DineHere.ca

ee it or not, the fact remains that
dining out is an inescapable part of life
as a student. Even if you’re still lucky
enough to have your parents cooking
for you, late courses, long hours of
studying, and post-class hangouts with
friends means it isn’t always easy to
be home in time for dinner, making
restaurants the only alternative to a
hungry night.

Being strapped for cash can provide
alternate dilemmas however. There’s
nothing worse than blowing ten or
twenty bucks on a crappy meal. When
money’s hard to come by, we at least
want to know we’re making a wise
investment.

Thankfully British Columbians of all
socioeconomic levels can now consult
Dinehere.ca before heading out for
dinner. The site provides a fantastically
thorough directory of all restaurants
in the lower mainland, complete with
addresses, phone numbers, and price

ranges. But the true highlights are

its reader-submitted reviews, which
provide some of the most useful insider
information to help would-be diners
sort through the bevy of dining options
available in the Greater Vancouver area.

Modeled in the style of sites like
Amazon.com, Dinehere allows readers
to post brief summaries—up to 1,000
words— of their dining experiences
and opinions, along with star ratings
of basic criteria such as service and
ambiance. Predictably, the submissions
range from fawning praise to spluttering
outrage. Indeed, as with any review site,
it can be entertaining to just browse
some of the one-star reviews, and laugh
with schadenfreudial glee as people
complain about finding cockroach
segments in their sashimi.

Containing thousands of reader
reviews of over 2,500 restaurants,
Dinehere.ca definitely belongs in
the favorites folder of every starving
student.

 

 

 

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