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Friends Dining Lounge
Gourmet and exotic Egyptian & Mediterranean cuisine.   Fully licensed.
Nanaimo, BC.   Canada
Friends is open at 11 am for breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner. We open 6 days a week Tuesday to Sunday inclusive, closing only on Mondays.  Please check the hours of operation page for more details.

We have a wide variety of dishes, from the common meats; e.g. chicken, pork, lamb & beef -  to seafood and vegetarian and the exotic and gourmet cuisine variety. Our most commom and most available exotic choices are as wild boar, buffalo, elk, frogs legs and more.

The menu is also avaliable on line here.

The typical meal is presented in a 2-course, 2-platters format with a good variety of veggies, Egyptian al-reef rice, and cream mashed-potatoes with pasta ingredients, coffee& rum.
The meat is served in different fashions including Egyptian grill/sauces, Egyptian curry, Egyptian sweet&sour, mango-berries, coffee-honey-wine, chocolate-rum, cappuccino-ouzo, onion-garlic with Egyptian sauce .. and more. 
Friends is a destination restaurant located in a secluded hidden away corner - as opposed to a foot-traffic place, and as such it's very unpredictable here as to when it is busy and when is not.  Reservation is often needed and as such it is recommended.  Please also feel free to call Paul on his cell before or after business hours for reservations or a question; in fact even for a special late visit to make sure we're still open or can stay open later for you if you're one of our VIPs or a known regular client. Most of the time Paul does or can stay much later to work on computer files at the restaurant. Paul's cell is 250-619-7701.  The restaurant's number is 250-716-0012. 

Friends is a casual, cozy & friendly place with high end food without the high end price.

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Summer air-conditioned.
Winter fire place - heated.

We have an absolutely smoke free dining lounge.
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We offer smokers a patio and an enclosed separate dining area. We offer the safest smoking choice, the Egyptian water pipe with tar-free (certified 0% tar) pure tobacco leaves .. We even offer a nicotine free smoking experience, yes, a new non-tobacco herbal prodduct certified 0% tar and 0% nicotine.  This would be like "non-alcoholic beer" in relation to liquor service & regulations. We also have a great deal on good cigars and good selection of cocktails and martinis as well as beer and wine.

Of course, it's the food that certainly takes 1st place award. Try us.

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Next guaranteed dance: 1st Saturday of the month.
Book your group meeting or party at Friends.

Good food & good atmosphere.
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Call to book your table.
716-0012.

also, feel free to call Paul on his cell at 250-619-7701

And don't forget, we cater to groups and parties, 50 to 500 guests.

Visit our catering page.