Dockside Restaurant

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   Peggy

   Vancouver

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined today

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Everything was perfect except one thing. Great service, food and ambience. The only thing that would have made it better is to have a choice of potato with your meal. French fries have taken over and it would be so nice to get mashed, or baked with your entree.
   

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   Sean

   Vancouver

   3 reviews

   4.0

   3 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Went there for Sunday brunch, great location with water view, good variety of menu options, food quality very good and reasonably priced. Service is good as well.
   

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   Wail

   VIP

   Vancouver

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 4

   I went to this restaurant intentionally after not going for a few years and avoiding the obvious downtown restaurants. The ambience of this place was what I expected it to be...quiet with a calm view of False Creek. After being quickly seated, it took a good 10 minutes for the server to even show up with water and her demeanour was like someone who had just quit her job at a Denny's from Surrey. The food itself was well prepared, and enjoyable, but a little pricey considering there's so much competition out there. However, the unbelievable thing was when I ordered my burger with half fries and salad, she told me it wasn't possible, yet the person I ate with ordered an eggs benedict which came half/half....it was obvious she made up that rule and was just too lazy to check. Already not too satisfied, I asked for the bill and the server took another 10-15 mins to bring it to me. And with a fake smile, shoved the machine in my face expecting an 18% tip. Let's just say with so much competition out there, there's no reason to go to Dockside again...they need to hire more seasoned servers.
   

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   Sandra

   Vancouver

   7 reviews

   2.0

   7 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 2

   I called ahead to ask if the Fondue was available at all times and was told it was on the menu all day. Drove a long way and paid for parking to get there to find out they didn't have the cheese to make it even though I called and checked the day before. Very disappointing and ruined our outing. So we left without eating.
   

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   Justin

   VIP

   Edmonton

   11 reviews

   3.0

   11 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 4

   The service was quite slow even with the restaurant and lounge both with minimal guests. The risotto was delicious, but my parent's burgers were very underwhelming for $25, especially when compared to other restaurants in the area who's burgers are phenomenal for significantly less.
   

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   Stephen

   Vancouver

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   I've had some great meals here in the past but the last couple times have been disappointing. Last night we were told that 5 of the 8 items on the mains menu were unavailable so we all had the salmon which was ok but not great. Same for the "calamari oyster mushrooms" which it turned out were battered deep fried, not really tempura which was how they were described on the menu. Disappointing
   

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   Tammy

   Vancouver

   2 reviews

   3.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 2

   The food at the Dockside restaurant was good however the ambience was very poor. It was loud, children running around, too many people for the amount of food, the area around the food was dirty and there was not enough food. Our server was attentive and kind. We were seated at the main route to the food and we had people stopped and waiting to pass others by our table. We did ask to move and our server moved us without question. Not worth the money at all.
   

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   Patrick

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   Salt Lake City

   10 reviews

   3.0

   10 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 4

   The ambience is nice and the staff very friendly. The food was excellent BUT perhaps they're not used to doing a buffet. It was Christmas dinner and they continually ran out of things- including lobster, the main attraction, as well as other things until they ran out completely. Our server, while very nice and trying to be attentive was either very inexperienced or poorly trained as they kept taking plates before we were done along with silverware without replacing it. For $150/pp I definitely expect more for buffet maintenance and service.
   

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   Robert

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   Vancouver

   2 reviews

   2.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 3

   Christmas dinnner , was cold food, they never replenished fast food, said Lobster but was always out line ups were crazy long would not suggest to anyone
   

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    Catherine

    VIP

    Palm Springs

    2 reviews

    2.0

    2 reviews

    Dined 4 days ago

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 3

    The buffet was not worth the cost. We were a table of 9 and all of us waited ridiculously long times in line only to find out that the lobster ran out. The desert table was also not up to the level expected in a high end restaurant. The server was very nice, but overall we were very disappointed.
    

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