We have finally set out with a new location on Main Street after celebrating ten years on Commercial Drive! Our favorites from the Commercial Drive location will be available on the Main Street menu, as well as some additional hand-picked street food items from Mumbai and regional seafood cuisine from Mangalore in South India. We will also be presenting a whole new cocktail selection. Our Main Street location's dining area has been transformed into an airy lounge with natural light, Indian antiques, Indian temple sculptures, reclaimed wood, brass and modern lighting, and comfy seats for the ideal Indian dining experience. Visit our newest Main Street location in Vancouver or order online for takeout & delivery.more...See more text
Grilled AAA top sirloin finished with an orange & ginger reduction.
$18.00
Mango Cream Pie
Mini pie with fresh whipped cream.
$5.00
Zaya Gran Reserva
Served as you like it, rocks or neat. Zaya Gran Reserva rum from Trinidad & Tobago. Amber to dark rum distilled from fermented molasses. Aged 12 years in small, spent whisky & bourbon barrels. An exceptional blend of several aged rums resulting in a fine sipping rum. Five times distilled and a proprietary recipe handcrafted by a master blender. Dominant notes of sweet vanilla, chocolate and coffee in a rich body with a slightly smoky flavour in the finish.
$12.00
Brunch MENU - Sula Indian Restaurant
Island of Eggs
Bowl of two poached eggs, melted cheddar, rice ‘n peas & fresh tomato salsa.
$9.00
Sam Lords Breakfast
Two free range eggs any style with your choice of bacon, veggie or jerk chicken sausage. Served with hash browns & multi grain toast.Sub Spanish Chorizo Sausage – $2
$10.00
Huevos Rancheros
Two sunny side eggs on a crispy corn tortilla with refried beans, melted cheddar, fresh tomato salsa, sour cream & hash browns.ADD bacon – $1 ADD pulled jerk chicken– $3
$11.00
Callaloo Benny
Spinach, grilled tomato & chimichurri on toasted English muffin. Topped with medium poached egg & citrus hollandaise. Served with hash browns.ADD bacon – $1
$11.00
Jamaica Me Crabby
Curried crab cakes on toasted English muffin topped with medium poached eggs, citrul hollandaise & fresh tomato salsa. Served with hash browns.
$12.00
Jerk Salmon Benny
Wild salmon fillet topped with our signature jerk sauce on a toasted English muffin. Topped with medium poached eggs & citrus hollandaise. Served with hash browns.
$13.00
Kitty’s Scrambler
Peppers, onions, hash browns & eggs scrambled with your choice of bacon, jerk chicken or veggie sausage topped with cheddar & fresh tomato salsa.Sub Spanish Chorizo Sausage – $2
$12.00
Jerk Chilaquiles
One sunny side egg, pulled jerk chicken or tofu with cheddar, sour cream & salsa verde on corn tortilla chips with cilantro & fresh avocado.
$10.00
Wee Little Pirate
One egg with bacon & hashbrowns or toast.
$5.00
Salads MENU - Sula Indian Restaurant
Chana
Warm garam masala curried chickpea salad with organic greens, roti & dahi.
$8.00
Greens
Organic exotic mix with tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, corn & toasted pumpkin seeds with a mango & mint dressing.
A chana sandwhich! Two bara (fried flat bread) with curried chickpeas.
$6.00
Yardie Yam Fries
Hand cut and thick with jerk mayo.
$6.00
Plantain Chips
Crisp fried with jerk mayo.
$6.00
Poutine
Hand cut kennebec fries with pulled jerk chicken or tofu, cheese curds & jerk gravy.
$9.00
Coco Prawns
Rolled in toasted coconut and served with a firecracker orange marmalade.
$8.00
Island Crab Cakes
Curry scented and served with a lime chili aioli
$9.00
Jerk Wings
1 lb baked… not fried
$11.00
Tuxpan Tacos
Two soft corn tortillas with island spiced fried tilapia, cho cho apple slaw , lime aioli & fresh tomato salsa.
$10.00
Carmen Tacos
Two soft corn tortillas with jerk chicken or jerk tofu, melted cheddar, lettuce & fresh tomato salsa.
$9.00
Tasting Platter
Chana salad, plantain chips, jerk wings and Jamaican patty-beef or tofu.
For 2
$17.00For 4
$25.00
Breakfast (Vancouver only)
Island of Eggs
Bowl of two poached egs, melted cheddar, rice’n peas & fresh tomato salsa.
$9.00
Sam Lord’s
Two free range eggs any style with your choice of bacon, veggie or jerk chicken sausage. Served with has browns & multi grain toast.Sub Spanish Chorizo sausage$2
$9.00
Caribbean Special Tings
West Indian Curries
Served with white rice, coleslaw, mango chutney & dahi.
Chicken
$11.00Ital (vegan)
$10.00Goat
$13.00
Trini Roti
Any of our curries wrapped in a quick style West Indian flatbread. Served with coleslaw.
Jamaica’s national fish of ackee fruit, salt cod, onion, tomato & peppers. Served with rice ‘n peas & coleslaw
$18.00
Calypso Oxtail
Savoury beef stew (bone-in) with carrots and potato on rice ‘n peas.
$19.00
Jerk
The Jamaican Jerk
Served with rice n’ peas and coleslawPick any two and share yardie style on a platter. Served with rice ‘n peas & coleslaw.
Chicken breast (bone-in)
$15.00Pork tenderloin
$14.00Tofu
$11.00Salmon
$17.00Jerk Treasure for Two
$28.00
Sides & Such
Miss Liz’s Curry Lime Marinade
$7.00 (270ml)
Miss Kitty’s Hot Sauce
$7.00 (300ml)
Miss P’s Fancy Jerk Marinade
$7.00 (270ml)
Sandwich Tings
Served with organic greens, plantain chips or yam fries.Gluten free buns available. $1.
The Jamaican Bun
Choice of BBQ’d jerk chicken thigh, jerk pork tenderloin or jerk tofu with coleslaw & sour cream on nuff niceness bread.
$12.00
Kingston Quesadilla
Flour tortilla stuffed with jerk chicken or with tofu (whole wheat tortilla), peppers, cheddar & refried beans with fresh tomato salsa & sour scream.
$14.00
Mo-Ca Burger
Jerk seasoned 100% beef with grilled fresh pineapple, cheddar, jerk mayo & salsa.
$14.00
Tobago Wrap
Curry & lime marinated chicken breast with fresh tomato salsa, organic greens & avocado yogurt in a flour tortilla.
$12.00
Saba Sub
Island spiced fried tilapia with crisp slaw, kaffir lime aioli & fresh tomato salsa.
$14.00
Available After 5pm
Island Thyme Chicken
Coconut milk marinated chicken, slow cooked in Jamaican thyme. Served with mashed patatoes & local vegetables
$16.00
Dominica Beef
Cumin & garlic marinated tenderloin tips with salsa verde. Served with mashed potatoes & local vegetables
$17.00
Maracas Bay Mahi
Curry & lime pan seared fillet with a cooling cho cho & apple slaw. Served with coconut rice & local vegetables
$20.00
St. Barts Lamb Shank
Braised in a rich, red coconut curry on mashed potatoes with local vegetables
$22.00
Kids MENU - Sula Indian Restaurant
Fish n’ Chips
cod with house coleslaw, kennebec fries or plantain chips.
$7.00 (1 piece)
$9.00 (2 pieces)
Chicken or Fish Dinner
Grilled, natural boneless chicken breast with white rice & seasonal vegetables or pan seared tilapia (white fish) with white rice & seasonal vegetables.
$9.00
Quesadilla
Flour tortilla filled with cheddar cheese. Served with fresh tomato salsa & sour cream.
$6.00
Da Burger
Classic, grilled 100% beef burger with cheddar. Served with choice of kennebec fries, yam fries or plantain chips.
I know someone that used to work here. She told me that they make the servers clean the bathrooms in uniform before shift. If that doesn't say it all I don't know what does.
We used to go to The Reef quite often, the last couple times we've been there it has been awful. We had ox tail stew and goat curry from the commercial Drive location a few months ago and they were both bland. Last night we had the lamb shank special at the main street location and it was tough, poorly seasoned and inedible. We won't be going back.
I have lived near The Reef for a while, but just recently went there for the first time- and I don't know why I've waited this long! We just had appetizers and drinks but I can't wait to go back again for a full meal this time! The service was great- everyone was very inviting. One of the better restaurants in the Vancouver area.~Sarah D
I went to The Reef with a couple of friends after we took in a Vancouver Canadians baseball game. It's a fun atmosphere and the staff are really friendly, but the food was horrible.
The restaurant and menu have a Jamaican theme to it and so we decided to try the pulled pork sandwiches with plantanes. Although the plantanes were great, the sandwich was horrible. The bun was completely soaked through when we got it, so we were forced to eat the pulled pork on it's own. Do they not own a toaster? Anyway, if you do go to this restaurant, I would stick with the simple pub fare and a few drinks.
Thoroughly enjoyed my dinner at the Reef. I felt like I was back on vacation in the Carribean, except the food was better :)
I had the "Jerk" burger (forget the real name), but it was a burger with Jamaican jerk seasoning - delicious! We brought our little one with us (20 months) and she DEVOURED the fresh plantain chips.
Service was a little slow, considering it wasn't that busy, but I guess that is part of what made me feel like I was on vacation!!
Was there for Lunch in july, 2009. You won't be...
Was there for Lunch in july, 2009. You won't be impressed by the dirty atmosphere, but the food is reasonably cheap. Given that there were few others in the restaurant when we were there, the food took inordinately long to prepare, but once it arrived it was cold. The Roti was a bad choice, but the dishes are served a la carte without fanfare. And while the food was bad, it was by no means disgusting. It almost was. Given the generally dirty atmosphere I didnt try the toilet. This one is probably not worth the visit. Sorry, West Indians...
I went with a friend coz she's into sampling different foods. We had one mishap after the other. First I lost my apetite after I saw how they handle food and cash all at the same time. Hand washing means nothing here. They touch the money, then punch the grimey cash, then touch your food, then bring the glass and never think twice about it.
Second, and this is deliberate, they overcharged us. I called them on it and they didn't apologize. Just changed the bill. I suggest you memorize the prices and compare with the bill. Hope this helps
Not sure what the hub bub is on this place. I feel a bit duped. I won't be going back.
I'm not sure the words "clean" and "West Indian" belong in the same sentence. For a Caribbean cuisine place, the last thing we need is the why-be-clean style restaurant experience (less is more?), when we barely have a decent regular place here in Vancouver to begin with.
We only ordered two dishes, so I can only speak for those two. Nachos and a burrito (with green sauce). Nachos - they were tasty and an interesting recipe for sure. But Nachos with no cheese?
The burrito was sans rice, and any sort of traditional side like beans. Open it up and oh and look, no cheese here either? (I saw the chef opening bags of it...so I'm sure they have some there somewhere)
Big on cobwebs, small place to make it somewhat crowded. Noisy, and really...no cheese?
WORD OF WARNING to everyone: I witnessed the waiter drop the food, pick it up by the kitchen door when he thought no one saw him and deliver it. Unbelievable but then they managed to charge us more than the menu had stated and apologized by saying they will charge us what the menu says even though their prices have gone up and menu is wrong!! Crazy, dirty and not worth it at all.
Do not miss out on The Reef’s Caribbean-style roti, stuffed with one of their delicious curries or fiery jerk chicken. The rotis are as spicy and fun as the atmosphere at these Main Street and Commercial Drive restaurants. Enjoy with a delicious rum cocktail on either one of their heated patios.
The Reef has two locations in Vancouver’s trendy Commercial Drive and Main Street neighbourhoods. Caribbean staples like jerk chicken and plantain chips can be found here in an environment filled with imagery of palm trees. Hot and sunny days are a good time to come by and enjoy a cold drink with your meal.
The island vibes are seriously strong at The Reef, where Jamaican patties, jerk chicken wings, and calypso oxtail stew put Vancouverites in a tropical mood even on the greyest of days. Rum is the drink of choice behind the bar – of course – and there’s no better way to have it than served in a coconut shell. Mr. Gee’s Rude Bwoy is a Barbadian drink made with three ounces of dark rum, Triple Sec, Malibu, orange juice, grapefruit, pineapple, bitters and nutmeg. Or go for the OG Jamaican beach punch: a straightforward blend of dark and white rum and tropical juices.
