Cactus Club Cafe

It was so nice to rest and relax after shopping and to try some new dishes and beverages at Cactus Club Cafe at Station Square in Burnaby!

New! Sugar-Free Margarita - zero sugar with all the flavour indeed!
New! Chipotle Chicken Tacos with yam fries - love the pineapple and avocado crema
Rob's Crispy Chicken Sandwich with fries - crispy and juicy
The Feenie Burger with fries
Rigatoni Bolognese

This location is great with bar and restaurant sections. The service was wonderful with attentive service ensuring our food is tasting yummy and ensuring own water glass is full.

Usually go to Cactus Club at Bentall Centre, Bryne Road, or Coal Harbour but Boyfriend hadn't tried the Station Square location do we made a reservation for 7:45pm last Friday and got there on time with the free parking.

We waited and saw several walk in's get seated before us, though most were seated at the lounge and not dining room. After about a 20 minute wait we were finally seated.

Service was a bit lacking on this visit. The server was nice but she made small talk and paid more attention to the other tables - we finally got our waters refilled after our meal was finished but my Boyfriend got his coke automatically refilled. We ordered the new chili citrus calamari and it came within a few minutes of ordering. We had to wait awhile to flag someone down for side plates so it wasn't as hot or fresh once we dug in. My boyfriend liked that it wasn't rubbery in texture. I wished there was more spice in the batter and had fried garlic bits on top.

For our mains, my boyfriend got the cheddar bacon burger and I got the crispy tofu bowl. Mains were solid, as usual.

We had to wait awhile to flag our server for the bill and she finally asked us what we were up to. She was nice but like I said, service was a bit lacking starting with the 20 minute wait for our reservation, having to ask and wait for side plates and a water refill, and waiting to flag down to get the bill. It kinda dampened the vibes for Friday date night.

Food is solid but the service at the other locations seem to be better and more consistent.

Eeeeppp! This is a YIKES!! I came here for happy hour with a friend. And welp, I didn't expect a Cactus Club of all places to treat me THIS badly.

I arrived around 4:00pm for a reservation and my friend arrived at 4:30pm a little bit late, but while I was waiting I had myself a sunset soda, because starting off the afternoon of course. But one thing that hit me the wrong way was the waitress, she just wasn't all there with us. And when she was there to talk with us, she was snarky or gave me that judgmental look. I felt quite offended already by just walking in having the staff judge the way I was wearing my clothes that day. My goodness...

Anyways, I was sat at the high tables on the patio because it was a decent day, and it wasn't that busy as I looked around the dining hall and the patio area. There were maybe just 2-3 tables that was occupied. It was hard ordering between drinks as I was trying to get some bellinis and my friend was trying to get some more beers. I only had 3 bellinis for the night and my friend maybe 2 beers. I wanted more food, so I went and ordered my typical truffle fries, aburi and the mini chicken sliders. The food is the same, except the truffle fries that arrived at the table were cold. I bit it and it wasn't crunchy, but just luke warm. I tried to flag someone down, but it appears like no one works there.... Hrm.

As we got the bill for the night, the waitress said that when we ordered the last round of drinks, which it clearly was not past 5:00pm, she charged us regular price for those. At that moment I was flabbergasted and was speechless. That literally topped over the tower of mess that was built already. I let it slide as I could care less about confrontation and she didn't tell us when the last call was for happy hour, whatever.

I come to Cactus Club quite often as I even claimed the one at Lougheed my Cactus Club location. I just wanted to try the new location and the newly moved Cactus Club, and I get this type of service. I think I'll just stay away from this one and just go to mine. Thank you next.

Cactus is such an accommodating place. We often come here after work for happy hour and they're able to seat our large group of 16! They also put out a touching card for our colleagues annniversry. Their menu selection for happy hour is extensive and reasonably priced. My fave happy hour drink is the Bellini of course. The best in the city!

YES! YES! YES! Just enter and you will not regret it! We were greeted with fantastic smiles and energy fr the hostess! She was honored to take our photo and made us feel so special. We sat at the bar and had the privilege to be helped by Nick and Natalie! They were so helpful for us visitors of Canada and made us feel welcomed! We LOVED the late night happy hour options and the cocktail menu overall was grand! What a gem of a spot!

I visited several different locations and felt that for the most part, the food and service is good. The interior is modern and clean.

I met up with a friend for lunch and decided on the shwarma chicken bowl with falafel. I felt that this was decent and a healthy dish. The beetroot hummus and the sauce were my favorite components to the dish. This dish is overpowered with lots of onions and garlic.

I would consider coming back if I was in the area.

I go to Cactus Club for one thing and one thing only.. the blackened creole chicken. It gives me brain worms like no other. My soft mouth ascends into an out-of-body euphoric state with every bite of chicken and mashed potato. It is tender, bursting with flavour, and simply amazing. The asparagus is whatever though lol -- not my preferred vegetable. I would recommend this to anyone and everyone.

This time I had the Dine Out menu though! $45 for a starter, main, and dessert -- what a steal! For the starter, my partner and I got the ravioli and prawn trio. For the main, steak frites. And for the dessert, New York cheesecake. And we also got the blackened creole chicken à la carte (see my review of it above..).

The ravioli and prawn trio was good! Delicious sauce and filling, loved the addition of the sage leaf for some crunch and punch. Shrimps were small but as expected. This dish was giving, but I wouldn't get it outside of the Dine Out menu due to the $18 à la carte price for only three raviolis.

The steak frites were okay. Fries crispy and delicious! Salad was really good -- loved the crispy chickpeas. Steak was a little tough but that's because of the cut. It felt kind of dry with no sauce or dip though. I didn't want to eat the white radish sauce provided (wasabi-like). Wouldn't get again.

The cheesecake was just a regular cheesecake with raspberry compote. Very delicious, but not enough crust in my opinion -- I'd like double or even triple the amount!

Service was great as usual for Cactus Club, although a bit slow near the end of our meal. Inside, it wasn't as bustling as usual for our 8pm dinner. A very dark ambience.

First I want to say that the food we ordered was alright, nothing to write home about but not really any complaints either besides the portion sizes for the pasta is small (pictured). We tried two of the pastas (rigatoni bolognese and the seafood one) + the burger + the sushi + wings/celery.

Our main complaint is that to order a drink here our server told us we needed two forms of ID -- I've never been to a place that asked for two forms ever. Unfortunately I didn't have my physical credit/debit cards with me, since I normally pay everything contactless, so I wasn't able to order a drink. I don't want to sound like I *needed* a drink that day of course, but my friends and I have been to a different Cactus Club (Richmond) in early 2022, right when we turned 19, and never had a problem ordering. That day we had wonderful cocktails, and specifically came back to Cactus Club (we're not even from Canada!! lol) to try the Peach Bellini again. (Nowhere else have we seen this same type of frozen bellini, so you can understand our initial excitement.)

So in summary, the food was alright, I was disappointed about not being able to order the drink that I've been looking forward to this entire trip, and .. probably won't be coming back next time I'm in Canada. On another note: The service was fine and the food came out in short time. The food and experience is where I'm giving the 3 stars.

Visiting folks in Burnaby. The Cactus Club is at a convenient location by the Metrotown.

In a Thursday night, the place was super busy and we had a hard time finding a table online but the hostess was very kind and helpful. She was able to seat us after about 10 minutes wait.

Classic cocktails, dozen or so local beers and a decent wine list. I wished they have some bubblies by glass. Service was quick and attentive. We ordered a range of menu items. They were ready under 10 minutes - solid kitchen there.

Each dish was well prepared and a generous portion. It would have been challenging to do a round of appetizers in addition.

The chicken burger was an instant favorite. It has a lot of flavor and a little heat. The prawn ravioli was rich. The Parmesan chicken and grilled salmon could be a bit better - a little overcooked.

Overall we had a good experience and would come back for another casual group outing.

The vibe was nice with tv and there was inside and outside dinning. Their menu you can scan a QR code to look at the food photos to help you decide. The service people were very friendly and the food was good.