Went to the famous video game restaurant in Vancouver today with my lovely coworkers.
The restaurant was located in a shady area on Pender St., but the inside of the restaurant was pretty neat to look at. They had many decorations on the walls with different popular video game characters and objects. There was also a big wall that played clips of video games which helped to entertain us as we tried to guess the characters in the clip.
We shared the deep fried pickles and it was amazing! I found it a bit salty but the sourness made it sooooo yummy. I don't know if I will order this again as I feel like I can make this at home....
For the entree, I ordered the GanonPork Sandwich ($13) pictured below. Described as "slow roasted pulled pork with deep fried avacado, bacon chive sour cream, and gerudo nacho chips."
The sandwich came and it turned out looking like a burger. To my taste, I think the "sandwich" sour cream sauce and deep fried avacadoes were too much for me as the pulled pork was already pretty greasy. The nachos in the sandwich was a nice touch to make the overall flavours less greasy and oily, but I still prefer to have lettuce instead. The fries I added $3 to make it into a poutine. This was a bit more on the salty side, but it was pretty tasty. I liked the fries very much because the cut reminded me of McDonald's fries. Another thing I liked about this was the jalapenos on the side. I LOVE jalapenos!!
For a drink, I had the virgin Shirley Templar ($7.50) which was bottomless. Described as "orange juice, sprite, and grenadine. I finished my first one and got a refill. When the waitress came back with my drink, my coworkers and mine got swapped. My coworker was sick! My pet peeve is that I don't like to share things that have direct contact with anybody's saliva.... That was sooooo bad on the waitress' part. She should have given us new straws when she did the refill. I had to ask for a new straw even though I wasn't sure if the cup was mine originally. Not sure if the waitress was new or that's just the way they serve it here.
Overall experience was good, but it did make me wonder about the quality of food and the people that were handling it. The price was pretty high for a burger place. Not sure if I would go back again....
Ambiance 4
Quality of food 3
Quantity of food 4
Price 3
Service 2.5
Overall 3.3
www.expbar.ca
309 West Pender St. Vancouver
http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/14/1702130/restaurant/Downtown/EXP-Restaurant-Bar-Vancouver
