Tickets fell on my lap for a concert in the Encore suite and I didn't know anything about it…read more Great experience for any event. The food was as good as most upscale restaurants I have been to. There are so many options you must be selective or you may eat your weight in food. All the servers were attentive and friendly and it seemed they were always right there as soon as I thought about grabbing another drink. Drink prices are comparable with the regular admission but they treat you like people and give you a glass. The selection is a step up as well and cocktails are available. Sat at the bar seats at the top of the section and it was not cramped and we have a table for drinks and snacks. Again the servers were always around during the show. Would recommend this to anyone who has the chance.

I feel like a King! This is a fancy lounge and I'm glad I had the chance to experience it…read more Probably one of the swankiest lounges I have ever seen. When I was walked in I was greeted by two lovely host that coat checked my jacket. The server then showed me to my seat before I set off for the Buffet. And boy was the food good! They had the biggest garlic butter prawns I have ever seen along with Turkey, Schnitzel, a sushi bar and the tastiest icecream I have ever had. I could not believe how good this buffet was. The bartender even told me to go after the sushi before they run out and I'm glad about that tip because it was delicious! This was pretty much a 5 star review. I'm only deducting 1 star because someone flooded the bathroom mid show (I was here for Kings of Leon) and had to go all the way to level 3 for the nearest mens washroom which was a shame. But otherwise this lounge was awesome!

Definitely not worth the price of the dinner buffet, but for some reason, it was still busy. The…read moreselection is, in my opinion, quite limited. There is a pasta station that was always busy, so I can't comment on the selection or quality. The rest of the food was ok - nothing to write home about. You have your standard hot selections - fish, some pasta, veggies, risotto, chicken and there was lamb. They have a large charcuterie board that, upon closer inspection, was just the same 3 cheeses and meats repeating. The cold plate section had good variety, but went fast. They are fairly quick to refill though. The cold dishes tasted pretty good, unfortunately I then had diarrhea later that night to which I attribute to this section. The desserts are hit and miss. The creme brulee was the best. The cakes were the worst. It's a large, bright space, thanks to the floor to ceiling windows. Depending on where you are seated, you could have a beautiful ocean view. Easily accessible by public transportation.

Breakfast buffet at Oceans 999 was good but very expensive $44.00. It is still the most…read morereasonable option for breakfast as the a la carte menu is also very expensive e.g. $8.00 for coffee. The food was decent but really did not feel that there was value for the money.

Buffets in Vancouver seem few and far between and generally rather pricy so this seemed like the…read moremost reasonable option to go with kids. The third star is for the service as the servers come through and clear plates quickly and offer hot drinks when they notice you're towards the end of the meal, so they were great. But food... Considering it's $50 for an adult, you'd be better off going to a regular restaurant and ordering what you really want for a better meal. Most of the food was luke warm and the carving station was almost cold unless you catch a fresh one coming out. The sushi was probably the best items here and some of the salad bar. But how do you mess up fried rice? The rice and noodles were almost inedible and my kids couldn't eat the soft serve ice cream! And they'll eat almost anything sweet. Hmm, I didn't expect amazing food being a buffet, but I certainly expected a bit more than that. Nothing stood out as being all that great overall and at these prices... Maybe not!

Right now they are to Open at 4. It is 405 and we are…read morewaiting with a few other. WTF. This place needs work.

We were actually supposed to go for a different AYCE dinner but heard that there was a ridiculously…read morelong line for it cuz of a special deal that was being offered and so decided to change our dinner plans. This is how we ended up at Secret Garden Korean Fusion Buffet & Grill. I'd been wanting to try this place for quite awhile anyways, so...really glad ended up coming here instead. If you're Vegetarian, this is probably not a good place for you to come. If you're Pescatarian however, then there's still plenty of food for you to eat. Thankfully, I am the latter; so even though I couldn't eat any of the meats like chicken, pork or beef...there was still lots of food for me to eat and I walked out very, very, very full! We were impressed with the selection here. So much variety. Off the top of my head: Seafood pancake, Kimchi pancake, Japchae, Vegetable Fried Rice, Kimchi Fried Rice, Kimbap, Deep fried Squid, Takoyaki, Tuna Mayo Inari, Vegetable Fritters, Tofu, Fish Katsu, Fried Flounder, Kimchi, Takoyaki, Potato, and Pickled Radish are just a few of the items I piled on to my plate. There was drink dispenser that had some kind of Cinnamon ginger drink in it. I took that as my beverage. It had a very nice flavor but very sweet so I would recommend filling your glass about halfway, and then pouring in plain water to fill the second half of the glass. My favorite part was dessert. They have a machine that dispenses Korean Bingsu! There's other stuff too like fruit, cookies, cake squares and ice cream. All I wanted though was the Bingsu. The machine has instructions for how to turn it on and dispense the shaved ice. To the left of the machine are a few toppings for the shaved ice. Not a lot of toppings, but you really don't need much. They offer shreddies, red bean, chocolate syrup, condensed milk and strawberry jam for the toppings. Such a yummy and refreshing way to end the meal!

First visit to the Korean buffet in Coquitlam…read more We were seated quickly even though it was a busy Sunday lunch. There was a large variety of food including noodles, rice, chicken, sushi and salads. Our server was lovely but very busy with a lot of tables. They need more staff. Our plates were cleared promptly by bus staff.

Decided to come to Fanny Bay for my birthday dinner while traveling in Vancouver, and it did not…read moredisappoint. This spot does traditional and classic seafood items so well- lobster poutine, are you kidding me?! How do I inject the lobster gravy from this dish into my veins? My boyfriend and I got a couple dozen raw oysters from the available options and narrowed down our favorites- the Fanny Bay and Kumamoto are fantastic! I got the uni sashimi and umami bomb, and those were to die for. The lobster poutine stole the show for my boyfriend and me, the serving size was generous and very filling. We got so much quality seafood for less than $100 CAD- this would easily go for so much more in the Bay Area.

Fanny Bay is a popular spot for oysters, and indeed oysters be everywhere here! Our group of four…read morewas fortunate to snag a spot on a busy Friday night. Being a busier night, it was a little hard to get served even when we sat at the bar; we had to wait nearly 15 minutes before being able to place an order. We each had their Clam Chowder, which was pretty salty to say the least. The addition of real clams did make it tasty, BUT the clams also had a lot of sand... were they washed? This was not a fun soup to eat... It was also served with a crumbly muffin, which was not my favorite. The Mussels & Clams in white wine sauce was tasty, though it had the same issue of being sandy. We also had their Crab Cake - thankfully not sandy here. (I'd be scared if they were...) The crab cakes with real crab were tasty - loved this one! We also had their Daily Shucker's Dozen oysters, which included two smaller ones and a larger one. The large one... was most definitely meaty, briny, and not as tasty as the smaller, sweeter ones. I believe our smaller ones may have been the Fat Bastard and Sweet Select, while the larger one was off menu from Washington. On the topic of busyness, we didn't get our oysters until very late into the meal - nearly an hour. They actually had forgotten our order, and we had to remind them, which they said "soon" until "soon" ended up being nearly 20 minutes! We were told that a shucker was working on it, only to see that tray being sent to another table... sad!

Shabusen is a Vancouver classic…read more. The meets are marinated, super tender. Couldn't stop eating. Sushi was subpar but for AYCE, I'll happily eat and eat without complaining. The space is sort of neat, tight in some areas but that can be a vibe. The tables for large parties are low to the ground, really fun. Make a reso. walk ins are ok but easier to get in last minute as a table of 4.

I haven't been to Shabusen in a year so I decided to check it out…read more Came at 10:55am with my family for an early lunch on a weekend. Place was still closed Door opened right at 11am sharp. Only one other person came for about the first half hour, but it slowly got a little busier an hour later when we left, maybe 30% full. As for the vibes, it was pretty quiet. They kept playing Top 40 2010's pop music but it was at a reasonable volume. The person who made the playlist really likes taylor swift and bruno mars as they kept playing their songs. Sometimes the music stopped for a moment before playing again. We sat at a booth windowside where we could see burrard street from an elevated view. As a party of 4, the booth seats weren't very plush or spacious but were still somewhat comfy. Service was a little slow at the beginning. It took a while for the wait staff to give the paper where i can write down the amount of food i want. The wait staff said they would come back to us when we indicated we wanted to order even though only one other customer was in the restaurant at the time. It took awhile for the food the come at the start, maybe 10+ minutes. I'm guessing some of the staff were still setting up the restaurant because they looked busy. But everything was smooth sailing afterward that. Food came pretty quickly after ordering every time. The BBQ flame grill at the middle of the table was not very good because the flame was uneven and only half of the grill was in flames even though the power was a max. But the problem fixed itself eventually somehow and we were really COOKIN'. I think many people will find their sushi decent. They don't put an crazy amount of rice or anything. In terms of taste, The sushi was below average unfortunately, it was not that flavorful or even that fresh tasting. I tried the california roll and the spicy tuna roll. They were just average overall and you could easily find better sushi at Japanese restaurants. I also tried the salmon, spicy tuna, and tuna sashimi. No complaints. They did not have any frozen taste and they were decent is size. Overall, better than average sashimi for sure. I liked the spicy sauce they slather on the spicy tuna sashimi. The gyoza was better than average and not overly greasy. The chicken teriyaki, beef teriyaki, and yakisoba noodles was also pretty good in terms of taste. WAY better meat pieces compared to other buffets like richmond sushi, which had lots of fat or tendon. They were pretty much all meat which was appreciated. The marinaded BBQ meats for the grill were decent. I didn't get that much flavor of the marinades from any of the meats. The BBQ beef was the best of them all in terms of taste, but there were some pieces that had a lot of fat on them so they were chewy. I LOVED the tonkatsu. Our table kept ordering it. I got a whole extra plate to myself. The sauce they put on it and the crispiness of the tonkatsu was great. The agadashi tofu was a good dish for a different texture and refreshing after eating lots of greasy meats. Our table ordered multiples of it. The Goma-ae was decent. I wasn't a huge fan of the sauce as it wasn't as tasty as it looked. Also the portion was smaller than expected. But i ordered more anyway basically to help cut the grease a little from all the marinated BBQ meats. The yam tempura was decent. Nothing special about it as it's just battered yam that's not overly thick. The Chicken Karaage was our table's favorite dish. They were extra crispy, easy to eat, and tasty. We ordered a lot of it and it was eaten up pretty quickly. The wait staff were very quick in taking away our used dishes and they replaced our grill plate when it looked really charred. On the other hand, sometimes they forgot to give a new order paper when they took our order so we had to ask them for another one. Sometimes when we ordered multiple dishes of something, we would receive less than expected. For example, when my table ordered 3 dishes we only got 1 dish. That was a little annoying. Public washrooms were cramped but clean. The urinals were literally one step away from the sink, and the one toilet stall was 2 steps away. 3 people max can stand inside. For $30 per person on the weekend lunch for both sushi and BBQ, Shabusen is not bad at all. The price is decent for AYCE spot that includes BBQ and sushi. And you're paying a bit of a premium price due it being a weekend which is a pretty common thing at buffets nowadays. Overall I give Shabusen 3.5 out of 5 yelp stars based on this visit rounded up to 4 stars since yelp doesn't do half stars. Some of the food quality improved a bit compared to my last year's review, and the food that we ordered, for the most part, came at a pretty good pace. I feel like we didn't have to wait for long.

The Buffet was closed down for a while during the pandemic but reopened in late 2022…read more Grand Villa Casino had a contest where if you swipe your casino "Encore" loyalty card on the contest machine, you'd have a chance to instantly win things such as free casino plays and restaurant coupons. A cash prize was offered as well. My friend was lucky enough to win a 2 for 1 coupon for Grand Villa's buffet and invited me over to try it out. Lucky me. I haven't visited Grand Villa Casino's Buffet in about 5 years so I was interested to see if anything changed since then. When we approached the entrance, there was no line up and there were plenty of seats available in the buffet. This was around 4pm on a Sunday. I took a glance at the food available for the day and it looked decent but nothing stood out, unfortunately. Here's a rundown of everything they offered that day. For soups they got vegetarian chili and chicken gumbo. The chicken gumbo was not good and my friend couldn't finish it. Just avoid the soups. For salads, they got romaine, kale, macaroni, coleslaw, and potato. I tried a bit of the kale and the macaroni salads and it was surprisingly tasty. For mains they got corn on the cob, corn bread, waffles, fried chicken, baked beans, mac and cheese, beef brisket, bbq ribs, and fried basa fish. The corn bread was pretty bland. It needs more flavor. The fried chicken is like the chicken you would buy at a superstore or walmart. Very average. It was drier than I preferred. The breaded skin was kinda tasteless. Worse than KFC. The mac and cheese was actually good. Very cheesy, tasty, and looked pretty yummy. The BBQ ribs were alright. It had very little meat on it. The sauce was tastier than I expected. The basa fried fish is nothing to write home about. Very average. It didn't have much flavor and tasted like the fish you would buy in the supermarket frozen dinner food section and pop it in the oven. The beef brisket was too tough, dry, and lacked flavor. Needs more seasoning. I think it was a tad overcooked. At the carving station, they had roast beef. It's not bad at all! The beef did not have any fat and it was tender and not dry. You can try it with dijon mustard or demi-glace sauce. I liked it with the dijon mustard. For pop, they got a coca cola freestyle machine with literally dozens of options of different types of pop. Coke, Barqs, Sprite, Fanta, and more. I have no complaints about the drinks. For dessert, they got mini donuts, double chocolate cake with chocolate icing and flakes on top, Red Velvet cake, chocolate brownies, and a fruit platter. They also have ice cream with a small selection of toppings. The mini donuts were sweet and tasty. They appear to be freshly baked. I liked the chocolate brownies a lot. It wasn't overly sweet but it was tasty. The chocolate cake was decent. It was a tad too sweet and tasted like an average chocolate cake overall. The red velvet cake was very average tasting as well. My friend didn't like the chocolate ice cream at all and could not finish it after taking a bite. There might have been a few more desserts and drinks available that I missed but I didn't take a good look. Besides the average quality food, the service by the wait staff and the dining area was actually better than other restaurants. The wait staff took away our plates very quickly after we were done with them. They were friendly and fast when we entered the restaurant and during our visit. I have no complaints about the service. The dining area was spacious and clean. The chairs had thick pillow cushions on them so it was better than an average dining chair. They had large windows that let the sunlight in. The decor was minimal but nicer than an average family restaurant. Overall, at the regular price of $33.99 per person, I would hesitate to recommend Grand Villa's Casino Buffet to anybody for the quality of the food that's offered. It really needs improvement. The chefs need to replace what it has now with better than average tasting food to ask for that price. I wouldn't think of going again unless i scored a 2 for 1 coupon because there are plenty of restaurants where your $34 can be better spent. 2.5 out of 5 stars rounded up to 3 stars since yelp doesn't do half stars.

The night we went, there was a young Asian dude at the carving station. He was G R U M P Y. I asked…read morefor the roast and not only did he not smile, he sneered at me and tossed me a few slim shavings of meat. I wish I could say that I am just trying to be funny, but unfortunately I'm not. I continued to watch him from my seat and he was just NOT in a good mood at all. He did similar if not the same to other people. He would trade places every 30 minutes or so with another guy. There was HUGE and noticeable difference between servers. The other guy was very proud of his work station and cleaned up around the area while waiting for the next customer. I'll pass on this place for future events.

Had dinner and breakfast here during my stay at Versante Hotel. Bruno is located at the main lobby…read moreof Versante. Really cool fun decor yet modern. Huge place and good for large group parties. Dinner menu was fantastic. They ran out of lamb but their pork tomahawk was delicious. Best of all, Bruno's Tiramisu was the standout. Absolutely so good. A must try. For breakfast, I had their smoke salmon omelette which was fantastic. Service was excellent. Highly recommend. Cheers!

Overpriced. Cesar salad was recommended due to the delicious…read moregarlic croutons. Was less than average. Meatballs weren't bad at all, but super small.

Looks like the previous pho place died and is now a Turkish restaurant…read more Parking is available on Hastings, as well as the side streets. There are 2 entrances to the restaurant. The main entrance has several steps. Much easier to enter from the "side" entrance which doesn't have steps. The inside is nice and large. Great view of the street. About half the seating area is raised by a few steps. Staff are friendly and helpful. No complaints. They have typical dishes such as kebabs and donairs, as well as "traditional" meal section. I tried the roast lamb. It was pretty decent. Some may consider it a bit bland, but I would say it reminds me of home cooking. Served with salad, rice, and pita. My buddy tried the sac tava (meat stir fry) and said it was really delicious. Guess I'll try that next time. Pricing is reasonable, and quality is decent. I'd come back again. Recommended.

It was the first time for us, but not the last. The culinary es authentic and exquisite . The…read moreservice is very professional and courteous offered by KARDELEN. Very cozy well located restaurant with very affordable prices and generous portions. We had a blast of Turkish culinary

I've been to Miku several times, and today I finally decided to write a proper review. First, I…read morewant to praise the service. Every time I come, I can feel the professionalism and attentiveness of the staff. From seating to ordering, and then to the care during the meal, everything is done with great finesse, making me feel comfortable and at ease. The unique politeness and meticulousness of Japanese service are naturally reflected here. The food is also a reason I want to come back. Whether it's the freshness of the ingredients, the presentation, or the taste, you can feel the attention to detail. Japanese cuisine emphasizes the quality of the ingredients themselves, and Miku presents this refinement beautifully. Every dish is pleasing to the eye and has a layered flavor. I also love the ambiance. The overall design is simple, elegant, and has a very comfortable Japanese aesthetic. The lighting, seating, and spatial layout all create a relaxing atmosphere without feeling overly decorated; instead, they have a high-quality feel. As for the atmosphere, I think it's what makes this place so special. Elegant and quiet, yet not too formal, it's suitable for dates or enjoying a good meal with friends. Sitting there slowly eating and chatting makes the whole dining experience particularly comfortable. After several visits, I still feel that Miku is a restaurant worth returning to again and again. It's not just because of any one dish, but because the service, cuisine, environment, and atmosphere combine to create a very pleasant experience every time I come.

Normally a restaurant with great views has mediocre food. Miku breaks this norm by serving…read moreexcellent seafood and sushi all while proving an amazing view of the sea and north Vancouver. My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed the sushi and sashimi, which was sourced sustainably. The drinks were also great and options plentiful. Service was attentive and adequate. Not a standout part of the experience but far from bad. Miku was recommended by a local and we can see why!