Dropped by for a quick bite before a weeknight concert at the Orpheum, and it was pretty quiet as…read moreits hidden inside Donellans. I ordered the mushroom smash and upgraded to tater tots, and you get a choice of "flavour" for tater tots - I chose all dressed. The all-dressed flavour did not really come out very much so i just dipped it in the provided ketchup. When it first came out, there was a mixup in my order and it came out with plain fries - they were quick to fix their error and there was a generous portion of tater tots for the $6 upgrade fee. I'm not usually a fan of smash burgers but I have to say this one was cheesy and flavourful and I would get it again!

Easily one of the best burger joints in Vancouver! Super Smash Burgers delivers big flavour, great…read morevibes, and juicy, messy, crave-worthy burgers made from 100% Canadian-sourced Black Angus beef. We tried the Double Smash Burger (incredible caramelized edges and melt-in-your-mouth cheddar), the Curry Chicken Bap (a sweet and spicy dream with McDonnell's curry sauce), and their crispy, seasoned Shaking Gems--which are honestly addictive. We also loved that they use fresh, local ingredients and offer options for vegan, gluten-free, and Halal diets. The staff was friendly, the vibe was fun, and everything tasted fresh and made with care. Great for a night out, post-party cravings, or any time you're hungry for something real. Bonus: It's inside Donnellan's Irish Pub so you can sip a cold one while smashing a burger. Address: Super Smash Burgers 1082 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC (inside Donnellan's Pub) Hours: Open Daily from 12 PM till late Instagram: @supersmashburgers

Just before the long weekend ended, I went to an exclusive dining experience at Black Market Supper…read moreClub located in South Surrey. It is hosted and prepared by a world class chef with no identity being revealed. They wear black masks during the entire time cooking in the kitchen. Location and time stay as a mystery until 72 hours before the dinner. Each dinner is attached to a unique theme, and our night is to honor 25 years Anniversary of the French Laundry. 72 hours before the dinner, I received the email which includes a detailed instruction on how to get to the said location and a suggested wine list to pair with the meal. Given said that, the dinner doesn't include alcohol, but sparkling, still water, tonic, soda, and cola are complimentary. You are more than welcome to bring your own bottle to enjoy the meal. The dinner began at 7pm, and we were told to arrive at 6:45pm. Feel free to mingle and find your seat, while waiting for the dinner to start! Once everyone is arrived, we commenced our dinner with the bread service, featuring Dutch Cheese Charcoal Gougères with 3 type of butter. - Lemon shallot and herb - Brown butter, burnt onion - Everything bagel I love the gougères, crispy shell with a hollow inside. It tastes great with the butters, and my favorite is to pair with the Lemon Shallot & Herb Compound Butter. Our next course is the Lobster Pancakes with carrot brown butter emulsion. The pancake is stuffed with a generous amount of lobster, chives, and mascarpone. I really enjoy the simplicity of the dish, but I wonder if it is meant to be served lukewarm. Nevertheless, I still enjoyed having each bite with a touch of the purée. Compared to the previous dish, the White Truffle Custard is more flavorful and on a saltier side. The truffle custard is served with a black truffle ragout in a colorful egg shell. The aroma from the truffle is lingering in the mouth, while enjoying the silky custard. Yabba Dabba Do is the main dish for the night, and I was looking forward to this dish the most. There are multiple components on the dish, which includes wagyu beef, beef chop and bone marrow stuffed inside a potato. It is then garnished with chanterelle mushrooms and bordelaise sauce. This dish is rich and flavourful. The beef chop is tender, and the meat just fell off the bone. My slice of wagyu beef is delicious and melts in my mouth. The bone marrow just oozes out of the potato, and it tastes delightful to pair with the potato. Lastly, the chanterelle and bordelaise played an important role on the dish, which add flavours and ease the heaviness that may bring by the protein. We ended our meal with a dessert (of course!), Chocolate Veloute. It is layered with a Dutch caramel cookie and cinnamon stick ice cream, with 24 karat gold powder and edible flowers as garnish. The dessert can get heavy after few bites, and it is difficult to crack the cookie to enjoy with other components on plate. I also found it very sticky and too sweet to my liking, especially right after a flavourful dish. * Overall Impression * I really enjoyed this dining experience with Black Market Supper Club, as it is mysterious and fun. Though each dish may have some flaws, I enjoyed the presentation and each element on the dish. I really like the idea of disclosing address and time few days in advance, which makes me more excited and looking forward to the dinner. Although it is far from the city, it is worth to go and enjoy a private dinner with a group of friends or family for special occasions. If you would like to book your next dinner, check out their website for more details. Taste : 4/5 * Service: 4.5/5 * Ambiance: 5/5 * Quality-Price: N/A

We ordered the Traditional Pork Belly Burger and the Braised Beef. The cashier asked us if we…read morewanted onions and chilli and we said no. It turned out that the pork had no sauce at all and the taste was minimal. It did not resemble the picture as shown online. The Braised Beef was a lie (they gave us slices of beef shank instead of chunks of beef). It was not braised; it was cold. You can check the photos on Uber Eats and Fantuan for the correct version. We were shocked by their misconduct. Traditional dishes should not be altered and the cashier should not have asked us for modifications. How would you feel if the server asked you if you wanted bacon for Carbonara?

A new joint popped up in Henderson Mall named General R. Relatively obscure in description and…read morelegibility. The menu designed for those with 20/20 vision or better unless you are standing directly under the menu. Which could be a psychological trick to get you to unconsciously to commit when you are indecisive about what to consume at the foodcourt. Ha! It worked. Was a toss between good old trusty or something new notably a joint with a menu with tiny texts. Joking aside, had the combo 2. Pulled beef sandwich with pork bones, er "dragon bones", and vegetable soup. This is a northern cuisine from China that is not common in GVRD. The taste is muted except for the starnasis and the ingredients. Umami flavour and wholesome tasting. Fair value. Recommend it.

After not coming here for over a decade, looks like they revamped the place and totally went for…read morethe goth feel. Pretty neat. Parking is available on the side streets. The place is really dim and they play a lot of heavy metal music. Staff are friendly. Buddy and I had the Slaughter house platter which serves 2 people. Ribs, slices of brisket, pulled pork, and some salt & pepper wings. Comes with carrots and onions and turnip(?) and potato wedges. Decent amount of food. Definitely left satisfied. I'd come back for more BBQ goodness. Food is solid. Recommended.

An extreme metal bar, with craft beers, burgers, nachos and other junk food with plenty of vegan…read moreoptions. Yeah, works for me. They were blaring death metal the whole time, which is definitely up my alley. The beer list is just average, but I could enjoy a glass or two here. Food-wise, I got a veggie burger (a proper homemade bean-based patty, not a fake meat one), with a side caesar salad (~$20 + surcharges for vegan cheese). The burger was massive; I liked the patty, but it was otherwise a fairly low-effort, low-quality burger -- iceberg lettuce, lifeless white bun, etc. -- and quite pricey. After tax/tip, that was a ~$28 meal. Yikes. They also are able to do vegan nachos, but I'm not huge into junk food. Maybe I'll try them another time if I'm here with other vegans. Fun spot that beats most environments solely because of the music., but there's little else to lure me back given how many superior vegan food options there are in the area.

Cute little shop that offers delicious food and amazing beer! Located in Chinatown, this gem has a…read morelot of space and a very casual feel. I started with a flight of their popular beers: ​Salted Lime Lager, Paloma Grapefruit Lager, Cerveza Light Lager, Orange Fresca Pilsner. The beers have won a few awards so I was not disappointed. My least favourite was the cerveza. It had a strong rice flavour and compared to the rest, not memorable. The grapefruit was stunning! Probably my favourite. Next was the salted Lime. You really can't go wrong with that! All so unique and excited to grab these at BCLS now! I also got the Fondue Nachos (Tortilla chips with monterrey cheese, pico de gallo, home-made garlic mayo, pickled jalapeños, pico de gallo and refried beans). This was a pile of happiness. So many competing flavours and nice touches. The garlic mayo with the handmade salty chips was great. The refried beans combined with the guac was so fresh and warm! Really nice place for good eats, fast service, and delicious beers!

This is the new place to be. The food is off the charts, the mezcalita has reignited my love for…read moremezcal. The michelada slaps, and the chimichanga is magnificent! The service is outstanding; every person is so happy and actually give a heck about you having a great experience. The vibes are so high, upbeat Latin fusion beats.

Coming back to the crowded parts of Canada after being way up North. Thought we'd splurge. It was…read moreworth it. This summer popup gives you the chance to revel in the summer produce. The mussel app which I ate before thinking was special! A pastry shell w/ charcoal to make it black & and plump little mussel with herbs was an amazing start. Everything was gorgeous & tasty from there. Friendly relaxed service, short but excellent wine list, creative delicious cocktails- including impressive NA options. The view from the patio - spectacular. My photo is empty but/c we came on a whim - so we were there when it opened. By the time we left it was packed! On the pricey side, but a wonderful splurge. The tasting menu was a spectacular deal and luscious. All I know is that all summer squash should now be baked to a firm done (not mushy), stuffed with savory herby cheese filling & topped with fried onions. I'd go back here in a heartbeat. And try their other restaurants up in Sechelt & Vancouver

We had another exceptional meal in this incredibly beautiful setting. Each course of the tasting…read moremenu not only tasted amazing but also we're beautifully presented. The serving team included the owners/chef and everyone made our experince great. The wine list was a good variety of choices and very reasonably priced. The whole meal exceeded our expectations and the price of the meal was great for the quality and quantity of delicious food. If you are on the Sunshine Coast and love great food, service and ambiance make Osprey a priority, you won't be disappointed! We will definitely be back!

Reminded me of a dim sum restaurant: Cantonese speaking front desk and waitresses, a paper menu and…read morea pencil for you to place orders with. But the items on the menu are very much eastern china. We ordered the soup dumplings, salty duck, duck blood noodle soup, loved all. The value is also very good for the price.

Delicious spot that never has long of a wait for Chinese and Shanghai food. We always come in large…read moregroups and order a variety of dumplings, Peking duck with lettuce wraps, noodles, and never break the bank

This all started from my significant other who deserves the credits for finding this place from a…read morecertain flyer which prompted us to go to their website, which then prompted us to make an order a few days prior to today, and also putting in an extra order for their house-made loaves of bread. This is the story of finding a better sandwich which most of you probably have not found yet, or you call that place... (Finch's, ahem) the place which you swear by, well I'm calling this out, shots fired, that you can forget about the one you know, cause the new kid is way better at sandwiches and it will be only a matter of time before I put in another order and go pick it up! Crumb does not have a store front, so you are going to have to put your order over the phone or on their website and go to their place of business which is a commissary where most of the food-trucks in this city produce food before they roll out like Transformers out to the city. When I arrived the food was already nicely packaged and bagged and ready to go. What you ask was ordered: Fried Chicken sandwich, Prociutto & Pear (both lunch box meals with salad) and an order of sourdough bread and focaccia for home munching. They guided me up to their workspace area as David took my order, and Trevor was cutting up onions probably for another sandwich order that was being placed. I was off with my huge two packages, ready to devour soon as I awaited my partner in crime for lunch. I did not waste too much time on not eating my meal, it is fried chicken in a sandwich after all, and it is very smart that they have stickers to identify which box is which sandwich, and when you open it, these guys know how to place and package, where it was nicely cut into even portions and wrapped in wax paper. The piece of buttermilk fried chicken was still crispy on the outside, and this was probably a good 20+ minutes since I removed it from when they cooked it, placed in between the milk & honey bread with a great balance of pea sprouts, radicchio, apple, cilantro and lime, every bite was hearty but not heavy, there was always a bite, yet there was always great balance where you didn't feel over-breaded, or over-meated and usually I am pretty done after a half a sandwich, where I could have eaten the other half, but wait I had another type of sandwich to gobble up, I can definitely recommend this sandwich, as I would order it again. Onto my second half of the lunch, which is the prociutto and pear, and anyone who has eaten artisan sandwiches in Vancouver swear by one place (which has been named already) and I have had it, I was not 'wowed' I enjoyed the combination of sweet and savory but I thought that the bread used was a stale white floured unmemorable holder of the in betweens of this package. Now comes this same creation with more a way higher premium package, to start off is the outsides, which is a fig and walnut bread, and then you have the onion jam, prociutto, caramelized pear, brie and arugula.... reaction, holy smokes, this is the crown winner for this sandwich, hands down with a slap in the face. You can actually taste everything from the fine crunch of the fresh bread to the mixture from all the different textures within this creation where I loved the addition of the onion jam, and the course feeling this provided to the smooth brie, and biting down on the pear which made this sandwich refreshing, all the way down to the meat, now in non-dirty words: now that's a package! I almost suffered food coma, my significant other... well you are going to have to ask her, all i know is she was still snacking on their house-made sour dough loaf tonight, where I tried a bite, and I have never had a loaf so fluffy fresh where I am beginning to think I'll make some sandwiches this week.... maybe not if we just polish off the bread. In the end if you want to 'one-up' the sandwich you might have just had, contact David and Trevor and make the effort as they have made the effort to use great ingredients to make a wicked sandwich, and if you want awesome bread, well either you are in trouble or you are in luck to get your stuff here as their loaves are not sold in store..... yet. Till next we meet for my next order, thanks for now screwing my expectations up of a good sandwich, let alone bread!

After seeing the reviews from our fellow elite yelpers I had to give this place a try. Placed an…read moreorder by email for the following day and got a response by the end of the day. David was very nice and accommodating with my customization of the menu. I ordered the Prosciutto & Pear Combo with Salad ($14.50-4.5/5): Absolutely loved the combination of pear, prosciutto and brie. I did find a bit more difficult to tear apart the prosciutto between bites and since he used a fig & walnut bread without any vinaigrette it was a tad bit too sweet. The spinach & fennel salad was good. I loved the dressing. I think it was made with apples. Never heard back from him when I asked. Curried Pork & Grape with sesame seed braid instead of multigrain bread ($11.00-3/5): Chose this one 'cause it seemed a bit more different than the others. It had roasted pork loin, black currant, pea tendrils, caramelized grape, fennel and curry aioli. To be honest, I didn't exactly like the curry aioli and this sandwich got me thinking..maybe I should have gone with the fried chicken or the beef brisket even. The store is last lot down. When I went there was no sign for them as yet. So I called and David came down with the machine so I could pay with credit card.I liked how the sandwiches are nicely packaged in the box and cut in half so you can eat them conveniently.

I gave this place several chances as the location is nice and the view is lovely. Unfortunately,…read morewhoever they've got in the kitchen simply cannot cook food. One time, I ordered the halibut. It was overcooked to the point where it had the texture of plastic. Tough, chewy, not a whisper of seasoning. Another time, I had the salmon (which is mighty pricey, I might add). The salmon wasn't fresh. The mash it came with was, again, completely unseasoned. Not even salt? Come on. What capped it though was a Caesar salad my partner ordered that came absolutely drenched in salad dressing. You couldn't even taste anything else. Just salty, cheesy, soggy stuff. The prices they charge for this are downright criminal. Avoid, avoid, avoid. Edit: Parent company, Landry's, appears to be US-based (Texas). Anyone who is choosing to #BuyCanadian needs to be aware.

Absolutely horrible. Nye/anniversary outing. Just to preface, I'm an ex chef of 18 years and I'd…read morelike to think I have realistic expectations. NYE set menu of $80 pp. The selection was great and that's where the great stops. Ordered 2 salads beet and Caesar- pretty standard. A mixed seafood and a halibut main that came literally 2 mins after the salad was dropped. Told em take em back (are you trying to flip the table after an 8pm reso?!?!). The mains were brought back 5 mins later and I was still not done my salad. Said f it, and accepted the mains. Halibut and risotto both were over cooked and tbh, the plate just looked messy with no shuge to it. The seafood medley looked decent albeit the crab cake tasting a touch on the fishy side. Dessert wise, I had the cheesecake, wife had molten chocolate. I took a picture of my dessert because it was an absolute joke!!!!!. 2 hefty drinks and $225 and a shy tip. THANK CHRIST these were xmas gift cards and not out of pocket. Not even a frsh strawberry or even some whiped cream?! I really hope management reads this and does something about this. I was going to say something to the floor mngr, but didnt want to ruin the evening vibe with the wife. Absolutely UNACCEPTABLE for the money spent, service wise was meh.

So I work super close and had a cancelation so I decided to pop in here for some quick tacos and I…read morewas pleased to find out that all tacos are 1 dollar off on Tuesdays so I got 3 asada street tacos for 2 dollars each I tried all 3 sauces they were all good I will be back with my family and friends thank you for the great service on this rainy day

Really great authentic Mexican food!! I enjoyed the great service! Really good and Will come…read moreagain!!