It's sort of rare now to find Western diner or home style foods at restaurants. Even if you do, it may be cooked by someone who can't cook, or it's all processed instant food.

Restaurants are choosing to serve fancier dishes but sometimes you want a meal that reminds you of home and that is cooked by a talented chef from scratch.

E's Up is in a very odd location, it's in the strip mall that has the CIBC bank on 88th Ave. They really need to add better signage to their restaurant and bigger boards at their door to advertise that this is indeed a restaurant. Their name is different and not typical of a restaurant and I think that is causing confusion as well.

While it's not much to look at from the outside, once inside the restaurant is spacious and the tables aren't too close together which I like. They also have some china cabinets etc. to add to the homey atmosphere.

They are licensed and wine & beer are reasonably priced at $4.

The best value here are their dinner specials for $10. This comes with a choice of beef / chicken / salmon. When I went in on a Friday, they were having a BBQ special. The salmon was cedar-planked and tasted slightly smokey. The chicken was marinated in a beer-BBQ sauce and was intensly flavourful. Both of these were freshly barbequed upon order.

The meals come with a choice of sides, soup and salad. All of this was solid, the salad had fresh leafy greens & herbs and was visually appealing. The soup was chock full of vegetables. The entree comes with steamed veggies, and either rice, potato or pasta. The pasta and three cheese sauce side was pure comfort food and reminded me of mac & cheese. The garlic bread was delicious.

We were too stuffed to try dessert, but next time.

The owners were very warm and inviting. The portions are generous. I hope other people venture out to try this place, I want it to be around a long time!

Apparently their main business is catering, and they finally opened up their own restaurant. However the hours for this restaurant are odd, so phone ahead to make sure they are open.

And did we mention that we paid $10 (before tax & tip) for a quality, healthy, home-cooked from scratch meal? That in itself is priceless. I hope they don't raise the prices because we would go less, it seems everytime I write a good review, the place goes ahead and raises their prices.

Anyhow I really recommed this place, it is a hidden gem. They also do all day breakfast, and are sometimes open for lunch.

E's Up Dining has been on our list of restaurant eat-outs. My wife & I have become regulars. Tonight, March 12/10, my wife had a green salad, mushroom appetizer and basa fish dinner with rice & veggies cooked to perfection. My meal was a special request. I gave Sheryl two hours notice as the meal was not on the menu. I had the tomatoe spicy sausage soup, mushroom appetizer, pan-fried chicken livers, garlic-sauteed asparagus with rice. This was all prepared and presented with her special touch. A meal that looked good but tasted even better than good. We were so full that we ended up taking home a delicious homemade raisen/blueberry dessert to enjoy later. Another good dining experience, great food, service, atmosphere, great dining value, plus flowers presented by our waitress as we were leaving. Thank you E's Up Dining. Try this hidden gem.

I went looking for this restaurant after reading the other two reviews.
Went for the Friday night special on way home from work. The outside sandwich board indicated it was steak special night for $10.

This came with a bowl of butternut squash soup. 2 garlic bread/buns.
A steak that was at least 10 oz though it was advertised at 8. I chose bake potato and it came with steamed veges. I was stuffed and couldn't finish the dinner. I was trying to figure out how much profit they were making off this dinner. It was incredible value for $10. Steak and overall food was great.

The interior was cozy and as mentioned very western.

Where does one find a $10 steak dinner in the lowermainland.