Club Ilia - Burnaby

Atmosphere: Very inviting atmosphere. One of the eateries I would go to near the UBC area. Price: A little on the high end but not un attainable. Service: Friendly. Food: I just had a basic cheese pizza. Crust was nice and crisp and good ratio of cheese to sauce.

I have been studying at SFU for the past four years and yesterday was my first day visiting this restaurant. I have always been curious about what they in store so I was very lucky when I had the chance to have lunch in this restaurant. Tried their Beef Dip and it was really good. Very filling as well. I might come back to Club Ilia again to try some of their other food. A friend of mine told me that their pizzas are the main attraction for the restaurant. Might give that a try later.

Great staff, great happy hour but terrible food selection. It feels like everything in the menu can be pulled out of the freezer and either deep fried or microwaved, I don't think there is any cook back there. When the place first opened, it had casual pub food that was served fresh. As an example, the grilled chicken that was marinated in house and grilled onsite to the order for salads and burgers has given its space for a deep fried off the shelf bulk frozen chicken... Their Thai bowl tastes like it was literally put together on a microwave oven using a canned sauce ... The point is, nothing tastes fresh or tastes as if it was made on site. I have had better experience going downstairs and ordering food from Big Smoke Burger. Anyways everytime I go there, i am going there for drinks and now with presence of Big Smoke, it is harder to justify visiting there . This place use to be so much better. SFU's Highland pub serves better food.

The food is somewhere between okay and moderately good but it is by far the best food on Burnaby Mountain. What makes up for it are the super nice and competent staff. A nice and welcoming place.

I usually just come here to drink... food dilutes the alcohol... and I always receive excellent and timely service. This is a nice place to share memories with good friends as well as people you can't fucking stand.