Roost Cafe and Bistro has been around for about a year in the Chinatown/Strathcona neighbourhood. I came here for lunch with a friend since we wanted to try something new close by our office. I ended up finding this place through Google Maps. We saw they had some avocado toast, so we wanted to give it a try.
Interior
The interior is very cute and hip. They’ve really transformed the space to suit the people moving into this neighbourhood. They have bar seats, patio seats and a few tables inside.
Soup of the Day
We originally wanted some avocado toast, but they ran out of avocados before noon, so C went with the soup of the day which was a tomato soup. It is served with buttered sourdough toast. It was not very impressive.
Sandwich of the Day
I originally wanted another sandwich, but since there were no avocados in sight, I went with the sandwich of the day, which had pesto, ham, cheese and tomato between 2 slices of sourdough bread. It is served with a side salad with vinaigrette dressing. It was ok, but a bit pricey for $12.
Overall, we were not very impressed by this lunch experience. For the neighbourhood, the food is a bit pricey. It was too bad they didn’t have avocados stocked on a Tuesday since that option would have been better.
We Rate Roost Cafe and Bistro: 
Address:
789 Gore Avenue, Vancouver, BC
Website:
https://www.roost.cafe/
5 Comments
Quite pricey! I would so only go for the avocado toast. Attempt #2 w me? 😉
We need to go find the BEST Avocado toast in town!
Have you tried Nemesis? I still need to try there. And TURF. And The Federal Store, haha. Soooo many. But got to stop by Avocado Bay soon, too!
I haven’t been to Nemesis yet. Lets go there!
Yes yes!! When? You work in Downtown, right? Lunch break?