The Strand Cafe

Beautiful and cozy space inside the Canopy Hotel, with friendly service and clear effort from the kitchen to deliver quality dishes. That said, the overall dining experience was mixed. Most of the food was just average—the flavors leaned too salty, and portion sizes were noticeably small. The coffee was inconsistent; one of the cappuccinos I had was unfortunately among the worst I’ve tasted. The pizza was fine, but nothing memorable. The serving time is quite long, most tables wait for 20-30mins to get their food. On the positive side, the black bean burger and the pan-roasted shrimp stood out as well-executed and flavorful. There’s potential here, especially given the stylish setting, but it still feels like they’re working out some inconsistencies in both the kitchen and barista station.

We were staying at the Canopy overnight and stopped for a drink at the bar before heading out for dinner. The bartender was friendly. After a drink we left but came back after being turned away for dinner at two nearby restaurants. We again sat at the bar. The food was fine - we shared the calamari and bruschetta. We also had a slice of the chocolate torte and that was good but was more like a brownie than what I was thinking it would be as a torte. Our bar neighbors had a pizza and salad - they both looked good.

This is the restaurant inside Canopy Hilton. The pizzas came out fast and were delicious. Cauliflower crust available for my GF son. You can see the pizza made there in the pizza oven. The burger did take a lot more time to come out thus the 4 stars. Ambience was nice, wait staff friendly. Place was clean and comfortable.

For a hotel restaurant, I was thoroughly impressed! We were able to try quite a few different items, and everything was amazing. I do say this is the best burger I have ever had, I liked it so much that I had it again on our last night there. Try it, you won't be disappointed

The staff that we encountered were all very nice! The food was quite good! However, we were a little thrown off by the fact that all of the food we ordered to go was literally in the to go box. Not even in a sealed container. Mashed Potatoes? Right in the box. Cheesecake and Icecream? Right in the box. I would definitely eat here again, buttttt ordering to go is clearly not the best way to experience this restaurant 😂.

Yunong Shi

Beautiful and cozy space inside the Canopy Hotel, with friendly service and clear effort from the kitchen to deliver quality dishes. That said, the overall dining experience was mixed. Most of the food was just average—the flavors leaned too salty, and portion sizes were noticeably small. The coffee was inconsistent; one of the cappuccinos I had was unfortunately among the worst I’ve tasted. The pizza was fine, but nothing memorable. The serving time is quite long, most tables wait for 20-30mins to get their food. On the positive side, the black bean burger and the pan-roasted shrimp stood out as well-executed and flavorful. There’s potential here, especially given the stylish setting, but it still feels like they’re working out some inconsistencies in both the kitchen and barista station.

Miss Val

We were staying at the Canopy overnight and stopped for a drink at the bar before heading out for dinner. The bartender was friendly. After a drink we left but came back after being turned away for dinner at two nearby restaurants. We again sat at the bar. The food was fine - we shared the calamari and bruschetta. We also had a slice of the chocolate torte and that was good but was more like a brownie than what I was thinking it would be as a torte. Our bar neighbors had a pizza and salad - they both looked good.

Sandy Lee

This is the restaurant inside Canopy Hilton. The pizzas came out fast and were delicious. Cauliflower crust available for my GF son. You can see the pizza made there in the pizza oven. The burger did take a lot more time to come out thus the 4 stars. Ambience was nice, wait staff friendly. Place was clean and comfortable.

Wanda Willard (Construction Safety 101)

For a hotel restaurant, I was thoroughly impressed! We were able to try quite a few different items, and everything was amazing. I do say this is the best burger I have ever had, I liked it so much that I had it again on our last night there. Try it, you won't be disappointed

Andrew Ladd

The staff that we encountered were all very nice! The food was quite good! However, we were a little thrown off by the fact that all of the food we ordered to go was literally in the to go box. Not even in a sealed container. Mashed Potatoes? Right in the box. Cheesecake and Icecream? Right in the box. I would definitely eat here again, buttttt ordering to go is clearly not the best way to experience this restaurant 😂.

Great little place. Friendly staff. Good food. We ordered salmon, black bean burger, Mac and cheese, and some appetizers between the 3 of us. All very good. Highly recommend. The service was a bit slow but it was midweek so maybe that is why. Nice cocktail menu and wine list.

Melissa Grey

Great little place. Friendly staff. Good food. We ordered salmon, black bean burger, Mac and cheese, and some appetizers between the 3 of us. All very good. Highly recommend. The service was a bit slow but it was midweek so maybe that is why. Nice cocktail menu and wine list.

I used to get the most delicious gluten free pepperoni hot honey pizza from here, however recently crust and pepperoni changed. I picked it up and it was cold. Staff is nice, but definitely won’t be back again for gluten free food.

I most invoke Théoden "what would you have me do [not review a restaurant that wasn't good]." No I will remain with the cause. All I would say is that perhaps just don't go here? Food was blah. Not sure they understand what vegan means (while not a vegan, even I understand that cooking fries in the same oil as meats -say calamari- would make those fries not vegan fyi). The drinks were ok, but took around 45 minutes to get ready. I'm pretty sure the agave plant and its distillation was done before hand by the tequila supplier so I'm still trying to figure that one out. Lastly the food came out in 15 minute increments which is insane given the price. If I was buying say a big Mac from McDonald's and my wife a quarter pounder - even that would come out together, so not sure where the staff missed that lesson. Sorry for the rant- I just started typing and went into a vogue state and then came too and the above was written. Oh, they laddled in French onion soup into a bowl. Im not asking for Michelin star food- but even I can add cheese on top of soup and bake it.

Kayla Rowan

I used to get the most delicious gluten free pepperoni hot honey pizza from here, however recently crust and pepperoni changed. I picked it up and it was cold. Staff is nice, but definitely won’t be back again for gluten free food.

Heath Robinson

I most invoke Théoden "what would you have me do [not review a restaurant that wasn't good]." No I will remain with the cause. All I would say is that perhaps just don't go here? Food was blah. Not sure they understand what vegan means (while not a vegan, even I understand that cooking fries in the same oil as meats -say calamari- would make those fries not vegan fyi). The drinks were ok, but took around 45 minutes to get ready. I'm pretty sure the agave plant and its distillation was done before hand by the tequila supplier so I'm still trying to figure that one out. Lastly the food came out in 15 minute increments which is insane given the price. If I was buying say a big Mac from McDonald's and my wife a quarter pounder - even that would come out together, so not sure where the staff missed that lesson. Sorry for the rant- I just started typing and went into a vogue state and then came too and the above was written. Oh, they laddled in French onion soup into a bowl. Im not asking for Michelin star food- but even I can add cheese on top of soup and bake it.

A very mediocre experience at best. The service was pretty slow and the waitress seemed shocked for a simple change in dressing on a Caesar salad. The IPA I ordered came in a can that was 2.5 months expired…zero carbonation when I poured it. We couldn’t find the waitress so I took it up to the bar to ask for a different beer. The bartender looked at another can of the same beer in the fridge, found the expired date, and just shrugged his shoulders. He then poured me a different beer on tap and it was ok. We asked to split a Caesar salad and they didn’t bring plates to split it. The bruschetta was overtopping with bland tapenade, pate, and cold tomatoes. I asked for a burger medium… it came well done and had some sort of sweet sauce which was not appetizing. I would not come back to this place or recommend it to anyone.

Update to this review: Within minutes of posting this review, the hotel manager was tableside and apologized. We were a table of former restaurant workers so we know the staffing challenges for a Tuesday lunch shift. The food and portions are worth giving them the benefit of the doubt and another try.

Melynda Wissar

Update to this review: Within minutes of posting this review, the hotel manager was tableside and apologized. We were a table of former restaurant workers so we know the staffing challenges for a Tuesday lunch shift. The food and portions are worth giving them the benefit of the doubt and another try.

Joseph Waltz

A very mediocre experience at best. The service was pretty slow and the waitress seemed shocked for a simple change in dressing on a Caesar salad. The IPA I ordered came in a can that was 2.5 months expired…zero carbonation when I poured it. We couldn’t find the waitress so I took it up to the bar to ask for a different beer. The bartender looked at another can of the same beer in the fridge, found the expired date, and just shrugged his shoulders. He then poured me a different beer on tap and it was ok. We asked to split a Caesar salad and they didn’t bring plates to split it. The bruschetta was overtopping with bland tapenade, pate, and cold tomatoes. I asked for a burger medium… it came well done and had some sort of sweet sauce which was not appetizing. I would not come back to this place or recommend it to anyone.

Our evening at Strand Cafe was a series of disappointments that I just have to share. We ordered a soup, a side as an app (roasted cauliflower), a pizza, and a burger. One of the mains (pizza) arrived first before soup and app. This was puzzling and just the start of a downhill experience. We waited patiently for the soup, which, when it did arrive after a 15-minute delay, was shockingly cold, not lukewarm, but actually cold. The wait for the soup to be reheated was just as frustrating, especially since our side dish was still MIA. When the roasted cauliflower finally made it to the table, it was RAW – barely touched by any form of cooking and lacking in flavour. We had to send it back, which is something I rarely do. The burger saga was no less exasperating. By the time it arrived, my husband had finished his pizza (which, remember, was served first). My request for sautéed mushrooms, an extra I paid for, was ignored. The burger missed not just the mushrooms but also the arugula, pickles (mentioned in the menu)and any kind of condiments. The server's solution was to bring these missing items on a side plate, leaving me to assemble my burger. This isn't what I expect when dining out. Mistakes can happen, but this was too much! We weren’t charged for the soup and cauliflower, which was a small consolation, but the overall experience was absolutely terrible. Would not recommend!

Horrible experience, I ordered dine in and one yogurt for to go. They made it all to go and we have to wait for almost 1 HOUR! They did NOT even bring in any water!!n DO NOT come for any reason

Terrible service! The staff were unfriendly and rude. The food came late, and the Margherita pizza was the worst I’ve ever had. Our server disappeared before bringing the rest of our order, there were no forks, knives, or napkins on the table, and she even dropped the check while we were still eating. Completely unprofessional — I will never come back to this restaurant.

Genuinely the worst service I’ve ever experienced in a restaurant, bar none. We had reservations, were seated, proceeded to wait 45 minutes for our drinks, 1 hour to order. No meal pacing at all, both appetizer and meals placed down at the same time, which our inattentive waiter did not leave napkins or silverware for us or notice us repeatedly trying to call him over while he attended the other two tables next to us very readily. Food was cold, salmon was bad - fish was turnt, should not have been served. Awful, awful, awful.

Terrible experience. Literally the worst restaurant experience I’ve had in years. This was one of the only later evening choices, we were told we could sit in the lounge and order from the bar, then they asked my daughter to move because the lounge was for people ordering food. Host moved my jacket to the lost and found, generally rude and inexplicably stressed out staff (not that busy). Food took a long time even though the restaurant appeared well below capacity. Really no excuse for our experience after a long emotional day of dropping my son off at college. I cannot recommend this place as there are many better alternatives (if you can get seated prior to 8:30 pm). Do better!

Fanqi Liu

Horrible experience, I ordered dine in and one yogurt for to go. They made it all to go and we have to wait for almost 1 HOUR! They did NOT even bring in any water!!n DO NOT come for any reason

sharifa sharifi

Terrible service! The staff were unfriendly and rude. The food came late, and the Margherita pizza was the worst I’ve ever had. Our server disappeared before bringing the rest of our order, there were no forks, knives, or napkins on the table, and she even dropped the check while we were still eating. Completely unprofessional — I will never come back to this restaurant.

Courtney Nicole

Genuinely the worst service I’ve ever experienced in a restaurant, bar none. We had reservations, were seated, proceeded to wait 45 minutes for our drinks, 1 hour to order. No meal pacing at all, both appetizer and meals placed down at the same time, which our inattentive waiter did not leave napkins or silverware for us or notice us repeatedly trying to call him over while he attended the other two tables next to us very readily. Food was cold, salmon was bad - fish was turnt, should not have been served. Awful, awful, awful.

Christopher Rico

Terrible experience. Literally the worst restaurant experience I’ve had in years. This was one of the only later evening choices, we were told we could sit in the lounge and order from the bar, then they asked my daughter to move because the lounge was for people ordering food. Host moved my jacket to the lost and found, generally rude and inexplicably stressed out staff (not that busy). Food took a long time even though the restaurant appeared well below capacity. Really no excuse for our experience after a long emotional day of dropping my son off at college. I cannot recommend this place as there are many better alternatives (if you can get seated prior to 8:30 pm). Do better!

Dhara Thaver

Our evening at Strand Cafe was a series of disappointments that I just have to share. We ordered a soup, a side as an app (roasted cauliflower), a pizza, and a burger. One of the mains (pizza) arrived first before soup and app. This was puzzling and just the start of a downhill experience. We waited patiently for the soup, which, when it did arrive after a 15-minute delay, was shockingly cold, not lukewarm, but actually cold. The wait for the soup to be reheated was just as frustrating, especially since our side dish was still MIA. When the roasted cauliflower finally made it to the table, it was RAW – barely touched by any form of cooking and lacking in flavour. We had to send it back, which is something I rarely do. The burger saga was no less exasperating. By the time it arrived, my husband had finished his pizza (which, remember, was served first). My request for sautéed mushrooms, an extra I paid for, was ignored. The burger missed not just the mushrooms but also the arugula, pickles (mentioned in the menu)and any kind of condiments. The server's solution was to bring these missing items on a side plate, leaving me to assemble my burger. This isn't what I expect when dining out. Mistakes can happen, but this was too much! We weren’t charged for the soup and cauliflower, which was a small consolation, but the overall experience was absolutely terrible. Would not recommend!