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Hong Kong cafe style cuisine, comfort food how I love it,, modern interior design, a big dark but have windows bring in light, fast friendly service.
I haven't been to Copa Cafe here in years. They are your typical HK cafe joint. Don't expect quality service. They are no frills and fast. We arrived at 5:30pm for a family of 4. There were booths available but didn't seat us there. We were made to wait for a smaller table despite back f a toddler. Maybe because I haven't had their food in awhile, it was tasty. We ordered the seafood baked rice. It looked impressive but when you think about it, the mussel shell takes up a lot of space. It was filled with imitation crab and onion. It was still tasty. We did the B+B sizzling plate meal. The sizzle was a novelty since I haven't had it in awhile. We ordered it with fried fish and pan fried chicken with garlic gravy. The pan fried chicken was very good. It comes with a bun and house soup. We chose the creamy one and I am surprised my toddler liked it. The iced lemon tea had ice in it but it wasn't cold. It had quite a good tea flavour.
First time at this place and we're happy with our dinner experienced. The place was very busy for Saturday dinner time but we got seated right away. Staff are friendly and very easy to call their attention. Foods we've ordered are very good. Delicious and tasty. Can't go back to try other dishes next time.
Copa (cup) of disappointment... Picking up something in the Poco area and was deciding on some Korean food or this place. In the end, decided on this place since it's been decade or longer since I have been to this place. Upon entering, it seems like the interior went through a bit of change and renovation. The place was pretty empty except for 3 booths seated with customers, maybe it was near closing time (1.5hrs before closing). Everything appeared to be clean throughout the restaurant with a comfortable spacing between the tables and booths. The service was subpar from the server, maybe she was more focused on cleaning and getting off work. When the owner/ manager took over, it was a lot better and she was more polite. Here were the food I ordered; 1. Sizzling Hot plate combo B+B (chicken steak & sausages) with borscht soup, spaghetti , cold lemon tea. The chicken was a little dry and the soup was a bit off and warm only. And the hot plate didn't sizzle at all, maybe a 3 second frisk sound? 2. Sizzling hot place combo A+B (filet mignon & deep fried oysters) with lobster bisque, steamed rice, add lobster tail $23 extra. The filet mignon was horrible, first time ever struggling to chew a filet mignon, it was dry and didn't taste fresh. The oysters were little midgets. The steamed rice was more like overnight rice just added a bit of water and a quick heat up by the microwave, it was dry and hard. And lastly the lobster tail was horrible; it had that bad fishy taste to it, one tiny bite from that and had to stop cause not worth food poisoning myself from it. And once again the sizzling plate wasn't even warm!! (Facepalm) The only thing okay was the lobster bisque. Overall, I was quite disappointed with the food. I don't remember it being this bad? What happened? Closer to closing time and whoever the cook in the kitchen was didn't give 2 cents about the food being served? Is it really that hard to hire a decent cook nowadays after the pandemic? And for crying out loud, it only takes 30 seconds to heat up the iron plates and how can one pawn off such a bad bowl of rice in a Chinese restaurant? I honestly would send this cook packing for retirement if working for me, definitely wouldn't tolerate this kind of bs jeopardizing my business. I guess I retained my good nature and composure by taking into consideration that the owner/manager was very polite and friendly; very poise and elegant with the services. I guess that's the only good part of this experience and kept my positivity inlined. Just enjoyed a quick instant noodle when back home lol
Copa Cafe is a solid HK style cafe option if you are looking for some classic Chinese comfort food. We stopped by for weekday lunch at 2 pm and the restaurant was surprisingly busy. We ordered a couple items and drinks. I had the Portuguese style seafood with rice with an iced lemon tea. Food arrived fairly quickly. My rice dish was loaded with pieces of potato and seafood. There was a good amount of sauce. The lemon tea tasted as expected. Service was good. Staff readily helped when we wanted to place our order or ask for the bill. Credit card payment accepted with bills over $25.
My family's favourite breakfast spot. Food and service quality is consistent, even during busy hours. The restaurant is also well-maintained. I've only been here a few times for lunch and dinner, but I find myself enjoying their breakfast menu more. Their food is reasonably priced and shareable, which is why we always come back here.
A Hong Kong style cafe, with free parking and across from a well known bubble tea shop. What's not to love? The menu is eclectic to say the least. They have Western style food like stake and lobster with your choice of pasta, rice or fries. They have HK Portuguese style baked seafood dishes over rice and covered in a light creamy curry sauce. They're serving sandwiches and soup. Do you enjoy choosing your own noodles, soup and meat options? They have that too. And of course they have a variety of Cantonese rice and noodle dishes. If it was closer to where I lived, I'd probably go and eat here at last once a week. Its good if you're with family or a bunch of friends and just order a few dishes and share.
I came here recently with my family to try their lobster dinner combo - 1 full lobster dish + 3 dishes of your choice for $98. The lobster was actually quite good. We chose the flavour to be steamed with garlic. For our 3 dishes, we chose the eggplant hot pot, pork chops with walnut, and the fried halibut. Generally, I think it was a good deal and you could choose from 49 different dishes. You can also add up to 6 dishes for a higher price. Read my full review here: https://sincerelyloewe.com/copa-cafe-lobster-dinner-combo-in-coquitlam/
Finally had an opportunity to return to Copa Cafe since its closure and I was happy to be back. Set up as a Hong Kong Cafe type restaurant, it sticks close to being true and authentic. I like their lunch menu and my review is specifically for their "Mini Set" baked dishes. My "go-to" is the chicken with the house special sauce and my boyfriend rotates around the pork baked dishes and their many sauces. I find the protein generous and we get a cold drink on the side for an extra $1. (I normally order the milk tea or lemon tea.) Service is quick and abrupt, they are attentive but you might need to wave them down. I don't mind it, but it might not be for everyone. Post Covid era, I give them a thumbs up for their social distancing practices. All staff wore mask and gloves, they also spaced everyone adequately apart. Overall, this place is on my rotation list for a nice meal.
We were convinced by some of the hyped up reviews and decided to try this place. We ordered shrimp and egg noodle, laksa noodle soup, Japanese pork cutlet, original bubble tea, HK style coffee. -Shrimp and egg noodle: noodle had been pre-cooked, so it became a big lump when I got it. Tasted ok, but it was overly greasy. It should've been called "lump of over-cooked noodle doused in oil with some shrimp and egg". Did I mention they used too much oil? -Laksa: Again over-cooked noodle. Broth was too salty. Noodle was over-cooked. Not the laksa we were used to. Noodle=over-cooked. Oh yes, a couple of the fish balls were still frozen. -"Japanese" pork cutlet: not Japanese style at all. Wrong batter, wrong way to fry, no meat, wrong sauce (tasted more like oyster sauce based Chinese sauce than soy sauce based Japanese sauce), and what's with the 3 portions of rice?? -Service: 2 waitresses intentionally avoided us after making eye contact. Whenever we asked for something, they seemed confused and made sure to tell us any changes or additions would cost extra. We asked for a slice of lemon for laksa which cost us extra $.50. -coffee and milk tea were acceptable. One good thing out of this whole experience: we know not to go back.
Interestingly enough, this location seems to have a more pleasant feel compared to the Vancouver location. I can't quite put my finger on it but I suspect it's because it is more spacious. Parking is ample thanks to the restaurant being part of a strip mall. I had the spicy beef "linguine" (but the actual dish uses spaghetti). Oh wow this was good! Steaming hot, with lots of flavour! This one's a keeper. Service was a bit slow though, probably caused by the spaciousness. We were sitting in an isolated area, and therefore had to flag down the staff or they wouldn't notice us. Recommended if you are in the area and need a HK-style fixing.
I came to Copa Hong Kong Cafe for lunch with my parent. It was around 12:30pm. I thought the restaurant must be packed and we had to wait for a long time. But we didn't have to wait. We were lucky to get a table right away. The menu has a wide variety of food from western fusion styles to Asian ones. I ordered a dish of fried kiteow in Hong Kong style and my mom ordered a dish of assorted meat fried rice vermicelli with spicy shrimp paste from the mini menu. The dishes were not mini at all. We had to pack half of each of our dishes home. The food also came with a drink, so my mom ordered a cup of hot lemon water and I ordered a cup of coffee and milk tea mix (ying yang). The food and drinks tasted great. The prices were 50 cents more than other HK cafes but the portions were bigger. We could use a Copa VIP card to collect points. The service was good. Waitresses and waiters were very efficient and took care of the customers properly. Copa in Coquitlam has been renovated since early summer. The environment and interior design are better than before. Tables are bigger and chairs are more comfortable. I know this branch will have a competition with M Cafe and Deer Lake Garden HK cafe that is very close by. Copa needs to maintain a good quality on food and customer service in order to stay competitive with other HK cafes. I would come back for lunch in the near future.
We love eating here. Everything tastes amazing. My fav is the pork chop with chicken cutlet over sizzling plate(somehow they didn't have the plate today but that's ok) the fried fish and beef tongue is also good! I would definitely recommend it! (The portion is huge!) Service is ok, they won't add water unless u ask but that's common for a lot of Chinese restaurants. I think the deco is pretty cozy. read more
2 years ago
Copa cafe is a Hong Kong style restaurant. I believe they had at one time, several locations around the lower Mainland and now down to just two...this one and the one in Richmond. Stopped by for lunch midweek to met up with a friend who resides close to this location. Opted for the beef brisket with thick noddle stir fry lunch special. The brisket was cooked perfectly and I enjoyed the noddles....but would have enjoyed more brisket in the meal. I liked that it came with soup and I opted for the tomato based soup. I quite liked the soup...almost more than the brisket. At $21.95, it was a good value lunch. It was a positive food experience but with so many similar restaurants in and around the Lower Mainland, I have no plans to return. read more
1 year ago
Wow Expectation vs. Reality. When asking the manager why a cut-in-half, shrivelled and inedible frozen hard-as-nails lobster tail was on the plate after paying $30+ when the picture seemed to show a full size edible lobster tail he said "never believe the pictures". No apology, just a convincing shrug like he had heard this complaint before. My entire table thought I had ordered a prawn, it was that small. it tasted like they had heated up the half tail again and again because it was completely inedible. Go to Copa Cafe in Coquitlam at your own risk. Terrible service and food quality. This is the second time for me, not giving them a chance again . read more
I haven't been to Copa Cafe here in years. They are your typical HK cafe joint. Don't expect quality service. They are no frills and fast. We arrived at 5:30pm for a family of 4. There were booths available but didn't seat us there. We were made to wait for a smaller table despite back f a toddler. Maybe because I haven't had their food in awhile, it was tasty. We ordered the seafood baked rice. It looked impressive but when you think about it, the mussel shell takes up a lot of space. It was filled with imitation crab and onion. It was still tasty. We did the B+B sizzling plate meal. The sizzle was a novelty since I haven't had it in awhile. We ordered it with fried fish and pan fried chicken with garlic gravy. The pan fried chicken was very good. It comes with a bun and house soup. We chose the creamy one and I am surprised my toddler liked it. The iced lemon tea had ice in it but it wasn't cold. It had quite a good tea flavour. read more
First time at this place and we're happy with our dinner experienced. The place was very busy for Saturday dinner time but we got seated right away. Staff are friendly and very easy to call their attention. Foods we've ordered are very good. Delicious and tasty. Can't go back to try other dishes next time. read more
3 years ago
Copa (cup) of disappointment... Picking up something in the Poco area and was deciding on some Korean food or this place. In the end, decided on this place since it's been decade or longer since I have been to this place. Upon entering, it seems like the interior went through a bit of change and renovation. The place was pretty empty except for 3 booths seated with customers, maybe it was near closing time (1.5hrs before closing). Everything appeared to be clean throughout the restaurant with a comfortable spacing between the tables and booths. The service was subpar from the server, maybe she was more focused on cleaning and getting off work. When the owner/ manager took over, it was a lot better and she was more polite. Here were the food I ordered; 1. Sizzling Hot plate combo B+B (chicken steak & sausages) with borscht soup, spaghetti , cold lemon tea. The chicken was a little dry and the soup was a bit off and warm only. And the hot plate didn't sizzle at all, maybe a 3 second frisk sound? 2. Sizzling hot place combo A+B (filet mignon & deep fried oysters) with lobster bisque, steamed rice, add lobster tail $23 extra. The filet mignon was horrible, first time ever struggling to chew a filet mignon, it was dry and didn't taste fresh. The oysters were little midgets. The steamed rice was more like overnight rice just added a bit of water and a quick heat up by the microwave, it was dry and hard. And lastly the lobster tail was horrible; it had that bad fishy taste to it, one tiny bite from that and had to stop cause not worth food poisoning myself from it. And once again the sizzling plate wasn't even warm!! (Facepalm) The only thing okay was the lobster bisque. Overall, I was quite disappointed with the food. I don't remember it being this bad? What happened? Closer to closing time and whoever the cook in the kitchen was didn't give 2 cents about the food being served? Is it really that hard to hire a decent cook nowadays after the pandemic? And for crying out loud, it only takes 30 seconds to heat up the iron plates and how can one pawn off such a bad bowl of rice in a Chinese restaurant? I honestly would send this cook packing for retirement if working for me, definitely wouldn't tolerate this kind of bs jeopardizing my business. I guess I retained my good nature and composure by taking into consideration that the owner/manager was very polite and friendly; very poise and elegant with the services. I guess that's the only good part of this experience and kept my positivity inlined. Just enjoyed a quick instant noodle when back home lol read more
4 years ago
Copa Cafe is a solid HK style cafe option if you are looking for some classic Chinese comfort food. We stopped by for weekday lunch at 2 pm and the restaurant was surprisingly busy. We ordered a couple items and drinks. I had the Portuguese style seafood with rice with an iced lemon tea. Food arrived fairly quickly. My rice dish was loaded with pieces of potato and seafood. There was a good amount of sauce. The lemon tea tasted as expected. Service was good. Staff readily helped when we wanted to place our order or ask for the bill. Credit card payment accepted with bills over $25. read more
3 years ago
3 years ago
My family's favourite breakfast spot. Food and service quality is consistent, even during busy hours. The restaurant is also well-maintained. I've only been here a few times for lunch and dinner, but I find myself enjoying their breakfast menu more. Their food is reasonably priced and shareable, which is why we always come back here. read more
A Hong Kong style cafe, with free parking and across from a well known bubble tea shop. What's not to love? The menu is eclectic to say the least. They have Western style food like stake and lobster with your choice of pasta, rice or fries. They have HK Portuguese style baked seafood dishes over rice and covered in a light creamy curry sauce. They're serving sandwiches and soup. Do you enjoy choosing your own noodles, soup and meat options? They have that too. And of course they have a variety of Cantonese rice and noodle dishes. If it was closer to where I lived, I'd probably go and eat here at last once a week. Its good if you're with family or a bunch of friends and just order a few dishes and share. read more
2 years ago
I came here recently with my family to try their lobster dinner combo - 1 full lobster dish + 3 dishes of your choice for $98. The lobster was actually quite good. We chose the flavour to be steamed with garlic. For our 3 dishes, we chose the eggplant hot pot, pork chops with walnut, and the fried halibut. Generally, I think it was a good deal and you could choose from 49 different dishes. You can also add up to 6 dishes for a higher price. Read my full review here: https://sincerelyloewe.com/copa-cafe-lobster-dinner-combo-in-coquitlam/ read more
Finally had an opportunity to return to Copa Cafe since its closure and I was happy to be back. Set up as a Hong Kong Cafe type restaurant, it sticks close to being true and authentic. I like their lunch menu and my review is specifically for their "Mini Set" baked dishes. My "go-to" is the chicken with the house special sauce and my boyfriend rotates around the pork baked dishes and their many sauces. I find the protein generous and we get a cold drink on the side for an extra $1. (I normally order the milk tea or lemon tea.) Service is quick and abrupt, they are attentive but you might need to wave them down. I don't mind it, but it might not be for everyone. Post Covid era, I give them a thumbs up for their social distancing practices. All staff wore mask and gloves, they also spaced everyone adequately apart. Overall, this place is on my rotation list for a nice meal. read more
3 years ago
Good old neighborhood joint for the past 22+ years. Comfort food. Comfortable setting. Might want to avoid the bathroom here (actually most Chinese restaurants). read more
3 years ago
8 years ago
We were convinced by some of the hyped up reviews and decided to try this place. We ordered shrimp and egg noodle, laksa noodle soup, Japanese pork cutlet, original bubble tea, HK style coffee. -Shrimp and egg noodle: noodle had been pre-cooked, so it became a big lump when I got it. Tasted ok, but it was overly greasy. It should've been called "lump of over-cooked noodle doused in oil with some shrimp and egg". Did I mention they used too much oil? -Laksa: Again over-cooked noodle. Broth was too salty. Noodle was over-cooked. Not the laksa we were used to. Noodle=over-cooked. Oh yes, a couple of the fish balls were still frozen. -"Japanese" pork cutlet: not Japanese style at all. Wrong batter, wrong way to fry, no meat, wrong sauce (tasted more like oyster sauce based Chinese sauce than soy sauce based Japanese sauce), and what's with the 3 portions of rice?? -Service: 2 waitresses intentionally avoided us after making eye contact. Whenever we asked for something, they seemed confused and made sure to tell us any changes or additions would cost extra. We asked for a slice of lemon for laksa which cost us extra $.50. -coffee and milk tea were acceptable. One good thing out of this whole experience: we know not to go back. read more
Interestingly enough, this location seems to have a more pleasant feel compared to the Vancouver location. I can't quite put my finger on it but I suspect it's because it is more spacious. Parking is ample thanks to the restaurant being part of a strip mall. I had the spicy beef "linguine" (but the actual dish uses spaghetti). Oh wow this was good! Steaming hot, with lots of flavour! This one's a keeper. Service was a bit slow though, probably caused by the spaciousness. We were sitting in an isolated area, and therefore had to flag down the staff or they wouldn't notice us. Recommended if you are in the area and need a HK-style fixing. read more
2 years ago
11 years ago
I came to Copa Hong Kong Cafe for lunch with my parent. It was around 12:30pm. I thought the restaurant must be packed and we had to wait for a long time. But we didn't have to wait. We were lucky to get a table right away. The menu has a wide variety of food from western fusion styles to Asian ones. I ordered a dish of fried kiteow in Hong Kong style and my mom ordered a dish of assorted meat fried rice vermicelli with spicy shrimp paste from the mini menu. The dishes were not mini at all. We had to pack half of each of our dishes home. The food also came with a drink, so my mom ordered a cup of hot lemon water and I ordered a cup of coffee and milk tea mix (ying yang). The food and drinks tasted great. The prices were 50 cents more than other HK cafes but the portions were bigger. We could use a Copa VIP card to collect points. The service was good. Waitresses and waiters were very efficient and took care of the customers properly. Copa in Coquitlam has been renovated since early summer. The environment and interior design are better than before. Tables are bigger and chairs are more comfortable. I know this branch will have a competition with M Cafe and Deer Lake Garden HK cafe that is very close by. Copa needs to maintain a good quality on food and customer service in order to stay competitive with other HK cafes. I would come back for lunch in the near future. read more
Hong Kong-style café in Coquitlam offers all the usual suspects. Menu is virtually identical to every other HK-style Cafe I've been to. Pricing is perhaps 50¢-$1.00 higher than other places. Waiters and waitresses here were much older, perhaps in their 40's to 50's which is somewhat surprising as most other HK-style café's have much younger employees. Service was prompt and courteous. Food took a while to come out....about 12-15 minutes...which is longer than I would expect. I ordered a Japanese deep-fried chicken cutlet and fried egg over rice. Serving size was good, but not generous. They did not drizzle enough sauce. The egg was overcooked for being sunnyside up, making it really rubbery. The meal came with a free hot beverage so I ordered lemon tea. But, I found the free tea to be so much better. Overall, Copa met my expectations, but did not exceed any of them. read more
4 years ago
We went for the lobster meal that came with 4 dishes in addition to the lobster with our choice of sauce over egg noodles. The lobster was very good and the dishes were tasty, though we were surprised about how the dishes were very small portions. Another thing was that we ordered "fried tofu hotpot with seafood" but it came with soft tofu, which was strange! Overall, the food did taste very good and the servers were quick to fix the problem! read more
3 years ago
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7 years ago
One of mine & my husband's favourite restaurant in the Lower Mainland! We've been to this restaurant quite a lot of times and the experience is always the same... FANTASTIC! Quality/Quantity of food is very reasonable for their prices, service is friendly & fast! read more
7 years ago
I visited the restaurant a couple of times. Food is not bad but overpriced. I would only go there for lunch or early dinner before 6:00pm to order the mini set meals for $13.75. The size of the meal is not that mini. It's a regular portion. read more
This was my first time at Copa Cafe. We went around 6pm and it was fairly empty but shortly after got extremely busy. The service is fast! I was a little overwhelmed with how many options there were on the menu. A lot of different things I have never tried before but I stuck with something familiar, Hot & Sour Soup. It came with an option of Small or Large. I ordered the small and it was a bigger portion than I anticipated. That was nice! I loved the flavor and would order again. read more
5 years ago
I came here every time I visit my parents-in-law. I have ordered food good enough for bunch. It didn't disappointed me every time. HK style food is great but service is so so. We usually come here for excellent breakfast. You can mix and match set breakfast like A+B read more
11 years ago
Great food. Most defiantly one of the better HK cafes. Fair warning though. If you don't speak Cantonese don't bother coming here. They won't serve you as nicely. Good service if you speak Cantonese. I love their food and the bubble tea. Sooooo gooooood. Chicken wings are awesome. Since it is a HK cafe, there are some Portuguese and English influences. It's fusion. But defiantly authentic HK. Lemon tea is the bomb. As for price, it's a bit pricy, but worth it. Service is as any other good HK cafe. Efficient. They don't waste your time by trying to be your friend. Efficient and quick is all you need, ESPECIALLY at a HK cafe. Simple as that. The menu is fairly large. You know, the norm for HK. Love this place. read more
9 years ago
Bad service. The waiters are mad and hate their job. They don't appreciate your business. Food is average. Used to have long waits. Now tons of tables available. read more
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