There are a few more Tim Hortons within easy driving of Cloverdale. We have a lot of customers in the White Rock/South Surrey area and often stop at these restaurants.
There are 2 restaurants at Grandview Corners - 24th Avenue and 160th Street.
The first Tim Hortons is in the plaza close to 24th Avenue and 162 Street. Restaurant service only. They usually have 2 cashiers, sometimes 3 when its busy. This restaurant offers fast service and has a lot of tables for eat it customers.
The other Tim Hortons is on the other side of the street, inside Wal-Mart. Restaurant service only. There is usually one cashier and several other staff running back up getting the orders together quickly. Only a few tables for sit down customers. This is one of very few Tim Hortons that does not offer 24 hour service. They are only open when Wal-Mart is: 7am to 11pm.
There is a Tim Hortons in Southpoint shopping centre located on 152 Street and 32nd Avenue. It was built about 7 years ago, during the time when Wendy's and Tim Hortons still operated under the same parent company. The split happened shortly after that restaurant was built because with Tim Hortons selling chili and sandwiches they were competing too much with Wendy's menu. This restaurant is the only one in South Surrey with a drive thru. Generally both the drive thru and inside restaurant offer quick service. Line ups go down quickly no matter if you walk in or drive thru. Large table area to accomodate the customers for both restaurants, but may be hard to find a seat during lunch time.
The last Tim Hortons is almost in White Rock, located just outside Semiahmoo Mall on 152 Street and about 17th Avenue. Restaurant service only. There are only a few tables inside the restaurant, so coming during lunch or dinner rush may result in having to take out your food. Service is generally pretty quick here with 2 cashiers serving customers.
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Sunday, April 12, 2009
Review of Montana's Restaurant on Langley Bypass
We've always enjoyed eating at Montana's Restaurant, in particular the one in Coquitlam in the Coquitlam Centre Mall. We've always been happy with the food, the ambience, and the service.
In stark contrast is the Montana's in Langley on the Bypass, in the mall just east of 200th Street. We've always found the service slow and our visits are usually a year or longer inbetween just in case things have changed.
We decided to give it another try on Friday night around 8pm. The restaurant was busy, but there were a few empty tables and we were seated right away. It took nearly 10 minutes for our server, Jenn, to show up with menus and ask what we wanted to drink. Though she returned in a reasonable amount of time with the drinks and to take our orders. We don't usually order an appetizer, though this time we did when I saw a new one on the menu - sweet potato fries. They took about 10 minutes to arrive. The chipotle dipping sauce was nice, but not enough of it. However the fries appeared to have been of the frozen variety and then fried as ordered. I've had better sweet potato fries at just about every restaurant in the Lower Mainland that serves them. Montana's sweet potato fries were limp and crumbled as we picked them up.
By now the time we finished the fries the restaurant was starting to empty. We watched as all the tables around us received their food, including the young couple at the table beside us who were seated about 10 minutes after we arrived. Half an hour after we'd finished our sweet potato fries, dinner arrived. I'd ordered the strawberry citrus salad which came with corn bread. I was really disappointed with the corn bread. Its seriously gone downhill since the last time I'd got it with an order. It was cold and crumbly, fell apart as I ate it. The salad was OK. The problem with the strawberries and they weren't sweet. They were red, but not sweet and ripe.
We finished eating and Jenn returned to ask if we'd like to see a dessert menu and I said yes. She showed up 10 minutes later with the dessert menu and then left. I mean, how long does it take to bring a dessert menu? Especially when it was after 9pm and there weren't that many customers. Although I would have liked the apple cobbler, that I've had many times before, I told Kerry I didn't want to wait half an hour for it. Jenn returned over 5 minutes later and we told her we'd decided not to have dessert, just the bill. It still took us almost 10 minutes to get that, pay, and leave.
Out of 5 stars, I'd give this Montana's Restaurant a one and a half.
And then we went to Dairy Queen for dessert!
Disappointing. This will be our last visit to this particular Montana's. We'd like to try the one in Walnut Grove by the Colossus and we're waiting for the new one in South Surrey on 24th Avenue, across from Wal-Mart to open. No one seems to know when it will open though its been completed for awhile and no tradespeople have been seen recently. There is a banner on the front of the restaurant saying "opening soon" but no further details how soon is soon.
In stark contrast is the Montana's in Langley on the Bypass, in the mall just east of 200th Street. We've always found the service slow and our visits are usually a year or longer inbetween just in case things have changed.
We decided to give it another try on Friday night around 8pm. The restaurant was busy, but there were a few empty tables and we were seated right away. It took nearly 10 minutes for our server, Jenn, to show up with menus and ask what we wanted to drink. Though she returned in a reasonable amount of time with the drinks and to take our orders. We don't usually order an appetizer, though this time we did when I saw a new one on the menu - sweet potato fries. They took about 10 minutes to arrive. The chipotle dipping sauce was nice, but not enough of it. However the fries appeared to have been of the frozen variety and then fried as ordered. I've had better sweet potato fries at just about every restaurant in the Lower Mainland that serves them. Montana's sweet potato fries were limp and crumbled as we picked them up.
By now the time we finished the fries the restaurant was starting to empty. We watched as all the tables around us received their food, including the young couple at the table beside us who were seated about 10 minutes after we arrived. Half an hour after we'd finished our sweet potato fries, dinner arrived. I'd ordered the strawberry citrus salad which came with corn bread. I was really disappointed with the corn bread. Its seriously gone downhill since the last time I'd got it with an order. It was cold and crumbly, fell apart as I ate it. The salad was OK. The problem with the strawberries and they weren't sweet. They were red, but not sweet and ripe.
We finished eating and Jenn returned to ask if we'd like to see a dessert menu and I said yes. She showed up 10 minutes later with the dessert menu and then left. I mean, how long does it take to bring a dessert menu? Especially when it was after 9pm and there weren't that many customers. Although I would have liked the apple cobbler, that I've had many times before, I told Kerry I didn't want to wait half an hour for it. Jenn returned over 5 minutes later and we told her we'd decided not to have dessert, just the bill. It still took us almost 10 minutes to get that, pay, and leave.
Out of 5 stars, I'd give this Montana's Restaurant a one and a half.
And then we went to Dairy Queen for dessert!
Disappointing. This will be our last visit to this particular Montana's. We'd like to try the one in Walnut Grove by the Colossus and we're waiting for the new one in South Surrey on 24th Avenue, across from Wal-Mart to open. No one seems to know when it will open though its been completed for awhile and no tradespeople have been seen recently. There is a banner on the front of the restaurant saying "opening soon" but no further details how soon is soon.
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