Dunn's Smoked Meat

Dunn's famous smoke meat: 827 Seymour St.

Smoke meat sandwich with split pea and ham soup

Ruben Sandwich

I have always loved smoked meat, so when I heard that this restaurant was open, I could not wait to try it. The restaurant was spacious and the waitress was friendly and attentive.

I like that you have a choice of lean, medium or fatty meat. As I have never been here before, I chose the Montreal smoke meat sandwich with medium fattiness. The soup of the day was split pea and ham. As the platter comes with a choice of soup or fries, I chose the soup.

Our orders arrived swiftly. I loved the coleslaw that was sour instead of creamy. The split pea soup was lightly salted but not over powering. The smoke meat was just the right level of saltiness.  The mustard helped to cut the grease of the meat. Although a reasonable portion, I found the Ruben portion to be of better value.

I have to say that I did not really look at the other items on the menu, but given that I thoroughly enjoyed my smoke meat sandwich, I would definitely come back to try the other items on the menu.

Sonora Room Restaurant

Sonora Room Restaurant, located at Burrowing Owl winery, Oliver, BC


Part of the menu at Sonora Restaurant. We arrived here on a sunny weekend afternoon.



Charcuterie Plate : House made terrines, and breads with a mustard sauce. Everything is made in house. I loved the duck and pistachio terrine


Creamy corn and potato soup. Deliciously creamy and warm, I just wish there was more.


House made corned beef brisket sandwich with house greens. I don't know if we were hungry or what, but this lightly flavored brisket with tomatoes was delicious on the warm house made ciabatta bread.

Our Verdict:

• Location: Prime Location. Only 1 winery with a restaurant in the nearby area.
  
• Price: Expensive. The dinner menu is even more pricey, luckily we were there during lunchtime. We enjoyed the 5 star view and food for a 4 star price.
  
• The sandwich was a reasonable portion, however the soup was a bit small.
  
• This restaurant is excellent to come sample their vintage wines, unfortunately by the time we got here, we had done too many wine tastings already.