Hilary's Caffè Café
We decided to go out for breakfast before hitting Granville Island. We picked Hilary's Caffè Café; it was slightly busy and seemed inviting.
Inside, there was no music but the sound of chatter and refrigeration compressors. Thankfully, half-way through our breakfast, the owners did put on music.
When: Saturday, October 14 2006. (12:50 pm)
M says: I ordered the Special, which is a cheddar and herb omelet with herbed country potatoes, bacon and a bagel of my choice. For a drink, I ordered a mint tea. After a 15 minutes wait, our food arrived, but sans bacon. The bacon arrived 5 minutes later. Everything we ordered was cold and overcooked. This is very surprising and unforgivable considering that this is a microwave/toaster-only kitchen. Timing should not be an issue to them - with all the microwaves they have in there it would be easy to time everything correctly so that food arrive quickly to the tables while still hot and perfectly cooked.
T says: I ordered the West Coast Mini, which consists of a 1 egg omelet, bacon and a bagel with avocado cream cheese - the flavour was my choice. For the omelet I picked the Ranchero, which has salsa, sour cream, cheddar and green onions. And for a drink, I ordered the White Hot Chocolate. The menu was confusing and did not explain things like what a "platter" consists off. While M ate almost everything on her plate, I hardly ate any of it. From the eggs to the cream cheese, nothing was good. Even my drink tasted like watered-down hot chocolate with a pinch of white chocolate powder.
* The total bill for both our breakfast and drinks came to $17.34.
Pro: Their price for beer is amazingly good, and they have a wide variety of sandwich on the deli menu. They also have a patio, but it's not heated.
Con: This breakfast reminded us of airplane food. In fact, it seemed even worst than airplane food. In the air, at least, your expectations are low and the food it hot.
Verdict: T says nay, M says nay. 'Nough said.
Hilary's Caffè Café
102-1184 Denman St
Vancouver BC
604-608-6808
Inside, there was no music but the sound of chatter and refrigeration compressors. Thankfully, half-way through our breakfast, the owners did put on music.
When: Saturday, October 14 2006. (12:50 pm)
M says: I ordered the Special, which is a cheddar and herb omelet with herbed country potatoes, bacon and a bagel of my choice. For a drink, I ordered a mint tea. After a 15 minutes wait, our food arrived, but sans bacon. The bacon arrived 5 minutes later. Everything we ordered was cold and overcooked. This is very surprising and unforgivable considering that this is a microwave/toaster-only kitchen. Timing should not be an issue to them - with all the microwaves they have in there it would be easy to time everything correctly so that food arrive quickly to the tables while still hot and perfectly cooked.
T says: I ordered the West Coast Mini, which consists of a 1 egg omelet, bacon and a bagel with avocado cream cheese - the flavour was my choice. For the omelet I picked the Ranchero, which has salsa, sour cream, cheddar and green onions. And for a drink, I ordered the White Hot Chocolate. The menu was confusing and did not explain things like what a "platter" consists off. While M ate almost everything on her plate, I hardly ate any of it. From the eggs to the cream cheese, nothing was good. Even my drink tasted like watered-down hot chocolate with a pinch of white chocolate powder.
* The total bill for both our breakfast and drinks came to $17.34.
Pro: Their price for beer is amazingly good, and they have a wide variety of sandwich on the deli menu. They also have a patio, but it's not heated.
Con: This breakfast reminded us of airplane food. In fact, it seemed even worst than airplane food. In the air, at least, your expectations are low and the food it hot.
Verdict: T says nay, M says nay. 'Nough said.
Hilary's Caffè Café
102-1184 Denman St
Vancouver BC
604-608-6808
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