Cantina Norte

Cantina Norte reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

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   Wendy

   Vancouver1 review

   2.0

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 1

   I filled in the reservation requesting a booth and noting that both my friend and I were celebrating our birthdays. We were shoved in a busy, noisy spot, spoiling the intimacy of the dinner, and mostly ignored. No mention of birthdays. Food is fantastic. Ambience: unpleasantly noisy and busy. Service: flippant.
   

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   lzbdoesfood

   Vancouver18 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We love visiting Cantina Norte. We don’t live in North Vancouver but when we visit it is a must. Great restaurant!
   

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   GenevieveT

   Vancouver2 reviews

   4.0

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Great spot to go to before a musical at Highland Chirch. The restaurant gave us a discount as we weee seeing the show. Great way to support the community. Great cocktails. Fun atmosphere.
   

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   Judith

   Vancouver2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on 2 March 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   I treated my granddaughter & her husband, along with my 2 great grandchildren, aged 4 & 2. I like to take them to Cantina Norte because "niños are welcome", and that is so important! We've been here before, and certainly will be going back in the future!
   

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   Doug

   Vancouver2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on 15 February 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   The experience I had at Cantina Norte was excellent including the service, food and ambiance. I felt very comfortable and relaxed with regards to the total atmosphere. I would defintely dine there again.
   

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   Bryan VIP

   Vancouver19 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on 9 February 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Excellent food and service. Definitely the best Mexican restaurant in Vancouver and actually the best I have had anywhere.
   

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   Jen

   Vancouver1 review

   5.0

   Dined on 9 February 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   The pork tacos are amazing. Possibly the best tacos I've had in Vancouver. 10/10 will taco again. The margs were also great Churros were just ok though. The barbacoa was really good but I'd rather have the tacos again.
   

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   Micheline

   Vancouver1 review

   3.0

   Dined on 3 February 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   Our second time in weeks visiting this restaurant. The food is good and we feel decent value for everything offered. The last time we went we were told nachos were unavailable as the oven was broken? What! Is there no back up oven to offer for nachos a standard ask at Mexican restaurants. This time again we were told nachos were unavailable. Disappointed but other good options on menu. When we ordered cocktails we asked for a couple of palomas. She took our request and returned with ‘we’re out of grapefruit juice’ there is a thrifty’s adjacent to the restaurant.. pretty sure grapefruit juice could have been procured considering the restaurant was empty.
   

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   Tom

   Vancouver8 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on 26 January 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   The staff were lovely and it is a good vibe. However the value for the dollar is not quite there. There are better Mexican style restaurants around for quality of food but the ambience may make it worth while to eat here. Don’t waste money on the coffee at the end we ordered a decaf americano and it was probably the worst cup of coffee around.
   

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    Carrie

    Vancouver3 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on 26 January 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    Wow so yummy!!! This is our fourth time back and we brought good friends. We all had wonderful food, drinks and a great time! Brittany was absolutely awesome and really funny!! We can’t wait to go back. Make sure you try the Ceviche and Jalapeño margaritas!!!!
    

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