Cafe Montmartre

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Ambiance: Rustic, very casual and bohemian, relaxed hipster vibe

Seating/Wait time: Plenty of seats

Dress Code: Casual

Crowd: Everybody

Meal: 

Crepes served with a side green salad
Divine
Slices of baked chicken breast, Bechamel sauce, herbs and melted mozzarella cheese

$12.95

Cannelle
Butter, Sugar, and Cinnamon

$4.50

Personal Remarks:  Unique and interesting.  There's live music which was interesting and different.  Is this a first date place?

Having a conversation is hard, especially when there's a live band.  You're going to be competing to talk over them, or you're going to be watching them perform.  Depending on why you come, this may or may not be the right place for you.

I have never been to France and the décor seems like what I imagine a small French bistro  in a small village of the countryside would be like.

The Divine was tasty! The chicken was wrapped in what tasted like phyllo dough.  It did not taste like it was wrapped in a desert crepe, the dough was more full and not thin.  


This dish is TOO overpriced!!!!  The salad was served on the same plate making the plate look more full but I felt there should have gave me one more of the chicken wrapped in phyllo dough to make this dish worth it.  If this dish was $9.95 then this would have been more reasonable.  

I was actually expecting a lot more from the desert crepe, size wise.  For $4.50 meaning $2.25/roll.  This was actually one big crepe cut in half.  I totally expected a lot more, I was thinking where the rest of it was, my first thought was wow French egg rolls!  

There wasn't a lot of filling and for it's price this was definitely a rip off.  

The water was just tap water which was a disappointment.  Even though Vancouver has clean water, Main Street is one of the older districts and the taste of tap water really ruins the experience they are trying to present.  It just made the whole experience cheap.

The vibe here is nice if you're looking for some place different to lounge at.  

I wouldn't order any food here, it's just not worth it.  This restaurant seems to have a few loyal patrons to keep this restaurant in business for now.  But they definitely need to improve.

Another big problem was the menu had no pictures of their actual dishes.  The pictures were all web generated images which made ordering confusing.

Value: 1/5 Overall: 3/5

Kita Sushi

Ambiance: Clean, neutral

Seating/Wait time: Plenty of seats, more of a take out.

Dress Code: No shoes, no shirt, no service!

Crowd: Everybody

Meal: 

Salmon Sashimi

$8.95

California Roll

$2.95

Personal Remarks:  It felt like a family owned restaurant.  They take great pride in their work.  

I felt like the two guys working there at the register were the sons and the sushi chef was their mother.  If it is, that's great.  The guys were nice and that was pleasant.  I ordered take out because I was visiting a friend living in the condo above.

The sushi here is very normal, there's nothing outstanding about this place and it wasn't poor either.  The size and the portions were fair. 

 If you feel lazy and don't want to walk/drive to Sushi Garden which is 2 minutes away then this is the place to go.  Here, it's all about convenience. 

The price for the above items are the same as Sushi Garden, but Sushi Garden gives you a bigger portion.

I think this place lost a lot of their business to Sushi Garden.  Rightfully so too.  This place isn't cheaper than Sushi Garden, the quality isn't better than Sushi Garden either.  I think they both have the same supplier.   

If you are purely into getting the most for your money, go to Sushi Garden.

Value: 3/5 Overall: 3/5

Starbucks (The First Starbucks at Pike Place)

Ambiance: A take out place, no place to sit, more of a tourist attraction

Seating/Wait time: No seats.  Extremely long line-ups.

Dress Code: No shoes, no shirt, no service!

Crowd: Everybody

Meal: 

Personal Remarks:  It's just the name!  This flagship location is not going anywhere, and others, as well as myself come here for the sake of saying that we did.

The coffee here isn't made with magic ferry dust compared to other Starbucks.  The only difference is this place get's more foot traffic and tourists.

This place has great unique cups as souvenirs which aren't over priced, most of the cups were under $10.00, which is not bad.

Even though this place has non-stop line up's, you will order a drink here.  It's the same as going to Disneyland, you don't like the 3 hour line up, but you always find yourself in one.
The most annoying thing about this experience is that after being in one line for 30 minutes waiting for someone to take your drink order, you'll shimmy over to the next line up which was just as long to wait another 20 or so minutes to pick up your drink.  OH JOY!!!!
 
This location has no seating.  Simple reason, they're so busy, they don't want you to stay longer than you have to.  Besides, the entire store is a line up or people browsing the wall of souvenirs.

What did I order? My usual, a Peppermint Mocha, I indulged and ordered a "Venti" because we drove all the way here and it seemed stupid not to order the Venti after all that waiting.

Value: 3/5 Overall: 3/5