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    Nook

    3.8 (188 reviews)
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    Open 11:30 am - 10:00 pm

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    Great little place, they have lunch and HH specials. We had couple; f pizzas and meatballs, some wine and coffe. Service was wonderful. Street parking.

    Pasta Alfredo and Margarita Pizza
    Disha G.

    This place has a good italian vibe to it. No doubt its a busy place because of its amazing ambience and good food. I think the food tastes much more delicious if you pair it with right wine. I was no wine expert but the servers were excellent in their recommendations. Even though the place was busy but service was fast. I loved the alfredo black pepper pasta. Oh yeah! We got the big table in front, so it was like a community experience of enjoying the new company and the great food. If you are going solo, I think that will be an excellent table.

    Whipped ricotta.
    Ka L.

    This is a bit epitome of comfort food. Fairly classic food done well. Service is easy going but sufficiently attentive. Ambience is also fine, home comfort Definitely give the whipped ricotta a try if you like honey on toast. Feel like a perfect breakfast. Rigatoni Boscaiola is great but a bit heavy.

    Alston P.

    My husband and I drove to Vancouver from Seattle to celebrate our 3 year wedding anniversary. This was the first restaurant we've been to in Canada and it was wonderful. The food was affordable, our waitress (Kristy) was friendly and fast, and $27 was taken off of our bill because of a mistake. We will definitely be back.

    Love the attitude. Lol
    Jorge F.

    The food was really delicious!! Had the Rigatoni Arrabbiata and it was amazing. The aperol spritz did not let me down. The area was cute and inviting. The service was excellent and friendly. Would highly recommend this place if you are in the area!!

    Mushroom & pancetta'za with roasted garlic; pepperoni 'za with olives & mushrooms; Caesar salad
    Veronica V.

    We ordered takeout for our Saturday night dinner tonight! Our usual location is the original on Denman, but alas it is closed due to COVID :-( We ordered the Caesar salad, the mushroom & pancetta 'za with roasted garlic added; and the pepperoni 'za with olives & mushrooms added. Everything was ready very quickly (15 minutes?), and it travelled well. It was delicious, thanks everyone at Nook!!

    Brunch, breakfast pizza
    Joanna L.

    This is a cute place for brunch. The food is good and service is decent. However, menu changes at brunch and there is no pasta. My friend and I both had pizzas. I had the breakfast bacon pizza and my friend had the margherita pizza. Both were pretty good. The server was nice. We didnt know there was extra charge for the cheese, which I think is ridiculous considering the food price. The server did compliment the cheese after we disclosed that we didnt know there was extra cost for it. I will come back again.

    Ricotta pizza - SO good!
    Lindsay S.

    We ended up at Nook after every other restaurant had a long seat time on a Saturday early evening and Nook had one open table for 4. The service was great even though it was a busy night. I am not a huge Italian/pizza fan but dang this place is good! My boyfriend and I split the ricotta pizza (with extra ricotta and garlic) and the Caesar salad. The pizza was incredible! The crust was the perfect combination of fluffy, crunchy, and thin/Italian. The toppings were very generous and overall so so good! The caesar wasn't our favorite since the anchovy and olives were strong for our preference (we aren't very fond of either). Our friends got the margherita pizza and the gnocchi. They loved both dishes but the gnocchi was the winner since it was perfectly cooked and full of flavor! Would definitely come back again!

    Salad mess.
    Heather M.

    This restaurant doesn't take reservations, and always seems to have a lineup to get in. We went early and got a table prior to the theatre outing. We ordered a salad special of arugula, avacados, pumpkin seeds, citrus etc. with a truffle oil dressing, the salad arrived wet with browned endive leaves also thrown in, it was flavorless and unappealing to eat in it's saturated state. We both opted for pasta dishes, I the Orecchiette with sausage and my husband the Tonnnarelli Cacio Pepe. Maybe we're spoiled with delicious pasta dishes, but after two or three bites, we paid and left it in our bowls, there was no tlc in the preparation of either pasta dish, over peppered in both, one with actual pepper, the other with fat ribbons of chili peppers (nobody knew how to mince?) The other annoyance was a pathetic sound system playing heavy metal, and with concrete floor and other hard surfaces, the reverberating noise level with everyone shouting to talk was jarring on our nerves. A sad date night for dinner overall.

    Boscaiola pasta also excellent. Similar to carbonara... not sure if I noticed the mushrooms..
    Kelly N.

    It really sad to write this our favorite pizza place isn't as good as before. Have been here at least half a dozen times since discovering it a year or so ago but somehow tonight Nov 2022 the food has dropped from A to C. Not failing grade as service is still good but the chicken liver toast, margherita isn't as good. Hope the consistency will return...

    Burrata and toast with tomatoes, olive oil and basil $20
    Gloria F.

    Great place for pizza and pasta To start, we ordered the burrata and heirloom tomatoes with toast appy, and added an order of procscuitto. It was very refreshing and tasty. The toast was the star here The tonnarelli with cacio e peppe pasta was very simple and tasty. It was quite salty, reminded us of Italy! We also ordered the margherita pizza and homemade sausage pizza. The best part was the crust! Not too greasy but crispy We finished dinner by 7pm on a weekend and by that time there was a lineup since they dont take reservations. Great area to walk it off

    burrata & prosciutto starter! i wish i could eat this every day!!

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    Consistently delightful! Fav is the Burrata & Prosciutto and Chicken Liver Crostini. Staff are warm and welcoming.

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