I was lucky enough to be invited for lunch here by an old friend. They offer a few daily lunch specials and I got a sushi combo, their cooked and grilled stuff especially looked good to. Has hints of "Japanese salarymen" about it as a place where men gather after work to drink while loosening their ties. Apparently this place is pretty old school and run by Japanese. The food is more homestyle and also has a few izakaya type dishes. A gem and even though it's located near Samba this place has it's own identity with a cool, smokey, underground vibe going on. My sushi was yummy, and I really liked this place, I will be returning to try the dinner menu. This place has a solid clientele so reservations are recommended. Not sure why the some other reviewers didn't like this place it's authentic and reasonably priced for a downtown Japanese joint. The portions were fair as well.

So I'll review this positively, the portions will shrink and the price will increase by 20%. I've avoided this place because I didn't expect it to be good. Someone else reviewed it positively so I gave it a shot. There was someone I spied with a huge bento lunch box so I got what they had. It was huge! Lots of slices of beef terriyaki, not cut into small strips but a good size with veggies underneath. 5 pieces of generous tempura. 5 pieces of sashimi, including 3 wild sockeye. A full size dynamite roll containing crab as well as the shrimp. Typical miso and a tiny bowl of rice. All of this was about $13. Very filling and I had leftovers. Everything was freshly prepared and tasted good. Now the bad, and why the ambiance has a low rating, is that while the tables were cleaned off, the floor needed a good sweep. I would return if I were in the area and hopefully this positive review will not lead them to cut corners and lower portion sizes.

It's an adventure finding this place, I've never been in President's Plaza before. It's an interesting 3 level box shaped complex with parking in the interior courtyard. Bubble Queen is located on the first floor directly on Cambie street, beside a small pedestrian bridge and an open field. The BBT's here are amazing. It's like deluxe versions of BBT served elsewhere. They don't skimp on ingredients. I had the papaya slush, and while they didn't have fresh papaya they had frozen papaya chunks. The drink was loaded with fruit, as the fruit was frozen they didn't even add ice just some water as I hate milk. I chose the lychee jelly to go with it and had the fresh ripe Atulfo mango chunks on top. This place is a hidden gem, thanks to the prior reviews for their recommendation. The ambiance is decent however it's tiny, so I would recommend take-out. People phone in drink orders as well, to avoid waiting. I like their Bubble Queen logo. This is my new go-to BBT place to impress out of town guests as it's easy to combine this place with a trip to the airport and normally I try to avoid Richmond as I hate driving there.

The drinks are very yummy however they have now raised prices... I do think $5.50 for a oreo slushie is a tad expensive. At those prices the line between a snack beverage and a meal does start to blur. As for another dollar you could pretty much have a meal.

They still have a few unique drinks and if you go at a slower time they do handcraft your drinks with care and to your taste which is nice. But you are paying for it with the recent price increases.

They are sort of out of the way I hope they reconsider their pricing or offer a daily special of a choice between two drinks or something. Also as it's a smaller store it's hard to find seats if you choose to stay there to enjoy your drink.

Note that the regular drinks are still a decent value and comparable to other BBT places it's only the specialty bbt's that have seen the price increases.

Still recommended for decadent drinks! But at the prices they now charge for the good specialty drinks they should be throwing in a shot of booze or something.

Note that they charge $2 for tea, without informing you of this charge. They offer a buffet on the weekends, and dishes are brought to your table. The menu was limited and most of the dishers were too greasy. Thai food is known to be flavourful but some of the dishes just lacked flavour and were salty to boot. I recommend the chicken wings, and spicy green curry. The calamari was alright and the ginger stirfry were also alright. Avoid the large eggrolls, greasy noodles, greasy basil stir-fry. The coconut tapioca pudding was terrible. Pity they didn't add a few fresh mango chunks to it. The salad is quite sad as well with no papaya shreds in site. The chicken seemed like it was better quality than the beef. There was a lack of seafood even some mussels would be nice. It's also odd that they don't offer a tofu option... tofu is cheap. On the positive side all of the food was freshly cooked, and the pacing of the dishes was great ensuring that the dishes were warm. The restaurant is also newly renovated and is nice inside. The booths are spacious and offer privacy.

Thanks to the previous reviewer I made a trek out to the quaint village of Port Moody where time seems to have stood still. Nestled between the mountains and the water is the small store Cake-Ya where Japanese ladies make some excellent desserts. The main item they make are steamed creme caramel cups. I absolutely loved the black sesame one. The taste of the black sesame was there but it was subtle, combined with the creamy texture and the mellow sweetness of the caramel this was simply perfect. I tried the bottom half of a plain creme caramel cup but the caramel in this one seemed burnt, the scorched taste was too bitter so I didn't finish it. Also I had expected the plain one to taste of vanilla but there didn't seem to be vanilla flavouring. I would skip the plain flavoured one next time and try the other flavours. However the plain flavoured one was also the least sweet of the two I tried and if you are watching your sugar intake, I'd recommend that. The kind ladies offered over 4 kinds of samples of their baked goods. Everything was delicious. I ended up ordering the chestnut sponge cake because it looked pretty. Inside there were two layers of sponge cake with a thin layer of whipped cream, this was all topped by an interesting healthy sweet potato and chestnut icing on top. A few chestnuts decorated the top. There was a sweetness to the dessert but it wasn't overpowering. This was very yummy and healthy to boot. Very solid bakery, it's a true gem. Everything is freshly made, you can see the ladies preparing everything by hand in the large kitchen behind the counter. They did have the mochi strawberry dessert when I went and that looked quite pretty as well. The prices are quite fair as well. Well worth the trek to Port Moody. Especially as it's rare to find Japanese desserts in Vancouver especially the simple ones which to me taste the best and remind me of a dessert from a loving mom's kitchen. Also note that there aren't any seats so the desserts have to be taken to go, it's simply a bakery not a bakery cafe. Also be sure to run not walk to Rehanna's Roti's which is located a street over that place is fantastic too.

This place is hidden in an office/industrial complex. In fact the restaurant sign shares space with a security company signage. There is no ambiance, best for take-out. I tried a chicken biryani. It had ample halal meat in it and the dish tasted fresh. However the biryani rice consisted of mostly broken rice pieces. This is a huge no no as a good quality rice should be used for biryani's. Also the rice tasted quite strong and different almost as if they cooked the rice directly without washing it in clear running water first. This was more noticeable because the spicing for the dish was quite light and added an off-taste.

Sadly the next time I tried this place I opted for the butter chicken. It was terrible. Pale chunks of meat in a pale tomato / milk? / cream gravy. It was the worst butter chicken I had in my whole life.

We tried this place twice and the food just is not good we will not return. While the butter chicken was a complete culinary disaster the biryani was at least edible but not good. There are much better Pakistani/Indian restaurants stick to those. This place is inexpensive but what's the point of paying for food when it's so bad you can't even finish it.

I remember trying this place ages ago and not really being wowed by it. I had the standard veggie pizza before. However this is a unique place that sells only vegetarian pizzas even the cheese has no rennet. They also offer some interesting toppings like cashew, tofu and paneer cheese. They have a few special recipe pizzas and we tried the gourmet veggie pizza. It looked amazing and tasted great. The pizza was actually very pretty. The toppings included spinach chiffonades, thinly sliced zucchini, small pieces of artichoke (I liked this as I am not that fond of artichoke), fresh garlic, and fresh tomato's on a base of ranch sauce. The toppings were fresh and flavourful. The pizza looked like it was made with care each bite had a topping it was great. I would expect this quality of pizza in Kits or something. It's a family run place in a strip mall but it's well worth seeking out. I liked that they appeared to be wearing hair-nets and it's an open kitchen. There are a few tables and chairs so you can eat-in. I would love it if they offered fresh basil as a topping even if in the summer. It would also be awesome if they offered eggplant. This place doesn't have rock-bottom pricing but the prices they charge are quite fair as it's a high quality product. Highly recommended, they also offer some apna style pizzas like palak paneer with complimentary cilantro's and chili's. I think non-vegetarians will even be wowed by the pizzas here as the gourmet veggie pizza was very savoury.

Unfortunately I can't recommend this place anymore.

They used to have a good cute interesting bento box, that always had tempura.

Now they never have tempura it's usually agadashi tofu or 2 pieces of takoyaki. In the main entree area of the bento box they include 6 pieces of boring california roll, this used to contain terriyaki chicken. Now the terriyaki chicken portion is cut in half, and is mainly rice. Quite disappointing especially as it's small slivers of chicken. Very little protein and chicken skin.

They sometimes include sunomono but the portion size is so small it comes in the container that usually contains tempura sauce.

Their nigiri has meagre thinly sliced toppings. Avoid.

The rolls are decent, ask for them to freshly prepare them for you, don't just take the pre-made ones. The party trays aren't bad either here. I like the croquette.

Avoid the pork ramen.

I was excited to see that they offer takoyaki including pumpkin flavour, but the texture is too fluffy I don't think it's cooked like it is at the night market, I'm just going to stick to the takoyaki at the Richmond Night Market.

The main problem is that their prices have crept up and I would much rather just eat in a full service Japanese restaurant than at a food court kiosk where I have to pay for a cup of tea in styrofoam. I think that the owners have just gotten too greedy.

This place has a sister restaurant on 72nd near Kwantlen. The food tastes the same as the other place being Pakastani style. The veggie dishes are outstanding here, they have a hint of sour taste which I like. The buffet dishes change daily and they now only offer biryani on the weekends. They have dinner and lunch buffets. I wish that they changed the spoon on the yogurt mint raita dish as it's a tiny 1/4 tsp spoon and it takes forever getting enough sauce. They should put this one in a bigger dish with a tablespoon. Also the spoon is so small that it can easily slip into the chutney dishes and it's unhygenic so I avoid the chutneys. Using a longer spoon would easily solve this. The tandoori dries out on the buffet, they should really go around serving the tandoori freshly cooked to people at their tables. The day I went it was busy with mainly a Muslim crowd, but there were also a range of ethnicities enjoying the food. While this buffet is spicier and more flavourful than other ones it does offer the familiar dishes of butter chicken and naan. Try this place if you are tired of Indian food that isn't spicy enough. Also I wish that they let you pick what you want for their take-out container from the buffet. Clearly someone eating in would eat far more than the container can hold, they do let you pick what you want but they pack it for you. It's strange. I want to fill the container myself. I don't really know why they are so paranoid. In Toronto it's cheaper to take-out from buffets and they let you fill the container yourselves. It's easy revenue for them the food is already there, why not. The only buffet that is generous with their take-out container is Bombay Se, they also include secondary seperate containers for salad and dessert. Recommended as it's a newer buffet the food is quite good for now, usually when they attract a good clientele the food slips as they do cost-cutting to maximise profit. Note that the chai tea is overpriced at $2.50. Their regular menu items are priced higher here than at the Kwantlen and 72nd Ave. location as well so if you jsut want take-out head to the other place.

If you have a lot of mouths to feed or need a party tray and are in the area this is a great choice. The prices here are very good and comparable to Samurai Sushi/Banzai Sushi. At first glance this place looks iffy but the food is solid. The rolls are huge. I only have the cooked rolls here as I usually share with people who don't like the raw stuff. I like that their smoked salmon & shrimp roll includes cucumber and avocado. While there is a lot of rice on these rolls making them big they also have quite a bit of filling. It's a good ratio. Their yam tempura roll was good as well. I liked the tamago nigiri, again the rice given underneath the nigiri was big so this was a two-bite piece. Sushi is a funny thing, sometimes you crave the best like what's on offer at Tokachi, that place is amazing for the raw stuff. Other times when I just want sushi but not neccessarily the raw expensive stuff this place fits the bill. Their rice does have the vinegar taste but is almost mushy. I think they may just use regular rice as sushi rice tends to be firmer and a bit stickier. Regardless the sushi still tastes good and I will return to try other rolls. Lately I've been trying to have only sockeye salmon sushi so I will pass on the raw stuff on offer at this place. But the cooked rolls are decent here and an amazing value!