Good restaurants

[Erica]

I'm always on the look out for good restaurants in the city. We are so lucky that Vancouver offers us such a wide range of cuisines, and we can get good food for a relatively cheap price. What are some of your favourite restaurants in the city that others may not know about? (basically saying exclude posting about restaurants that everyone knows...the typical chains like Milestones/Cactus, even though I don't really consider either of those to have GOOD food)

One restaurant that I love is called Tomato Fresh Food Cafe. It's located at 3305 Cambie Street. The quality of the dishes can almost be compared to some fine dining restaurants, and is even better than some. You may find the price to be a bit on the expensive side, but in my opinion, weighing out the fact that you're eating fresh ingredients and good food, it's worth the extra bit of money. A few of my favourite dishes there are their lemon dill salmon, vegetarian chili (comes with wicked cornbread), and their tenderloin steak. Their selection of fresh juices and smoothies are great too. Friendly staff and good service!

[frogprincess]

My favorites:

Crime Lab 1280 W Pender St

Villa Del Lupo 869 Hamilton St (http://www.villadellupo.com/)

[Erica]

^^

Good mentions! I love both those restaurants! Villa Del Lupo is such a quaint spot to go for a romantic dinner. :)

[Carmen]

Lot's of restaurants on Broadway r so good.
Like...Banana Leaf (Malaysian cuisine).
And I Café! Food is hella cheap there after 9:30pm.

[Carmen]

O yea Pasta Polo in Coquitlam. :y:
Best pasta place I've been to...so far.

[Akeel]

i like mcdonalds. but when i really wanna be big pimpin, i go to taco time.

[GUYVERUNIT]

Locus Cafe
Nicks Spaghetti house
Papis (steveson)

[Erica]

Originally posted by Carmen
Lot's of restaurants on Broadway r so good.
Like...Banana Leaf (Malaysian cuisine).
And I Café! Food is hella cheap there after 9:30pm.

Mmm. I haven't been to Banana Leaf for ages. They have an awesome lychee ice drink. Good to go down with the food...SPICAY!

[bebu*funfun]

my all time fave restaurant is right behind my house... called "kisamos" in steveston. its a greek restaurant with wicked food and pretty damn good pricing as well. mmmm souvlaki. and of course my fave japanese food restaurant called sushi king.. its on west 65th and granville.. mmmmmmmm.

i checked out kinos cafe 2 weeks ago which is on cambie and 16th?..(near tomatoes..the place erica was talkin about).. and they have quite the atmosphere in there. I dont know if it was just a friday thing or not, but they have live spanish music and dancers.. so so amazing. i went on the acoustic night and the guitar player blew me away.. the dancers are hawt too! .. oh yes and the food.. not bad at all. i just had wings..and they were good...AND HUGE.

[e_BoY]

Originally posted by Carmen:
Lot's of restaurants on Broadway r so good.
Like...Banana Leaf (Malaysian cuisine).
And I Caf? Food is hella cheap there after 9:30pm.

My friend actually owns Banana Leaf. Damn it you got my fiending for Malay food now. *drool*

[cinist]

zefferelli's on roboson

joey tomatoes on lougheed hwy coq

[Moon]

Shiro on Cambie and 15th(?) is dayyyaaammm good for sushi.

[bebu*funfun]

i duno if its malaysian or singaporian or the difference..but that dessert with the mango and the sweet rice is soooooooooooooooooooo good. im cravin for some.

[bob]

CRU - 1459 W broadway
:PartEkid:

[ppcock]

bob's moms legs they're open 24 hours a day.. try the meat!

[Hot Karl]

tons of those chinese 'mini-set meals' at a million different places.

various cafes w/ amazing italian food roma bar, ragazzi on 22nd.

tons of sushi places. but shouts to this new one i found at 49th n cambie, SAMURAI SUSHI. the pieces of salmon sashimi are huge, i'm talking easily 2 times the size of ANYWHERE U'VE EVER SEEN. the rolls are HUGE. CALI ROLL IS THE BIGGER THAN EVERY DYNAMITE ROLL U'VE EVER SEEN. i swear.

vina vietnamese rest. wicked awesome. proper not pho. but pho's good too.

carderos' is wicked. i likey boathouse. memphis blues.

"i don't eat to live, i live to eat"

[bebu*funfun]

hot karl..my sushi king on 65th and graville can beat ure samurai!! SERIOUSLY..mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. you order sashimi and you pretty much get a whole salmon on ure plate.

[Technique]

Hi there, along marine drive on White Rock beach you will find probaly the best assortment of resteraunts anywhere in the lower mainland...

I know someone mentioned greek cusine, there is Cosmo's resteraunt, where you could be waited on by yours truly!..also a bit farther up is the boathouse with the best view on the beach you can eat overlooking the ocean on the 3rd floor there..

Thats where I usualy take ppl for Valentines day..its awesome great staff too...(get the lobster! mmm)

Okay then we got "Charlie Dont Surf" a bit farther up which is perfect for when you got a big group of friends together...awesome place, very casual. Also the manager is total E-Tard so it can be pretty funny hehe.

Now, if you have access to a trust fund or live in yale town, then I would recommend the Giraffe resteraunt, very very fine dining place where you could also have the chance to be waited on by yours truly!! woot :)

Yeah so just thought id get my two cents in here...White Rock beach along marine drive, is a great place to go for a night of fun...after dinner I recommend the Ocean Beach bar, to get down to some top 40 and shake your azz with all the hoochie bar stars !

[e_BoY]

Originally posted by Hot Karl:
tons of those chinese 'mini-set meals' at a million different places.

various cafes w/ amazing italian food roma bar, ragazzi on 22nd.

tons of sushi places. but shouts to this new one i found at 49th n cambie, SAMURAI SUSHI. the pieces of salmon sashimi are huge, i'm talking easily 2 times the size of ANYWHERE U'VE EVER SEEN. the rolls are HUGE. CALI ROLL IS THE BIGGER THAN EVERY DYNAMITE ROLL U'VE EVER SEEN. i swear.

vina vietnamese rest. wicked awesome. proper not pho. but pho's good too.

carderos' is wicked. i likey boathouse. memphis blues.

"i don't eat to live, i live to eat"

i see the mini set meals from my people have interested you haha. Man that shits the best thats why im glad to be chinese cause its fucking cheap ass to eat. Usually somewhere around $5 gets you the meal plus a drink. and Samurai sushi is wicked. Easily the biggest pieces ive seen so far.

[Hot Karl]

^see that fun fun? i have witness to the super rolls at samurai!!

note: my first reaction when i saw the rolls was...are their fuckin GIANT japanese sushi chefs back there?

but i shall find this king of sushi u speak of...

[Beaker]

I know we're talking about good restaurants right now, but i would like to take a moment to look at the dark side----

Earls....


Its getting worse and worse. Way to expensive and theres nothing special about it. I say a big boourns to Earls.

[jim]

couple places that I'd like to check out are...

Feenies - chef Rob Feenies new restaurant located on W. Broadway
Quatro - upper scale italian

some of my personal faves are...

Dario's La Piazza - located on E 12th in the Italian Cultural Centre, amazing Italian cuisine, the gnocci melts in your mouth, and they always have a nice selection of fresh game.

Vongs - amazing small little chinese restaurant, the place looks like a little whole in the wall, but the food there is amazing.

[Moon]

i'm gonna have to check out this giant sushi place on graville

i thought samurai was pretty ddang beast. damn when y ou get those party combos they roll em up HUGE!

[Akeel]

^
samurai is pretty good, i like the giant sashimi, its like biting into a whole fish.

[Carmen]

Originally posted by e_BoY


My friend actually owns Banana Leaf. Damn it you got my fiending for Malay food now. *drool*

Ur buddy owns Banana Leaf!? That's dope. You probably get hook-ups and freebies eh? Lucky u.