Cento Notti

This place gets bad reviews, and I’m not sure why. The food is actually pretty good. The drinks are great. The service is good, although a little impersonal and pretentious. That’s ok, it’s that type of place.
Tip: order drinks from the Opus lounge menu. The L’ye drop is great. Off the regular menu, the Amalfi Summer is great.
Food is good, although the menu changes every few months. The calamari was the best thing we had tonight, everything else was really nice as well.
Prices are higher than the value of the restaurant, in my opinion, so that knocks them down a star.

Starter
++ Beet Goat cheese salad
— Calzone (lots of flour and not much taste coming from the filling)
Pasta (made of three parts)
— Lobster Ravioli (dried out shell by the time it was server)
+ Fried scallop
++ BBQ pork??? (best part of the dish)
Dessert (definitely come again for this)
++++… Fresh baked cookie
+ Strawberry bread pudding
~ Chocolate panna cotta
+++ Great service and atmosphere

I came only for brunch on the weekend so perhaps my opinion is skewed.
But I didn’t think Cento Notti’s brunch menu was much of a change from the previous 100 Nights, 100 Days or even the Opus/​Elixir menu. I came here expecting something different, but nothing stood out to me (for brunch).
Cool décor though, everything was painted in gold.

For a Yaletown first-​timer, Cento Notti was alright! Accompanied by my fabulous friend the Urban Clairvoyant, we sashayed in around 9pm. The restaurant was her choice, and she had my full confidence. Duh, she’s psychic. It was comfortably full of beautiful yet not too-​beautiful people and the beat was just loud enough for me to keep my appetite. First impressions: tasty-​smelling, easy on the ears, and holy crap there were a lot of moustaches.
Nay’s
— The «lounge» which is actually a breezeway to the hotel lobby. FYI guys, just ’cause you put snazzy chairs there doesn’t make it a lounge. Nice try though.
— The shocking number of men resembling pedophiles… until my friend reminded me it was Movember. Gotcha.
Yay’s
— The Panzanella salad was fantastico but I would’ve liked more than one microscopically-​thin slice of prosciutto. There were lots of artichoke hearts to make up for it, but still… I like my meat.
— Madame Clairvoyant’s Beet & Goat’s Cheese salad was apparently a hit judging by the orgasmic-​sounding noises coming from her end of the table
— The superb valet service provided by a handsome fellow (Determined to be handsome after clearing up the pedophile/​movember confusion)

With its walls wrapped in a golden sheen, Cento Notti speaks glitz and glamour. Buzzing with yuppies and high fashioned socialites, this hot spot offers a vibrant late night scene with a DJ spinning deep house beats and remixed top 40 on weekends. Everything about the atmosphere was very Sex in the City, which was very fitting as two girlfriends and I came for a drink. I really like the vibe, even more than 100 Days and Nights. Quite impressed.
Only downfall was that the prices of drinks went up from 100 Days and Nights! A vodka soda (single) is now $ 10 plus tip, not $ 8. That’s just pushin’ it too much!

Walked through Yaletown this morning looking for a quick breakfast and could find nothing open at 8 am… until we bumped into Centro.
Little shocking gold walls (very cool, but they kind of look more mustard than gold), table lines and very polite staff. My friend Keith and I ordered the Opus breakfast of eggs, toast and turkey sausage. The lobster and prawn Eggs Benny looked very tempting, but possibly a little heavy for a work day !
Menu is very well priced — Service impeccable and Food wonderful. The coffee was really good — and Italian.
The very articulate server explained to us that the restaurant reinvents itself every 100 days/​nights — right now it is the «TWISTED ITALIAN».
The restaurant is in the OPUS Hotel and the décor is really cool and the status are outstanding.
Will return for sure !

I went here on a Saturday night with 6 other friends for their Set Dinner Menu. The experience was mixed. The service was fantastic, our server went above and beyond expectations to ensure our drinks kept flowing and that we always had everything we needed. So he made up a lot of the difference for the lesser part of our experience.
I was really torn between giving a 2 or 3 star rating. I figure the service was great, the ambiance was all trendy/​fancy Yaletown styles, and we all had a great time in a packed house on a Saturday night, but the food needs some serious work.
I get that the $ 35 Set Menu is perhaps one of the best deals in Yaletown, but it definitely isn’t one of the best executed in terms of quality and taste. And just because a restaurant decides to charge cheaply for food it shouldn’t excuse them from providing a quality product.
You get a selection (choose from 3) of an appetizer, a selection (choose from 3) of a main course, and a selection (choose from 2) of dessert. I got the calamari appetizer and the tenderloin main course and the chocolate panna cotta. My spouse got the tomato salad, wild mushroom risotto and the tiramisu dessert.
The calamari and salad starters were good, so we were off to a good start. But the mains completely fell apart. Most of our party ordered our the tenderloin. We all love our steaks bloody rare, and all our steaks came out medium to medium rare. It was so bad to a point that one of my friends actually sent his steak back and when it came around the second time it still wasn’t right.
The rest of us didn’t want to make a big thing of it, I mean you are only paying $ 35 for a full course meal after all, but everyone WAS disappointed. If you are a steak lover then you’ll understand the disappointment I’m talking about — the one where your mouth is watering as you cut into what you think is a gorgeous rare steak and SUCK of all suckdoms… it’s overcooked.
My spouse got the wild mushroom risotto and lived to regret it. It came out watery and totally flavourless. It affected him enough to where he’s been breathing down my neck throughout this entire review to drop my three star rating to a two star.
Once again I repeat — the Set Menu is a deal in the Yaletown area, but my experience raises some serious issues. I guess you get what you pay for, but I can’t even make that excuse here as they make up what they lose in food costs in high-​end alcohol sales.
Between me and you our bill was significant ($ 850+) for our group of 7 (that’s over $ 120+ per person), so thinking a bit deeper about it, for that price we could have gotten much better food and liquor elsewhere. It makes me sad to not want to return to here again because I really wanted to like this place.
I’ll end with saying that if you don’t drink too much, and you don’t care too much about food then $ 35 is an alright deal to be at a trendy Yaletown establishment.
At the end of the day, the place was still packed and totally hoppin’ to a level where it’s easy to get drunk enough where you can overlook such occurrences and keep on keepin’ on.
So I’ll go with the 3 star rating, but sadly I would not come back here again and I would file this restaurant into my «Been There Done That.» category.

What a perfect place!
My first visit to One Hundred Nights was on the Monday evening of September long weekend 2011. Everywhere in Yaletown was dead… including One Hundred Nights actually… However, I loved the unique decore and had heard friends raving about One Hundred Nights before so figured this would be a great time to test it out.
Our waiter was very attentive and the atmosphere was formal and classy making our night feel as special as possible.
We ordered delicious wine and a share platter — both were amazing!
I will definetly return to test out that cool lounge area on the other side!

My situation: I had lunch with a girlfriend in July 2011; it was under a reservation.
Ambiance: The restaurant is very funky and has an artsy setting. It felt very modern with the graffiti on the wall and the cool colours (blue, turquoise, purple). There was not a lot of people at lunch time, so it was a good place to chat.
Service: We had a really cute female server, and she was very pleasant throughout the whole experience. She gave off the «hey girlfriend!» vibe, and we were very comfortable with her. Her service was better than the other servers because she made sure we had everything we needed without being too intrusive.
Food: I had the sandwich with fries, and the portions were huge! I also had a summer drink, and the whole thing cost me 15 $ plus tip. Not bad at all! I wasn’t able to finish my food and even had to get the rest to go.
Overall experience: I really enjoyed my lunch at 100 Nights! It was a different experience with a very cool setting. It’s perfect for lunch dates with friends, or if you’re trying to impress a date. I have yet to check out how it is at night, but I’m sure it’d be great based on this experience. Yes, I do recommend!

I had brunch here after a night at Opus. The $ 40 food credit was included in my package, which was actually a pretty decent deal.
Ordered: lobster/​crab Benedict; hollandaise on side. Side potatoes included.
Drink: latte/​coffee/​juice (not fresh squeezed)
Fruit bowl: average; too much melon and the pale orange and green fruits are a big waste of time in my eyes.
Don’t remember anything else ordered, which doesn’t say too much about the food. I remember every detail of good food!
I should have asked if the crab cake was deep fried; unfortunately for me, it was and still tasty but not what I was expecting. I asked for the Hollandaise extra hot, and it was.
The plates were so huge for the fold up tables that I ended up spilling something on my dress which was not cool. It didn’t make sense to have these 5 star humongous plates being served on a dinky table while sitting on my fold-​up.
The place was clearly all tourists, and it was fun pretending to be one, sitting in the best corner table with the windows open to the street.
For the first time, I could see why tourists love Vancouver so much, as you just don’t find something that convenient or clean in NY, LA or SF, which are really my fave comparison cities. :)
My server, who at first was stone faced was actually quite nice and attentive. 4 stars for her.
The food didn’t push it up a notch, and I probably wouldn’t eat there again as a local.
total bill for 2-​around $ 50 dollars with a good tip and my remaining crab cake to go. I do not recommend eating the crab cake 48 hours later, even when cold, however…
And for those of you considering the 100 nights – at night – the food is the same.
The lobster mac n’cheese is awesome, but it’s hard to screw up on such fatty meals that no one needs to eat (least of all me).
The popcorn shrimp looks cool, esp. when served in a popcorn container, but come on, it’s fried so whatever. It’s also half-​full, which is probably a good thing.
Only go at night for the d****e crowd, which is always amusing to watch.

It probably wasn’t a good idea to come for dinner at 6:30pm on a hockey night because pretty much every single person there was only there for drinks and to watch the game on a huge TV they rolled out.
I felt like our server judged us when we didn’t order drinks (I hate it when servers do that anywhere) and he seemed a bit taken aback when we said we were ready to order our dinner. Overall, very pretentious and not very friendly.
To start, he brought out these two crab crostini-​type appetizers that were on the house. It would have been a nice surprise but it’s funny because I don’t eat meat and my boyfriend is allergic to crab. My boyfriend took one for the team, however, and finished them off so that we wouldn’t have to feel bad about sending it back… even though it made him itch for the rest of the night.
I had the ravioli and chocolate torte for dessert. The ravioli was decently good — creamy and cheesy, like a ravioli should be. As for my dessert… I appreciate that they were innovative with it — it consisted of a plate of random things like two raspberry marshmallows (which I thought were pretty cute), the little block of chocolate torte, what looked like some cookie crumbs (I have no idea…), and a tiny cup of some kind of custard sauce. It was really strange. I had no idea how to eat it.
The ambiance seemed kind of confused. I understand that it’s supposed to have this artsy, trendy kind of feel but I didn’t get it. The décor didn’t really go together and it just didn’t make sense. The chairs are literally white, folding, wooden chairs from your backyard patio. Not to mention the very loud music.
So basically: pretentious servers, sub par food, and I don’t even like the atmosphere of the place enough to come back just for drinks.

I’ve been here a few times, but never eaten a meal so I have no opinion of the food or the menu.
The times I’ve been here I’ve arrived around 11pm (Friday or Saturday) and stayed for a few hours. If you come at this time, the music is loud, the girls are in open toe platform pumps and silky tank tops, bottles are popping (in the bottle service section), and the bar where you grab drinks is insanely busy. If you can grab one of the available tables in the front room (you don’t need a bottle to sit at these), then it’s not too bad of a place to sit and chat loudly with friends; however, if you don’t have one of these tables and can’t afford a bottle service table you’ll most likely be standing around bored (since there isn’t really a dance floor).
When I’m in the right party-​mood I can enjoy myself here, but don’t go if you’re not a fan of the Yaletown party scene.
After Note:
Once again, 100 nights/​days has gone and changed it’s name. Not sure if the menu/​scene changed, but this review was originally a review of 100 days.

Honestly, my fast, Twitteresque review of this place would simply be:
«100 Days. Meh. Food was passable, experience was shit.»
I expected funky, I expected trendy, I expected artistic. I expected delicious, innovative cuisine.
I received extremely loud, terribly remixed, schizophrenic pop music, standard fare that I could have found at ANY of the restaurants in Yaletown, and definitely not exceptional service.
We had the Burrata cheese with roasted tomatoes, the burger and the lobster mac ‘n cheese. Truffled Lobster Mac and Cheese would have been interesting, if I hadn’t already eaten an equally, if not more delicious version of it at Society, already. The Burrata cheese was flavourful, and the roasted tomatoes w/​pesto were delicious, but again, nothing I couldn’t get anywhere else, or even make at home.
Was not pleased with the burger, either. The sauteed onions were too sweet, and the burger meat quality was not anything special. I’ve eaten better burgers at Moderne Burger AND Romers. The little salad it came with was nearly inedible, far too salty. Also, way to leave 2 teaspoons worth of ketchup for a basket full of fries.
Honestly, my hugest complaint had to be the cramped atmosphere and EXTREMELY loud music. Imagine a picnic table. Now put it in any one of the clubs on Granville street. Now put food on it and try to have a conversation at it. That’s pretty much your experience at 100 Days.
Pretentious and poorly executed.

I’ve heard of pop-​up shops before, but a pop-​up restaurant only open for 100 days with ever-​changing art and décor? Damn you Yaletown hypebeasts.
However, I did dig the the funky space with interesting pop art and graffiti. The space is dimly-​lit with semi-​intrusive ambiance music pulsating in the background — combined with the din of the crowd, this isn’t quiet dining. Even though it was done ironically, I enjoyed dining with a portrait of Mao overlooking me. I just ignored the funky pastel colours and neon and imagined it was a state dinner with comrades.
I can understand the criticism that the menu falls flat from their tagline: «Art Food Remixed» as it was mainly fairly common comfort food. But hey, it was done well. I really enjoyed my bone-​in braised shortrib ($ 24) — tender and succulent and the decadently rich dark chocolate/​pistachio cake. Prices are steep but food quality was on-​par. Service was prompt as well.
I know I feebly attempt to hang onto my ever diminishing ‘hood-​cred’ and rag on pretentiousness — but I’m a beer snob — the only thing more pretentious than a wine snob. Beers on tap: Guinness (meh), Heineken (gag) and Rickard’s (choke) — when you have a brew selection similar to a Swiss Chalet, that’s a big no-​no in my book. I didn’t much fancy the $ 12 cocktails that were offered — as soon as I saw ‘Chivas Regal’ as the base for one, I tossed the drink menu away and glanced over incredulously over at the bar. I think I snorted out, «Well, I never!» in a British accent. I think monocle dropping was involved as well.
Overall, a funky place to check out and some pretty good eats — but there’s much better places to go for a frou-​frou cocktails.

I dig the spray paint. It reminds me of home! The neon can be a bit much. There’s a LOT of neon. And the washrooms are in a very odd place. You have to go to the basement to use it. And they painted the door into the wall so you can’t see it very well. I am fairly sure I wandered into their café (which was very closed) and absently wondered why coat racks would be next to an espresso machine… all in pursuit of a lavatory! And you may not wish to try to converse too much. The musik is horribly loud. It’s okay though, you go there to be cool and trendy more than to actually enjoy conversation, right?!?
So while being cool and trendy, I ordered the calamari & popcorn shrimp (which comes delivered in old cinema-​style popcorn tubs – trendy, hey???). Calamari was just right. Popcorn shrimp was… well it was popcorn shrimp. I’ve also had the poutine (which they have since removed) which was amazing. Real Montréal style! I sampled my friend’s lobster & dungeoness crab gnocchis. MELT. IN. YOUR. MOUTH. omg! And I’ve had the lobster mac n’ cheese, which was tasty but not all that… The margarita I had was only on the rocks (I prefer blended) and average. My friend (who owns a winery) said the wine was average. Not bad, not great — just decent.
The service is average, though they all fancy themselves quite posh, I think. The attire is casual but. you know, it *is* Yaletown. Don’t be surprised to find a bunch of very dressy people in there being very super-​trendy in ways you can only *imagine* being. Seriously, we will never be that cool. Also it is NOT wheelchair accessible. There are a few stairs no matter how you try to enter. But hipsters are never in wheelchairs so that doesn’t really matter, hmm?
OVERALL: Go for the food. It’s worth it. Totally. ;)
PS: Be sure to sit near a window so you can be seen dining in über-​trendy 100 Days. It will only add to your hipster status! haha!

I went here with a group of friends for sunday brunch. Wasn’t sure if I was going to like it since I was so used to Elixer.
But, I love the place. The service was fast and friendly. The tables were elegant and there was enough space inbetween each person.
The food and coffee were reasonably priced and super yummy. I will definitely go back.

Came here on a Thursday night and boy was it packed! We were seated in the overflow area in the hotel lounge (nice, but not as funky as the restaurant). The seats are velvety and plush, so it made for a nice little seating area around a small table. Though we would have preferred to have been in the restaurant I am thankful though that we were seated at all.
We had the lobster mac n’ cheese to share. It is extremely heavy but packed so full of flavour that I’ll be tasting it for 100 days… and that I mean in a good way. It had a bold flavour that is a rare find. I would have felt better if it was something healthier as a base (pasta makes me feel like death). Despite that, I’ll be craving all week. The three of us couldn’t finish it. Too much of a good thing.
We also had the burata caprese and found it quite salty… but that can be expected given the ingredients. The cheese is actually imported from Italy. With the whole push to eat local, imported cheese actually isn’t that impressive… to me, anyway.
Our server was great. I really would love to come back here to sit in the actual restaurant! The space is great, the food is decent.

Neon lights + padded folding chairs left much to be desired, but the funky chalk board menus and neat spray can art work were on the right side of funky. The music was oppressively loud for something with so much beat so we almost left after walking in but I’m glad we stayed.
We had the special Taste of Yaletown menu and the normal menu. Both were delicious. Onion soup– tangy and flavourful. Duck tacos? Mmmmm. full of duck and taco flavor with the right amount of guacamole. The mains: special of the day: quail served with brussel sprout leaves+ capers on blanket of garlicy sunchokes. WOW. The halibut with smoked salmon + potato + veggie hash was subtle and delicious, tasting much better than it sounds. And the individual apple pie a la mode? I want it again.
My mojito was yummy. I know it is ‘old hat’ but it was delicious.
Great wait staff — attentive and there the instant you needed them.

We stopped in to One Hundred Days last night for some food before going to Raw Canvas.
Interesting concept but it really wasn’t taken far enough. The art and the left over elements of Elixir felt incongruent. They still had the french bistro inspired lights over one section of the dining room. Felt like someone came in a vandalized the old restaurant rather than creating a new blank canvas. If they were creating this blank canvas and pairing it with innovative food to go with the artist’s creation, then I was even more confused.
They said the concept was about the chef creating a menu that was inspired by the graffiti artist’s work and after 100 days they change the space completely again. Several lobster items, lamb wellington paired with Marilyn Monroe and Chairman Mao graffiti art? Not sure about that.
Overall the intention was quite interesting but execution not nearly as interesting.

I honestly think that 100 days missed a great opportunity to create something original and progressive here. The have definitely succeeded in creating an interesting space with their use of street style and pop art and for all their marketing I was expecting a modern and intriguing food and drinks lists which would reflect the concept.
The cocktail list has tried to lighten and refresh a few drinks from the past such as the blue lagoon but why? These drinks should have been dead and buried as they were never great drinks to begin with. Rehashing them with some fresh ingredients is hardly ground breaking and closes the door on placing some modern inventive drinks on the menu. The drinks menu as a whole shows a lack of clear direction at all with classics such as a Tom Collins and a Bourbon Sour thrown together alongside a Sex on the Beach. This cocktail menu was not put together by anyone with handle on the cocktail world as a whole was thoroughly disappointing.
The food menu which was also marketed with catch phrases espousing the uniqueness of the cuisine. I am not sure how appetizers such a bruscetta, popcorn shrimp, poutine and buffalo wings make it into the unique category at all. The mains read much the same with not a single modern or inventive dish on the menu and much like the cocktail menu it looks like it was thrown together with no clear sense of direction and definitely nothing even remotely unique. In fact I would say the menu was incredibly bland and totally uninventive, The desserts again were the same offering Tirimasu and a trio of Panna Cottas which had a texture similar to that of a rubber tire.
The food and drink menu from 100 days missed a great opportunity to illustrate that Vancouver is a modern and progressive dining city that can embrace something new and exciting. Instead there is not one highlight on this embarrassingly generic and totally uninspired menu.