We came here during lunch time. The location was small but the employees were really nice…read more What we swallowed: *DOUBLE DOUBLE: This was hearty but delicious! *OXTAIL: This was fall off the bone delicious! *GOAT ROTI: If you love goat, you will love this goat roti. Great flavors and really tasty! Parking was a bit confusing but the portions here are HUGE! Very tasty options, you will leave full and satisfied!

Always great food. Fantastic conversation. Did I mention the great food?…read more Posting a 2024 version of the menu as prices and options have changed.

This restaurant is fairly new but the waitress that works here is always kind and smiling no matter…read morewhat time of the day it is. This place is also very unique and interesting because it serves African cuisine and Italian pasta dishes and pizzas. The price is pretty reasonable as well. I ate here on two different occasions and loved the meals each time! I got to try 2 different vegetarian dishes. The first time I came here I ordered "Foule." It's basically a big dish with Fava beans and vegetables, it comes with bread, butter and this delicious sour cream. It's my favorite dish at this restaurant. The second time I visited which was today I picked "Special Fata" to try. I don't usually like spicy stuff but I was hungry and I felt like being brave. This meal is very well crafted. It is spicy but the yogurt that comes with it neutralizes the spicy-ness. I added some salt to the spicy bread and it was pretty exquisite, my tastebuds were happy. I highly recommend Winnipegers and others to be adventurous. Come here and try this cuisine! For those less brave there is always pasta and pizza too.

Tried the Fatteh Msakhan and the Mnazaleh Batinjan because I'd never had them anywhere before, and…read morethey were absolutely delicious. Great flavors and the Fatteh Msakhan had an excellent blend of textures.

I walked in right at closing time, they were putting chairs up but I had come from the airport…read moreafter a punishing travel day. The young man yelled to someone in the back and within minutes I had hot food to go! When I got to my hotel I was stunned at how good the food is. The falafel was impossibly crispy, the pita tasted like they baked specially for me. Even the olive oil had a character that I couldn't describe. This place is a gem.

We stopped by here on our way through Winnipeg and it was delicious. There was a wide variety of…read morefoods, often with all the ingredients listed, which made things much easier for me as a picky eater. We had the tofu and seaweed soup, which was wonderfully comforting and clean-tasting, the satay eggplant, which even my omnivorous mother thought was delicious, and the "vegan" fish with lemon, which was perfectly crisp on the outside and tender on the inside. (My mother and I agreed that it tasted like fancy fish sticks, and if that sounds like faint praise, remember that there was no fish in it whatsoever, so it was convincing!) The service was great. Our server, who I think was also the chef, brought a small extra bowl for the soup without us asking because she'd overheard us saying it might be nice to share, and they were some lovely small touches like the water having a touch of lemon in it and the green tea we ordered, which was solidly decent, coming pre-steeped with no teabag so it didn't get sharp over the course of the meal. This would be a great restaurant for families or friend groups with a mix of vegans and non-vegans, who don't want to limit the vegan members in their options but still want crowd-pleasing and affordable food. The "fish" we had would also be a sure hit with picky kids on those occasions as well, as I suspect much of the menu would be. I wish I could teleport the whole restaurant to my hometown!

Whether you're a vegetation or not, this is hands down the best place to eat In Downtown Winnipeg…read more The food is so fresh and clean here and the options are plentiful. There is a lot of seating for groups but you can also take out. The best part of this place is their lunch buffet. You can eat in or take it to go. Not many places offer a buffet-style lunch to go! The lunch buffet is pay by weight. A full plate will run you under $12 which is well worth the quality of the food. The options for lunch change daily so come often! This restaurant has been in many local newspapers and featured in various blogs. If you're looking for good and REAL food, this is it. For those who are slaves to vehicles, there's no need to worry about parking. Lots of street parking. Free after 530 pm during the week so no need to be petty and say it's hard to park.

I have been here a lot of times. Always good food and service. This last time was an exception. My…read morefriends got there before I did and they had numerous drinks before I arrived. Once I was seated and we had ordered the server proceeded to tell us they had a reservation shortly for this table. Then why didn't you say anything before I was seated and ordered or move us to another table. And the whole time I was trying to stuff food into me we were getting dirty looks from all the servers. I get that it is a pain to have people sit for a bit but we were trying to have a meal and a visit. I guess next time we will got somewhere that allows us to eat slow and relax My friend gave the server her AMEX to pay. She came back to the table and said sorry it didn't go through. How embarrassing for my friend. She used another card. Later called the restaurant and was told they don't accept AMEX. So why didn't the server say that. Instead she said it didn't go through and embarrassed her for no reason. Luckily she was with friends who understood not business clients. May be time to switch to a new favorite restaurant in my location.

+.5 for service…read more Quantity wise this place is amazing. Quality wise it's fine, not something I'd have often but it's fine. Taverna Rodos is located in Charleswood, and was quite popular when I went here recently with a friend. I had the pork souvlaki, which came with a lot of rice and even more vegetables. I'll be honest, I enjoyed the rice and veggies way more than the pork lol. The pork felt quite dry sadly, if it wasn't for the spices it would've been worse. Service is excellent. I'm sure there are other better items here given the plentiful menu options. I'm content on giving this 3-stars for now and re-evaluate if I decide to return here.

Avoid this place It has gone downhill fast. The man at the…read morecounter was rude and downright belligerent. They throw the food on the table in take out containers with cheap plastic fork and spoon no napkins and NO Condiments whatsoever. Food is mediocre and more expensive than other places. I will not go back there guaranteed. Avoid this place!

Excellent food always. Try the deep fried mushrooms! Fried…read moreMushrooms Classic Vegetarian!

In short, this place was stellar. Deer + Almond was one of the best dining experiences I've ever…read morehad. It's on the pricier side but if you're looking for a more upscale dinner location that serves incredibly unique food, this would be the place to go. Our server greeted us with with an amazingly relaxed and zen energy. She explained menu to us; essentially, it was a 4 course meal (2 starters/apps, one main, and one dessert). Each person got to choose 4 dishes, and it was recommended that each person chose a different dish so that everyone could share and have a taste of everything, so we did exactly that. They gave us an amuse-bouche, which was a tortilla chip with some veggies and herbs on it. We weren't expecting to get it so it was a nice suprise. There was lots of flavour packed into the tiny cracker, so we knew we were in for a ride. For our first course, we ordered the lavash with onion spread and the shaved dear. Both were stellar (and this is my personal favourite course). The lavash with the spread had an interesting array of flavours and although there was a lot happening it worked really well. The shaved deer was likewise just as good. The herbs and peanut really came through. We then ordered the scallops and the quesadilla. The mushroom quesadilla came in a pocket form, with a mushroom filling. The sauce combination worked really well, and the filling was creamy and well-flavoured. The scallops were fine, though a little disappointing. The pickled rhubarb, although amazing, kind of took attention from the scallops themselves, which was just decent. Our mains were the drunk prik chicken and the ravioli. The chicken was really good, and it was reminiscent of an elevated Chinese fried rice dish. The chicken was cooked perfectly and it was deceptively huge. The ravioli was quite nice as well. The filling was pork filling was great and savoury, though I wasn't a big fan of the braised vegetable. Finally, the dessert came. We ordered the tres leches and the coconut sorbet. The sorbet was really refreshing and I liked how every aspect incorporated the coconut (from the ice cream to the whip). The tres leches cake was next level and is probably my favourite thing I had that day. The cake was moist and sweet, and the tortilla ice cream elevated it. They gave us free chocolates to end our meal, which was again a nice surprise to an amazing dinner. I like how their menu incorporates different cuisines (such as Chinese, Mexican, and Filipino) and they do so in an elevated interesting way. Do keep in mind that this place is more of an upscale dining experience so you may find the 4-course portions lacking, in which case you can order the honey buns which I heard great things about. Overall, this dinner place is amazing and I would highly recommend it!

We had the loveliest meal at Deer + Almond. This is an upscale, foodie place with a relaxed…read moreatmosphere. We chose it because it regularly makes the list of Canada's 100 best restaurants. Our waiter, Andrés el Tico, was super helpful as we worked our way through the menu. The relatively small menu changes with the seasons so I won't bore you with what we had except to say that it was lovely. We shared one tasting menu, plus additional items off the menu ordered a la carte. Some were fabulous, some were interesting, all of them made us think about what we were eating and the layers of flavor and texture. My wife had a cocktail; I had a very nice mocktail. What a lovely evening. D+A is a fairly small space. Make a reservation.

The Island Fish and Chips on the menu was extremely delicious! I highly recommend this to anyone…read morewho loves eating fish and seafood. The batter that was fried around it was so easy to eat and tasted just right and the fish inside was flaky and seemed to melt in my mouth. The tartar sauce was pretty yummy too. My friend had a Roti with chicken I think and he devoured it pretty quickly. My pineapple ginger juice was pretty easy to digest and it tasted healthy and delectable. I love how ginger soothes your mouth and stomach etc. The people who run this restaurant seem really nice. Please stop by and see what on the menu might tickle your foodie curiosities. Mind you it's a small restaurant but it has a nice cozy vibe.

After trying multiple Caribbean restaurants in the city, this is by far the best one. I was just…read morepassing by it and wasn't really hungry but wanted to give it a try, so I order something light - chickpea roti. It was great, but their spiciness level isn't as aggressive as it was back home (in Toronto) so don't be afraid to ask for a higher number when they ask you how spicy it is. Only giving it a three star right now, since its incomplete, will definitely come back here to try their jerk chicken and ox tail. No Caribbean restaurant can be fully reviewed without trying the staples