Love this place, even though its cramped like a sardine tin! My favorite place to get hummus (best…read morehummus in the city--it's on the label), fresh cheeses, spices, legumes, and fresh pizza dough! I have been coming to this shop for years. I love viewing all the sauces and dips they have (many of them are European). The place is tight but they pack every inch with a wide variety of products. My go to is to grab their pizza dough, sauce, and fresh cheese and make, at home, the best pizzas! Prices are the best in the city. The people who work their are so helpful and on top of things.

Friendly, helpful staff. Great selection of canned goods, frozen goods and deli meats…read more Yummy samosas and the best hummus!! Highly suggest checking it out

Like the wide selection of Eastern Europeans goods here. Prices are above average, but not…read moreunreasonably expensive. Store layout is clear so it's easy to find things. Not everything has English labels so it's tougher to do exploratory shopping if you aren't familiar with the products. Store clerks were nice, but highly preferential towards the regulars who spoke Russian. Warning: carefully inspect packaging for Expiry/Packaged On dates. I found out that, after the fact, quite a bit of the stuff I bought wasn't very fresh. Threw away two out of four cheeses because they were pretty far gone. They were so bad that I did not feel it was worth holding onto it to bring back to the store for a refund, just wanted to be rid of it. I take responsibility that I should've checked better, but it's poor business practice for the store to be carrying inventory that isn't safe for patrons. Hope to see this improved on.

Place sells expired products. They've been doing it for years, so stay away for your own good…read more To the owner: your discounts for expired food and excuses are complete bs. You had years to make it right.

This is a charming little cafe in a residential part of The West End…read more The menu includes coffee drinks, panini sandwiches, and tamals. If you are dining "in", you order at a counter and they bring it to your table. The LGBT (Lettuce, Guacamole, Bacon, and Tomato) was one of the best paninis I've ever had, with delicious ingredients and perfectly crisped. Avoid the tamals, which had almost nothing inside the corn meal, and were very dry. There is a nice selection of Latin American sauces and canned goods, and a refrigerator full of drinks--although not a single diet drink. There are just a few tables, located outside, so plan accordingly.

I love coming to this little bodega / cafe hidden in the heart of the residential part of the West…read moreEnd, whether it's after a morning game of squash at the West End Community Centre, on a stroll by myself or during an afternoon walk with a friend. I particularly enjoy sitting outside the store with my a cup of coffee and a grilled panini or pressed croissant sandwich watching neighbours waking slowly by. The food servings are simple but, simply great. I tried the prosciutto panini and the ham and. cheese croissant. Both were delightfully lovely. They also serve a good selection of coffees and teas as well. The staff are always cheerful and friendly.

Yesterday after failing to find skin-on turkey breast elsewhere I phoned and ordered a whole turkey…read morebreast, skin on, and paid a deposit of $20. All good - head out and ask my husband to pick it up. While I shop for other things. After several minutes of confusion from the staff, he's finally handed an enormous wrapped parcel and charged $104. He's shocked but figures he better get it. Now I don't know if we could have returned it at this point, but when I saw Safeway only had a small, single breast (for $13.99) I figured I'd go with what appeared to be a very large double / full breast. Getting home I unwrap a bloody, netted roll of turkey that turns out to be one skin-on breast that has the meat partially separating from the skin, very unevenly and poorly removed from the bone, plus approximately 8 skinless breasts of various sizes. I'm already anxious enough about making a massive and complex meal and now I have an extremely expensive pile of basically crap as my centrepiece. Wonderful. Suggest if you buy from them do it in-store and watch what you're getting. I suspect they had a trainee and rolled their unsalable poorly cut breasts into a giant 'sucker' package for whoever phoned in a turkey order. I certainly won't support this business again, which pisses me off because I sure don't love supporting Galen and the other monopolies. Feeling incredibly ripped off and gullible for trusting which also sucks for us as a society. I was very clear in my order that I was expecting both sides of the breast with skin on (I asked twice) from a roughly 5-6 kilo turkey. Guess I'm just bitter as I lie awake stressing about presenting a hacked up small pile of turkey to my guests. Damn Tango's, you did me dirty.

I have always found the staff to be pleasant, helpful and knowledgeable. I recently had occasion to…read moremake a specialty order, expecting a reasonable time to fill would be a week and got a call the next day. Not a big order but certainly impressed that they went out of their way for me.

This place is always busy and everyone seems to be having a fabulous time. It's spacious with…read moreplenty of indoor and outdoor seating. I haven't tried the deli since I don't often eat deli meats and sandwiches but the iced mochas have been delicious and quite affordable. Staff is friendly and the owner seems to always be here so if there's problems, it should be brought up so they can do better, although i haven't had any issues.

This cafe and deli opened in the space of a former grocery store and deli. The interior has a warm…read moredecor, although some elements, particularly around the deli and food counters and walls, could have more sophistication. The furniture looks nice but some is better quality than others. Our high top table was wobbly. Better signage is needed for the deli and sandwich section. Some things were missing prices/labels. When I came with a friend, the place was fairly busy. The staff and friendly. However, they are not experienced. It is clear they have not worked in food and beverage previously. There is a water and condiment station, but the cups for the water are so small, and they are plastic. I'm not sure why they don't just have plastic tumbler cups since they have real tableware for purchased food anyway. There is compostable cutlery, which is better than plastic. But again, why not have real cutlery since the cups and plates are all real dishes? The compostable cutlery is also very difficult to use with some of their items as it's just not sturdy enough. The compostable should be saved for to go orders. In terms of the food, they use good ingredients. The sandwiches also came with a side of artichokes dip/spread, which was a nice touch. On the other hand, they claimed to have heated up the sandwiches, which was definitely NOT the case as the sandwich was cold and the cheese was not even close to melting. Because the sandwich was cold and they used thicker bread, the bread was tougher than it needed to be. They claimed there was a preset timer and that they had grilled or pressed it. Well, the timer must have been for 3 seconds since it did nothing to the sandwich, and I don't believe their claim as there were zero grill marks on the bread. They need to have a proper panini press, and staff need to be trained in it. There is a large selection of dessert and sandwiches, and they also have soup and pasta and then sliced meats at the deli. Some sandwiches were not available even though we came at 130pm, e.g., veggie, prosciutto. We saw more sandwiches that were prepared on a try that was behind the deli, but they were not restocked into the window/case where you ordered. Additionally, the deli was "closed for cleaning"; I'm not sure what that meant as no one was cleaning, and it wasn't apparent that the deli was dirty. Plus. The meats were all sitting in the glass case. Considering, they had three staff and no line. The whole situation of the sandwiches and deli made no sense. Prices are reasonable for what you get and are comparable to other cafes The place has a lot of potential, but there is also a lot of competition in the area, and I think some areas need improvement.

I never knew this place was called HBC Gourmet Market, but I finally remembered to take note of it…read morethe next time I visited. It's a bakery and deli. This is the place where I usually buy cakes for the office. Their cakes are pre-made and placed in the displays for you to choose from. They make cakes throughout the day, but if you're unlucky they could be low on choices if you're there at the wrong time. If you have time, order ahead, but I don't usually have any problems with walk ins. The most recent cakes that I purchased were the Lemon Meringue and the Chocolate. Both cakes were sweet, light and fluffy. They were a hit in the office.

This is just a quick review which I promise to update soon (I am at work now and they don't pay me…read moreto review restaurants). The HBC Gourmet Market is a little known great eatery in downtown Vancouver. It is located on the bottom floor of the Hudson's Bay Company (next to the Pacific Centre food court). It appears to be relatively unknown because Yelp doesn't know about it and so many people are always asking where I buy my lunch! Here you will find a very tasty selection of typical deli fare... The soups, salads, and sandwiches are their main selects but there is a whole lot more! My favourites are the Thai Chicken soup and the Chipotle Chicken Soup... usually ordered with a Greek salad. I am always so pleased with my lunch that I made this my very first review on Yelp!

So many delicious choices! I grabbed a little bit of rhubarb, crisp and pumpkin custard. The…read morerhubarb flavor was fantastic and the pumpkin custard had an amazing texture. My favorite thing was their date oat bar. I absolutely loved the moist texture of the dates and then the chewiness of the oats with a touch of crunch on top. It was busy during Saturday lunchtime, but the line went pretty quick.

Really enjoyed the scotch pie. It was filled with meat and onions. The counter was inviting, the…read moreladies behind the counter were very sweet and answered all our questions. Would go back and try more yummy items, as so many things looked amazing.

Every time we visit Granville Island we look at this amazing pasta and have wanted to try it. Well…read morethis time we had a cooler and ice and were heading home right after the market. So we bought three types. The White cheddar bacon cappelletti, the gorgonzola walnut cappelletti, and the mushroom ravioli. All were AMAZING. But my favorite was the white cheddar bacon one. We will make a point of bringing home pasta each time we go to the market in the future.

Duso's Italian Foods is located in Granville Island Public Market. I stopped by this afternoon and…read morepicked up a mozzarella and cherry tomato salad along with a giant slice of focaccia. The flavor to the salad was really good -- not too oily, just salty enough, and the tomatoes were plump, juicy and sweet. Just the right ratio of cheese to tomatoes as well. The focaccia was pretty good: I really like the generous bits of flaky salt on top of the bread. However, I wish they could toast it a little bit. Sitting out all day, the bread definitely dried up a little bit. Additionally, the rosemary sprinkled on top of the bread added a distinct bitterness. I eventually got used to it, but my wife who only took a few bites out of the bread immediately called out the bitterness and didn't want any more.

I really want to like this Safeway because it's close to me, it has free parking, and it's clean…read moreand big and bright. However, I've recently bought carrots, celery, onion, and sweet potato on different days, and all the veg either did not taste good, did not have much flavour. or was tasteless (carrots). I've never had this issue with the produce I buy from Whole Foods, Urban Fare, or IGA, so I will not be coming here for product again.

Worst customer service. No matter what time of day or day of the week, they are all rude and cold…read more Not even a hello when you greet them. This time I used self service and it wasn't working. No one to help. He just does not even look. I was not the only person needing assistance. I called the store as I left without groceries because I was finally fed up with how bad the service is and the customer service guy told me that he "did not believe me" "I find this hard to believe" were his exact words. Seriously?!? So I asked for a manager since he was accusing me of lying. I had to hang up because clearly there was no manager that was going to come to the phone. I left everything there and walked away. Still no help. Groceries just sitting there. Worst service ever. I am shocked they are still open.