milouEast VanSince March 26, 200642 Reviews
(2.7)- Food
(2.6) - Service (2.7)
- Value (2.7)
- Ambiance (2.7)
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(2.7) (2.6) (2.7) (2.7) (2.7)Was working on a site near Main so I tried Hawker Delights for 3 straight days because of price. First day I tried Nasi Goreng, which was pretty good but lack any meat. Second day I had laksa and char kway teoy, They were good eventhough the laksa was a bit thick but still original. I wanted to point the char kway teoy was almost perfect with all the burnt noodle around the edges. All these times I also ordered the vege fritters. So my throat started acting up and didn't know what it was. On the third lunch I had mee goreng and soon enough come bed time I was clearing up my throat all night. The next day I had sore throat. The food was not bad but the hygiene is questionable. Also they used tons of MSG on their food. I was beyond thirsty after meals.
Forget Memphis Blues, Montanas, or Boonie's, this is the real deal. We drove from Burnaby to Langley just to prove how good this place is. Indeed we weren't disappointed. To be honest I've never tasted real southern BBQ in Vancouver areas. I tried all the places mentioned above and some of them are just plain bad (ck out my past review). So this evening I got a sudden crave for some real BBQs, maybe because of watching too many Dinners, drive-ins, and dives on TV. Upon arriving, we told the waiter that this was our first time and he quickly recommended us to order from the pull pork all the way down to ribs. Basically he said that we couldn't go wrong by selecting either one of them. I quickly ordered the baby back ribs and the beef brisket for my wife. It was around 8:30 pm when we got there on Friday night and they were 60 - 70% full. The food arrived and they gave us this free corn bread as sides...it taste pretty good. Now, the best part is their baby back ribs, so tender and moist, this is what you call it "fall off the bone". The briskets are unbelievably tender and juicy, the texture is great and you can really taste their smokiness. I was so ecstatic after so many years living in Vancouver to finally find this place. Now we don't have to go south of the border just to eat BBQ. Next time I will try their BBQ beef ribs. So far nobody beat the Stoney Nakoda Resort's famous BBQ beef ribs(located near Canmore, AB). Well done, now we have a new favorite in town...
This is our first time trying this restaurant. We went here with a group of friends on a weekday lunch. The ambiance inside is pretty nice and the menu looks so tempting with all the pictures. I told the waitress that this was our first time so she made some recommendations. We are a regular at the Shanghai Wonderful (SW) (one of the best Shanghai rest in town) so we thought to give this place a shot. Here is what we ordered and our comment:
- Xia Long Bao (on par with SW)
- Turnip cake (not even close to SW)
- Spicy wonton (so so, the best is still in No 1 Beef Noodle by BCIT)
- Szechuan beef noodle (better than SW)
- Tan tan noodle (no good)
- Shanghai fried noodle (no good too greasy)
- Sticky rice with ham (nothing special)
- Beef with green onion (ok)
- Spare ribs with peking sauce (too dry but the spices are good)
- Spicy Chicken spice (funny after taste)
Overall the food at SW is still much better than this place and the price are little bit cheaper. Majority of the food lack that kick and sort of bland. The service need to be improved as we flagged couple of times for ice water and they forgot to bring them, until our 3rd tries. We probably won't be coming back anytime soon.
We had lunch at Amorosa last week on my birthday. So I ordered the cream pasta with chicken and my wife ordered the creola tomato sauce with seafood. My pasta came watery like soup. It's like eating pasta with cream soup...even worst than the Campbell cream of mushroom soup which is still thicker than their pasta sauce. This is probably the worst pasta I've ever had. Their chicken is almost unnoticeable, so I ordered an extra meatball side dish. My wife immediately protested and reminded me that it wasn't good the last time we ordered. But I told her that they must have improved and to give them the benefit of the doubt. The meatball came in and it was so bad...rubbery..and tasteless..except the pasta sauce they sprinkled on top of it. They must have bought those frozen meatballs from Costco or something. Try Anton's meatball..and you know what a good meatball is.
At the end they only gave us $8.95 discount although the menu stated for $9.95 birthday discount. They said for lunch it's $8.95 off but it doesn't say anywhere. We definitely wont be back.
It was lunch on Easter Sunday. From the outside, the open neon signage was off but we saw some activities inside. So we stopped to check it out and indeed the restaurant was open. We were seated right away and ordered the lunch special menu. Wife had bento C and I got bento A and another order of sushi combo A. There were only 2 servers and they were about 60% of capacity. The tall waiter took our order and he was rushing us and had no manner whatsoever. Food came out fairly quick and they were really good, the tempura is crispy, the rolls that came with my bento were good, salad dressing was unique in a good way. My wife also like her bento and all the sides that came with the bento. The sushi rolls were actually pretty good and comparable to California Sushi, except the spicy tuna sauce is very spicy. Overall, we're happy with the food and will definitely come back to try their fancier sushi rolls (pretty pricey at 9.95 - 11.95)
Now aboout the service. When we asked for the miso soup, the waiter stopped and told us that miso soup is only served when they're not busy and it's complimentary... So he brought us 2 miso soup and left. And we're looking at each other...and thought wait a minute...so I pulled the lunch menu again..and it clearly states that every entree comes with a miso soup near the top. I called the waiter again and asked for a miso...and this time he was really annoyed and said, I gave you the miso already...so you want to order an extra one? I said ..we ordered 3 entrees and they should've come with 3 miso...and immediately I pulled the menu and shoved it at him... he read it and realized his mistake and left...without saying any words...and came back with the miso and left again. Looks like the waiter is new to this place, but his attitude certainly doesn't belong in this business. I was gonna say...hey what's your problem. Now, the other waitress (who apparently overheard our conversation) came and apologized repetitively and said that they were new and they were short of people. We were almost ready to leave without tipping but because of her...we changed our mind.
About the decor, both of us like it. Very creative and nice, like everyone mentioned in previous reviews. But I have to say this, when you visit this restaurant...go check their restrooms...and you'll find listerine, body lotions, sun tan looking lotion, toothpicks, cotton pads, any maybe tampoon...so weird.
We went to Boonie's last night with a group of friends because we heard that it was his last night in this curling place. I've always wanted to try his ribs based on the reviews. To be honest we haven't found any good rib place in Vancouver, so we told our friends that we got to go to try this place out in Surrey. We got there around 7 pm and they were about 70% full. So we ordered a pulled pork sandwich and full rack of ribs meals and my friends had a half rack and a burger.
My pulled pork sandwich is tender and moist but the sauce is way too sweet to my liking...and everyone of us agreed. The ribs oh my God...what happened not fall off the bone? hello...is this the famous Boonie's ribs? A fall off the bone means when you take hold of two adjacent bones toward the middle of the slab and pull them, the meat should tear easily. We had to use a knife to carve the ribs and this is by no means fall off the bone to me. The smokiness and bbq sauce is right on the money..it just need to be cooked longer. Other than that the sides were cooked perfectly, from the rice and bean, macaroni cheese (not too overpowering), fries, and cornbread was ok but had better elsewhere. When we told one of the old man there about the ribs being a little tough, he told me that all the cooking procedures was done properly but they had changed the meat supplier just for this week because they were moving and that could be the problem. At the end they gave us free soda and fries.
This maybe one of their off nights, however we will give them another chance when they open the new place in a couple of months.
5 of us decided to give this place a try after reading some reviews. We normally go to Fish On Rice on Kingsway. So it was Saturday lunch and the price was $10.95 per person not including sashimi ($5 more per person). We immediately notice that the price is higher than the other place. The place was not crowded at all for lunch. So we were seated right away. We ordered across the board from sushi, karage to teriyaki and motoyaki. Our gomae, salad and sushi came right away, another sushi came, another one and sushi again.. so we asked our waiter what about the fried stuffs and teriyaki and motoyaki that we ordered...the waiter said that they'd checked. After she checked with the kitchen, some fried stuffs and teriyaki came...but they were missing some stuffs so we figured they might have misplaced one of the orders..and immediately we gave them our next order..but the food was slowly coming in...
About the taste..the sushi is just ok, nothing special...I'd say they are slightly better than the other place on Kingsway. Their ninkazu roll tasted kinda funny. Now this is what throw us off, their motoyaki..tasted like crap. Their seafood motoyaki is a small piece of seafood concoction..on a tiny aluminum ramekin. The taste is so weird that everyone of us couldn't finish them. To make it worse is their portuguese seafood motoyaki...it is stale and smelly...so inedible. Their fried rice and udon are also tasteless.
At the end...we were hammered with several orders coming in at the same time...like duplicate orders after another. So we told them to stop. For the price this place is not worth it...for a little bit more you'll get way more stuffs at the other place. Definitely will not come back...
Finally, we had to run errand in Pitt Meadows. Firehall Bistro was on my shortlist to visit based on its glaring review. At first, we had a little trouble finding the restaurant. It turns out the name shown on the windows is Season Bistro not Firehall which got us confused in the first place. Anyway, we were there for lunch and they only had 1 server. So we ordered calamari, salad, and lamb shank. The lamb shank was very tender and fall of the bone, the calamari was perfect and the salad was simple but good. To close we ordered the Russian White Chocolate dessert..which came out stunningly decorated like what you had in expensive restaurant. Everything tasted very good. To compare this place is like eating at CHOW in Granville with 50% more portion but half the price. Overall, we are very impressed with this place. The service could be better but we can't blamed the guy since he's the only one there. The waiter did a good job explaining the menu into great details...this is what every good restaurant need. We will definitely come back if we're in the area.
We are regulars at Hi Genki for many years now. I guess it's about time that I write something about this place. We go to Hi Genki about 2 - 3 times a month. My wife loves their salmon kamma and I usually go with their spicy chicken karage don. You can't go wrong in Hi Genki and it's good to know that the chef is Japanese. Now what prompted me to do this review is their grilled saba with some tangy sauce on top...I forgot the name but maybe is a spicy radish ponzu sauce. All four of us agreed that this is the best grilled mackerel we've ever had. It's so much better than Fuji sushi's (read my review). The portion is very generous and I forgot the price but it was less than $9. This is definitely a great value. If you've never been to Hi Genki you should try at least once. They are famous for:
- Salmon Kamma
- Salmon Minch
- Spicy Chicken Karage don
- Tempura Udon (very authentic soup base)
- Grilled Mackerel
- Kaki and Aji fry
- Fried ice cream
Food quality here is very consistent and you can expect your food to taste the same now and tomorrow. We strongly recommend this place.
One of our friends strongly recommended this place. Usually, we go to the BBQ place inside Parker mall. I was told that, someone from Hongkong once said that this is the best BBQ place in the world. You can't find something as good as this in all Hongkong. Wow, that was pretty bold. So I couldn't wait to try this place. My first visit I tried their bbq pork and roast pork on rice....and it was very very good. Honestly, this is the best BBQ pork I've ever tasted...I believe it was the choice of meat they use. They use a rather fatty pork and they barbecue it till they get some burn marks (give you the extra crunch). Now, the roast pork is very crunchy outside and moist inside (even after we take home and microwave them). Somehow, the skin is thicker than any place I've tried. The only downside, my wife pointed out is that the meat scent is very strong...smell like a pig.
On our second visit, we ordered bbq pork, roast pork and chicken soy sauce combo. The chicken soy sauce is surprisingly very good. I'm usually not a big fan of this particular chicken but this was an exception...I love that ginger green onion sauce they put on top of the chicken.
Overall, we are happy with this place and the price is reasonable. Next time I'll try their roast duck (but I heard that it wasn't as good as the one inside Parker Mall).
I begin to wonder if all these reviews were legit. I was enticed to go to check this place out based on its glaring reviews. I ordered the beef shawarma on a wrap. The beef is bland and the sauce is not as good as this donair place in poco (forgot the name). Overall, nothing special about this place, and when we got there it was around 2 pm and we were the only one there...hmm not a good sign. The place is also a little dirty but can't expect too much for a fast food place. We wont be coming back.
We dined here with our friends based on our friend's recommendation. We were lucky to arrive around 6 pm on Friday and was seated right away. So we ordered the oyster motoyaki, grill mackerell, tempura udon, sukiyaki donburi, and some sushi rolls. Our oyster motoyaki is not bad but I still like Fish On rice's motoyaki better. Tonight taste were bland, udon taste were off... the beef sukiyaki is chewy, the worst part was the sushi rice, tasteless...and the selection is very boring unlike California Sushi down the road.
The only redeeming part is their grill mackerell, other than that we're pretty dissapointed. The chef looks japanese to me but their sushi is a total disgrace. I'd rather pay a little extra and go to Sushi Hachi (japanese owned sushi place) in Richmond. I will give them another shot since my friend strongly recommend their bento lunches. Maybe they're just having an off night.
I've been wondering what is so special about Tim Hortons. It seems like TH have been taking us Canadiens for granted for so long. That's why they get sloppy in their food and service. Maybe their mindset is like Starbucks, the industry leader...everywhere you open people will come banging at your door. But not anymore for us, their donuts suck big time, the only thing redeemable is their chili. Until recently, I have a friend who work for TH and what he told me really shocked me. TIM HORTONS slogan "ALWAYS FRESH" is bunch of bull and false marketing. It should say "ALWAYS FRESH from FREEZER". Yes everything you find at TH menu is from frozen food, that include the chilis, and the DONUTS!!! He said, TH used to make Donuts fresh every day in the stores but they wasted a lot of donuts that way. To cut cost, the headquarter ship them frozen finished donuts... This explain why you can't have HOT DONUTS like in KRISPY KREME. SO off the FREEZER go to the oven to reheat and serve.
So remember now everytime you go to TH, you'd be better off buying those Campbell Chili soup at COSTCO and eat it at the convenience of your home.
We dined here based on the positive reviews of some of the patrons. We've visited this location in the past but didn't find anything so special about it. This time I thought maybe they have improved. Normally, we always go to their other location in Fraser St which is still the best PHO in Vancouver. We were seated promptly and our order of pho came in very quickly. The portion is big and come with lots of meat (LARGE BOWL is $7). On our first bite we can tell that something is not right. First, the soup is bland and lukewarm, .. and it's about to get worse, ...you can smell the rice noodle packaging! Now the beef brisket is dark in color and tough. I wonder how old is this beef been sitting in their freezer. In summary, my wife is very mad at me for taking her to eat there. My point is if you care so much about quantity than quality, then this place will fill you up for a small money. But if you like good quality pho...you better go elsewhere, Pho Thai Son in Broadway is pretty good but the best is Pho Hoang in Fraser.
We took our out of town guest to this place based on the good reviews and proximity to the Vancouver airport. We ordered the regular items like chopped scallop rolls, dynamite rolls, spicy tuna rolls, california rolls and also try out their exotic rolls like tiger eye rolls, mango california dan papaya california rolls. Nothing specials with the regular sushi rolls...just average. The rice is not authentic, well what can you expect, the owner is not Japanese. My biggest complaint is the portion...too small for the price. Their best rolls are also the most expensive one on the menu, mango, papaya california rolls and tiger rolls. So if you want to try them out...order those 3 only...don't order their sashimis or anything else...you'll be mad at their small portions. I feel very bad for sushi lover in Richmond...they should go to Burnaby or Coquitlam for the best sushi value and taste at Sushi Garden (pretty good) and Sushi California at North Rd/Austin (best).
We've been visiting Sushi Garden for quite sometime. Our recent visit was very dissapointing. The rice came out bland and worse than Samurai's. With the longer wait time it's just not worth it. For sushi craving, I'll just stick to California Sushi/Sushi California in Coquitlam North Rd. Their sushi is more consistent and cheap too.
This is the sloooowest restaurant we've ever eaten. They had full staff working on Saturday night but not enough kitchen staffs apparently. The restaurant was only about 60% capacity on Saturday night (around 7:15 pm). We ordered Chicken Lhad Na and Beef Panang Curry. The food arrived 50 minutes later, and to make matter worse there were 2 parties that arrived after us received their food first. During our wait, we chatted with another diners sitting next to us. They told us that they also waited for a long time and their padthai was terrible. Finally our order came and the beef panang was just ok nothing special and the Lad Na was ok but not authentic. The food is border line bland and nothing compare to URBAN THAI or THAI HOUSE in Metrotown. Luckily we used the Entertainment Book Coupon. Without the coupon, this place is simply not worth it.
We found this place from other reviewers. The place is a little hard to find. From the outside it look's like a run down industrial place. From the outside, the restaurant sign is almost falling off. The inside is dark and rustic but packed with customers. I spoke to one customer who lined up behind us and he recommended few things from the menu. He told us that he's been coming back for more than 10 yrs? So we ordered German breakfast, Blueberry pancake, and Beef dip. The German breakfast is recommended, and I heard from other patrons that the Roulade is also very good. I can agree with that because we really like their sausage. The beef dip is also very tasty and tender. Now the best part is actually their blueberry pancake, it taste much better than IHOP. The next best thing of this restaurant is their price. You get stuffed for $6 - $7 as opposed to $9 up at Dennis/IHOP for a fraction of their portion. Their portion is huge and very generous.
It was very busy on Saturday around noon so we waited for a little bit longer for our food but not too long. The waiter came repeatedly to apologize and bring us free banana cake and chocolate chip cookies at the end to take home. Their chocolate chip cookies is very good and comparable to Subways'. Now that is service!
The ambiance is dark, old world, rustic and can be better. But for the value and taste we'll definitely come back.
We came to Anton this evening because we had a dissapointing Italian food a week before at Amarosa. Actually, we weren't expecting the food to be this good. Our Risotto's creola was cooked to perfection, chicken fusilli with pesto sauce was very tasty, and the meatball with meat sauce is the BEST! I also loved the thick creamy sauce that comes with our frutti di marre (don't know how to spell it). The only flaw is that the shell pasta were a little undercooked on our frutti di marre. Other than that the dinner was perfect. We came around 5 pm so we didn't have to wait in line. We'll definitely come back to Anton.
We dined here with a group of friends for Christmas celebration on the 22 of Dec. I'd say that I'm really impressed with the decor and I trully like the ambiance, this is much better than White Spot.
What I'm so dissapointed about is the food. I ordered Medium Prime Rib...and it's soooo dry...well from the way they prepare it I can understand why. They put the primerib on a rack under the heating lamp all night. So prime rib is not recommended! There's another menu salmon and rice is also dissapointing... The buffet is actually not bad but it's not worth the price considering the selections. We paid $40 for a table d' hote, 1 entree and appetizer and dessert buffet. I guess this is probably their holiday special.
If you go for the buffet a la carte..without any entree it would be $16.99. For the price I'd go elsewhere but expect to pay more at Griffins...since it nestled inside the FAIRMONT Hotel. If you crave for steak just go to the KEG and you'll be happier but if you want to impress your date..then take her to Griffins...wait a minute...the parking will cost you a whopping $15 unless you find a parking on the street ($2 for 30 minutes).
