cmx_babyCoquitlamSince May 4, 200834 Reviews
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(3.1) - Service (2.9)
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(3) (3.1) (2.9) (2.9) (3.3)This is the second time i've been here and after this time I definitely had to comment.
Went here with my family (5 adults 1 child) because I had a $20 coupon. At the front, it says to mention the coupon before ordering, as some items (dimsum, etc) can not be combined with coupon. The set menu for 4 seemed like a good deal so we ordered that, but I asked our waitress if we could use the coupon for the set menu. She took our order and left. After 5 minutes, she comes back and returns our coupon, saying that we cannot use it. We say that we will order something else then, and look at the menu.
There must have been a language barrier because she leaves, and it takes us another 5 minutes to flag her down. We tell her that we want to cancel and order off the menu, cuz we then we can order exactly what we want. She's like "uh oh!" and checks with the kitchen. She comes back after a couple of minutes and says "the order is already being made, sorry!" and we're like "wtf!". Cuz we specifically asked her if we could use the coupon prior to ordering, and she should have made sure we could use it before she put the order in.
We decided not to cause anymore issues, although I was a little pissed. The food came a few minutes later, all dishes at the same time. Thai food is my favourite type of food, but there was nothing to distinguish it or make it something I'd order again.
While we were still eating, they tried to push dessert on us and we said "later" cuz we were obviously still chewing. 10 minutes later, my parents were still eating, and they put dessert on our table anyways, which I thought was a little rude. It was fried banana, and trust me, there is better fried banana out there (Banana Leaf!!). All in all we felt rushed, and I definitely didn't think it was worth our hard earned money.
On a good note, they finally decided that yes, we could use the coupon, so that was a plus cuz otherwise I would have requested a refund from the coupon company as I'll never eat there again.
We got a gift card for this place and decided to try it out. For some reason I always considered it to be a tourist trap, maybe because of it's location.
The inside is kind of dark and old, like a classic italian restaurant. The servers are all older male and seem to be staring at you from the shadows while you dine. The menu is large and has alot to offer for people who enjoy meat such as wild boar dishes.
To start we ordered the lobster bisque and the grilled calamari salad. The nutmeg in the bisque was overpowering the whole dish but the calamari salad wasn't too bad. My boyfriend thought it was almost undercooked, but atleast it wasn't overcooked!
For entree's we had the spaghetti agli olio and the fungi risotto. The spaghetti was okay, perfectly al dente but a little dry and felt like it was lacking just a bit in flavour. The risotto was pretty good, can't go wrong with truffle oil and mushrooms!
For dessert we share a panna cotta, which was fine.
All in all it was alright, everything seemed overcharged because of the location so it's probably better as a "special occasion" type of place but there are places around town that have the same quality of the items we ordered for less. And our waiter was overly hands on, as he kept on touching our utensils, glassses, etc which was kind of strange.
This place has a clean look of a remodelled house. It has a wonderful view, and fabulous food. The alcohol is a bit on the pricey side, but if you don't drink then it's manageable. I've been here a few times and have learned that this is one of those restaurants where the appy's are better than the mains. Their beef tenderloin with risotto is amazing. Their miso salad is YUM and perfectly seasoned. I can't remember what else i've had there but I've been here a few times now and will definitely be coming back!
We've passed by this place before and heard from people that it was good so went here when our other favourite place across the street was closed. From the outside it looks nice, and the menu looks inviting. They have some french classics such as coq au vin and daily specials. There was 4 of us. In total we had the bruschetta & beef tenderloins to start, french onion soup & salad nicoise, coq au vin and asparagus salad, green salad & mussels, and seafood pasta.
The beef tenderloin was nothing special, and bruschetta wasn't mainly tomato. There was onions in the bruschetta, and they accidently left some of the peel on (pet peeve of mine since it's inedible). The salads were mediocre. The green beans on the salad nicoise tasted raw, not blanched like usual. The tuna had lacked flavour.
All in all, everything lacked some sort of flavour. Maybe they are catering to the older crowd (since it IS white rock) and making everything low sodium or with little spice to please the seniors. Lesson learned!
There was a coupon online for this place and when I googled it the reviews were really good (huge portions, good value ) so I went ahead and bought a coupon. I went there today and ordered 3 donairs and a tabbouleh salad - 1 regular chicken, 1 regular falafel, and 1 regular halifax.
The girl didn't even KNOW about the coupon and was going to charge me full price. Not a big deal I suppose. The donairs were the most loosely wrapped I've ever seen. Not even wrapped, just made and stuck in a baggie. The tabbouleh was missing the dressing!! Sad. I didn't find the portion size huge, just average, but maybe it depends on who's making the donairs (the owners vs the workers). All in all, I was pretty disappointed, and unfortunately I have one more coupon to renew.
This is THEE place to go for vegetarians who want to be able to eat Pho with their friends. It's the only place I know that has vegetable/tofu pho, vegetarian spring rolls, and a few other options for vegetarians (although I stick to my favourites!!). I always come here whenever i'm in the area because this is the only Pho place I know that has vegetarian options. And vegetarian spring rolls! I do have it with the fish sauce cuz it's traditional, but the flavour is still so very yummy, even without the meat. Thank goodness for Saigon Pacific!!
I usually come here on my way to work, when it's just opening. So although they haven't run out of anything (not to mention it's super fresh), they haven't finished making everything either lol!
Either way, I'm happy with what i can get (anything vegetarian),although my favourite is the green onion and cheddar. I make waffles at home and although they are good, they are not as yummy as these waffles!!
If you are in the area, it's definitely a great place to stop for a yummy snack!
Our usual italian place was booked solid so we decided to give this place a go. What a great place, one of my favourite italian resos to dine at in Vancouver. All of the servers were polite yet had personality. The olive tapenade that comes with the bread in the beginning was spectacular. Can't remember what we had for a starter but for our entrees I had the tagliatelle ai funghi (mushrooms with pasta) and my spouse has the mushroom risotto. Everything was prepared simple but bursting with flavour. The tiramisu was alright, not the best but not the worse, but we totally can't wait to go back again for that wonderful, rustic pasta.
We've tried a few sushi restaurants around Langley and so far this one is our favourite.
One pet peeve I have about sushi is I absolutely HATE when you order a roll (ie: kapa roll) and the roll is coming apart at the side because they didn't roll it properly. It happens pretty often with rolls that have the rice on the inside, and at Nikko sushi it never happens. It's a small thing but it's nice for presentation! Why would you want sushi that isn't even rolled properly?!
Aside from that, i can only agree with what everyone else is saying. They have great customer service, always give you a little freebie which is always yummy, fill up your tea all the time (that is also a pet peeve of mine!) and the food is consistently good. The yam roll is the biggest I've ever had and the rolls seem to be made with skill. The only thing I'm not crazy about which they make is the Spinach Gomae - I've had better elsewhere but it's one minor detail in a vast menu of other good items so not a big deal! Can't wait to go again to get my sushi fix.
After hearing about this place for a while, we went here a few nights ago. The menu doesn't have much for vegetarians but they were able to accommodate me, which was nice.
To start, I had the house martini which was PERFECTLY chilled and a good amount of alcohol.
For our appetizers, we had the chanterelle mushroom soup and the proscuitto red wine risotto. I love a good mushroom soup, but it was a little lacking in flavour. My spouse said that the risotto wasn't bad, red wine being a different take on things.
For our mains, he had the venison dish and I had some chef creation. He liked it very much, how there was such an array of flavours and everything was really well done. Mine was very good as well, I love every little detail put into making my dish, and I find with vegetarian food it's very hard to make flavours distinct from other elements on the dish. I absolutely LOVED everything on my dish except for some fruit tart, I'm not quite sure why it was a part of my main but I'm not a fan of sugary food on my main entree. NOTE TO VEGETARIANS: If you are like me, make sure they don't give you the fruit tart, ask for a side of risotto instead, or more of the other stuff!
We probably should have stopped at that, but we had dessert and it was alright, definitely could have done without it as it's pretty pricey and we didn't find it was worth the high price tag.
All in all, service was STELLAR, although there were some food issues, the food that we liked was VERY well done, we found the value a little on the high end but we would probably come back again!
To date, this is our favourite indian restaurant to eat at in Langley.
I have to admit, it's probably Canadianized Indian food but it works for us!
PROS: the flavour in the dishes, ambience is modern for an indian restaurant
CONS: service was a little slower than a normal establishment (seems family run so probably not enough staff), the dishes seem a little small in portion, meals do NOT come with rice or naan bread, seems a little pricey for the amount of food you get.
In our party was 2 adults and 1 teen. We saw that service seemed a little slow, so for the appetizer, we ordered the cheese naan bread, garlic naan bread, vegetable samosas. The vegetable samosas are at par with the best i've ever had and the naan bread was good.
For the meals, we ordered the Novratana Korma (9 vegetable dish), Buttered Chicken, and Lamb Vindaloo. All of the dishes were good, and it was nice that you could order the level of spice you want - medium really is a good medium. There is alot of items to choose from, and I can't wait to come back again, except maybe order takeout so we can make or own rice!!
So this is my second time posting for this restaurant, if you look you can see that my original posting wasn't that favourable.
Since that time, I have ordered here a couple of times and I have to admit, it's pretty good Thai food. There are a couple of Thai restaurants in Langley but this is THE spot we go to get a Thai fix.
I will never ordered another salad there, as I find it over priced, but everything else is just lovely. The service is good (mind you it was never busy when we were there), the ambiance is quaint and cute. The quality of food is similar to what you could find in Vancouver, so we're pretty lucky to have a restaurant like this around the suburbs.
.. . and I don't like Olive Garden hahahaha
I've been here twice now. The last time I went was okay but it was nothing outstanding. I ordered a ceasar but it was too spicy (and i'm asian, so I LOVE spice) so i requested a new one but even the second one was just mediocre.
Not alot of vegetarian options and I don't like cream sauces but I did manage to find one entree that caught my eye. Overall it's a good place to hang out with friends, the drinks are what you would expect, the food was average, but was it anything over the top? Probably not. On a plus side, I think every entree comes with salad and bread, so if you're starving when you get there you'll get food before your entree. I would come here again but this restaurant will not be on my regular rotation of restaurants to eat at.
I've been to Empire Garden quite a few times now. The ambiance is quite nice and whenever I go there it seems to be clean. The restaurant is never full, so I can't imagine how people can be sat at dirty tables. My rating is based on the good times I've been there, although last time the service wasn't too good but on the other end of things it was THE BEST hot and sour soup i've ever had (i've had it many times at Empire Garden, but this one was the best ever). It seems that if the owner isn't there, the service isn't as good, which is normal I guess.
Some of the items aren't super good. Last time we were there we ordered the crispy chow mein but there was so much sauce that it wasn't really crispy at all. And I'll never order a hot pot from there again. But Empire Garden is the spot we go to for DimSum, as they make it fresh when you order (unlike the roll-cart type, where it's been sitting around) and my spouse swears by the deep fried prawn pockets. Overall it's our place to go when we're feeling like chinese food.
I went here as a party of 3 couples. When we first walked in I was surprised how small the place was. It being a wine bar I somehow assumed it would be large but it's not.
The menu is small but they have a 5 course tasting menu which came with wine selections so most of us ordered that. The menu itself did not have a whole lot of vegetarian options but the chef was nice enough to create a 2 course dinner for me. We started out with a meat & cheese platter (plus some marinated veg for myself) and everyone was quite happy with the selection of cured meats and various cheeses. The people who had the 5 course meals were quite happy with their meals. We were there for 3.5 hours and they only had 2 other tables of 2 people each, which is surprising. All in all it was a great time, the wine accompaniments perfectly matched the entrees and for $75 it is a steal. The server had a great personality and was very knowledgeable. We would definitely recommend this place for a small party.
We've seen this place before and heard some good reviews from friends so we decided to try it out.
The inside of the restaurant is pretty nice, doesn't look as big as it actually is from the outside.
It took a while for our server to greet us after we sat down but once we ordered the service was pretty good.
As you probably know, most Greek food plates are the same; in that retrospect the prices are on the higher end for Greek food fare but I definitely felt that it was worth it. We all ordered platters:
Spanokapita platter
Roast lamb platter
Chicken souvlaki platter
I liked how it felt like it was a 3 course meal even though you paid for one item (the platter) because first they served the soup, then the greek/caesar salad, then your platter. The platter came with your usual pita, rice, potato, main item, and mixed veg. Everything was pretty good, no complaints at all.
We decided to get dessert so we shared 2 - the Ek Mek and chocolate mousse. I order Ek Mek whenever possible because no dessert company makes Ek Mek, so I respect restaurants that have it on the menu cuz you know someone actually made it from hand. The Ek Mek was pretty good, would definitely order it again, and the chocolate mousse was your average dessert ordered from some dessert company.
All in all, we liked this place, it's probably the best that we've found close to our house, and we'd definitely come here again for our Greek food fix!!
Before I begin this review, I have to say that I was RIPPED OFF. On their takeout menu & website it says "10% off takeout orders" so I just assumed that it would be given. I paid as usual, no receipt was given, but I felt it was a little high so when I got home I calculated how much it would cost and there was no discount given. So if you order takeout, watch out!!!
That aside, I ordered 3 dishes: Papaya salad, Chicken Pad Se-ieu, and Chicken Pad Prik-Khing (no peppers, only green beans). At $11.99, I thought that all of the salads were overpriced, but I thought I'd give it a try anyways cuz maybe the portion was extra large. Actually everything was $11.99 which is a little overpriced for Langley and I thought that paying extra to get prawns instead of beef/chicken was ridiculous since alot of restaurants offer it for free.
Let me tell you, I like all of my food spicey whenever possible, i really do, but the Papaya salad was so spicy that it was inedible. The Pad Sei-ieu was alright but could use a little more sauce or flavour, and the pad prik-khing was the best dish, it was really yummy, the flavour of the sauce was really good so we poured the sauce on the pad sei-ieu!
I guess we'll try it again but dine-in this time so we can talk to them if we have an issues!!
Yes, this place is in a really strange location, sketchy to say the least. It's very tiny and the ambience is inside is kind of grungy. I went on a Friday night with 3 other people and when we got there there was no one around so we sat ourselves. There were 2 occupied tables in the restaurant and for some reason it was eerily quiet, no background music or anything. For some reason, there wasn't enough cutlery on the table, and one of the cutlery was unravelled and missing some utensils, which was kind of strange. After the hostess was finished serving the other tables, she promply gave us cutlery as required. Throughout the night there was not much communication with her, if any, but she did fill our water glasses as needed, although I guess it's to be expected since we were the only table there!
We had spring rolls to start but it was nothing special, I thought there was a lil too much ginger in it. We ordered 3 dishes, a red prawn curry, a beef pad thai, and one of their special dishes with rice noodles, mixed veg and prawns. The red curry was a little salty and more liquidy/soupy than I'm used, but otherwise fine. The pad thai was alright but didn't really stand out, and the last dish looked kind of messy; it probably should have been plated in a bowl instead of a plate since it had alot of liquid but otherwise but was otherwise fine.
I guess in comparison to other thai restaurants we've been to it's pretty average, there's nothing really wrong with it but nothing spectacular either. There's not many thai restaurants in this area so we'd probably go here again.
Since I live in Langley, I only come here during the day on weekends. I've been to alot of thai restaurants and I think the food here is pretty good. It is good value for your buck, the lunch combos are a good value (a little less than the dinner combos). Last time I ordered a tofu/vegetable pad thai and the portion size was definitely worth the money. The side salad was simple and not overdressed, the spring roll was honestly one of the BEST i've ever had; wasn't over greasy, nice and crispy and sauce was simple. Paid thai was simple and yummy but hey, i've been to alot of restaurants that surprisingly seem to screw it up.
Yes, the ambience is nothing special but still one of my favourite places to go for a quick Thai bite!
After seeing all the mixed reviews, I was a little apprehensive about going here but my boyfriend booked us a table for New Years Eve, which was of course a set menu.
The valet option was nice but definitely mandatory due to the small parking lot. The restaurant is small but nicely decorated except for the plain ceilings.
The staff was nice and attentive; the only downfall is when the bartender (nicely) rushed us a bit due to seating times (set seating for New Years' Eve)
The food was good, it was a set menu with 5 plates and a entree option.
The first plate was a antipasto platter which was phenominal, probably one of the best we've ever had due to the great selection.
The bread at the table had a nice variety, but could have used some oil and balsamic on the table.
The second plate was a trio of homemade pasta which was alright, it wasn't anything spectacular but it was a nice touch.
The third plate was a salad of some sort but it was so boring no one ate it
The fourth plate was our entree of choice: rack of lamb, veal medallions, Sea Bass, Salmon, and Steak. Being vegetarian, they made a platter of mixed veg for me which was huge and very flavourful. They even made a couple eggplant parmesans which they don't even have on the regular menu.
The fifth plate was Tiramisu which was DIVINE!!! Real custard, perfectly drenched ladyfingers, heavy expresso taste and real chocolate curls on top. Probably one of the best i've ever had.
The experience was good, not the best pasta i've ever had, but we'll definitely come back to try the real menu!
