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[Baro]

What is it with Victoria and it's restaurants seemingly taking a page out of BC transit's playbook and for the most part having horrible websites?

In many cities just about every little place from a fancy restaurant to a hole in the wall cafe has a little website with their menu. Not Victoria! Spent a good 30 min looking on google maps for a cheap place to eat near me and of the 10 or so places even registered on google maps only half had websites, and only half of those bothered to put their menus up. And of those with menus, many neglected PRICES.

My wife finds this specially frustraiting, where she's from you can't even find a food cart on the street corner that doesn't have a simple price list online.

Am i being overly critical? Is it really that hard to scan your menu and stick it on a website as a pdf or something?
I'm still desperately looking for a western restaurant downtown that has decent lunch prices. I've got my sushi covered, got my Vietnamese and Korean covered, but sometimes I'd just like a hearty sandwich or burger or something for under $10 in the north end of downtown.

[gumgum]

Have you tried Urbanspoon?

[Baro]

yep, very very few places seem to be on it and it's just a pain to sort through.

Wish there was a google maps overlay that just showed every restaurant along with a general rating and average price and a short description, and a button you could press that would detect what you're craving and pre-order it for you.

[ptolomeus]

Baro, I think you're in the wrong country You want things which are standard in most if not all european countries (and it's already included taxes & service too ) that's called efficiency I think most canadians don't feel well with this type of thing, they just miss the social component. If you'llo find all the information ready and well displaced, you lose the opportunuty to go inside and ask, talk to the people around you looking for the same information (or the waitress) ... no human interaction there! What's better? Whatever suits you better I suppose

[Ms. B. Havin]

Am i being overly critical?

No.

Friends who visit from Europe (some of whom are from here originally, but now live "abroad") can't believe how retardataire Victoria's businesses can be, restaurants first and foremost among them.

Oh, and by the way: re. missing the social component, I do believe that in Europe they do do that f2f (face to face) thing quite well. They're not machines who expect only virtual contact. Yet somehow they manage to have information displayed efficiently online. Amazing, innit?

[G-Man]

Just because I was on the site today, has anyone looked at San Remo's site? There are no words.

It has a menu though!