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    Root 98

    3.1 (15 reviews)
    Closed • 5:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Buddha Bowl, Mango Passionfruit Slush w/ Coconut Jelly
    Dana S.

    The setup here is split between a grab and go counter with sandwiches and salads, baked goods, coffee, and bubble tea, and on the other side, a small bar where you can order alcoholic drinks, restaurant food, and any of the drinks from the coffee/bubble tea bar. I think they're supposed to close at 9, which is annoyingly too early for most red-eye flights, but I've sometimes seen them shuttered even earlier. I stopped by the grab and go counter a few years ago and got a fresh milk with grass jelly. It's hard to miss up a simple drink like that and theirs was good with lots of grass jelly. This time I sat at the bar to order dinner. I tried the buddha bowl and a mango passion fruit slush. The buddha bowl was a little weird; the individual components were all good, but I didn't think the masala chickpeas (DELICIOUS on their own) went well with the large-chopped raw vegetables or the wild rice blend - the vegetables cancelled out the slight sweetness of the chickpeas, and the spiced chickpeas covered up the nuance of the wild rice. The mango passion fruit slush was icier than I expected - I watched the barista make it, and it was juice + ice - no blended fruit. But I guess it's a slush, not a smoothie, so I just set my expectations wrong. It was fine even though it wasn't what I really wanted. Airport prices = roughly $30 before tip for the food and drink. Oh well. I would consider getting dinner here again and trying something else like a pasta dish.

    Breakfast
    Veronica V.

    I had their breakfast with 2 sunny side up eggs with sausage. It was surprisingly ok. My expectations were pretty low since we're at the airport, but the eggs were crackly crispy on the bottom and nicely runny yolks, the home fries were decent. The sausage was actually good quality, not some gristly fatty junk, but it could have been a bit hotter. I really should have ordered a side of toast, but wasn't sure it was an option. The hubby had a serviceable bagel with lox and cream cheese.

    Salmon lox's with pickled onions, capers and arugula.
    Valerie T.

    On an early flight I was looking for a hardy breakfast to start my day. With a line that moved quickly I settled on salmon lox that had pickled onions, capers on an everything bagel. It is a located by gate 70-80's. The wait was 5 minutes. Although, the images show the lox on each half of the bagel so to my surprise it was actually a breakfast sandwich. Regardless, it was exactly what I was wanting. I personally could have made a small scoop of capers to balance it, but was more than happy with what I got. Glad I stopped and had breakfast as my flight ended up being diverted. The tables are located in front more food court style.

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    Naomi J.

    Overcooked boba but nice staff and cute location in the international departure section of the Vancouver airport!

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    Awful service. Awfully rude server, didn't even buy a drink. It's not hard to be nice!

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    The worst. They wouldn't even acknowledge me sitting at the bar for 20 minutes. Don't do it!

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    “Although, the images show the lox on each half of the bagel so to my surprise it was actually a breakfast sandwich.”

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    Paragon Tea Room

    Paragon Tea Room

    4.0(3 reviews)
    0.4 km•YVR

    While waiting for a morning flight - decided to check out the Paragon at the airport, I am a huge…read morefan of the other locations, but for some reason this one didn't hit the same. As mentioned, located in the airport, so plenty of tables to enjoy your drink and snacks prior to passing through security. Barista/Cashier was friendly and gave off great vibes. However, the Hojicha oat here, didn't vibe with it - picture doesn't show it, but it was super clumpy, I stirred and stirred until it was ok to drink - pretty sure it wasn't whisked properly. - taste also had a overwhelming bitterness to it. I think I'll have to pass on this location in the future.

    This is such a treasure to have at YVR! In my opinion, Paragon is among the best tearooms in Metro…read moreVancouver whether you're into matcha or other teas. The airport location is the only Paragon where you can get vegan ice cream by Mister in vanilla or tea flavours, served on its own or in a drink. I've been indulging in the ice cream stuff here but I've tried pretty much all of their teas either at other Paragon locations or at other cafes that serve them. I think all of their teas are great, but I will caution that the stone-ground teas are significantly more potent than their looseleaf counterparts (particularly the jasmine) and if you aren't used to that, it might catch you off-guard. The Mister ice cream is great! The oat milk ice cream is very smooth and the tea flavours are pleasantly strong. You can get a tea float with any choice of tea latte and ice cream. The vanilla ice cream or doubling up on matcha tea/ice cream are the safe choices but I tried the combo of hojicha latte and Thai tea ice cream and that worked really well. The matcha ice cream/genmaicha shot affogato was also delicious. I was kind of worried that the matcha ice cream would cover up the nuance of the genmaicha and it would all just taste like matcha, but I could taste the genmaicha just fine, and if anything, the matcha ice cream enhanced the genmaicha flavour rather than the other way around. The baristas here are very friendly and professional. Every time I've come here they've done a good job preparing the tea. I haven't noticed if the prices here are the same as the other Paragon locations, but they're basically in line with what high-end matcha drinks usually go for in Vancouver.

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    Leisure Tea & Coffee

    Leisure Tea & Coffee

    3.9(115 reviews)
    4.0 km•Golden Village, City Centre
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    I got hot grass jelly which includes other toppings. It's not that sweet and the overall vibe of…read morethe cafe is relaxing and vintage-like. It's a nice place to chill and work.

    This place has been around for many years but I've only now gotten around to trying it…read more It's a cute little place. The walls are decorated with pictures from Europe and the teacups are very "British." Besides scone and tea, you can get regular food here as well such as fries, salt & pepper chicken, and radish cake to name just a few. You can also get cold drinks like juice & bubble tea, and bubble tea drinks here too. So...not your typical British style Afternoon Tea joint. Kind of half restaurant, half tea place. My friend had a pot of Leisure Fresh Fruit tea and a scone. We'd already had lunch a bit earlier and while my friend had room for a scone, I had zero room in my stomach for any food so I just had a pot of Longan Red Date tea. It was a cold day so a pot of hot tea really hit the spot. I thought it a bit pricy at first, but when the tea came, I saw that the teabags were Fortnum & Mason teabags. That is a very a prestigious company from all the way over in England. When I realized we were drinking Fortnum & Mason tea, all of a sudden $10.25 didn't seem so extravagant any more. My friend said her scone seemed like more of a biscuit than a scone. It came with butter and jam. I think she wished there had been some clotted cream to go with it. I can't say too much about the food as I only had one pot of tea but I was impressed that it was Fortnum & Mason tea, and I very much enjoyed the flavor of the Longan & Red Dates in my tea.

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