaby like Viva Sue and Beethoven's and I would put Austin Heights right up there with those aforementioned places. It's not much too look at, as it is strictly a take out joint. Parking can be a bit of a nightmare, but there are 2 designated parking spots directly in front of the store. Definitely recommended.
Jimoco will give you two pasta plates for the price of one, so you'll be more than able to load up on all the pasta you want, if Jimoco pasta is indeed what you want. You get what you pay for, like with most things. Cheap eats with a buy one get one discount? Cheap ingredients with, albeit, large portions. Besides that, the place is pretty average in general. It is always crowded (since it only has about 10 tables) without any real ambiance. Maybe you'd enjoy it if you're bringing a few friends or you're planning on buying more than one pasta plate to get in on their deal. Otherwise, skip it. You can get a much better plate of pasta for the $15 or so they charge anywhere else in the city.
i ordered some sushi and sashimi and tataki for pick up.
i wasnt hungry that much and i ordered a caterpillar roll for myself and
my the other friends got enough foods for themselves.
actually, their price was so cheap and i didnt expect the quality of their foods
so i didnt order enough for me.
however... when i tasted the caterpillar roll, it was amazing.
i cant believe how they can offer such a nice quality sushi with such a low
price.
all of my friends loved tada sushi's foods and i regreted to order only one
item because once i ate the sushi i became hungry.
i will order tada sushis foods soon again. a lot of food next time.
thanks tada sushi!!
From the "no frills cafe" description I was expecting a brightly lit, formica table diner but this is really a very comfortable restaurant with lots of cozy booths. We had about a 15 minute wait for a table. Staff is friendly, I only saw two waitresses , but they kept things moving smoothly.
So the big deal is the two for one pasta special. You buy two of the twenty some choices and pay for the more expensive one. You get a full size plate of food and the pasta is very good. A little more garlic and spice than other Italian restaurants, but I like that. I had the linquini with clams and my partner had the penne forno. Both were very good. We had a 1/2 litre of red wine and shared a Gelato dessert. Total bill with tip was $46. Really that is hard to beat.
The restaurant was full and almost all the customers in this Italian restaurant were Asian which struck me as kind of neat -- an only in Vancouver thing.
Recommended - Nice, clean restaurant, excellent food, great ambiance, absolutely gorgeous.
Food - very delicious, always very fresh, big portions.
My favourite dish is chicken santorini and my husband's favorite dish is lamb souvlaki. Also, we highly recommend their kalamari.
Personally, I think that this is the best Greek restaurant - if not overall restaurant - in town.
In general, it is very hard for us to change our orders because of the incredible taste and quality of the fantastic dishes mentioned above. However, we have also tried the chicken souvlaki and roast lamb, which were also amazing. Honestly, there are no words to explain their taste because "great" or "delicious" is simply not enough.
Our children (who are all adults now) and all the friends we have brought with us to the restaurant all share the same opinion as we do.
I'm 100% sure that My Greek Taverna at Brunette Ave in Coquitlam is one of the best in town and, as a result, we recommend it for anyone who likes good, prepared food, and a clean and wonderful atmosphere.
Service - is always attentive, very friendly.
Ambiance and value - the prices seem very reasonable, especially considering the generous portions they provide. The place is beautiful decorated and makes you feel like you are in a restaurant in Thessalloniki or Athens. Best of all, it's much cheaper than a flight!
