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We found this few months ago and have been 3 times. Once for break fast and twice for lunch. Breakfast was good with large portions. However, I remember it took forever to get it.
Lunch- get there early. Line up after about 11:40. We've had burgers, salads, and sandwiches. All good. The fries are crinkle fries and very well done when hot although premade. Salad dressing are homemade and really good, but I think the salads are a bit overpriced - mostly iceberg lettuce. Burgers good and the sandwiches are the best value with fries they're about $3 less than a salad.
I do like the selection of pies each time - quite a few. The pastry is not bad and the value is pretty good. However, honestly, I make much better fruit pies at home. But in the winter it is just fine.
Fun airport atmosphere when the small planes are ladnding. Good solid diner food.
Went in to get a falafel as the fam bam was going to Subway and I didn't feel like stinking like weird bread. Walked in and 2 people were eating at a table. I needed to use the bathroom but decieded I would wait - the placed looked dirty. I ordered and falafel and the owner(?) says IN A PITA??!! Well what else do you have a falafel in? He proceeds to get the falafels and goes straight to the nuker. Major faux pas in my books. "Want everything?" he says as he's looking out the window. Puts the stuff on goes to nuker removes nukes balls and inserts. Rolls up. "Five fifteen" hands back change - no comments or thank you.
Falafel itself was pretty good but the balls were not crunchy, just soggy from the nuker. The sauce and veggies were ok and the whole thing was tasty. Still not a return visit from me if I wasn't right there.
Arrived on a weekday morning. Took 15 from the time we were sat to get coffee and place our order. After that service was ok. It was not very busy and I was totally surprised at the number or single mothers in there dining with toddlers. At the prices they charge? That struck me as weird. If I ever took my toddlers out for breakfast it was usually to McDonalds not and expensive sit down.
First thing I noticed on the menu was that each entree was $3-4 more than any other breakfast place like Ricky's or Ihop. There were alot of choices but really only a couple of items interested me. I wanted a bene but read it came on some type of hard dry cracker thing - no thanks. So I had some type of Meixcan omeletee. It was a odd angled shape like it was formed in a mold- no chef skills required. The veggies inside were cooked properly but the cheese was not melted inside just a little sprinled on top. Plus it was that preshredded cheap food service cheese. Then it was topped with bottled salsa - yuk I scraped that off. It came with 2 tablespoons of sour cream. It tasted ok but nothing special and was kind of rubbery. The sourdough toast was very good, properly toasted and large pieces. The jams were the nice American style ones. The hasbrowns however were atrocious. They were sort of an opaque brown, not a crispy toasted brown but a sitting in discoloured oil brown. They tasted like old oil as well. What a disappointmen. I would say this meal might be worth $7.99 - it was $12.25. Whoa.
My husband had a hash pannekoek. It came with meat, veggies and cheese mixed up in the nasty hasbrowns so he could not pick them out. Also it came in a small white side dish that was placed directly on top of the pannekoek. GROSS. Who wants their food dishes on top of their food? He does not like hollandaise so asked for butter and syrup instead. He was informed that syrup was and extra $2.50 - are you kidding me? What breakfast place charges for syrup?? He opted out and ate a dry pancake. He was also underwhelmed. His was also $12.25.
Thank goodness we had a 2 for one coupon or we would have been pissed. It still came in at over $21 for breakfast with the coupon. Very poor value. We will not be back.
Some Waves are good. Some are not. This one is not. I have tried the baked stuff a few times for my kids and they say they always look way better than they taste. They say no thanks now if I ask htem if they want anything.
I ordered a caramel machiatto. It tasted burnt, watered down and had no caramel. Even when I questioned the guy behind the counter "yes yes, Caramel machiatto". My daughter's hot chocolate had funny tasting milk and was very weak as well. Never again at this location. Plus, I thought there was free wifi? Is that not what their name is, I opened up my phone and no free sites came up.
Had to come here when we were in Gibsons. It was cleaner and spruced up since the last I was here many years ago. There are Beachcomber photos on the wall and one tv playing the Beachcombers in one corner, but I'd like to have seem more memorabilia.
The food was slight over priced as a tourist trap at 10-20 % above actual value. Now to the food. I wasn't expecting much but was surprised.
Cod and chip was delcared delicious, grilled cheese - yummy. Crab and shrimp sandwich was pretty good if not a little bland and there was two large thick slices of tomato stuck together inside. The burger was said to be good but the cheese was weird. The coke was flat as well. The fries were really good - the battered kind and cooked perfectly.
Not somewhere I'd go often, but if you're in town and want a Beachcombers experience it's definately worth it.
I have been to this place quite a few times on my way through Abbotsford. It's not the best sushi around but not the worst. The service is fairly fast if not robotic. The sushi is average if not a bit fishy. I went the other day and had lunch. I paid on my Visa and she pretended that she was having some type of trouble with the machine. I had two small cheap rolls and a soup. It still came to $14 with tax - I didn't check at the time but that seems high. I left a cash tip so I did not add a tip to the machine. When I check the charge that went though on my credit card it was put through at over $17 so they somehow helped themselves to a tip. Pretty low. Watch your bill - I won't have to as I'll never go back.
Now that the Inno Bakery has been open for a year and a half I thought for sure this place would close down. It's been here forever, or at least as long I've been in Poco. I find their bread dry and tasteless and it is completely stale the next day. There's little in the way of hearty bread and no great shaped loaves mostly slice white loaves in plastic bags.
I can't comment on the deli part since I don't use it but it looks just live everywhere else that slices the prebought meat and cheeses. All the cookies and stuff are the same you can buy in any "european" stlye bakery - white from a mix. And the only good thing they used to have were th honey bran muffins, which tasted like real grammas bran muffins. Sadly no more. They now taste like they too are from a mix. Now that Inno's here I don't really see a reason to go here.
What a blast! Went there while visitinig a friend who lives nearby. Walked in an found restaurant busy but not full, with basic tables and the traditional portable type buffet table. This reminded me of the Dragon Inn in Burnaby that I used to go to as a small child. The price for the smogasboard was ten something for adults and 85 cents per year for kids. Great value.
The had hot and sour and wonton soup with sliced green onion to put on it. Then there was noodles, fried rice, stir fried veggies with tons of broccoli in them(my fav) some kind of meat and veggies in black bean sauce, deep fried pork, chicken wings, deep fried wontons, and deep fried prawns!!!! Dessert was fresh fruit, cantaloupe and watermelon, some cake and 2 colours of jello. Waitress brought me a big free bowl of sweet and sour sauce when asked. Waitresses were fast, efficient and friendly even asking how everything was when we left and expressing gratitude when I told her how good it was. Quite unexpected in a place like this.
Exactly what you'd expect and for the price I was stuffed when I left. I think I ate more than my money;s worth in prawns! All of the food was hot and fresh, being quickly replenished often, It was so cool, retro and small town - I loved it. For what it is, it is the best!
2's all around for this place. Fish burrito consisted of 2 frozen "fish" fingers. Was it real fish? I don't know. Was it their fingers? I don't know. Didn't taste like much. Could have been fish, could have been fingers, could have been any number of things. Had to wait an extra five minutes while they unfrozen them. Add refried beans that looked more like something my 2 year old made. Hmm this is not going well. Would you like sour cream and guacaomole? Yes. Didn't say that sour cream was free but guacamole was an extra 75 cents. Tricky.
They have white, whole wheat, tomato and spinach tortillas which really do not translate as flavours more so as white, brown, green, and red. I think I had green. After they put in the mystery fingers, baby poop, green glop and white glop I got a small spoonful of "cheese" and some salsa. That's about it. Cost me lober $8. Was full of bland after a few bites and chucked it out. They used to give you free chips and have bottles of hot sauce on every table. I guess they stopped because they wouldn't want the food to taste like anything? Weird,
And it wasn't funny.
I paid over $10.50 for a gross meal and a pop. I want my money and my time back. Plus I want to throw up and try a better meal.
I got less thana cup of white steamed rice afew stir fried bean spouts, 1 mini piece of broccoli and 5 shrimp with a gross sauce. I could have eaten at a real Japanese restaurant for that. It was nasty. Do not go there ever for any reason. That's all I have to say about that.
We love this place. It's the only restaurant where we feel special and at home. Yeah, it's a tad on the $$ side but not really compared to a lot of other pizza places(not dominoes or panago) BUT real pizza places.
A larege cheese pizza for $16 feeds my 2 kids 2 meals. $4 a meal - not bad. A LARGE PIZZA feeds me and hubby and some for his lunch next day $26 - so about $9 a meal - but the toppings are top quality. THE perogy pizza is crazy good - you feel like you had perogies AND pizza for dinner. I love the atmosphere in the place - it's fun, the kids love playing by the fireplace and the wheel chair ramp - when no wheel chairs are using it. Once I heard some crabby old lady complain about the kids playing and was told it was a FAMILY restaurant not a pub by the staff!! Sweet.
The Godfather is really good as is the Shrimp Pesto supreme(that could be the best pizza on the planet). You have to like thin crust thought to like this place - if you like fried dough balls in your tummy go to Pizza hut.
Ive been here many many times. We come with my MIL and FIL once every month or two on Sundays for dinner. I used to love it and find it huge value and totally yum. As with all great places it sees fantastic success and then decides to change and cheap out till it's gone I guess.
Ive noticed a steady increase in prices, decrease in quality and value, continued lack lustre service and WHAT restaurant has never accepted debit these days?
The food is still good and the daily chalk board of specials is interesting. However I have had a few dishes poorly seasoned or seasoned incorrectly, items missing that were described on the board, and exepnsive ones too like seafood. The portions are starting to get smaller but are still good. Worst of all is the desserts. Some are realy good but the specials are often so puny I'd be embarrassed to serve it to a child never mind charge a ton for it. Booo boo boo. I hope the owners read this because we your loyal customers are hip to your ways and will soo be gone. Wake up! Turn the clock back a few years and start again.
I grew up going to this bakery in Richmond. I guess I thought it was good back in the day as there were no real bakeries to compare it to. I'm not sure what a "Dutch" bakery is although many bakeries around town use that term, but I think it means everything is white and tastes the same. Even when you go to other "Dutch" bakeries it's like they all have the same stuff. Now that I have travelled the world and tasted real baking this place is bad.
I went in the other day and saw the new place. Sad to see the old one gone as my mom said I had my first ice cream cone there as a baby - I guess they used to have ice cream. The place looked nice and the girl behind the counter robotic. I studied all the "pastries" and white bread and decided to get some cookies for my family. I picked a selection. Price was average at $5 a dozen but not when you consider the quality.
All of the cookies were based on the same white flour dough and just has stuff added. White dough with chocolate chips = chocolate chip cookies. White dough with raisins = "fruit" cookies. White dough with cherries and almonds = well you get the picture. YUK we ended up throwing half away as my family was not even interested. That includes teenagers - nuff said. Even Cobs "Bakeoff"eries are better than this.
Went on a weekday night. Food was good. Good selection, and reasonable prices. Halibut burger was really good, caesar salad - store bought variety. Not great, nothing to write home about. Sliders were good but charged extra for garlic mayo.
Decent but not memorable wine list and small cocktail menu. I don't understand why these places don't print and sell the specials and cocktails. Menu said martinis were on special, but no where did it list any martinis or describe them. I would have ordered one it if somewhere it sounded good. So I just ordered a plain old glass of wine.
Blonde waitress sucked and was rude. I would not sit in her section again. Had to ask for a CLEAN glass with each wine order. They just try to pour it in your dirty old glass. Cheap and gross.
Had a 2frer1 coupon so not bad. I liked it that it was older people like over 35 not a bunch of teenies.
Good vibe, music volume and sport on tv if you like that(not).
Went on a summer evening. It was avery busy. Waited at least 10 minutes to order and then another 15 for the food. It was worth the wait. Lovely summer evening. Beautiful location. One piece order of cod and chips came with 2 large whole pieces. The fries were excellent. The fish yummy hot and crispy. One person had a burger and said it was awesome and "melty". The only bad thing was the grilled cheese - it was weird as it was a hamburger bun turned inside out. Great outdoor dining experiece.,
I go to this Starbucks almost every day. Sometimes twice a day. I pay like $5 each time for a coffee. My sister goes there sometimes 3 times a day.
Today I went in with my daughter. At the other great Starbucks on Shaughnessy st in Poco they once asked if she wanted "tiger" stripes on her hot chocolate - chocolate and some caramel - they put a lot on! She loved it and has ordered "tiger" stripes many times in Starbucks all over the lower mainland but does not expect more than the standard size drizzle,just a little of each. Today I asked when I ordered for "tiger stripes" and told the girl what it was. She said fine. When we got the hot chocolate there was only a tiny bit of chocolate syrup. I asked the barista to put a little caramel on as she wanted the "tiger stripes". Then the lecture came.
"Well, it's actually extra. You have to ask when you order and then you will be charged for it." I explained that it hadn't even been my idea, but rather other barista's and no one anywhere had ever said it would be extra. "well, we're running a business and I'm the manager and you are supposed to be charged for it" she went on "we can't give everything away for free". Are you KIDDING ME??? One mini drizzle of caramel on a tiny hot chocolate. I see people ordering extra caramel, "layered" caramel frappuccinos and a whole host of other things and are NEVER charged extra. I thinks it's quietly understood, that they would not have the balls to charge extra when you pay so much for a coffee. This lecture was also given loudly in front of other customers, I guess to make me feel bad, but it just made her look cheap and stupid.
So, the net result of the lecture from Ms. Genius Manager and businsess executive extraordinaire is that neither my sister nor I will be ever going to this Starbucks again. So her 2 cents worth of caramel will result in a net loss to this store of $4000-$5000 this year alone. Wow- we spend that much on coffee - time to cut back anyway. We're heading to Tim Hortons tomorrow. She should be recommended for Manager of the Year.
I used to love this place. Great food reasonable prices and fun atmosphere for what it was. Also had an awesome salsa bar with many different and yummy salsa, I know they redid the place a couple of years ago.
We went and checked it out finally. It looked the same pretty much with different tables, the salsa bar gone and the order counter gone. It was now a "sit down". Ok so it still was in a dumpy garage but trying to be fancy. The menu has way fewer items on it and no tacos or anything like that - at a Mexican restaurant? Odd.
The service was slow even though there were only a few tables occupied. Got a small bowl of chips and were asked what type of salsa we wanted. We had the medium and it was awful. It was slimy as if it was one of those bottled ones, not freshly made like they used to have. The chips were not nice freshly made like they used to be there were out of a bag. Only a few were whole on top and then all the others were crushed and broken until the bottom third that was all crumbs.
The burrito was good and had nothing "weird" in it my partner said. It was very large but at $12 it really only contained inexpensive ingredients and came with nothing else. I think this one used to be about $8. The fajitas were massively overpriced at $14. There were 4 very small tortillas, some food service premade shredded cheese, a pile of cheap iceberg lettuce that was cut way too thick, a thimble of salsa and a steaming pan of about 5 burnt onion slices and exactly 6 small shrimp, NOT prawns as advertised. There was aslo nothing else, no beans, rice or even guacamole. This is a COMPLETE rip off - do not order. The other REALLY poor value was the kids meal. $6.50 for a 2 VERY small tortillas with a little cheese, a juice box and a freezie(a NO NAME one from the Superstore no less so you can imagine how much that cost them). I was STUNNED when you compare that to say Whitespot or somewhere where they woulc have got a chocolate milk, full size grill cheese, fries and a and ice cream sundae for less.
The other kid had a bean burrito which he said was cold mostly and was SUPER boring mostly lettuce. Two nasty plastic cups of pop rang in at $5.50. So for over $50 PLUS a tip now it was a sit down and NO alchol I felt totally ripped off. the ingredients we had cost way less thatn $5, If this was authentic or different mexican in anyway maybe but it's cheap food made from cheap ingredients. Spend $50 at a good restautant and buy all these inexpesive things at Walmart and make the same at home.
I loved this place. I WENT at least once a week. I wrote a great reivew. Then I felt ripped off. I ordered a catapillar roll. It is a 3.99(expensive) california roll that gets three thin slices of avocado on top and becomes $5.99 on the menu. It rings up when you pay at $6.99. I coud buy 2 whole avocados at the store for $3. I HATE being ripped of and I despise the sly ness of having the reister ring up higher than the menu. The woman preteneded `:me no speaky english when I complained. I have not been back.
I have never had a green falafel until today. Somewhat weird. The inside was seriously neon glowing green. And there was an unplesantly odd spice in it. The falafel was crunchy so that was good, but I asked for everything on it and all I could taste was ice berg lettuce. No tomato or onion taste - they put on slices so thin you can read the paper through it on there. Plus there was supposed to be tzatziki or garlic sauce or something on it but it had no flavor. Basically it was edible. Thats it.
Not being a fan of the Waves cafes, I had never really tried this location. Where others are either rundown and empty or packed with students taking up tables for hours on a $2 coffee this was completely different. Weird, in Poco.
It had a great cafe vibe, a good mix of people, good music and nice table set ups. I had a coupon from the paper and it was gladly accepted with no hassle. I think I had a caramel macchiato and honestly it was 100 times better than anything I ever have at Starbucks. Good coffee with good crema. I was stunned, it almost tasted like Cafe Artigiano. Slightly more than Starbucks in cost but the coffee and atmosphere were worth it. I will be back.