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(3.2) (3.3) (2.9) (3.1) (3)Stephos used to be one of our favourite places to go for lunch or take-out, but it went though a rough period for a few years. I tried it again recently a few times and I am very happy with it.
First of all, go for lunch rather than dinner if you can. There is a lot more room at lunch and service is faster - unless you like waiting in lines for dinner (and for the upcoming summer, dinner means any time after 3pm on weekends). Second, you will probably be taking home leftovers. If you are taking the bus home or have a long commute coming, you may want to ask for a second bag or bring your own bag. If the brown bag they have gets shaken around, the grease tends to leak, weakening the bag.... I have had take-out many times and have had this experience with their bags a few times...
Their chicken souvlaki is probably the best out of the meats. The roast lamb is hit and miss - plentiful but obviously not as good as a more expensive restaurant . Kalamari is still a solid, plate filled dish. There are a lot of other great options on the menu and pretty much everything comes in large portions.
Stephos remains a good place for cheap and filling Greek food. The prices have not gone up in the past decade!
Went for lunch here with a friend. We were looking for another sushi place but we noticed this place and gave it a try for lunch. They had some good bento box options and some nice pricing, at least for lunch. The menu had a lot of other options but we both settled for bento box (E)
Good service and decent ambiance there. The lunch was served pretty quickly and was your standard bento box fair. We had a solid lunch and would go there again, particularly with a larger group (there is a lot of room).
By the way, I was immediately impressed with the size of the glasses they use for serving water. Most restaurants, particularly asian ones (where the norm is drinking hot water or tea) use the smallest, wimpiest glasses when you ask for cold water. Here they gave some super size-glasses that lasted through the mail - a small thing I now... but it helps not having to wait for a refill in the middle of a spicy meal.
Decent restaurant at Davie. The 9.95 combo is not really worth it - the salad is just a few pieces of lettuce. The appetizers were not that great either and overpriced.
However, the main curry/noodle/entree dishes are OK. The serving ratio of eggplant to meat in my curry was almost comical, but it was a good meal. I would rate the restaurant higher, but there are so many good alternatives close by on Davie street that I would not come here again. If you want Thai food and can get a table (it is busy and has limited seating space, not even sure if it has a washroom) then for all means stop by.
The ambiance is decent and the drums and "restaurant culture" here earned it a high mark in that area.
However, the food is unlike most Japanese restaurants you've been to, so keep that in mind (it is kinda fusion style). Kinda overpriced and underwhelming, to be honest. Not for conservative/traditional eaters
We (a group of U of A students) tried this place out recently for lunch. They have a good buffet selection with a lot of vegetarian options. Service was good and water was refilled at an alarming rate. The bread coming with the buffet was pretty good and came in several possible flavours. Overall we were happy with Daawat and will be returning in the future.
Checked out this place with the Indulge Living Coupon. It exceeded my expectations, good food and nice set up despite the limited interior space. Tried the Philadelphia roll and the Rainbow Roll, both were good. A little expensive without the coupon but still worth trying! Good udon as well. Only disappointing part was the miso soup.
We went here for the weekend Dim sum. Most dishes were overpriced and did not taste that good. bart_weisser was right about the pushing dim sum, they tried to force some cold dim sum on us. Couldn't even eat it. Never going here again, and I recommend that you avoid it as well.
We went here for the Peking duck special, when it's on (call before hand to check), you can get the skin course for $9.99 which is a great deal for 2 people. We tried the second course as well (9.99) and went with the soup, that wasn't that great. But the skin was good.
However the problem is that to get that special, you have to order 2 other dishes and appetizers don't count. Most of the food here is quite expensive and our bill ended up around the usual cost that is is to eat Peking duck. Now that would be ok except that the other dishes were really bad. I can cook better Chinese food and I'm not a good cook or Chinese. Avoid this place, you might as well spend the same amount just on Peking duck, and get more duck and quality cooking. Unless you are going with a group who is willing to order other mediocre dishes, and you just go for the duck.
The ambiance was better than expected, but the service not that great.
This place is packed on weekends, make sure to get there early. It's cash only, which is annoying, but there is a huge menu selection here. Dishes over $10 have very large portions, so they are still worth it. I always have to take food home. Right by the 99 stop, which makes it convenient to commute to.
This is a decent place for buying take out food when on campus. They have a full Japanese menu + sushi/sashimi options. Some nice bento boxes and the rice bows (beef, chicken) are good value. Service is relatively fast and the place is quite popular. Not much room to eat in, but there are tvs for watching sports.
Came here for 1 thing: Peking Duck. If you ask, they can make a soup that comes with the meal out of the bones, costs more but is worth it. Peking duck comes in 2 servings: the skin + white chip things (look like styrofoam), & the meat itself wrapped in lettuce. Very tasty.
For two people it turned out to be $40, but there were leftovers to take home. If it was 3 or 4 people with moderate appetites, then this would be a really good spot to go for authentic Peking Duck.
This little strip of Sasamat is quickly becoming our regular eating area. I noticed their deal's the last time I walked by the restaurant and decided to try it out. They have some good roll and bento box deals and decent service. Even had a mini sushi bar. Just stay away from the deal with the yam sushi, yam was not a bright idea for sushi dining, and it tasted particularly dull here.
The service here isn't friendly. But the food is good, particularly the soup deals. Even the smallest size is enough to fill you on most days!
Good for a student, the ambiance is just weird, I've never seen so many old television sets in one place before.
Did I say the service isn't friendly? But I don't particularly care about friendliness when I'm looking for a cheap meal.
The food here is decent, especially since it's paradoxically hard to find good (or any) Persian food in Vancouver nowadays.
However, it's too expensive for the ambiance and type of meal it is. It should be $6-$10, not in the $10-$20 range.
The store itself is fairly priced, and a good place to try out Persian foods and deserts.
My friends and I were planning to go for lunch at Honjin. Turns out they only are open for dinner on Sundays, so we tried out Aka Tom-Bo. We're glad we did because it's a nice place for sushi on the North Shore. Honjin may have a slightly better ambiance, but the sushi here was just as good, and the service was great. They also have an outdoor section here for good summer weather. Got the Deal 12, and was quite satisfied, a good lunch for a decent price (sub $10). My friends got some individual sushi selections and were also happy with it.
This restaurant is no longer there! There doesn't seem to be a way to edit or update the listing here, but there is a coffee shop there. They might have moved, but it seems more likely that they have closed down. It’s a shame too as it was a pretty decent restaurant. This restaurant is no longer there
I went here for Dine Out Vancouver, the $28 option.
Took a little while to find out the place - my friends weren't exaggerating when they said it was in a shady looking avenue.
First of all, know that this place is truly a tasting room. Don't go here expecting to get a real meal, it's only a sampling room.
Fine, but I wonder, if it's going to be a back alley, brick wall, dimly lit, and poor furnished (uncomfortable chairs) type of place, I expect appropriate pricing. For me that would be having a reasonable price. For others, the chic or ghetto look justifies a higher price. Maybe so for some, but personally II would only accept the current price if the food justified it.
I don't know about the wine, which may be the best part of the restaurant, and the service was solid. But I was not impressed by the food samples. Some of the cheese samples were ok, but one of them seemed like supermarket quality to me, as did the meat samples. Next time I want to go to a tasting room, I'll go to a local deli or even a touristic one, and save my $30+ dine out meal for a good steak...
I went here for Dine Out Vancouver with some friends. It was by the water, and had an excellent ambiance inside. We were there at night, but it looked like during the day you'ld have a nice view of the water. The service was very good, the food was brought out in good time, and they were willing to substitute pork for shrimp in a certain dish due to my friend's allergies. I heard they have an upstairs area that can be booked for parties and events. I would definitely go there again.
Went here for dinner with a friend. It's pretty solid, they bring out most orders on dishes and you transfer to your plate, so best to order a few different dishes and share. Decent location, large restaurant, amusingly oversized fish in tank
I went here with some friends. The food is quite good, and comes in generous portions. It is a little pricey, but that's really my student budget speaking, the price fits for North Van. But I cannot agree more with the other review here, the owner could have hidden her 'disdain' a little better. I think she should avoid serving people herself, the service of the restaurant should be amiable, not frowning... But that's OK, as long as they are not openly rude, I can focus on my meal, which was good.
