I am a poor measure of judgement in terms of Mexican food, because i've rarely tried authentic mexican foods since it's such a rarity to find any in vancouver, if any was available.

having said that, i felt and it tasted like authentic mexican tacos and were quite good.
however i felt the portions were a bit small and for 9.50, i would expect just a bit more - maybe a drink would have made it nice or even a side of some sort.

girlfriend and i threw $30 at this place for dinner and we were still hungry afterwards since for $30, i would say the portion is about the same as 3 big macs. these tacos are not big i mind you - tiny, 1 bite tacos. we basically ordered 12 tacos in total.

overall, i would visit or recommend this place again if:

1. i don't have a big appetite - and for a 6'3 guy that's kind of hard.
2. you're a girl who doesn't have a big appetite
3. seeking authentic mexican food
4. don't mind spending more for good quality fast food, albeit small portions.

I think this place is owned by aji taro, the restaurant in richmond. anyways i'll split the review into two sections - normal and all you can eat menu

the normal menu items look like your average japanese restaurant variety - made by non-japanese chefs

overall, the normal menu items felt like they were made fresh, with nice big portions. the freshness of the ingredients are about 80%.

nothing much can be said about the normal menu, except that taste-wise, it was mediocre nothing incredible.

for the normal menu, we ordered the kimchi teriyaki beef roll, soft-shell crab, seaweed salad, teriyaki chicken don and spicy agedashi tofu for lunch.

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now onto the ayce stuff...

#1 - not fresh

most of the stuff are pre-made and heated by microwaves or ovens.

the cold foods such as the sunomonos are taken out of the refrigerators so therefore they are also pre-made...which makes the vermicelli hard and brittle.

#2 - poor quality of cooking

the salmon head was burnt and the chicken teriyaki full of fatty skin. the sushi's fall apart and the raw tuna and salmon are not fresh

one upside to the cooking is that this place is not as salty as most of the other ayce places. the sauces are not salty or smothering. thumbs up for this part.

#3 - for $12 lunch ayce, i thought the only thing that was worthwhile was the fresh fruit as they were the freshest of them all - freshly cut oranges.

this ayce is not something i wouldn't return to...i would come again perhaps for a late night meal with friends after a movie or something where i am not in my very critical state of commenting and observing.

I've been here alot and i'm surprised i haven't written a review about this place.

it's not a big place, but a little ramshack stuck inbetween rogers and some kinda crafts super mart.

the place is owned by a married couple - both from the middle east but i don't know which country to be exact.

everything is home-made and their sharwma is really tasty.

the portion and price is very fair and more than enough for the average person.

give this place a try, it's usually packed during lunch hours.

you won't be disappointed.

I've been here twice, all after 8pm and I will admit that this place is about value.

The food's freshness, if you don't order anything fishy, than it will be alright. As with many value restaurants, I don't rate it according to a normal system because value normally drags everything else down quite alot. If you're seeking a place to fill up your tummy without blowing a wallet, come right here. Freshness is decent but not great although the meats and veggies are not bad - just the seafood isn't the highest quality but hey, the place is not going to bid for the highest quality seafood when they're selling it at rock bottom price. There are no $2 caviars or $5 fine dining french cuisines in the world is there?

quantity of the foods are huge and will be more than enough for the average joe, enough for sharing most of the time between two people.

the menu has a huge selection so take your time. i normally order the daily specials.

40% off selected menu items after 8pm.

saturday nights are normally very packed as this is the time i normally go because they must serve something fresher than normal.

service is decent and prompt.

overall, i would return.

I had dinner here last night with 4 friends and the first thing that came to my mind when i walked into the place was - modern.

This would be my first time ever eating sukiyaki, and being a fan of hot pots of all kinds, my expectations were high.

Posh did not disappoint, but they did not make me remember anything in particular.

At $16 for dinner, the food item selection were decent. About 30-40 items in total with 2 being meats and the rest all veggies. Vegans aloha, visit here!

I'll break down this review in categories, starting with service.

Service - i personally found the service too attentive, pretentious and annoying. The waitress would come by every 5 or so minutes to collect empty plates, which was fine by me, but every time she came, she would continue asking how the food was or if we were enjoying ourselves. It really breaks our conversations and so forth when everyone has to focus on her and her pretentious attitude - perhaps it was just that one particular waitress. Other than her, service is fast, efficient and good mannered.

Price - Price is fair in accordance with freshness. I would have liked a little more selection on meats as pork and beef got boring after awile. Since this is sukiyaki, perhaps they can have a more expensive menu for seafood lovers...

Food - meat lovers may find this place lacking in meat selections but vegan lovers won't lack vegetables as this place has quite a few good selections of fresh veggies. I personally liked the pork more than the beef as the beef had too much fat - on average, every stripe of beef had over 80% fat. I felt like i would have grilled them like bacon.

Drinks - they will push their drinks special hard on you but i wasn't really too disappointed with it as it was very tasty. They gotta make money from something :)...

Overall, i will return again to this place as i found it to be quite special.

I've been to this restaurant quite often, and it's not for the food, but the convenience. If it didn't have a good location, the business would be closed pretty fast with the way things are going. Luckily, this place is right beside Silvercity Theaters and with it's enticing, yet semi-clean setting, it's like tempting a baby with candies - or in this case, many babies.

Although I've been to this place many times, like I said, I am going to write a review for it this time (don't think I wrote one for it yet lol)

This review will be based off of its ordering menu and not buffet. I will add the buffet part in part two.

PART ONE - First the pros -

#1 - PRICE - price was fair for its location and the amount of food given, but did not justify the quality. I had a hard time choosing whether to place price within the pros and cons section but seeing how most of the people who come here are young and, pardon me for saying this, 'inexperienced or lenient' japanese cuisine munchers, i thought perhaps quantity was more important.

#2 - portions were quite enough, although not as generous as they used to be which i thought were probably due to the price of oil spikes.

#3 - spacious. the tables are nice and big for, normally, a party of 4.

PART 1 - Cons -

#1 - lukewarm food - the foods seem to be heated up in the microwave, meaning everything is pre-prepared. Normally, single order menu items are better than their buffet versions but seeing how I tasted no difference, it was quite a rip off here.

#2 - quality was definitely not good. I'm not saying you'll get stomach aches but what I mean is the quality of the ingredients used. Sushi rice falling apart, wrong or wrong portions of rice vinegar, and overall fastfood quality japanese cuisine.

#3 - sanitation was moderately clean, some areas having moldy corners and sticky floors are common - missed a spot perhaps?

PART TWO - pros

#1 - amount of selection on the menu

PART TWO - cons

#1 - price - this place's all you can eat is very high for the quality of food you get.

#2 - quality - poor, sashimi tasted lukewarm...and there the color was wrong

#3 - presentation - not good, looked messy and sloppy compared to other AYCE

#4 - taste - this place's taste are saltier than most other places, which requires you to drink lots of water.

#5 - service - bad, inattentive.

#6 - gratuity - definitely does not need to be automatically added especially when their service does not match up to it.

I will not come here again (repeats to self again and again) but seeing how it's a convenience after a late night movie, it's very hard to not get tempted.

My friend lives in port moody, right up Ioco road mountains and whenever i visit him, we order or eat in at this place because to put it bluntly - we're lazy to go anywhere else, especially since it's port moody...no offense to moody residents!

Knowing real, authentic and delicous chinese food, i'll definitely say and agree with other reviewers that this place is a disgrace to authentic chinese cooking. however it's good as a westernized version of chinese food and since i've lived in north america for nearly 22 years, i don't mind eating it lol...

ingredients aren't exactly the freshest and i sometimes keep wondering why i would eat more it the next time around - maybe because the place has not given me any stomach aches yet because that's normally my red button for trashing and forgetting about a certain restaurant.

price and value seem to be a bit on the above average side, especially when u consider it's location and demographics. oh well, perhaps it's because there are no other chinese restaurants nearby.

the restuarant in itself, when u step in, is moldy, stuffy and depressing. the decorations are bare and mono-like with no warmth or human spirit. staff seem bored because the place doesn't seem too busy but there are still a couple of tables full.

oh well, i don't visit that friend TOO often, except perhaps once of twice a month anyways lol...

I'll say that since I am nearly on Granville island everyday due to both school and work, I see this place often. It's not packed except maybe during it's wednesdays where beer and pizza are on special (that's from what i remember the last time i visited but they change it often). on other days, cat's meow is modestly busy. dinner time is when this place normally shines especially the norm of fri-sunday.

first of, this place's food is nothing to rave about. simple dishes are offered at an above average price. i normally come here for their pizzas and beers because, economically speaking, those give me the best value. at $15 (including tip) i can have a full dinner of pizza and beer when i'm modestly hungry. although when i am actually hungry, it costs me at least 23$ and these are on specials night. so as you can see, this place's value is decent but not at the fair mark as i would like to put it - than again granville island's rents are expensive so i don't blame them.

service is your regular upscale western style racy and sexy waitresses in black. young and soft, most have no experience other than to show off their breasts alwmost falling out of their low v-curve top. as i would like to say again, most of us these days only care about sex hmmm? even when eating we need sex ya?...right

cleanliness, this place is not too bad - and i have nothing more to add to this part lol...

the location is cozy yet also serene. the restaurant is good for small parties of 4 or less and for those who like casualty. restaurant is quite big but the way they stack together the tables and exterior / interior seating arrangements, 4 or less is best for optimum comfort.

the best things here, in my opinion, are their desserts.

I had lunch here today with a friend and the first thing I noticed was the minimalistic design of the building, both exterior and interior. Definitely, this place is aimed at and caters towards the upper, young class citizens and middle aged businessmen. Waitresses were dressed provocatively but also with a conservative undertone where needs be, kind of like telling prospective girl hunters, "You can have me, but before you do, you better be able to bite a bullet or two" - and all in black. Anyways perhaps I was over analyzing the servers at first because passively, this place forces you to since beauty and sex sells and is more eye-catching.

The first thing that I thought was kind of off was the servers did not know where my friend was sitting, since she got there before I did and was already seated. After searching along with the usher for awhile, I gave up. Seeing how the usher looked bedazzled and lost, I let her off the hook and told her I'll look for my friend by myself. Already, for a upper class restaurant, this is a no-no... but not a serious one.

As for food, I'm always finicky when it comes to Western Cooking because, to be flat honest, it boasts more than it can flavor and woe you - especially contemporary Western cooking. This is of course for the majority as I'm a huge fan of traditional worldly cooking, especially French Cuisine. The first thing I noticed was the menu had a scattered selection of East and West. This to me, from my own previous dining out experiences, is normally a bad start because the expertise will be sort of diluted and spread thin. To be on the safe side, since this was a western canadian establishment, I ordered a Lobster Raviole and my friend had a Rotisserie Chicken.

First the bad. I had a taste of my friend's dish and at nearly $20, the chicken was dry, bland, and mediocre. steamed beets and some other bland vegetables hardly made my flavor buds jump in joy.

The good part about this lunch was my lobster raviole, it was actually tasty - but forgettable. Huge pieces of home-made raviole, stuffed with tons of fresh lobster, crab and shrimp and ricotta cheese - each bite was very nice but not amazing. As always, the cream sauce tastes all the same...although it says ' DILL LEMON SAUCE' I couldn't taste the dill and lemon was just sour...maybe it's just me since dill normally has a low flavor to begin with.

I'll admit, my favorite part of both meals combined were my grilled cherry tomatoes and a huge generous slice of crispy garlic bread - yes sad but true...I enjoyed those two items the most.

Servers were busy, mediocre and came around kind of slow. We didn't get asked how our meal was now that I think about it and normally at a restaurant with high pricing, I felt somewhat neglected. Servers, were however, nice and never rude.

I left the place full but definitely with no memories except the girls. WHY IS IT ALWAYS THE GIRLS??? lol...we need more good food so people will stop remembering only the hot servers. Restaurants are so superficial these days...tsk tsk tsk...and same goes for the visitors lol...

I've been to this restaurant a couple times now and i have to say i like this place. first of all, i am critiquing this place from the point of view and merits of chinese cuisine and habits.

I've ordered, overall, about 20 different items on their menu to date and i've been satisfied with 15 of them. to make a long review short, i'll pick out the relatives points of my judgments.

this restaurant is clean, not just for a chinese restaurant, but restaurants in general.

this restaurant prices their food very fairly in proportion to the amount that is given in each dish. chinese ingredients, especially the exotic stuff, can become quite expensive - ex think of saffron in middle eastern and some european dishes.

the service is not passionate but not unwelcoming. being serviced by young adult girls, i sorta get the feeling of inexperience yet attentiveness is there nonetheless.

the place in itself is well designed and simply laid out, with lots of space. the only downside is the washroom go in single order - meaning only 1 at a time.

now onto the food.

chinese cuisine is huge so when you first judge it there are basically 3 things that you look for - freshness, balance and color. chinese are not too big on form or 'haute' like the french :)

i can definitely taste the freshness and as for flavor, not overtly salty, but i do find some dishes to be a little bit on the sweet side. color is perfect therefore i know the dishes are cooked correctly.

my favorite dishes are the tofu in crab sauce and pork stew and tofu in brown sauce :)...of and also the little 'xiao long bao' - always a must if you want to taste one of the brand dishes of china.