I've been searching for a good Hainan chicken and rice place whenever I travel and I think I found…read moreone of my favorites at Mamalee. The chicken is so tender and juicy with good flavor and even better if you like to dip it in their home made lightly spicy or ginger sauce. It is fully deboned too. This is the star of the show and a must try if you want to know what Hainan chicken should taste like. I was just at Portland and ate at Nong's Khao Man Gai which is a Thai version of Hainan chicken and Mamalee just blows it away. I will definitely be back to support this small business whenever and as often as I can. Wish they open a location in California or Las Vegas but this gives me a reason to visit Vancouver more often. PS: Free 2 hour parking at International Village Mall.

Very good Hainanese Chicken!…read more We also tried the Curry Beef Brisket, and Roti Canai. Tender and flavorful both chicken and beef. Flaky roti with tasty curry sauce, all in good portion and service was fast. We are traveling from NYC and were looking for comfort food near downtown on our first night, this is definitely a great place for causal, comfort good eats.

I got their smoked salmon chowder in a bag. It's a good size for two people or two portions. The…read moresoup had some fishy tasty to it. I had better smoked salmon chowder in the past. I personally won't get it again. I also found their chowder a bit watered down.

I've finally tried the butter chicken and there's a lot of meat. An excellent value and it's so…read morerich and delicious! I ate this with homemade rice. I thaw these in a disposable foil pan in the fridge for convenience. Then I cut along the top, fold the package in half and squeeze the content out into a pot. Then I use a plastic food scraper to get the rest out. The chicken pie was also very good and packed with a lot of ingredients. It is rich as well and very filling. On hot days I use an element or toaster oven outside to cook these. I plan to be a repeat customer as everything I've had was exceptionally delicious. And I repeat, the value is outstanding for this kind of quality food. Order ahead online and pick up at their window to make sure they have what you want. Or go by their window to order. Great as gifts too! They have soft serve ice cream as well. Check online to see how delicious it looks. Highly recommend.

Friendly service, clean, efficient. I really liked my bowl that has half mixed greens, half brown…read morerice, curried cauliflower and potatoes, beets with pear and feta, edamame and mint, and grilled avocado. I recommend their spicy red sauce, which is by the register. Yummy food and would go there again!

Chicken classic and chicken and avocado sandwiches…read more Couldn't find the chicken or the avocado Indifferent service, worse food Pass

Meat & Bread, oh wow was it quite literal…read more My friend and I were greeted by hearty welcomes and the sound of knife slicing pork. We ordered their Porchetta and Meatball sandwiches and were impressed with their speed - out within three minutes! We were crunched on time, so we did a takeaway, but we actually had time to sit and enjoy the restaurant. My favorite part was feeling that we were in a log cabin, transported almost 200 years before present day to the Midwest. Most impressive was how good each tasted. For starters, I have a huge dislike for pork, yet I really enjoyed their Porchetta with crackling, crispy pork skin (?). Their meatballs had a consistent texture, appropriately crumbly - and the flavors all worked well together. Not too salty, not too sweet - everything balanced. It's rare to find a spot like this, and I can't wait to return!

I ordered the porchetta sandwich and it was delicious. A bit pricey for what you're getting but…read morethat's downtown Vancouver for you. It had a nice bright sauce in it, maybe basil-based, that balanced nicely with the delicious porchetta. Also, the crunchy crackling added a delightful texture to every bite. While I thought it was a bit expensive for a sandwich, I was definitely FULL after finishing it.

I never knew this place was called HBC Gourmet Market, but I finally remembered to take note of it…read morethe next time I visited. It's a bakery and deli. This is the place where I usually buy cakes for the office. Their cakes are pre-made and placed in the displays for you to choose from. They make cakes throughout the day, but if you're unlucky they could be low on choices if you're there at the wrong time. If you have time, order ahead, but I don't usually have any problems with walk ins. The most recent cakes that I purchased were the Lemon Meringue and the Chocolate. Both cakes were sweet, light and fluffy. They were a hit in the office.

This is just a quick review which I promise to update soon (I am at work now and they don't pay me…read moreto review restaurants). The HBC Gourmet Market is a little known great eatery in downtown Vancouver. It is located on the bottom floor of the Hudson's Bay Company (next to the Pacific Centre food court). It appears to be relatively unknown because Yelp doesn't know about it and so many people are always asking where I buy my lunch! Here you will find a very tasty selection of typical deli fare... The soups, salads, and sandwiches are their main selects but there is a whole lot more! My favourites are the Thai Chicken soup and the Chipotle Chicken Soup... usually ordered with a Greek salad. I am always so pleased with my lunch that I made this my very first review on Yelp!

Decent food and prices but nothing special. Went as a big party group of 20 people, and FYI you…read morecan't split bills. Service was decent given the large group. Had a soup and grilled Galbi. Seafood pancake was okay too. Not AMAZING Korean food but solid if you're craving it and in the area. Small free parking lot attached.

Came for a weeknight dinner. Showed up just past 8pm. Party of 4. Place is huge but not many…read morepeople. They are understaffed though. There's a sign out front indicating as much. Korean guy at the front waves at us, asks how many people, and directs us to a seat. Then another Korean guy comes over and scolds us, telling us to next time please wait at the front until being seated. Clearly they have some organizational issues here and not a great start to this visit. We place our order. Food for 2 of our 4 arrive about 10 mins later. The food for the other 2 people arrive another 20 mins later. Meanwhile the food for the first 2 ppl just sit there. Thankfully they were in clay pots so it was still warm at least, but this is ridiculous. There is no reason for this. If you're slow to get food out, fine, but bring it all out at once. The restaurant itself is huge, looks like a lounge and bar but mostly empty. The staff are all dressed differently too in street clothes so its hard to tell who works there. They are clearly struggling with understaffing. We had a caucasian waitress who came by to deliver food. She was very nice and friendly. About the food. We ordered: kimchi soondubu - asked for extra spicy, it was barely spicy. beef/seafood mixed soondubu - asked for spicy, it was straight up not spicy. The broth base was the same for each, and lacked depth of flavour. The tofu itself was pretty good, silky smooth, but tofu takes on the flavours of whatever it's cooked with and in this case, not much... The beef in these was just ok and there wasnt much of it. The seafood in the mixed one amounted to 1 clam and 1 shrimp shell-on. There was nothing else in it. 2/5 for both of these. Gamjatang - medium sized portion, good for 2, maybe 3 people. Meat was ok, broth was not bad. Solid average. 3/5. banchan served with the meals were the biggest disappointment. 2/5. This might be the most disappointing banchan ive had in a Korean restaurant in a long time. They served regular cabbage kimchi, radish kimchi, and bean sprouts. thats it. None of them were particularly good (not bad, just nothing great). And for a party of 4, they served a single portion of each banchan for the whole table. We had to ask for refills 3 more times. You have 4 diners, all with food that comes with Banchan normally. Wouldnt it be reasonable to bring out 4 portions of banchan right off the bat? Especially when you're understaffed? Overall: Main dishes 2.5/5. Banchan 2/5 for overall selection and quality. Service 2/5 - really comes down to severe understaffing and really poor management of how the kitchen is run. The staff there do their best but they need help. Venue 3/5. Overall, 2 to 2.5/5. This place might be the worst Korean place on the Robson strip of all the ones Ive been to. That's saying a lot, since Vancouver doesnt have amazing Korean food to begin with, and this is one of the worst of the bunch.

Been to this Hui Lau Shan location inside Club Kitchen twice now, and I really enjoy their Chinese…read moredesserts! Their desserts taste fresh & feature quality ingredients. They're all not overly sweet, which is perfect! I love their signature Pomelo & Mango with Sago Drink, & always get this when I'm here. Of the other desserts, the Bo Bo Bowl was my fave this time, along with the Purple Potato & Taro Milk -- both boasting a robust yet refined taro flavour. I also enjoyed the Mixed Matcha Panna Cotta, a dessert that's great for matcha lovers! You order at the kiosk or online, & they bring out your order pretty quickly. There are some tables available for seating.

Long lines generally indicate good things when it comes to food, and the lobster bisque on the menu…read morewas enough of an enticement for my wife to brave the queue and order a cup. She enjoyed it, but felt some component or flavor was missing; it was also a little thinner than she would have preferred. Being a certified soup savorer myself, I had to agree, based on the couple of spoonfuls I sampled. Good, not great, but I'd be willing to give them another fair shake, the next time we're on Granville Island.

The chowder was flavorless, they use too much corn starch to thicken it and it was all potatoes and…read more1% fish. Would not come back for this flavorless broth.

Classic pub vibes. Seat yourself , decent drink and food…read moreselection. We had honey garlic wings and loaded fries.

The manager was incredibly rude and dismissive when my friend found a shard of glass in her drink…read more He said that couldn't be possible because her glass wasn't chipped. There was broken glass on the floor when we first walked in that was half-ass cleaned up by the manager. We brought it to his attention about 20 min later that there was still glass on the floor and he swept again. Another 10 min later he converted that area into a dance floor and we could see shards of glass sparking all over the floor still. I brought it to his attention again and he said "what do you want from me?" And when I said "it just doesn't seem like you care at all about the glass everywhere" he rolled his eyes, put his hand in my face, and walked away. Also he said he was going to give my friend who may have swallowed glass his card in case she needed to go to the hospital but never did.

Porchetta sandwich with crackling on a soft ciabatta roll with some mustard for $14. Nuff said…read more We look forward to this sandwich everytime we come back to Vancouver. We have not been able to find a comparable porchetta anywhere else. They have loyal customers for life. We got the tomato fennel soup and it was so creamy and warmed up belly and breath in this cold weather. I have never been disappointed, even when the sandwich got a tiny bit smaller than it was 2 years ago. I'll still come back. Even during the lunch rush. Maybe even tomorrow.

Meat & Bread delivers an exceptional, gourmet sandwich experience right on West Pender Street in…read moredowntown Vancouver. The space is sleek, modern, and minimalist, with a lively open-counter setup where you can watch the chefs carve fresh roasted meats to order. The food is legendary, the signature Porchetta Sandwich is an absolute masterpiece, stacked high with tender, juicy slow-roasted pork, shatteringly crisp bits of crackling, and a bright, zesty salsa verde tucked into a crusty, fresh-baked roll. Their Buffalo Chicken Sandwich packs a fantastic tangy kick balanced by crunchy slaw, and pairing any sandwich with their rich daily soup makes for the ultimate comfort meal.