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Shakin' Not Stirred - CLOSED
Category: Restaurants Canadian (New) Canadian (New) [Edit]
1144 Homer StVancouver, BC V6B 2X6
Neighbourhoods: Downtown, Yaletown
(604) 609-0901
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- No
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good For:
- Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
11 reviews for Shakin' Not Stirred
11 reviews in English
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Review from Andrea C.
8/9/2010 4 photos
GROUPON.
Without a groupon, I probably would never have noticed or cared about this spot.
It's essentially a hole in the wall (which made it hard to find) and was pretty vacant on a Sunday evening.
We got big booth and started off quickly with some cocktails (I rolled my ankle and I have found that it hurts less with more cocktails in me).
Drinks were fast, food was fairly quick.
We split the chicken penne and a ceaser. Ok, so on the ceaser, it was just a few leaves of romaine with some dressing sprayed on it. Compeltely deconstructed. So confusing.
The chicken was good, black pepper gave it a good spice.
Food was confusing, but good. But groupon this, its a bit pricey. -
Review from Jessica O.
Vancouver, BC
8/13/2010
The BF and I visited SNS last night with a Groupon, and expected it to be a cocktail bar with elegant snackies. Uh uh.
The menu looked like it belonged in a sports bar, with very basic attempts at West Coast Fusion-y fare. A few pastas, a few mains and a lot of schizophrenic appies. I really don't understand when a chef can't seem to nail down a concept for their restaurant!
Our server was spectacular, and for her service alone I was tempted to give four stars. The drink menu, however, really threw us for a loop - there were very few choices. For a placed named after James Bond's martini preference I was expecting a list a mile long. Where are all the innovative drinks? I had the bartender make me a Lemon Drop, which is not on the menu, and it was decent.
The food arrived, and it was....ok.
Roasted beet salad with goat cheese was decent - the pine nuts were a nice touch, and the dressing was just acidic enough. We added prawns to the salad for only 4 bucks, and they were probably the best part of the meal - 6 big guys cooked really well with a nice grilled flavour. The goat cheese, however, tasted pretty cheap, kind of Costco-ish.
The crab cakes topped with quail eggs had nice flavour, but were so dry I actually started choking as I swallowed! The two cakes were really tall and cylindrical, which gave them a whimsical appearance, but that one tiny (slightly overcooked) quail egg on top was not enough to moisten the whole thing. Perhaps they could serve the same quantity as 4 cakes instead? We asked for lemon wedges and that really improved the dryness.
One more thing: the chipotle aioli thing is kind of played out - how about a new and interesting take on a dip to back away from the cliched Vancouver bar food standard? Flavoured bernaise or something original would have been really yummy!
That said, I don't think we'll be back, unless I see the yelp reviews get a lot better. I am giving three stars (when it kind of deserves two) because of the great service (she had reallllllly long brown hair.) -
Review from Vimi S.
Vancouver, BC
7/13/2009 ROTD 7/19/2009
A "Bond-esque" restaurant in Yaletown with a thematic drink menu that will rock your martini world! The prices are awesome with $5 Chilean wine ($20/bottle) that tastes nice. The food is delicious. The Flamethrower Pasta was not spicy enough for me but was a savoury dish. I definitely will visit again to taste more of the menu as their tapas look scrumptious!
The decor is modern with plasma televisions on every wall, funky background music and with just the right touch of classic photos, posters and memorabilia of the distinguished gentleman, Bond, James Bond.
If you don't like it shaken, get it stirred. You'll enjoy it. -
Review from Heather M.
Vancouver, BC
8/24/2010 3 photos
Nice try, but no cigar
SNS is just O.K, nothing innovative here.
Jessica O is right, the service was great, but they lack in a lot of areas. The decor doesn't make sense. The servers dress as though they are going to work as a go go dancers after work and the cheesy TV's on the wall playing much music were too much. Bizzarre style. Wouldn't say it's anything i'd choose in designing a restaurant.
A year back a friend and I had dinner at this location under another name. Can't remember what it was called, but we had an atocious time. I really sincerely hope that this new restaurant isn't the same owners doing a second try at the restaurant game, becuase if that is the case, then you have majorly failed!
The food was tasty, nothing to call home about. I liked it. Nice presentation on the Duck Sliders that came with fresh hand cut fries. The desert was good, but the crust on the cheesecake was burnt! so we ate around it.
Wont be returning. I had great conversation with my buddy Fiona, but we'll go somewhere else next time. -
Review from Ernesto G.
9/26/2010
Cool Venue.
Came here last night for a birthday party. Haven't been here for two years, but always liked this venue. Its a long restaurant/lounge with a bar in the middle. Long and narrow, but then opens up at the back of the restaurant into a somewhat private area, which is nice for parties.
Good service. Good Drinks. Would come again if a venue is required for 20-40 people. -
Review from Sebastian P.
Vancouver, BC
10/25/2010
Wellll.... so I was one of the lucky ones who bought the Groupon and wanted to use it yesterday.
Seem's like Shakin Not Stirred has been shakin a tiny bit too much and went out of business. The website is dead (which should have been the first indicator) and also the whole place is covered up with foile.
Anyhow I contacted Groupon to refund my purchase and they promptly reacted. Thumbs up for that.
So everyone who considered going there. save yourself the walk in the rain! :)
Cheers
~S -
Review from john h.
Mississauga, ON
3/20/2010
Don't let some of the bad reviews fool you.
This place was overrun during the olympics and it seemed like they just couldn't meet the demand.
I've been several times and get great service, AMAZING food, and the best damned Ceaser(drink) in the city. -
Review from Peter S.
5/29/2009 1 photo
Smoked salmon stuffed inside an organic chicken leg... Double O Hell Ya!
I have got to give them some major credit for experimenting with such a wide range of flavours. They pull it off as smooth as Bond himself and mix up a mean Dirty Vodka Martini too. Pay the extra buck or two and get it with Ketel One or another tastier Vodka.
There's loads of flat screens about with sports or James Bond movies playing silently in the background.
Quite the view into the alley behind. It is a lot better than you would think.
I need to go back soon to test out the bartenders skills, and try another random menu item. This place is such a breath of fresh air compared to the rest of Yaletown next door.Listed in: Best place to catch the…
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Review from Barry M.
11/17/2009
Unfortunately, SNS has de-bondified nearly their entire restaurant except for the martini names, and prices on the menu. So if you're looking to get a full James Bond type experience, it's not going to happen.
However, the food here was excellent. The Yam fries came in a huge portion and the roast chicken I had was delicious. The staff was also very friendly and welcoming. Also, the bartender looks like a young Tina Fey. Which I didn't say because she probably hears it 20 times a day and gets tired of it. -
Review from Cameron F.
Vancouver, BC
7/22/2010
As with many restaurants downtown and in Yaletown this place was pretty overrated and average. There are much better places that you can go for around the same amount of money in this area.
We ordered the chicken burger and the SNS burger. The chicken and lettuce in the first were clearly from Costco as I'm pretty sure I have it in my fridge at home, and the blue cheese on it was cheap quality. The SNS burger was good, but nothing that would stand out amongst the hundreds of other restaurant burgers in Vancouver.
The drinks were good and the service was kind but again, nothing above average.
Overall it wasn't horrible, but there are much better options in this area. I won't be going back. -
Review from Hubert F.
Vancouver, BC
2/28/2010
I went there for supper with coworkers after getting beers, during the Olympics.
I was meaning to try it out because of the theme. I have to admit to have been heavily disappointed. The theme was not prevalent, the food was meh.
And there was a 18% auto-gratuity applied to the bill. You know, because it was the Olympic gouging. That itself make me put ONE star over a rating that was already low to start with.
