I went to Minoa’s Restaurant the other day with a couple of co-workers. Minoa is a quaint little Greek restaurant in a house by Kingsway & Smith in Burnaby.
The seating arrangement is a bit odd here. You enter through the ground floor of the house where the kitchen also happens to be situated. Patrons are instructed by a sign to go up the stairs to be seated. The interior is your typical Greek restaurant dressed in blue and white paint with some Greek-themed wall hangings.
I ordered the Moussaka, which is kind of a Greek-style sheppard’s pie. The version at Minoa’s was layered with potatoes, eggplants, ground beef, and a bechamel sauce.
They also have the standard fan favourite, souvlaki. You can order beef, lamb, chicken, or prawn souvlaki. The one pictured below is beef.
My biggest gripe here is the looooong waits. I was here for lunch with some co-workers and although we ate quickly, it was tight to fit our lunch in under an hour. The portion sizes are also a bit on the small size and don’t really justify the price. My moussaka was $9.95 and the 1-skewer beef souvlaki was $10.95.
Details:
3823 Kingsway, Burnaby
Tel: 604-430-2545
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The restaurant looks like it’s in the middle of nowhere.
It’s right behind the skytrain tracks on Kingsway near Boundary…
The food here is usually pretty good, but the value-for-money just isn’t there, particularly when compared to some of the other lunchtime options in the area…
I have been there several times throughout the past four years, and each time i vow to never go back, aside from the usual snobbiness, of greek places, i found that if you don’t look like you just won the lotto super 7, until, the check arrives and all of a sudden, they spark up a conversation, to get their tip, do they really think we fall for the :LAST MINUTE:, COMPLIEMNT OR ATTEMPT TO TALK???the service is not great at all, not to mention, they charge 14$ for a double drink, ie ceaser etc. That is ridiculous. But it is a convenience thing for me, i can’t drive all the way to steffos, so i am stuck to go there, or earls,
Hi Esperanza,
I have to admit that I am like you…each time I go there, I decide it’s going to be my last time…but somehow I always end up going back. Too bad it is the only Greek restaurant around that area.
Has anyone been to another Greek restaurant nearby that we can try?
The food was the best greek I have had in the lower mainland. the Roast Lamb was very tender and great value. It is on special for $13.95 from tuesday to thursday. Must try it. I will definetly be going back to this very unique place which used to orgininally a house.