Kevin's Kitchen — Restaurant in Revelstoke

Summary: Kind of a weird place to dine in, but great food, friendly service, and good value. More detail: I visited on a Tuesday night around 6:30pm. There are only a handful of tables, most of them seating 6 people, and the interior has a somewhat barren feel, like a commercial space. Almost everything is white, and it seems like the place just opened recently and has not been fully fit-out. More color / decoration on the walls would go a long way towards providing a more comfortable and traditional restaurant feel. I only noticed 2 people working there: the woman who is the host/server/busser & appears to assist with food prep, and the man (cook) in the kitchen. Perhaps it is a couple who are fulfilling the roles of owners and all staff simultaneously. Regardless, the result is that the entire experience of entering, being greeted, being seated, ordering, receiving food and paying is a bit slow and awkward. I was a solo diner at a table which could seat 4 people. I noticed a few groups of 2-3 people enter the restaurant and appear confused as to where they should sit as the only options were tables which could seat 6 people. I mentioned to the woman (owner? waitress? hostess?) that they ought to get some tables which can be subdivided for smaller groups in order to accommodate more customers. Also, the quantity of dishes available on the menu is quite small, especially for a chinese food restaurant. I suspect the owners' intent is to only offer dishes that they can consistently make well and provide high quality food, and I am ok with that. Anyways...I ordered the brown rice tea, fried dumplings and pork & cabbage noodle soup. My food came out reasonably quickly, but I noticed others who arrived after me waiting for a while for their food. That said, my food was excellent! I am used to high quality Asian food back home, and this meal did not disappoint. Also, the price I paid for the meal was quite reasonable compared to other meals I have had in town. Had I been in town longer, I would have definitely considered returning to try some of the other dishes on the menu, or perhaps gotten take-out. Clearly this place would do well to have at least 1 additional person on staff as a hostess & server, more effort towards interior decoration, more options for seating, and perhaps a slightly larger menu. However, I enjoyed my meal here and recommend...

First of all, I'm not the owner, nor connected to the business. Just wanted to clear away any confusion in case anyone was wondering about the connection between my name and the restaurant's name.

Okay, so I came with my family for dinner while traveling to Revelstoke last year. Had zero expectations despite pretty good reviews. I'd say we were all pretty impressed with the food. It's a husband and wife team from Shaanxi if I remember correctly. The husband looks after the kitchen and cooking and the wife helps with the cooking when not attending to the customers. The menu is small, but everything is made fresh. We pretty much tried everything from the menu. This is northern Chinese food. Everything was really good, from the Chinese salads, noodles, wonton soup, to the DUMPLINGS! They hit all my taste buds, and this is coming from a person from Northern China. The food is just how I used to have it when I was at my grandma's when I was a kid! Everything is healthy and fresh, you definitely don't have the grease-pumping-through-your-vein type of heavy feeling when eating westernize Chinese food.

I don't know if they have more help in the kitchen now, but don't feel mad if the wife have to turn away a large group if they already have quite a few customers. They are really committed to quality food and service and serving within a reasonable amount of time. I know because I talked to the wife after seeing this happen once while eating. Try to come back another time when its...

We stopped by Revelstoke for lunch on our way to Banff. We had a party of 18. When we came in to ask for a table, we were told to keep it quiet.

We had not even said a word.

The owners probably had a bad experience in the past and assumed that we would be one of those groups with no manners. The second we agreed to keep it quiet, the lady interrupted us by pointing at our toddlers (Age 5 and 1) and said that those two must stay silent.

She never escorted us to our table. Instead, she rudely stared at us and said "Are you going to sit or not?".

Well, we had no other choices because our guests prefer to have asian cuisine (little did we know, there was a Japanese place next door! Good thing, the uncle sent the niece and nephew there as he didn't feel confident that they'd behave.)

She then came to us and pointed at the till "You cannot go there". That's when I snapped. This was beyond all levels of rudeness.

I wish I had not stepped into this place to begin with. The food is mediocre. If you are craving for asian cuisine in Revelstoke, you may want to go to the teriyaki place next door.

0/10. Would...