Shaughnessy

Shaughnessy
Restaurant Cuisine: American
5251 Oak Street
| VanDusen Gardens, Vancouver, British Columbia V6M 4H1, Canada
#117
of 1641 restaurants in Vancouver
TripZen Score
7.0 / 10 Overall
80% Recommend
8Overall8Food
8.5Food
Activities: Health club, Hot tub, Pool (outdoors)
Check-in / Check-out time: 11am / 3pm
Description:SHAUGHNESSY RESTAURANT IS LOCATED IN THE SPECTACULAR VANDUSEN BOTANICAL GARDEN (A 55-ACRE TEACHING GARDEN). THE RESTAURANT WAS ORIGINALLY OPENED IN 1984 TO SERVICE THE MANY MEMBERS & GUESTS OF THE GARDEN, BUT IT SOON BECAME A POPULAR DINING ESTABLISHMENT AND HAS EVOLVED INTO A VANCOUVER LANDMARK. IT IS NOW A ...Read more
A breakfast nook.
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Traveler Reviews

TripZen Score
7.0 / 10 Overall
80% Recommend
8Overall8Food
8.5Food
Overall
  • Very pleasant experience.
  • A lovely restaurant with remarkable garden views.
  • Always delivers an excellent dining experience.
  • We had an amazing experience at Shaughnessy Restaurant!
  • Overall, my dining experience was very good.
  • Nice place.
  • VanDusen Garden makes this a nice romantic spot, especially
  • It is one of my favourite restaurants for all the reasons above.
  • Everything would have been perfect if only the food was better.
  • It is too bad that this special place is so unknown....Great place for special occasions (proposal, anniversary, birthday.
  • Everything else was awesome.
  • Surprisingly, the restaurant was fairly quiet on the Saturday night we were there.
  • I knew it would be a good experience for a special occasion.
  • We enjoyed our experience at this restaurant.
  • If you go with a family the place is great...do not think this would be a good place for a quiet romantic dinner.
Food
  • Great food, great service, great atmosphere
  • Lovely restaurant, very nice food well presented by experienced waiter.
  • Food was mediocre.
  • The food was fantastic and the service very friendly.
  • Both the mussels and the chicken Papaya salad were terrific.
  • Excellent location and good food.
  • Always great food and great service....Small menu.
  • The food was inspiring and delicious!...We absolutely loved it!
  • Very welcoming, great helpful service withoout being intrusive, menu was excellent and food was great -
  • The organic grilled chicken, papaya & jicama salad was delightful.
  • The food was mediocre, hash browns overdone and just cantelope and honeydew melon for fruit.
  • Good wine selection, kid-friendly staff.
  • Meal was great.
  • Other than that we were very happy with the menu selections and service -
  • Their menu has so many delicious things, it's hard to decide what to order.
  • My husband enjoyed the beef tenderloin and I enjoyed the very colourful tomato concasse.
  • I find the menu selection a bit limited and perhaps too much emphasis on "artsy" salads.
  • Food was excellent.
  • The food was excellent, but the portions were too generous.
  • Their panini was oily and burnt;
  • we ordered just okay no taste at all.
  • A superb neighbourhood restaurant with an excellent menu....The bison steak frites is incredible!
  • oh, and the buffalo steak was such a treat!...married to a pile of pommes frites that were the real McCoy of perfect potatoes, perfectly julienned and prepared.
  • Beautiful setting, excellent food but no atmosphere.
  • Even the bread they bring to your table to start was so warm and soft!
  • The rhubarb cobbler, the best.
  • It was a very nice lunch and the food was more than I could eat....The food was exceptionally good and the waiter did not intrude.
  • always find the service friendly and efficient, the atmosphere lovely, and the food excellent.
  • limited menu selection and quite pricey....Not suitable for regular dining.
  • The service was better than the food.
  • It was okay.
  • Food was good, as always
  • the food was pretty good, service was very quick
  • For the prices that we paid I think there should be an environment suited for fine dining Not a family style bistro.
  • Dinner at the Shaunessy was very nicely presented, excellent flavours, interesting choice of menu items.
  • the food was very good.
  • The main course was good, the deserts so so.
Service
  • pleasant and friendly staff.
  • Great food, great service, great atmosphere
  • Lovely restaurant, very nice food well presented by experienced waiter.
  • Beautiful setting, decent service.
  • The food was fantastic and the service very friendly.
  • Always great food and great service.
  • The staff were very friendly and professional.
  • Very welcoming, great helpful service withoout being intrusive, menu was excellent and food was great -
  • In particular, the waiter was very accomodating by providing me and my guest with ample time to review the menu, enjoy our meal
  • had an annoying waiter make excuses for our server not being 'awake' yet.
  • Service was good, if a bit rushed, on a fairly busy Saturday night.
  • Good wine selection, kid-friendly staff.
  • service excellent.
  • Other than that we were very happy with the menu selections and service -
  • the staff are all very attentive and friendly.
  • the service was good.
  • Service was mediocre and a bit slow.
  • The service and the surroundings are good.
  • It is hard to find a restaurant that combines good service, great ambience and great food.
  • However, the service was good, the atmosphere was nice and peaceful.
  • Thanks to the staff for wonderful service!
  • The staff were exceptionally helpful.
  • The food was exceptionally good and the waiter did not intrude.
  • always find the service friendly and efficient, the atmosphere lovely, and the food excellent.
  • The service was better than the food.
  • the food was pretty good, service was very quick
  • Server was professional, pleasant and attentive.
  • the food was very good with attentive service.
  • The service was friendly without being intrusive
Ambience
  • A lovely location -...A nice atmosphere,, somewhat noisy .
  • Great food, great service, great atmosphere
  • A lovely restaurant with remarkable garden views.
  • Excellent location and good food.
  • The garden outside is beautiful.
  • fine dining experience in a relaxed and beautiful setting.
  • It is a beautiful location.
  • VanDusen Garden makes this a nice romantic spot, especially
  • The limited view of the garden provided a pleasant setting
  • We had a nice window table
  • The service and the surroundings are good.
  • It is hard to find a restaurant that combines good service, great ambience and great food....When it is busy the noise is not too bad....It has the environment where some harp music would be wonderful.
  • However, the service was good, the atmosphere was nice and peaceful.
  • you gave us a fabulous round table, as well as the best service we could ask for.
  • Surprisingly, the restaurant was fairly quiet on the Saturday night we were there.
  • the room was cozy the lighting was nice...the view of the lights outside was stellar.
  • The scenery is excellent
  • visited the gardens after dinner to enjoy the lights.
Value
  • Food was of good quality and excellent value.

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