this place is okay their meat dishes are dreadful and buns look like they came out of a costco bag. The Pizza's arn't bad, but way too much cheese and not enough topping, while service is excellent the food is passable and does not justify the prices. Thier martini list while large are served in very small portions (even though there are standardized sizes I really feel they are cutting corners here). There are places in town that have better food and drinks for better prices. However I think it would be a nice place to go for a romantic dessert and mayber a bottle of red wine

John's place is the restaurant to come to when you have five different people with five different ideas about what they want for dinner. Try their burgers, pasta dishes, lasagna's, features such as a surpiringly decent Thai noodle bowl, chimichangas, Israeli gyros and even vegan burgers. Servers are always friendly and easy going. Plus the free bread and butter is always a deal sealer if you have people with you who are ravenous

This place may be a favourite for its New York style comfort food, however I found the salad to be bland and uninspiring, and my ravioli with cream sauce thathad so much butter fat in it it began to harden before I even finished my meal. This restaurant needs to scale back the amount of dairy they put in their meals. In my case it drowned out the flavor of the pasta. My dining partner who also ordered a pasta dish agreed about the obscene amount of cream sauce. Service was alright, I wouldn't go back purely because the food didn't have any flavor and certainly could not have been good for my health or my legs.

Mediocre service, average food, but unbelievable ambiance. This place need a little reworking, especially with actually training the staff!!! This place needs a bit of a rework if it wants to avoid the same fates of Hunters and SYN. At least SYN had great drink prices.

The Reef while having pretty steep drink prices is the best Carribean restaurant in the city. Curry plates are only $10 and come with a choice of chicken, goat or Ital (veggie), it is served with rice, slaw, mango banana chutney and yogurt. Its a great place for a late lunch as its pretty vacant around 3:00pm. Pluss they ahve introduced with habanero sauce that has a mustard base, it is unbelievable the best hot sauce I have ever tried, just ask for it!

I was very surprised that a high calibre restaurant such as this were not able to accomodate my vegetarian friend. Their was absolutely nothing edible for her on the menu and when we inquired with the waiter he said he would ask the chef to make a nice vegetable pasta for her. The vegetable pasta sonsisted of nothing more than linguini noodles with peas, and oil and way too much salt. My friend said she was used to somtimes having to make special orders but this had been the worst supstitution he had ever had. My husband was a chef for many years and commented that the ability of a chef to improvise shows his true talents. For meals that start at $20 and up it is not unreasonable to request the chef to accomodate dietary requirements addequetely (somthing Vista 18 is very good at). I would not attend again purely upon this principle

Lotus pond by far serves some of the best chinese food in the city. Meat eaters and vegetarians alike enjoy the fabulous lunch buffet which is out of this world. Dinners can run a little pricey like all Chinese food restaurants however the combo plates which offer soup, a springroll, rice, and a set selection of two other dishes are affordable at around $10.00. The ambiance leaves a little to be desired. However the place is always spotless and the staff are incredibly well organized and you are always served quickley even when it becomes very busy.

People who do not enjoy vegetarian or vegan food will not like this restaurant. It is the local hang out for the UVIC's Vegan society. You are also sure to meet an array of different sorts of people who go there from artists and hippies to college students and middle aged office workers. The food itself is a little over priced and I often feel heavy after I leave. The key is to target which items are a good deal here. *Their soups, at under 4.00 are generally quite good *their baked goods especially the muffins, I dare you to find better muffins in town than these

This restuarant appears to be a favorite of many in the city. The ambiance is nice and it can accomodate larger parties pretty well. Their salads are quite good. the one bad comment I could make is that they use way, way to much oil in their food. Their yam fries are mushy and theirpastas are over oily as are some of their appetizers, all in all though its not a bad place to grab a bite

Firstly I don't need to be bombarded with a television screen while I eat my meal I can do that at home. this place is typical of the the low quality western slop we white folk like to call food. A corporate chain infusing poor taste with middle class mediocre food tastes. Service was passable food was bland and the interior ambiance made me feel like I was in a really posh airport lounge (which i suppose is not necessarily a bad thing). There are far superior restuaurants in the city that are locally owned such as fifth street, the tapas bar and vista 18. Even Earls does a better job than this