The drinks are pretty standard here, but what's been problematic is the fact that their gift card…read morereader has been down for the better part of the summer. When I came in weeks ago, they told me it was down and that it was going to be fixed. Went back a few days ago, and the same old spiel. Why would anyone bother buying gift cards to Booster Juice if they can never be used?! Old management would have dealt with this problem in a timely manner! Disappointing.

I come to this Booster Juice quite often, but its only for smoothies. The smoothies are great and…read morethe portions are generous. The staff are friendly too. I love how the manager offers an extra free booster if you bring a personal cup... unfortunately, he may have forgotten to tell the staff about that before they started working. I normally have a "Very Berry" here with a wilderness and combo booster. If you've never had booster juice smoothies, I strongly recommend that you do ASAP.

I wouldn't recommend this store for actual grocery shopping unless you have cash to burn. The…read moreproduce looks great, but everything is pricey, and you can go to the Save-On in Wesbrook and get the same products and, I'm pretty sure, spend less (I haven't don't an organized comparison, but this is my impression from eyeballing the prices here and having done my regular shopping at Save-On for years). There are some specialty health-oriented snacks here that you can't find everywhere that I'd consider buying here, but otherwise it's not worth it for me. The grocery store may not be for me, but I absolutely love the cafe departments of this store. There are counters for sandwiches, sides, poke, salads, a bakery, and coffee/smoothies. The baked goods can compete with the best bakeries in the city (the muffins and scones in particular), and if you go in the morning, you might get them still-warm out of the oven. All of the made-to-order meals are great, made with the freshest produce, and the salads are huge. The "coffee shop" counter has some smoothies pre-made and bottled to go, but you can also request any of the smoothies off the menu made fresh, and the "Cookies & Cream" smoothie (made with cacao nibs, not cookies) I got the other day was the most delicious thing. Interestingly, this store also does bubble tea. When I tried to order it, they were out of toppings, but the lychee green tea by itself was super refreshing - no cheap tea mix. Miraculously, this stuff is all cheaper than you would find similar items at a proper restaurant. Whether you're there for groceries or just a bite to eat, the staff is mostly very friendly and the store is clean, aesthetically appealing, and easy to navigate, making it a pleasant shopping experience.

I really enjoy my visits to this store and I went there again today, even though it means a bus…read moretrip. So many things to like! First of all, pretty much every staff member I encounter, and there are many, greet me with a smile and say hello. I don't see that happening in any other food store I visit. In fact, most staff members avert their eyes, turn their heads or just generally ignore me like I don't exist. Even stores I've shopped in regularly for nearly 10 years. At this Urban Fare, they sometimes ask if I need help or if I'm finding what I need. I really appreciate the friendly customer service. If I ask a question and the person doesn't know the answer, they ask someone who does. Today I was trying to find the price of a gingerbread house kit in a new display that wasn't priced yet. Two young women put in the effort to find the price, which was $20. Later I looked on the website of the kit maker (US) and the price of the same kit online is $25US plus shipping. So prices may be generally high at Urban Fare, but I got a deal on this special pink blingy gingerbread house kit I haven't seen anywhere else. Other things I like. The store is well laid out and items are displayed beautifully and with care. Lighting is pleasant and the ambience is calm and peaceful. Prices are generally high, but they do have some good specials. You just need to know your prices. I managed to spend $75 there today, so they obviously have things at a good price or that I can't find anywhere else. Every department has top quality goods. There are areas with fresh hot foods (they'll make you a gorgeous sandwich or a full meal with sides), made-on-the-spot sushi and salads, a deli counter with every kind of cold meat and gorgeous cheeses. I bought a chicken pot pie ($6.99) from the hot section, which I was assured was a "regular" chicken pie and not the butter chicken version. Got nothing against butter chicken, but I wanted the regular old comfort food version. As soon as I opened it at home I knew it was butter chicken from the aroma. I was a bit annoyed, as I'd specifically inquired to make sure what it was. However, I heated it up and ate it and couldn't believe how delicious it was. Absolutely loaded with chicken, a very light butter chicken flavour, not at all spicy, and a golden, crispy pastry top. I could only eat half of it and put the rest away for tomorrow. Easily one of the tastiest chicken pies I've ever had. I would buy it again. What else? Huge Hass avocadoes for 99 cents each. So there are bargains to be had. Some stores are still charging $3 for them. There are places to sit and eat and at lunchtime today the tables and window counter were full of working men in hi-vis jackets chowing down. That's a sign this place is doing something right in the area of ready food. The other half of the store is basic packaged groceries. I rarely buy from that section because most of the things I get other places for less money. There's a No Frills near me and they have some great prices on basics. However, comparing ambience, customer service, friendliness of staff, quality of products, availability of items not available elsewhere, the overall aesthetics, lighting, music, no lines at cashiers, etc., Urban Fare has a whole heck of a lot going for it. I will get on that bus again and shop at Urban Fare because it's a lovely experience.

I had a very good experience at this pearl fever tea house. The drink was very good, price was…read morecheap, and the inside was very nice & warm :) Service was very good at this location. I went on a Saturday night and there was a lot of space inside. Our drinks came out quick and tasted good. Price was also very good, especially for the size of drink that you get! I recommend this restaurant for sure!

Came here with my friend while hanging around UBC. There were 2 bbt places including Coco and Pearl…read moreFever on Yelp and we had some struggles finding Pearl Fever near food court and Subway area. The location was quite difficult to find unless you live around the dorm or studying at UBC. It was at the rear area next to Subway and the direction was quite confusing for us. Anyways, the drinks weren't too exciting to begin with. It was a very slow day when we walked in. Menu was pretty basic. No brown sugar milk tea or fancy stuff like roasted milk tea or Thai milk tea, it's just the cheap powdered stuff mostly. We had UFO with pearls (Icecream coffee float $5.95) and Taro Slush with pearls ($6.10 and 60 cents for pearls) they were okay. My drink was okay, but the pearls didn't taste good. My friend didn't like her Taro Slush it tasted too chalky. She didn't like it. Price was too expensive for drinks. Pearls were extra charge. Service was average. The store was pretty slow and the staff wasn't friendly enough. My pal needed to use washroom, but the area was blocked so people don't use it.

Atmosphere: This is medium in size…read more Price: Too expensive for the UBC student district area. Customer Service: Neutral service. Food: I came here 'cause I wanted something a little compact, to go and somewhat healthy on the way to a show at T-Bird and this was on the way. They blend too much ice in it thus my smoothie was watered down, especially for the price that they charged which seemed like a scam. I was super disappointed. A protein shake should not make me hungry this soon.

End of term madness, I had about 15 minutes to grab something to eat before heading to 3…read morehour class. I thought a calorie dense smoothie would do the trick and decided to bite the bullet and spend 10 bucks for one at Liquid Nutrition, which is quite a steep price in comparison to other places in town (Whole Foods, Eternal Abundance, I could go on.) Granted the one's at LQ are larger, which could perhaps justify the price. The ingredients listed on their menu were encouraging. And I thought what the hell I deserve a treat! I chose a 400 cal, Haven on Earth smoothie advertising maca, cashews, dates, banana, and avocado and figured this would be tasty and keep me going through out the evening. Wrong! What a rip off. Watered down, flavourless, disappointing and actually quite angering considering the price. I was starving 1 hour into my class so you can imagine how my 45 minute bike commute home went after class. I don't know if I just had bad luck with the person making the drink. I will not be trying Liquid Nutrition again. I have to say too that the price is highway robbery, especially considering the location in a student union building.

Came here with my daugter and my mom. Daughter was craving an Acai Bowl so she and I both had Acai…read morebowls. Hers was the Nalu and mine was the Banzi Bowl. My mother had an Avocado Toast. Holy smokes, the Acai bowls here are massive. We were soooo full. If we ever come here again, we will just share one bowl with each other. Not sure that we will come here again though. The Acai bowls weren't bad but I've had better. I feel it could have been a bit sweeter. I was not impressed with my mom's Avocado Toast. I could see my mother struggling to cut her Avocado Toast so it seems the crust was quite hard. She ended up leaving a lot of the crust on her plate and just ate the middle of the bread. On the website I had seen Avocado Toast, sandwiches, wraps and Salmon Lox Bagel. I was quite dismayed to walk into this place and not see any of that stuff written on the menu. There was a small sign by the cashier that said to ask about Avocado Toast. I guess by the same token, I would have had to ask about Salmon Lox Bagel. Why make us ask about it? Why not just include it on the huge menu that was up on the wall? Might have made life easier when it came to ordering something for my mom who isn't into Acai bowls like us. This place seems to be somehow shared with Bean Around the World coffee shop which is right next door. There's no wall separating the two shops. You can walk from Anchor Eatery straight into the coffee shop next door. We ended up taking our food and drinks from Anchor Eatery and sitting next door at Bean Around the World coffee shop. Assumed it was allowed since there was no separation between the two shops and nobody tried to kick us out of the coffee shop.

My favourite place to get acai bowls in Vancouver is Anchor Eatery in West Vancouver. They have a…read moregreat selection of delicious smoothies, juices, smoothie bowls, and açai bowls. MAYAN GOLD -- acai blend, banana, chia seed, kale, apple. topped with granola, banana, strawberry,  goji berry, bee pollen & honey $14.00 Their staff is friendly and dine in and takeout service is always great.

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was on my way to a business meeting and was in the area so i picked up a few packs of smart sweets…read morethat my girlfriend kept talking about so decided to come in and try. shop is small to medium inside and lots of selection. lady at the til was super helpful.

I love the Body Energy stores in general. It is important to remember that many are franchises and…read moresome just make the rest look bad. This is a poorly managed franchise. I think current store management graduated too quickly from the smoothie station. Anyways, come to this store if you want to wait a long time for a poorly executed smoothie, but keep in mind there is an other well managed location just blocks away on Fourth Ave.

Really really good! Loved grabbing this after a workout and it was super refreshing. The staff was…read morehelpful helping me choose and the experience was great. The only thing was the price, $9-$10 for a smoothie, but overall super tasty, highly recommend.

Sadly this business has succumbed to massive Shrinkflation practices over the last 6 months or so…read more Their wraps, salads and meals used to be such great value and packed with protein and flavour. Now we get $15 dollar wraps filled with rice and not much else but still claiming to have up to 30% protein. Particularly their new Le Chef line. Literally just a burrito wrap filled with rice. It's $10 bucks so not too bad - but we'd rather pay more for just more filling. Consumers are tired of getting nothing for a premium then have staff be unfriendly when we don't tip.

This store has a great selection of supplements and vitamins. The staff are super knowledgeable and…read morehelpful. I wasn't sure which protein powder to buy so the person serving me gave me samples of each to try. The selection of smoothies , shakes and bowls is large and appealing. The store is bright and clean . I will be doing my shopping here regularly.