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Worst Restaurants in Victoria
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| The Wolf User Info... | Two come to mind that even for Free Food I am sure I would not go to ! (Sorry if you work there just based on my/our experiences) WHITE SPOT- Wow why do people go here... Had several bad experiences in a row... I go out for lunch with my Mom- where do they sit us after ignoring us at the front counter for awhile- Right near the screaming kids section under bright halogen lights...I asked to move and they did move us... It was a quiet time so its not like that was the only seat the restaurant was dead...and because I never learn my lessons I went back again a few weeks later and essentially the same thing happened... Third Strike- I was passing through Colwood with the GirlFriend and we stopped there...Everybooth was empty and the they next to a Guy and his kid at a table.... - Sat, 28 Oct 2006 1:57am | ||
| The Wolf User Info... | OLDE SPAGHETTI FACTORY- Tourist trap, I met two people that like the food here...I am not sure about either of them! lol... - Sat, 28 Oct 2006 1:59am | ||
| trevor corey User Info... | Anything in a mall foodcourt. YIKES! - Sat, 28 Oct 2006 2:51am | ||
| ROSS B AY User Info... | TERRIBLE UNCLE WILLARDS.........not even the welfare crew eat there anymore. - Sat, 28 Oct 2006 9:11am | ||
| Destroy_The_Flesh User Info... | Oh god not Uncle Willys Jesus just mentioning the name has cursed us all - Sat, 28 Oct 2006 11:17am | ||
| Jesspsycho User Info... | Uncle Willies Just be glad your employers dont hold the x-mas party there every year like mine do. Olde Spaghetti factory sux ass! - Sat, 28 Oct 2006 12:26pm | ||
| Nik Olaz User Info... | Paula Motor Inn - Sat, 28 Oct 2006 1:17pm | ||
| Mace User Info... | Cuppa' Joes... Everytime I've been there, they managed to fuck up my order, like how stupid are you that you fuck up a salad or an order of natcho's? Look no further folks, Cuppa Joes has retartds for it's wait staff and cooks. a '10' on the puke-0-meter! - Sat, 28 Oct 2006 3:09pm | ||
| Curmudgeon Rocker User Info... | Ever been to The Brogden Steakhouse? Don't ask to have it cooked rare - the thing will jump off the plate at you. - Sun, 29 Oct 2006 7:33am | ||
| DeadYeti1 User Info... | Two of the worst restaurants I have either worked in or eaten at are Plutos and Kelseys. I wouldn't advise consuming anything from Plutos. Just go to floyds instead. But make sure you don't sit in Frasiers section. He's an idiot. As far as Kelseys, I have seen meat with quite a bit of a green tinge make it to the grill. These are a bunch of kids who don't give a shit about food or the fact that someone will actually be paying for this shit so why the fuck would they care. Honorable mentions go to Palmers in Oak Bay, and noodle box. They gotta learn how to cook seafood. - Sun, 29 Oct 2006 11:23am | ||
| Hang the DJ User Info... | Cafe Mexico. Not because of the food, but because the service was shit. I waited an hour to get my food, though the waitress was all like "any minute now". Then after an hour I asked her why it was taking so long and she said they had forgotten my order. So, I waited around for another 30 minutes and then just left the place. Never going back there again that's for sure. I didnt' want a burrito anways. Ay caramba. - Sun, 29 Oct 2006 6:33pm | ||
| Hang the DJ User Info... | Oh yeah, and this horrible world-dominating restaurant you are all familiar with- Mcdonald's. Their dare I call it "food" is absolutely disgusting. If I ask anyone why they chose to go to Mcdonalds, they always say "I went there when I was a kid!'. I think it's hideous how they have the whole "playplace" thing and all, and "Happy Meals" to lure the younger crowd into becoming lifelong customers. Sick. - Sun, 29 Oct 2006 6:38pm | ||
| Jeremy Baker User Info... | zoinks. I LOVE Cafe Mexico. Try it again. I'll agree with the first post. White Spot has let me down so many times now that I think they are done on my rotation of places to eat. Mall Food Court, yes generally sucks, OPA! rips and I go to the mall to eat there. Best Restaurants: I loves me Mo:le! - Sun, 29 Oct 2006 6:50pm | ||
| BTJon User Info... | Pluto's is my guilty pleasure, only because of all you can eat taco's on monday nights though. Everything else and the service is awful. - Mon, 30 Oct 2006 12:06am | ||
| trevor corey User Info... | Oh ya, can't be dissin OPA! Interesting tidbit for you DJ, McDonalds is the number one toy distributer in the world. They are worse than tobbacco companies, IMO. They get kids physically addicted to animal fat(grease), sugar and salt. Somebody oughta roundhouse kick that insane looking, underwear on the outside of his pants , freakshow "clown" dude Ronald. Hey, are we doing favorite restaraunts too. Because I had a fantastic five course meal at MATTISS(sp?) all for $49,organic and locally sourced ingredients, and, get this.............they serve a wait......wait....a twenty five year old single malt, insert gurgling noises Homer makes - Mon, 30 Oct 2006 12:20am | ||
| Mofo User Info... | Hmmm I love the Cafe Mexico too, the food rocks and I've never had a problem with the service and I've been going for years. The Brass Duck...I went there once and ordered a eggs benny, I swear to god the waiter forgot to put in my order cause when I reminded him he had that face like "oh Shit" not 4 minutes later he brought out this dish that somewhat resembled eggs benny....if your blind. He put 2 slices (untoasted) of whole wheat bread on it with two eggs (fried) and a thimble full of hollandaise on each egg, and to give it that extra pizazz he put bacon bits on top! I am not the type of guy who complains at restaurants very often because I consider myself lucky to have the good fortune and benefit of eating in the first place. However, when I am ripped off or blantantly served garbage food I will complain. Speaking of being ripped off...SPICE JAMMER, rip off central. 15.95 for a small dish of sauce and a 6oz chicken. Rice is extra, bread is extra. The chicken was so overcooked the sauce did it no justice. That was my first and last time at that place. - Mon, 30 Oct 2006 8:17am Edited: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 8:19am | ||
| Mutilashawn User Info... | yeah Old Spaghetti Fack-off-tory is horrid. HORRID. That filth burger joint that used to exist on Douglas and Yates was even worse .. gone now. ABC Country restaurant is scum. I know a lot of restaurants from the other side because I worked for Dine In for awhile ... 90% of the restaurants in town are run by innept assholes. good restaurants = Lotus Pond, Mo:Le, Ferris', Sushi Plus (YEAH!!!), The Reef, ReBar .. probably more - Mon, 30 Oct 2006 8:23am | ||
| SickFuk User Info... | Fountain Restaurant.... Took a look inside their kitchen once, and it reminded me of the days when I worked at Coffee Mac's (R.I.P.)... absolutely horrifying... Montana's... Went there a while back with my ex... she ordered halibut, and was served salmon... when we complained, they insisted is really was halibut and I ended up telling the manager in front of all his customers that he was either a liar or a retarded monkey... As for the best in town.... I'm surprised no one has mentioned John's place yet.... you want eggs benny?... check them out, absolutely awesome... and their Thai nights make me drool just to think about them... 'ere - Mon, 30 Oct 2006 8:53am | ||
| I'm a fukin' Terrorist User Info... | Very smooth Sickfuk, but how's this for Advertising Friday, November 3rd CanBie (Nanimo) Meat Wistle Loogie (Rockabilly/Drukabilly) Undisputed Champions (In your face/kiss my ass) Pythagryn Comma (Tapping Bass/Tapping Pussy) - Mon, 30 Oct 2006 12:01pm | ||
| dumpstermesh User Info... | Hey Mutilashawn I used to work for Dine In too, ABC is sooo gross. Did they just hang out eating fries and ignoring you when you'd pick up from them too? I used to beg dispatch to give me orders from the Reef. Not only did it make my car smell yummy the guy that used to work as the host was super yummy too!! I wish I could remember the name of the place in Chinatown that served me soup with steel wool in it. They even charged me for it after I showed it to them. - Mon, 30 Oct 2006 2:14pm | ||
| mica User Info... | hey if you haven't tried taco's at "hernadez" yet...get your ass there - if you like taco's. fresh made tortillas...mmm so good. - Mon, 30 Oct 2006 4:03pm | ||
| duncan User Info... | Earls. A few years back on my brothers birthday we went there.. and he ordered pasta and he got a bonus metal shard in his tongue! I went to the bathroom with him to see him pull it out.. blood was all over the bathroom. they didn't even offer to pay for his dish or the meal or anything.. the server almost shit his pants when we told him. We didn't cause a big deal about it but I haven't been back since. - Mon, 30 Oct 2006 4:30pm | ||
| Mr. Hell User Info... | How bad was the food poisoning I got from The Ol' Spaghetti Factory? So bad I was shitting and hurling at the same time. Never again. Everytime I go to Cafe Mexico, I get the feeling that $10 for beans, rice, flour tortilla and a few specks of meat isn't a good deal. Cup O' Joe's was good, before they moved and became Floyd's Diner. Floyd's took the goodness with them and all the shitty elements of restaurants were left at the James Bay location. Denny's has the worst "nachos" ever. Chips with sour cream piled on top and grease saturating the chips. Odd because there is no meat or cheese to be found on them. ABC has the worst staff to represent an eating establishment ever. Mind you, if I was sad enough to work there, I'd never lift a finger either. Siam was similar to Cafe Mexico in that the $13 five tiny pieces of meat just didn't do the trick. Add to that $3 extra if you want rice (mind you still not enough to fill one up) and the ignorant service (bring out two meals for half the party first, then the other two meals 15 minutes later), and you have a place worthy of being fire-bombed. The Noodle Box was put up by everyone I know who likes food. Of course, when a place is hyped so much it is bound to disappoint. I ordered the Southest something or other ginger egg noodle with prawns. Sounds like heaven for the discerning masticator on paper. I got this and it fucking tasted like dirt. The kind of dirt from when you wipe out and land face first in a pile of well-travelled bike track dirt. The prawns were big though! As for White Spot, they continue to get my business strictly for the Double Double burger and good fries. Also, I don't recall there ever being halibut on Montana's menu. I do recall salmon and some sort of budget white fish, however. Best bet is to stick to beef and chicken at an outback cookhouse. Man, there are a lot of lame restaurants in Vic. I'll be adding more as they are recalled. - Mon, 30 Oct 2006 6:31pm Edited: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 6:37pm | ||
| Hang the DJ User Info... | I thought the Noodle Box was good... I mean they put a bit too much Cilantro in whatever I got which my friends and I couldn't stop laughing about.. but I thought it was good.. Fujiya is real good.. they have good sushi and stuff... and it's cheap. - Mon, 30 Oct 2006 7:42pm | ||
| trevor corey User Info... | Oh shit. Ya got me a little freaked out. I been ordering fried rice and veg. chop suey from Fountain for a coupla weeks now. They are open till 3:00 am. How bad is it? Is that why I haven't been feellin too well? - Mon, 30 Oct 2006 7:54pm | ||
| MURDALIZER User Info... | Any of u whippersnappers old enought to remember FOODY GOODY? - ha more like "CATTY BADDY". I saw a guy come out and pour a whole mess o shrimp out of a white 20l pail onto the salad bar platter. man the sloppy noise it made and how it looked - i will never forget - a real low point in ones epicurean travails. Or the plate wells at the end of the buffets - full of hidden treasures down at the bottom - people, those areas are to be spotlessly clean! Victoria has one of the highest resident to restraunt seat ratios in the world. I would say that easily 75% of the restraunts in Vic are fast food or one step above, but there are also some truly great ones too. A few of my favourites are, Paprika Bistro, Chez Michael, Brasseie L'ecole, Il Terazzo, Herald st Cafe, cafe Bio, Zambri's. Look to he smaller ones for high quality. - Mon, 30 Oct 2006 8:19pm | ||
| Masturbating The War God User Info... | "FOODY GOODY"? Ahaha, that was that chinese/canadian buffet located in some piece of shit 'mall' downtown by warf street...right? I remember going there when I was 4-8, I always pleaded to go somewhere else. I only ever ate the fries. Another after church Sunday favorite in my family was Uncle Willy's. Others have mentioned it earlier, I don't care, nor do I need, to elaborate on the sickness. - Mon, 30 Oct 2006 10:39pm | ||
| trevor corey User Info... |  Sounds like something out of "The Devil's Reject's". I don't think Willy is an appetizing name for a restaraunt these days. - Tue, 31 Oct 2006 1:03am Edited: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 1:05am | ||
| _Griphin_ User Info... | Sigh, what ever happened to Coffee Macs?!? - Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:51am | ||
| You Enjoy Myself User Info... | I'm surprised I haven't seen Alzu's mentioned yet, it's pretty damn bad. Canoe Club is a friggin joke too, don't like that place at all. Good spots: Ferris', Koto, Little Thai Place. - Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:43pm | ||
| Hang the DJ User Info... | Ha, Foody Goody, I used to like that place when I was a kid. No wonder I'm screwed up now. - Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:49pm | ||
| The Wolf User Info... | Getting some great suggestions of places to go/Stay away from here..Tried OPA again..pretty decent for Mall/Maul food... I prefer Eugene's but OPA was good for what it is ! I think Coffee Mac's couldn't survive when the Gorge area went "Upscale".. IE the Colony/Brass Rail left... lol.... - Tue, 31 Oct 2006 1:06pm | ||
| Inhalien User Info... | I have had some bad meals in my time but what really ticks me off is poor service. If you are a waiter, or waitress, I care not how beautiful you are, you do not need to be a dink. You are not better than anyone else and you are there to SERVE, not SHOW OFF. Bad Attitudes: Earls - great food, stuck up servers Maude's - some of Victoria's most stuck up witches on the planet serve here. Plan on eating one hour after you arrive. If you're not drinking beer, plan on being ignored. Boston Pizza - plan on being ignored Canoe Club - lots of waiting Six Mile - snotty in a whorish way Sticky Wicket - they'll serve you providing you're drinking. Bad Food: Kelsey's, ABC, Wings, Old Spaghetti Factory, Boston Pizza, Canoe Club, Milestones, man I could go on forever. PS Foodie Goodie rumoured to be closed down due to (Surprise!) Re-using food. Its a buffet, you can't finish your last plate, you leave, plate goes back to the kitchen and food is scraped off into new serving bowls which are eventually placed back onto the buffet. - Tue, 31 Oct 2006 2:16pm | ||
| ::Saint:: User Info... | Actually I've heard from a number of sources that Foody Goody was shut down after a surprise health inspection in which cat and dog carcasses were found in the kitchen... - Tue, 31 Oct 2006 2:29pm | ||
| You Enjoy Myself User Info... | Oh, and I forgot, 1550's has really good pub grub. And the service is usually pretty good. It'd be way more popular than Maude's if they had some hot waitresses there. - Tue, 31 Oct 2006 2:41pm | ||
| Masturbating The War God User Info... | I thought Foody Goody closed down years ago...At least we stoped going there years ago. I forgot Boston Pizza in Langford, my first and only food poisioning incident. I like Flyod's, though the service seems to have gone down hill in the last year as the popularity has increased, and my food seems to come colder, and the cutlery has been dirty the last few times. I just moved into Saanichton, anyone recomend some jems out this way? - Tue, 31 Oct 2006 5:55pm | ||
| trevor corey User Info... | The Arbutus Restaraunt in Brentwood Bay, next to the fery dock at the Brentwood Bay Lodge and Spa. edit; I think this is a fantastic restaraunt for the masturbator to check out, I'm not listing it as a "worst" - Tue, 31 Oct 2006 6:01pm Edited: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 6:25pm | ||
| _Griphin_ User Info... | I used to work when the Rail was across the street from Coffee Macs, man bar rushes were fun! Why is Canoe Club a joke, well other then the price they charge for their Micro-brewed beer (it's probably more then $6 a sleeve, I haven't been there in years). Best micro-brewed beer in town?!? Either Hugo's uber-cheap sleeves or Swans. (Mmmm... Black N Tan) - Wed, 1 Nov 2006 1:22am | ||
| Mutilashawn User Info... | "I just moved into Saanichton, anyone recomend some jems out this way?" used to live out that way .. there are 2 rad greek places in Sidney that are right next to each other haha. oh and from what I remember I really liked the Rum Runner .. if that still exists. - Wed, 1 Nov 2006 3:00am | ||
| DR.V User Info... | My wife ordered a toasted bagel from White Spot once and it came with a huge clump of hair toasted into it, like dog hair or something, and the staff were like , oh well can we get you something else? Spaghetti Factory was gross, but after eating in resteraunts in the states ours really aren`t that bad. Our Favs are The Lotus Pond and My Chosen cafe. I`m surprised nobody mentioned the chinese village where they found the std sperm in someones food . - Wed, 1 Nov 2006 6:15am Edited: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 6:15am | ||
| Spinvis User Info... | REBAR - Been here a few times. First experience was pretty good... second time was there for lunch with family. The server poured us water as they do at every table. On their front counter they had rows of jugs filled with water. They normally always filled up the glasses. However, one table of people left and had half full glasses that they drank out of. The server came to that table, took their glasses and emptied them into his water jug, where he later used to fill up other people's glasses. I will not go here again after witnessing such service. Of course there's the typical places always mentioned like White Spot.. Smitties... - Wed, 1 Nov 2006 11:14am | ||
| dumpstermesh User Info... | "On their front counter they had rows of jugs filled with water. They normally always filled up the glasses. However, one table of people left and had half full glasses that they drank out of. The server came to that table, took their glasses and emptied them into his water jug, where he later used to fill up other people's glasses" THAT'S FUCKIN SICK!!!!!! I'm so glad my work isn't on the list, not that I'd expect it to be. I finally work at a decent restaurant. Oh and BTW don't eat at San Remos. I used to work there and I stopped eating there after my first week or two. They are fucked up. - Wed, 1 Nov 2006 3:30pm | ||
| Mr. Hell User Info... | Worst sushi I've had in town: Toku Sushi. The rice is hard and has a strange sweetness to it that is definitely not rice wine vinegar. Plus their fish is expired. Uncle Willy's, besides the bland, sick food has potential for people to fuck around with the food and then put it back...like that time with the Jell-O and ashtray. The "cream" on top was so petrified that it was removable in one piece. Not sure what happened, but I always look closely at buffet food before eating it ever since then. Whatever ever happened to Fuddruckers? That place ruled. Even Bonanza wasn't bad for a half-assed buffet. Foody Goody was the bane of eating establishments. Jack Lee's Chinese Village!! STD fried chow mein. - Wed, 1 Nov 2006 4:16pm Edited: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 4:17pm | ||
| _Griphin_ User Info... | Ya know a restaurant sucks if Mr. Hell complains about it. :) - Wed, 1 Nov 2006 4:17pm Edited: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 4:17pm | ||
| Masturbating The War God User Info... | Thanks kids, I will check them out in due time. EWww, that is fucking gross Spinvis, did you jump up from your table and high-tail it out of there after watching that? No tip I hope! - Wed, 1 Nov 2006 4:38pm | ||
| Jesspsycho User Info... | I was a Bonanza salad girl. Wahoo - Wed, 1 Nov 2006 5:25pm | ||
| DeadYeti1 User Info... | I just read a horrible review of Taj Mahal. Apparantly an east indian restaurant critic went to review said rest. Upon arrival they were treated like absolute shit and forced to wait for a table while there were about 9 tables open. When they were finally seated, they ordered some items cooked in the tandoor. They waited an hour while watching white customers being served food almost upon arrival. When the critic asked what was taking so long, the water flat out told him that they had just shut down the tandoor for they evening. Outraged, the critic asked the waiter if he was pakistani. The waiter replied yes and just walked away. The critic was left speechless to say the least and promptly left with his companion. WTF? - Wed, 1 Nov 2006 5:38pm | ||
| Spinvis User Info... | Haha Bonanza!! I forgot about that... ReBar is otherwise known as a top eating place among the vegetarian fair... but I'll have to pass from now on. Smitties was also bad the other day. My eggs were totally cold and undercooked. I can't say I wasn't asking for it though. Kind of on a related note, we need to bring back the Pop Shop. - Wed, 1 Nov 2006 5:48pm Edited: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 5:49pm | ||
| trevor corey User Info... | I don't like this slaggin on REBAR. That is a fine establishment and I'm quite sure if anyone who worked there witnessed that water incident they would fire the employee who did it. If you witness such an abomination don't be too sheepish to call em on it. What do you mean s.t.d. fried rice. Is such a thing possible? Yikes. Fuddrucker's, hehe, nice name. I think it was distasteful to walk in and have to look at a carcass hanging in the window. What is Uncle Willy's? Is it still open? Just curious. - Wed, 1 Nov 2006 6:46pm | ||
| Spinvis User Info... | Hi Trevor, Thank you for a very humorous response. Its very distasteful to write such an uneducated response assuming we never called them on it. Hmm... I think I now have to copy/paste again what I just said: "ReBar is otherwise known as a top eating place among the vegetarian fair... but I'll have to pass from now on. What makes you assume we never called them on it? To go as far as to say I am sheepish? Regardless of that, its definately a turn off to dine there. Even if it was my favorite restaurant in the world, it would still turn me off. - Wed, 1 Nov 2006 7:41pm | ||
| trevor corey User Info... |  So then, what was the response you recieved when you called them on it? I didn't really mean to insult. - Wed, 1 Nov 2006 9:53pm | ||
| Laprider User Info... | The little noodle? place accross from the crystal pool, hands down one of the worst meals I've ever had. I like the places that are smaller...the parsonage Cafe is always good, and they give my daughter treats, I love all the gals at the polish deli, and their food is good,Italian deli for $5 pasta specials, noodle box is Ok just never go when they are busy or quality goes down,mole, the mint, the fries at logans go great with the ol chocolate beer, ferris', gimme dem ricydoughballs, I like Sabri....hmm suddenly i"ve got the munchies... - Wed, 1 Nov 2006 10:23pm | ||
| lonemonk User Info... | Pagliacci's. Nothing wrong with the food per se, but I've always had a thoroughly lousy time there. I don't understand its appeal at all. - Thu, 2 Nov 2006 8:24am | ||
| Tim-Bitchfork User Info... | Just Joeys was the worst meal i've had, they just went bankrupt :). Favs are Ferris' and Lucianos if i just got paid or something. Goto Ferris' and have the Roasted Garlic Linguini, wow man.. Arbutus in Brentwood is overprices and not impressive Cardon Street in Brentwood is great, and cause I like greek I like Theos in Sidney last time I went there, always empty and the inside of the restaurant kinda sucks but they make some great greek food. There is a lot of terrible food in Sidney though so be careful. edit: Esquimalt McDonalds, how the fuck do they suck so much at such an brainlessly easy task? - Thu, 2 Nov 2006 9:27am Edited: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 9:53am | ||
| sati User Info... | ugh, this is one of the grossest threads EVER! Personally, I'd like to be able to call a hotline where you can get authorities to make immediate 911 drop-ins for all those places that handle money, then food, without gloves or washing. And washing's not good enough when you just rinse, then dab your hands on a dirty rag. Lately I've had higher standards about the manner in which my food is served. If they're grouchy pricks and I can't charm them out of it, I kinda feel like my food is cursed or something and try not to go there again, even if its just an over-the-counter deal. I've got nothing to add Victoria-wise - Nev's house rocks! - Thu, 2 Nov 2006 10:17am | ||
| DeadYeti1 User Info... | As far as I can tell, the majority of Victoria restaurants are mainly a limbo for social degenerates. But then again, what do you expect from a city that ranks second in North America for restaurants per capita. - Thu, 2 Nov 2006 10:38am | ||
| _Griphin_ User Info... | I used to work at Pagliacci's years ago, awesome place to work. A shame to hear the food went downhill, they used to have the best kitchen crew too! - Thu, 2 Nov 2006 11:58am | ||
| Trailer Park Boy Julian User Info... | Pag's is still a pretty damn good place to go for lunch - VERY good $ / value ratio. Dinner - not so good - $ / value ratio very average. I'd recommend going on week days after 1 PM though. Nothing else to really add - i.e. agree that mall food court's are always suspect etc.... - Thu, 2 Nov 2006 1:00pm | ||
| DeadYeti1 User Info... | I agree with pag's being not bad. They used to have a really good antipasti plate. From what I hear, after Simon manville left dock 503 to head a winery, the food just wasn't the same. I can't slag any restaurant that serves local meat, fish and produce though. - Thu, 2 Nov 2006 1:31pm | ||
| Hang the DJ User Info... | The Herald Street Cafe's good.. but overall the best place is my kitchen. I can whip up some mean Kraft Dinner. Damn! - Thu, 2 Nov 2006 2:48pm | ||
| Mr. Hell User Info... | The best part about Fuckrudder's was seeing what you were gonna get hanging from it's disemboweled belly. The 3/4 pound medium rare burger...just dreamy. And that cheese sauce...to kill for! - Thu, 2 Nov 2006 5:57pm Edited: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 6:00pm | ||
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| Ward Ensemble User Info... | i worked at the Garlic rose for about a week... then decided to quit to keep someones death off of my conscience. First of all, the night cooks were bringing out their raw meats - duck, lamb, hamburgers, chicken, etc... - and setting them up in the SAME PAN for the night... at room temperature. Then there was the floor manager - yelling at the servers and demeaning them in front of the customers, which is totally unacceptable. Either the food was going to kill someone, or i was going to kill the floor manager. Happily, i might add. Incidentally, I worked at Coffe Macs when I was nineteen-ish, and all the customers complained that the food was shit, but they came every night. It wasn't bad, and the kitchen was clean. The best place in ALL OF VICTORIA to order chinese food from is the Dragon Gate. Never a taste of dirty fryer oil, never a pool of dirty (or clean) fryer oil at the bottom of the styro contaIner, and consistentley the best chinese food i have ever had. (Kat free). - Thu, 2 Nov 2006 9:26pm | ||
| MURDALIZER User Info... | "one cheeseburger" ... "and it's for a COP" ... "does that look like spit to you?" - Thu, 2 Nov 2006 10:49pm | ||
| dumpstermesh User Info... | "and a litre of cola" - Thu, 2 Nov 2006 11:54pm | ||
| KnifeGhost User Info... | "Litre is FRENCH for GIVE ME A GODDAMN COLA." - Fri, 3 Nov 2006 12:51am Edited: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 12:54am | ||
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| Mace User Info... | You can tell they're angry cuz, they didn't get no free food... - Fri, 3 Nov 2006 11:42am | ||
| ML7Mike User Info... | White Spot: last time I ate there, I found a family of aphids (and their poo) living on my lettuce garnish. Got our tables food for free though. And in all honesty, aphids dont gross me out, but I aint payin for them. - Fri, 3 Nov 2006 12:53pm | ||
| Sedlec User Info... | Trevor Corey is such a veggie. - Fri, 3 Nov 2006 1:31pm | ||
| trevor corey User Info... | Five to ten servings per day! - Fri, 3 Nov 2006 3:49pm | ||
| Mr. Hell User Info... | That's what you get for trying to pretend you're healthy. Aphids are rich in something I'm sure. A huge, freshly murdered animal carcass looks tasty to me. - Fri, 3 Nov 2006 4:42pm | ||
| lonemonk User Info... | Yep, nothing bad about aphids far as I know. Ticks sometimes have some shit going on, and mosquitos have issues. But even the stuff that they carry is blood transer and has nothing to do with eating the bastards! - Sat, 4 Nov 2006 12:17am | ||
| _Griphin_ User Info... | That's still gross. They should "prepare" the salad greens in the kitchen before taking it out to the table. Bugs on your salad is a free meal!!! Besides, aren't Aphids Ladybugs?!? Sign of good luck!!! - Sat, 4 Nov 2006 8:50pm Edited: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 8:55pm | ||
| Chef BRD User Info... | You people have seen [url=http://www.healthspace.com/Clients/VIHA/VIHA_Website.nsf/food-frameset]this[/url] site eh? that url again: http://www.healthspace.com/Clients/VIHA/VIHA_Website.nsf/food-frameset - Sat, 4 Nov 2006 11:56pm | ||
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| Matteus User Info... | On a good note: ANy of you tried HOPE KEY right next to seven eleven on douglas? best dam food in the city for the best price! like noodle box, but better! best service in the city hands down!!! - Sun, 5 Nov 2006 4:34am | ||
| trevor corey User Info... | I noticed @ the bar the other night how the bartenders handle alot of money and alot of lemon and lime garnishes that get thrown into peoples drinks. I may be sounding too anal here, but I would take a pass on the garnishes from now on. - Sun, 5 Nov 2006 3:26pm | ||
| dumpstermesh User Info... | Hey Griphin, ladybugs EAT aphids. They love the little critters. - Sun, 5 Nov 2006 3:44pm | ||
| Ward Ensemble User Info... | as far as bars go, it's a little known fact that to properly clean an ice machine takes around two days...that is two days out of service. It must be defrosted, pulled apart and the drip evaporator try at the bottom must have all that yummy black mold scraped off of it, then be put back together and finally refrosted. unless a full time bar has two of these things, you can bet your ass it is almost never done. most of the time the rule is to not take ice from the bottom. I've seen bartenders throw the citrus garnish on top of the clump of black shit in someones drink so they didn't notice... and they didnt. - Mon, 6 Nov 2006 2:08pm | ||
| Suffuckation User Info... | Sounds like evolution. - Tue, 7 Nov 2006 5:32pm | ||
| [email protected] User Info... | I got One Tip. Dont eat at Uncle Willy's.. I used to work there for a year as a cook. And i am gonna tell u a little story about the owner. His Name Is Karn. And he has this big as growth on his foot. Dead Flesh....dead skin and its like a big calis. But anywho. He sits at his Desk which is like 10 feet from the actual kitchen and he will pick and pick at it and You see him picking the flakes off and sometimes it bled. But the best part was he would limp over to his station..which was Curries of course. and The main food like Veggies and Meat. and He wouldnt wash his hands. He would just handle the food. I never once saw him wash his hands, not once did he use sanitizer. I have been cooking for 6 years and i have never seen something that disqusting other than that dumbass kid who shat in the washroom and smeared it all over the walls and left huge piles of it all over the floor. and thats my story :P - Thu, 9 Nov 2006 10:00pm Edited: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 10:01pm | ||
| Endeløs User Info... | This thread can't die, I'm learning so much. I'd add to the list- TAPAS BAR. Yes, the charming place in Trounce Alley. Cool atmosphere I suppose, but the food was shit. Peppercorns floating in ass sauce is not my idea of an enjoyable meal. And my date's meal was worse, some greasy chicken bits in runny unflavour broth. Fukk you, tap-ass. Next- SMITTY'S. Obvious choice, really. WHY DO PEOPLE FREQUENT THIS PLACE? When they try to include one of everything on their 8 page menu; you know it's gonna be hard to offer anything quality. I'd have thought breakfast would be hard to fukk up, but no, apparently the rejects working in the kitchen there can't cook a goddamn egg. I guess I didn't specify I'd like that breakfast both HOT and COOKED. Assholes. Special nod to THE GORGE POINTE PUB. They tried to serve me undercooked chicken wings. When it was pointed out to the waitress, she tried to convince me that they were in fact cooked. First of all, don't argue with a customer. Secondly, I am at a point in my life where I know what raw chicken looks like. Pink/red innards = UNDERCOOKED! That's all for now. - Thu, 9 Nov 2006 10:10pm | ||
| mindlesssexmagik User Info... | ahahaha Red Robin did that to me too. I ordered a 5 Alarm Burger.......the best burger.........and it came to me 1/2 cooked. I told the waitress and she said to me it was cooked and then the manager told me it was cooked. I told him that i wasnt stupid and i have worked in 10 resturants in Victoria and on the mainland. And You dont serve shit like this or ur gonna have someone sue your ass. Its illegal to serve Ground Beef or hamburger beef Raw or not cooked. So he said was cooked....i Said "NO" and he went and got me a new one and gave me a free meal. Bastards....But still i go to red robin even though my wife has had hair in her burger 3 times already. - Tue, 14 Nov 2006 1:50pm | ||
| JDL User Info... | jesus, after reading this thread i dont want to go anywhere lol. esp. uncle willys... that's fucking gross... absolutely disgusting. I had the same problem with chicken at a local restraunt, name with held cuz they did everything they could to solve the situation with out us having to ask for compensation or convince them the chicken was under cooked. - Thu, 16 Nov 2006 2:54pm | ||
| mindlesssexmagik User Info... | Last Night my wife and i had our 1 yr wedding anniversary at 5th Street. Everything was good up until i got a piece of metal wire in my Mint Ice Cream Cookie Sandwich. Hurt! Luckly they were nice about it and they gave us a gift certificate! YAH! - Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:38am | ||
| trevor corey User Info... | Maybe that was GOD's way of saying Mint Ice Cream Cookie Sandwich is not such a good thing to shovre in you gulliver. Last week I took my wife out for her b-day. We went to Camilles in Bastion square. We did the five course, she had the wine pairing and I did my own single malt "pairing". If there was any problems with the food we were too loaded to know. Camilles kicks ass btw. Moral of the story, eat, "DRINK", be merry. - Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:49am | ||
| Suffuckation User Info... | MisterSalsa on Douglas should be shut down. The dishes and cutlery were not clean, the food made me feel like I was coming down with ebola and the owner was there and being a surly asshole. I'm quite sure he was drunk. - Wed, 22 Nov 2006 9:46pm | ||
| smartypantz User Info... | I also used to work for Dine-In, and the worst I saw was at Pagliacci's - raw chicken, uncovered, knee height in the dirty hallway at room temperature. Eww. It's things like this that help me avaoid meat in general. I also don't understand why Floyd's is so popular. I have given them so many chances. I had eggs and a bagel and the bagel was covered in grease. As were the scrambled eggs. Like they had poured oil over them. They even managed to screw up a Greek Salad. It was an entire green pepper, half a red onion and some tomato and shitty field cucumber. Then the Veggie Sandwich with three pieces of thick dry bread, even though it doesn't mention it in the menu. It's jusy not good food people! I remember Fuddruckers, and thinking it was the coolest thing in the world! And Uncle Willy's is just wrong. And it's expensive! - Mon, 27 Nov 2006 9:42am Edited: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 9:44am | ||
| mikey User Info... | I've never had a bad experience at Floyd's. The only time I couldn't eat my food was my own fault, woke up still drunk and hungry, but by the time I got my food, uh oh, mikey no feeling so good.... - Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:48am | ||
| Spinvis User Info... | I didn't get a good impression at Floyds either, but perhaps I have to order something more to my liking next time. - Tue, 28 Nov 2006 5:11pm | ||
| Haden User Info... | Ruddfuckers, the place of my first job. Was there six months before the close down? Something like that. First, there was a serious mouse problem. There were traps all over the kitchen, backroom and store room. Wasn't really helping. Corporate headquarters sent in the district managers because we were going to "close for fumigation" because of the mouse problem. Serial numbers of coke machines were being taken, they set up a second office for themselves in a small store room. Safe went missing and we were told it was in their office. They stopped ordering food because we were closing down for a week. All of us knew something fishy was going on. Last night before closing the doors for "fumigation", they still hadn't told the staff. Staff quit working 1/2 hour before close until management would come clean. They did so. With a promise of helping us find new jobs, we all worked and helped pak up the store. Closed it's doors, hid it's assets..... That's what happened to Fuddruckers. Now it's a kick ass BCL. - Tue, 28 Nov 2006 8:50pm Edited: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 8:51pm | ||
| Bass Maniac User Info... | Sam Remos..... What a shit hole. You know how Italian restaurants bring you foccacia bread with olive oil and balsamic as an appetiser....... Well get this.... A hoggie, some malt vin. and corn oil. What's wrong with this picture. - Sun, 3 Dec 2006 8:26am | ||
| The Wolf User Info... | Thanks CHEF BRD thats the link I couldn't find! Can't find Uncle Willys on the list ? http://www.healthspace.com/Clients/VIHA/VIHA_Website.nsf/food-frameset - Thu, 21 Dec 2006 3:38am | ||
| Severed User Info... | ahahahah uncle willys got shutdown....health violations. Probably read my post! - Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:09pm | ||
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| ::Saint:: User Info... | Yeah, Maria's and Sabhai are both really good, albeit quite different in price, scope and all that. But both really good. Sidney has more restaurants than it has a right to and quite a few are good -- Captain's Table (or whatever they call it now) has always been good, and Carlo's Cafe (the new little mexican place) is actually VERY good, well priced and good portions. The owner is a funny little guy who runs around handing our menus all the time, but don't let that put you off :) The chef is actually mexican, so that's a plus! There are some decent cafe type places too - Red Brick has always been good and they are really nice in there.. Cafe Med is good, and Stonestreet Cafe - and of course Big Moo's for ice cream and 50's related decor. The Blue Peter is good too, but only their pub side - the restaurant side is horribly overpriced and snobby, but the servers in the pub are great. Odyssia is not bad, but the owner screamed like a maniac at my wife because she works in the same little complex and didn't realize that it was "his" recycling bin. He actually made her cry. So we don't go there anymore. - Fri, 22 Dec 2006 9:22am | ||
| stew User Info... | sushi plus represent. they make a mean tofu veggie ramen miso. so dont fuck with sushi plus! and there is a sweet vietmanese place on blanchard as well, near the McPhearson playhouse. - Fri, 22 Dec 2006 8:58pm Edited: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 8:59pm | ||
| kristian User Info... | i would like to say a few really good restaurants...cause lots of restaurants are bad so i'm going to say the ones i think are good: best chinese food: j&j wonton noodle house (really really really good. i had better chinese food ONCE in my life when i was in montreal...other than that this is totally the best!) best thai food: siam (i don't know what dude was talking about earlier, siam is a classic...totally good food, good service, decent prices...better than anywhere else i've been in town) best italian food: il teratzo best french food: brasserie l'ecole best fast food: noodle box (i agree that sometimes it's not so good when lot's of people are chillin, but as far as fast food goes it really doesn't get much better than this.) best sushi: place next to siam on fort...i forget what it's called right now best breakfast: the blue fox cafe (GREAT huevos rancheros) notable mentions: mole is ok...but it's gone downhill for sure...same with johns place i also just want to say that floyds is a dissapointment to me...i don't get it...the food just isn't good and the menu sucks...and it has no real good atmosphere...i dunno...the people are nice but i just don't really see what's so great about it. - Sat, 23 Dec 2006 12:47am | ||
| Mace User Info... | Floyd's is lax, as in staff. I don't like to feel some urban hippy waiter is looking at me like he's known me his entire life. And where all the left-wingers go on Sunday, to look like they 'belong' somewhere, other than Church- maybe like they're "Artist" types or something... wOooOoo you're so cool, you eat at Floyd's on Sunday- oh, (Omg-wow, who wrote that on the wall, they are so witful in spite of everything in life, I feel like I'm at a mid-mountain ski lift restaurant?!).. because for the line-up wait- I think I'll be prefering to stand in line at "Timmy's" instead. Look at some mormon dressed minimum wage earners, who don't make tips, and yet seemingly have much more personality than the lax staff at Floyd's... - Sat, 23 Dec 2006 5:20pm | ||
| hoodia User Info... | mmm molet def my fav.. try thier curried squash omelette johns place ? what happened there ? and floyds mmm did you cook the vegis you slopped in the middle of my omelette ? the mint yummmy wed night martinis , ferris oyster bar yam fries with spicy thai dip ohhhh yeah ..hey try sidney's fish on fith happy dining peeps - Sat, 6 Jan 2007 8:37pm | ||
| Phelkis User Info... | Worst: Wings: (dunno how I used to eat there.. ordered some delivery few weeks ago, and more than half of it went in the garbage (and I very RARELY throw out take out food) Raymonds: (another place whos meal hit the trash) Uncle Willies: (havent eaten there in years, yet I continue to hear horror stories) Fountain: (more bad chinese food! I used to like this place, and Jade Fountain(same owners I think?), but last few times the foods just been plain horrible.) Good places: Grocery Plus (odd little chinese take out place inside a corner store, but pretty good food, been going there for over 6 years now) Sook Jai Thai (damned good thai food, love the Phad thai) Little Thai Place (actually most of the thai places I've tried have been pretty good.. although twice when going to little thai they left me waiting for a pretty long time for my food.. once my food was even ready, but no one bothered to tell me, even though I was sitting there looking at the people, finally had to go up and ask about it, looked like it had been sitting there 20 min waiting for me) - Sun, 21 Jan 2007 6:47am | ||
| Mr. Hell User Info... | I second the Fountain observation. Used to be quite decent. The chow mein had nice flavour and everything was good to excellent. Within the last 6 months it started going to shit. I won't eat there again. I stand by my bashing of Siam. They were not sensible about the serving of the food timeframe and I walked out of there hungry after spending $13. Fuck them. Oh, and I recently went back to Cup O' Joe's on my boss' dollar and had the Gator Breath benny. They have a new owner yet again and he has resurrected the place. It was entirely edible and even delicious. - Sun, 21 Jan 2007 8:26pm Edited: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 8:29pm | ||
| Mister Luke User Info... | I've been away from Victoria for 4 months now, and these are the restaurants I've been jonesing for the most: 1. Hernande'z. I will feast on scores of bean tacos. 2. Shine cafe. Best breakfast in town, if you're one of the 3 people they have room for. 3. Sabri. Give me all your dal. Also all your naan. Also charge me $10 for the three plates of food I have eaten. 4. Ferris'. All around good eatin'. 5. Mama Linda's. Best delivered pizza in town. All the places I hate have already been mentioned, though it's good to hear Cup of Joe's might be getting good again. What I hate the most is a place like the Canoe Club, which has great beer, good food and a nice location, but whose service makes me want to carve my own eyes out. Stupid Canoe Club bitter. - Mon, 22 Jan 2007 3:20am | ||
| Mofo User Info... | MINT...that place lives up to its name, awesome food, hot and friendly staff...mmmmm - Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:40am | ||
| Spinvis User Info... | Best Thai: Sook Jai Thai... their prices are just as good as Siam. Other awesome places: Sen Zushi Fifth St Bar & Grill Also the new little Mexican place in Sidney is steller. - Mon, 22 Jan 2007 1:50pm Edited: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 1:50pm | ||
| The Wolf User Info... | BOSTON PIZZA-BLECCHHHHH Balls is that place expensive now for the crap food they serve - Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:18pm | ||
| Indole Derivative User Info... | Holy fuck. boston pizza, was just there. There fucking cactus dip appetizer doesnt taste like cactus- it tastes like sour cream and chiles! Half rack of ribs- What the fuck? how could it have that little meat? Brownie and ice cream for dessert? Really good. But crappy overall. Oh, and schezuan wok in canwest mall reuses other restaurants deep fryer oil. Just a heads up for all you langford-goers. Loghouse pub- Dont order food right at the end of the night is all I'm gonna say. - Thu, 1 Feb 2007 11:16pm | ||
| Masturbating The War God User Info... | I got food poisoning from the Boston Pizza in Langford. Suck it PB. - Sat, 10 Feb 2007 2:01pm | ||
| Mean Mike User Info... | one of the best deals is the $5 burrito from Los Taquitos.. their hot suaces rule too. - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 9:14am Edited: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 9:14am | ||
| The Wolf User Info... | Found a BEST... SAILORS Fish and Chips...Best fish and chips I have ever had..PERIOD...Real nice waitstaff too :p Check it out on Craigflower Rd right across from the Golf Course... - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 1:19am | ||
| Mr. Hell User Info... | Sailor's Fish And Chips will get my business this weekend.Cafe MexiGo had been getting my money for a while. Liked the nachos with beef. Lots of chips and cheese with a decent amount of meat. Last few times I've gone there the portions have been halved. It's the Subway Syndrome. Get popular and start skimping. No more will I go there. It is an insult to paying customers. Charging me $3 for 35 cents worth of beef is just not cool.Edit: This board is not allowing me to make new paragraphs. I demand a refund. - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 5:10pm Edited: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 5:12pm | ||
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| Mean Mike User Info... | best Mexican = Los taquitos ($5 beef burrito! )best Sushi = Fujiya (made on location and cheaper than anywhere else..) best pasta deal = Il Greco, Monday night $6.95best Seafood = Nautical Nellies seafood linguine best almost healthy delivery = Swiss Chalet ($10 half chicken dinner)Swiss also have a good policy of often arriving after the alloted time and having to fork over the dinner for free..best when 7 or 8 people order, we have had that happen twice to the tune of about $75-$100 of food for free. best hotdogs - 7-11 chili dog! w00t! ( stay away from the cheese pump though unless you like heart problems, the dog is bad enough ) and again no paragraphs function! - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:33am Edited: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:34am | ||
| Mean Mike User Info... | lots of local restaraunts: http://www.eatacrosscanada.com - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:36am Edited: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:36am | ||
| Mass Hypnosis User Info... | Some of the food nightmares we've had here in our 20 odd months living here... Cafe Mexico- Food was good, but damn, what makes a waitress think it's acceptable to just let people sit with no drinks. literally couldnt find her. pizza factory- had been working out of town all week. got home and decided to call for pizza and watch the canucks game. was told 45 minutes. after 75 minutes, I call, and the girl says I told you it would be longer(!) and tries to get me off the phone. I ask for the manager. She tries to convince me not to talk to him, but I insist. The manager sounds apologetic, and says theyre shorthanded. He tells me he is taking my pizza out of the oven as we speak, and it will be there in just a few minutes (we live about a 5 minute drive from their location). Another half hour goes by. I am pissed. I call them up and tell them to just cancel the order. The manager freaks out and goes "I am just boxing your pizzas up right now! Dont you want them?" I said "you totally lied to me, you said they were heading out the door half an hour ago, which was already a half hour late." "he goes "DONT EVER CALL HERE AGAIN!!! YOURE BANNED!!!!" Why is it so bloody hard to get good pizza that you dont need a bloody loan to pay for in this town lol As a former Denny's cook, I would advise people not to eat ANYTHING there, except some of the basic breakfast items. It is as far removed from actual cooking as you can possibly get. Just off the top of my caffeine addled thoughts... Alzu's didnt impress me... villages pizza had a nasty next day reaction involving grabbing your ankles and getting all religious... other than that, havent had too many bad experiences oh and at the brass duck, they paid us 27 dollars for our meal... gotta love a waitress that cant count I know... karma. But I am sure it already got me for that one lol - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 6:02am | ||
| Mr. Hell User Info... | Holy fuck, Kent. Can you please have a chat with Don Kelly? He fucking loves Denny's and doesn't believe that it sucks. - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 4:49pm | ||
| DeadYeti1 User Info... | Mass Hypnosis: I don't know how far you live from the interurban area or oak bay, but you should check out Pizzaz Pizza. I have been eating this pizza for 4 1/2 years straight and I think it's the best in town. 479-2021 - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 5:57pm Edited: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 5:57pm | ||
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| XY-SATAN User Info... | Epic thread! Navigation: - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:55pm Edited: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:55pm | ||
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| Broccoli User Info... | You better not be talking shit about keating two or one Pizza, those guys go nutzoid with copious toppings. Plus their Gyros are awesome. Mutilashawn, Rum-runners has the worst food in the known universe. Didn't you ever wonder why the staff always ordred their food in? Its only appeal is being able to knock one back while eye balling skidney spit. The Landing has some decent crab cakes, but they aint cheap. I think you've allready found all the other decent places in Snatchtown Denise. Fireside cafe on Keating has a good samish. - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:06pm Edited: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:09pm | ||
| XY-ANAGRAM User Info... | Nope, Keating is the bomb fo shizzle! Big slices and sometimes they give you a extra smaller slice to go with the big slice! Like a little we love you gesture, well that’s what I like to think . Hehe! - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:30pm Edited: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:30pm | ||
| Mutilashawn User Info... | yeah it's been a good 7 years since I lived out that way ... and the Blue Peter, on the rich side I don't understand the appeal. great memories for me there, but awful food. I was never impressed by my meal from there. Bland considering the ridiculous price with absolutely no vegetarian option. The waiter was a hilariously cliched snob which made it all worthwhile. I wish I could somehow type out the way he talked, god, hilarious. - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:51pm | ||
| Mean Mike User Info... | Try a medium Keating Pizza greek salad.. that thing will feed a whole family. There's enough Feta on the thing to make two pizzas. i usually grab one and a slice or two when I go out to that area.. Still.. Ive eaten like 4 Los Taquitos Burritos in the past week.. at $5 they rule and the Chipotle sweet hot sauce is DA BOMB! - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 1:08pm Edited: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 1:09pm | ||
| _Griphin_ User Info... | Does anyone eat in the Quadra neighbourhood?!? I dunno about 1 bad restaurant, but I could be wrong. We even got a Boston Pizza (sorta). - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 6:02pm Edited: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 6:02pm | ||
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| mikey User Info... | San Remo's is in the Quadra hood, some very good food there. When I lived there, 7 or so years ago, the Chinese place next to the IDA was cheap, and never gave me the squirts. Shanghai Noodles, across from the Crystal Pool is good takeout. Yummy soup, good price.Boston Pizza sucks extremely big sweaty balls. Never ever ever eat there. - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 8:57pm Edited: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 8:57pm | ||
| dumpstermesh User Info... | I've said it before and I'll say it till I'm blue in the face. DO NOT EAT AT SAN REMOS. Seriously. After my brief stint working there I wouldn't even eat there on my breaks. I should've called the health board and had them shut down, that place is soooo sick. And I'm sorry but the head server is such a fucking bitch. Never worked with such incompetence before or since. - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:33pm Edited: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:33pm | ||
| Mr. Hell User Info... | Mr. Ward Ensemble is now running the show over at The Blue Peter in Sidney. He is an amazing chef and I believe he is revamping their menu. I am definitely going to try that place when he says they're ready. - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 5:42pm Edited: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 2:17pm | ||
| _Griphin_ User Info... | I remember working for the other restaurant owned by San Remo's (it was located on Fort Street), I quit after the first day cause the owner liked to smoke in the kitchen, and I couldn't deal with it (I'd get my mouth in shit and get fired). - Thu, 1 Mar 2007 12:47am Edited: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 12:47am | ||
| Mean Mike User Info... | hahahah I worked for Dino years ago, in fact the Villa Rosa's first kitchen crew when they opened. Most of the fellow workers were fine and Dino never was bad to me personally but Maria the Kitchen Manager was a horrible evil woman and John was great until she came along and ruined his life then he became a head case too so I quit. Back in those days San Remos had a lineup every night.. not any more - Fri, 2 Mar 2007 11:31am Edited: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 11:31am | ||
| dumpstermesh User Info... | Ya Dino has stopped caring about the restaurants now I think. All he did when I worked there was chain smoke and get drunk on shiraz in his office. A few of the cooks digusted me with stories of actually dropping pizza crusts on the never clean floor and using them anyways (usually after spitting on them and smoothing it over like sauce), the mouse problem is way out of hand, I used to find dead flies in the bar liquor and was told to just strain them out so customers wouldn't see them when we were mixing drinks. Mouse shit EVERYWHERE. Oh the horrors. - Fri, 2 Mar 2007 2:20pm Edited: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 2:20pm | ||
| theWolf User Info... | JJ Wonton House on Fort St...Never been before but have heard rave reviews for years. I found it kinda So-So For the $$ they are charging I have had better food elsewhere. I did like how the kitchen was visible. The Menu was not very descriptive and a case where a picture menu would be much better. The guy at the table across from us got what I was expecting to get a - Sun, 4 Mar 2007 8:08pm Edited: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 8:10pm | ||
| The Wolf User Info... | "Noodle Soup" type of dish and that looked awesome. "Vegetable Soup" I think it what I heard... Would you like Rice with that, should not result in a small dish of sticky rice being added to the bill $1.00 for white , $2.oo for brown... For the cost and small size of the main courses I would totally expect rice to be included. This restaurant is not as good as "The Noodle Box" for me, but could be way better if I knew what to order of the menu - Sun, 4 Mar 2007 8:11pm | ||
| tyler User Info... | fuck everyone kaz sushi is the greatest..5th stret grill is the shittiest place ever - Sun, 4 Mar 2007 11:27pm | ||
| Mr. Hell User Info... | Alright. I am going to try Kaz soon. If it isn't the greatest, you will be banished from Earth, Tyler. - Mon, 5 Mar 2007 4:05pm | ||
| Mean Mike User Info... | Im pretty much only down with Fujiya sushi these days everything else turns me off when I compare prices to them.. not that Ive tried all the cheap sushi places in town. But for $6 I get 5 nigiri's and 3 tuna rolls.. thats like $12 at Thrifty's - Mon, 5 Mar 2007 9:23pm | ||
| Shaggy User Info... | Azuma>all. - Tue, 6 Mar 2007 12:42pm | ||
| trevor corey User Info... | Chikara Sushi is excellent. Not at all cheap, not fast, but excellent. - Tue, 6 Mar 2007 2:43pm Edited: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 2:43pm | ||
| Mr. Hell User Info... | Victoria in general really fucking bites for sushi value. Even the best deal for nigiri here in Vic is a joke compared to, say, Samurai Sushi in Vancouver. Size and freshness is a must, and usually the size is laughable around here. If you don't understand what I mean, you are really in need of going to Samurai. This weekend I'll be feasting there! Fuck yes!!! - Tue, 6 Mar 2007 4:23pm Edited: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 4:23pm | ||
| Mr. Hell User Info... | Shaggy reminded me of my experience at Szechuan on Caledonia across from the cop shop. The guy who seated us was a fucking rude cocksucker. He refused to let us sit where we wanted even though the restaurant was empty. No tip, asshole. He had a big weeping wound on his wrist weakly covered with gauze. He prepared the food and brought it out to us. Difficult to stomach. The egg foo young was actually really good. Nice unidentified sauce on it...possibly rotten pus from his wound? The rest of the food was wet and slippery and very salty. Not really to my liking. I won't go back. - Wed, 7 Mar 2007 5:23pm Edited: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 5:25pm | ||
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| The Wolf User Info... | OPA at Mayfair has gone for a Slip Down, messed up orders, and lots of new staff.. Eugene's is clearly better now! I can't even look at OPA now : - Wed, 7 Mar 2007 10:12pm | ||
| Mr. Hell User Info... | You're right, Lance. Fountain sucks the big egg roll now. - Thu, 8 Mar 2007 1:53pm | ||
| trevor corey User Info... | Concession at SaveOnArena is grotesque! - Sat, 17 Mar 2007 10:56pm Edited: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 10:57pm | ||
| Mean Mike User Info... | Best Chinese Food = East Garden. wrong thread I guess.. - Sun, 18 Mar 2007 11:45am Edited: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 11:45am | ||
| XY-SATAN User Info... | Fuk yeah to East Garden! - Mon, 19 Mar 2007 2:58pm | ||
| alcoholly User Info... | East Garden is really good, and they deliver quickly too. - Mon, 19 Mar 2007 4:15pm | ||
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| Fableway User Info... | Macaroni Grill- Rats, overdue food, unclean work habits and stations. Its an open kitchen, just look for yourself! Oh and the "chefs" (who aren't licensed) swear on line and treat everyone like the shitty food they serve. If you listen closely you'll hear "Hey fuckface" at least 4 times a night. Family restaurant? Denny's- Do I really need to say anything here? What you're eating there used to be powder and water. This is starting to read like my resume. - Wed, 4 Apr 2007 6:06pm | ||
| Mace User Info... | ________________________________________________ Allergic 13-year-old dies after eating burrito A drug that might have saved Carley Kohnen's life was in her locker at school Cindy Harnett, CanWest News Service Published: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 ESQUIMALT - A 13-year-old girl has died after she had a severe allergic reaction to a burrito. The drug that might have saved her life was in her school locker. Carley Kohnen, with allergies to a number of foods including dairy and peanuts, ordered a burrito and a doughnut from the Hillside mall food court on Thursday. According to her parents, she was told her food was free of the proteins to which she was deadly allergic. The only child of Chris Kohnen, 56, and Brenda, 47, then went to Summit Park with her friends and soon went into anaphylactic shock and fell unconscious. Chris Kohnen holds a picture of his daughter, Carley Kohnen, 13. Darren Stone, CanWest News Service She ate it and about 30 minutes after playing, that was it," said Chris Kohnen Monday. "I always had this fear. Up until a few years ago, she was with us 24/7." By 4:05 p.m. she was in distress and her friends called 911. Bystanders rushed to her aid and paramedics worked feverishly for about an hour to revive the girl, according to the coroner's office. She was pronounced dead at 5:36 p.m. "It's sudden and unexpected, but not unnatural death," said coroner Rose Stanton. The bubbly teen was a Grade 8 student at Lansdowne Middle School. She played everything from soccer to field hockey and maintained good grades, her parents said. She knew she should always carry her EpiPen -- a needle holding the life-saving drug epinephrine -- but she didn't have it with her that day. Chris Kohnen said you can't put your children in a bubble, and can only educate them as much as possible and hope for the best. "But death to them isn't real. They're indestructible and think it will never happen to them." Her parents told her to never try a new food without gaining permission from them first. Throughout Carley's young life her parents had hauled chefs and bakers out from their kitchens to assure them her food was free of dairy, peanut or egg. They read every package that went into making her food. But in the end, even their best efforts couldn't protect her. Carley was a teenager, said her parents, and she longed to eat the same foods others kids enjoyed. About two per cent of the population is at risk for anaphylactic reactions and about 50 people die in Canada from such episodes each year. Dr. Peter Lee, an immunologist and allergist, said that number may sound small compared to the number who die from heart attacks or cancer each year, but those 50 deaths are "totally preventable" and more tragic for that reason, he said. "It just shouldn't happen at all," Lee said. Having suffered from allergies and asthma since eight months old, Carley took preventative medication each day for asthma and was heavily monitored. But Carley had recently suffered fewer allergic episodes and perhaps became a bit complacent, her father said. Her asthma could have contributed to the severity of her allergic reaction Thursday, according to health professionals. Margaret Eastman, a clinical nurse for asthma and allergies working at Victoria General Hospital, stressed Monday that anyone with severe food allergies should always read food labels, carry an EpiPen with them, and instruct family, friends, and close contacts how to supervise or give an emergency injection. People with such allergies should also wear medical bracelets or necklaces, she said. The girl's grandmother, Winifred, who lived with the family, said Carley had a lot of friends and a bubbly personality. "She was always happy, she was a real spitfire." Brenda Kohnen is retired from Scotiabank. Chris Kohnen was supposed to be enjoying his first official day of retirement Monday -- having worked as branch manager for HSBC finance in Gateway Village. Instead he was driving back and forth to the funeral home and writing his daughter's obituary. Above all else, the girl's grieving mother wanted to tell parents: "Hug your child today, and tell them you love them." © The Vancouver Sun 2007 http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=d3c11ab8-cd0f-4127-af92-ea1acd0b2abc&k=31089 _____________________________________________________ I wonder if the cashier 'who sold the burrito'- is still working there..? (My guess is "probably".) - Wed, 4 Apr 2007 6:29pm | ||
| trevor corey User Info... | That is sooooooo fruckin sad. Makes me want to buy an epipen just to carry it around in case of ever encountering that situation. Tragic, really, really tragic. - Wed, 4 Apr 2007 7:32pm | ||
| Mace User Info... | It was prolly the donut @ Timmy's. With the exception of their new 'Chocolate Danish,' their average donuts make me feel like after.. That coffee, ugh. - Wed, 4 Apr 2007 8:47pm | ||
| trevor corey User Info... | Timmy's is HORID!!! How can they legally sell that crap to people for the purpose on ingestion? Always busy. They attract a very xlarge crowd. - Wed, 4 Apr 2007 8:56pm | ||
| Mace User Info... | They say they're 'Donuts made fresh,' really I heard all of 'TIM HORTONS' goods are shipped 'frozen' from a centralized warehouse - someplace in Nuclear-ville, ON. Like, how do you call something 'fresh' after it's been 'frozen'? Gosh, I mean, are people really this dumb..? - Thu, 5 Apr 2007 2:10am Edited: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 2:21am | ||
| Mace User Info... | Plus, I can't seem to post a picture of all of these OPP cars parked in front of you 'guessed it'... hax0r3d! - Thu, 5 Apr 2007 2:25am | ||
| trevor corey User Info... | Gastro intestinal glue. Seriously. When you were a kid what did you use to make paper mache? Answer- the same ingredients Timmy's uses to make donutz, minus the refined sugar. So basically, youd be healthier if you ate paper mache. - Thu, 5 Apr 2007 3:34am | ||
| Mr. Hell User Info... | I second Tim Whoreton's coffee being human waste run-off. The poorest excuse for coffee I have ever sampled. I guess when people load it up with cream and sugar, it tastes like any other loaded cup of coffee. 7-11's Exclusive Blend kills TIm Horton's as does Seattle's Best Breakfast Blend at Mac's. That stuff is like candy compared. Yes, Jim Morton's is extremely overrated. - Thu, 5 Apr 2007 5:32pm Edited: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 10:51am | ||
| Shaggy User Info... | Ric's Chop house. Food was actually damn good, but going outside for a smoke and being accused of dine and dash, killed any positives this place had. - Sat, 7 Apr 2007 11:16am | ||
| Mr. Hell User Info... | What were the circumstances? Did your entire table up and go outside without letting them know you'd be back? The situation might have been confusing to them. I like their name. Anything with "Chop House" in the moniker is good with me. - Sat, 7 Apr 2007 4:58pm | ||
| WILLEM User Info... | I like Floyds, they were quite friendly, and waitress we had , had a really nice bum. - Sun, 8 Apr 2007 8:24pm | ||
| WILLEM User Info... | type type type - Sun, 8 Apr 2007 8:25pm | ||
| Shaggy User Info... | Circumstances were, I went out to have a smoke and my better half was still at the table waiting for me to finish having my smoke. I think what pissed me off the most was the fact that there were quite a few other tables out doing the same thing. In fact the entire table of Japanese tourists, who I pretty much followed down the stairs, didn't recieve the same treatment. - Mon, 9 Apr 2007 3:30pm | ||
| round em up User Info... | Well that's what you get for looking like a wierdo... - Mon, 9 Apr 2007 6:04pm | ||
| Spring-Laden-bin-dun-deep User Info... | gonna have to say Ricki's on Admirals.....i went there once and it was really good, went there again and it sucked so bad i never went back...bitchy waitress, cold coffee, 45 minute wait for food, cold gross soggy hashbrowns....again bitchy waitress, told manager lady, she offered me 10% off food we didn't even eat...thanks for nothing cunt......waste of money!!! - Sun, 22 Apr 2007 2:31pm | ||
| seagulls User Info... | hahaha vancouver owns we have bons off broadway 'nuff said - Wed, 2 May 2007 8:08pm | ||
| Tyler User Info... | The worst resturant I've ever eaten at is Kelsey's. By far! The manager is a fucken jackass, unfortunately i had the pleasure to work under his wifes management too at good ole Boston Pizza Saanich Plaza, i guess there both alike. The best resturant i gotta give to dennys. Comon, who doesnt like a good breakfast at 3 in the morning when your stoned outta your mind? - Sun, 6 May 2007 6:20pm | ||
| _Griphin_ User Info... | I ate at Denny's once, beats the hell out of eating at Alzu's though. - Sun, 6 May 2007 6:35pm Edited: Sun, 6 May 2007 6:36pm | ||
| Doc User Info... | I've read this whole damned thread, and I can't believe that no one mentioned the Bent Mast as one of the worst places. That's gotta be the grossest kitchen in Victoria. The owner was a wanker too. Just sat around drinking rum all day. Horrible place. - Mon, 28 May 2007 12:18am Edited: Mon, 28 May 2007 12:18am | ||
| Chopper User Info... | Don't eat at the James Bay Tearoom either. Their foodsafe protocols have always been lax. Surprised they haven't killed one of the old farts that generally frequent the place. Another establishment owned and managed by drunks. - Mon, 28 May 2007 11:20am | ||
| Mr. Hell User Info... | Now that you mention it, Doc, I have never really had a good meal at The Bent Mast. I guess that's why! - Mon, 28 May 2007 9:28pm Edited: Mon, 28 May 2007 9:29pm | ||
| XY-BLUNT User Info... |  Beware “Noodle box revenge", it tastes so good, but gives you the ability to shit thorough a needle. - Tue, 29 May 2007 1:58am Edited: Tue, 29 May 2007 2:01am | ||
| Mr. Hell User Info... | They probably stick saltpeter in the food at The Bent Mast just for shits and giggles. - Tue, 29 May 2007 4:20pm | ||
| syrop User Info... | i'm surprised no one has mentioned smitty's on douglas yet. perhaps it was my own fault for ordering the eggs benny omelet. their coffee tasted soapy as well. but the worst meal experience i ever had was at the days inn on the harbour, the pork came with this black gristle on the bottom side that started to burn my tongue like chemicals. they said they'd give me anything else i wanted from the menu-at half price! omfg - Wed, 30 May 2007 5:24pm | ||
| MindlessMikeyJay User Info... | James Bay Tea Room is Actually not bad. I used to work there about 5 years ago. I cleaned that place like mad. I was the cook too. i would pulled 6-5pm shifts for them. But yes they are drunks. Or atleast Part-time alcholics. They are at the Swiftsure Lounge every day. I see them everytime i punch out of the kitchen - Wed, 6 Jun 2007 9:23pm | ||
| MichaelMotorcycle User Info... | Stay out of the Rathskellar. Way, way overpriced and the owner waits tables. So God forbid you are not satisfied with something - she will stand there and insist that everything is fine and you should just eat your damn tiny plate of crappy goulash that costs 25 bucks! Everytime I pass by there I flip them the bird. - Wed, 11 Jul 2007 1:36pm | ||
| Mr. Hell User Info... | How can one expect to be happy when they order goulash in the first place? - Wed, 11 Jul 2007 4:27pm | ||
| Mean Mike User Info... | FULLY agreed on the Bent Mast having some pretty crappy food.. the couple of times in the past when Ive actually tried their 'special' Ive gotten some crap that reminds me of something Id throw together from the remnants of my fridge or cupboards when I havent gone shopping for a month. Not to mention their non-permanent servers seem to be dumber than bricks. - Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:59am | ||
| dumpstermesh User Info... | LOL....didn't you know that most places the special IS the stuff from fridge/cupboards that is just about to go off? Use it up fast before they eat the cost they do. - Thu, 12 Jul 2007 2:34pm | ||
| Endeløs User Info... | Syrop- "i'm surprised no one has mentioned smitty's on douglas yet." I already did, you ignorant condiment-esq named douchetard. I made reference to their inability to cook an egg properly. - Thu, 12 Jul 2007 5:06pm | ||
| Bryn User Info... | Word up, D-Mesh. Never, ever, ever order the special. Especially if it is seafood. Also beware of vaguely named soups... often "Cream of Leftover". - Thu, 12 Jul 2007 8:25pm | ||
| dumpstermesh User Info... | Oh and never get salmon in Calgary. Fuck that was dumb. - Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:21am | ||
| syrop User Info... | endelos, yeah its a long thread i didn't notice your post but i did notice that you are quite lame. - Wed, 25 Jul 2007 9:28am | ||
| Endeløs User Info... | Having me point out your ignorance is far from lame, syrop. Lame is you not discovering it for 13 days and laming up the thread with your lameness. If you sang for an Alice In Chains cover band, you'd be Lame Staley. - Wed, 25 Jul 2007 4:21pm | ||
| trevor corey User Info... | I guess that when you are the Zone band of the month everything else seems lame. - Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:30pm | ||
| Kimberleykaos User Info... | Floyds is one of my fav's...Idol Benny, pesto hollandaise. I think I am recovering from a light case of poisoning at this very moment, but, Im in some shit town at the moment, away from Vic, so, I don't think anyone cares. Actually, I deserve what I get. The place was called "The 1st Litre Party Shack, (PUB) but upon travels to the bathroom, they actually had a wall collage of cut-out porn cock pictures. MMMmmm classy, I know. My friend said she liked it, so I took her word...now I must hit the bathroom again. Tootle-ooo - Thu, 26 Jul 2007 3:36am | ||
| Kelly Noble User Info... | The Pita Pit... Definetly the Pita Pit - Thu, 23 Aug 2007 9:06am | ||
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