busyretiredRN Posted June 15, 2022 #1 Share Posted June 15, 2022 Hi! We're on the Viking Orion 7/22=8/1 Alaskan Cruiese and have booked a pre excursion "Rocky Mountaineer. We're looking for budget friendly Restaurants near Rimrock Resort Banff, Hotel 540 Kamloops, and Fairmont Waterfront Vancouver. Almost all meals on this excursion are "on our own". TIA! This is our first Alaskan cruise and first Viking Cruise to celebrate our 44th wedding anniversary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ontario/AZ Posted June 15, 2022 #2 Share Posted June 15, 2022 Haven't been in that area for a few years but there always has been 'budget' restaurants in any of those areas. Eat lots of breakfast as it is normally included. We have done many extensions with no dinners but have usually found something in the area that fits our budget. In Beiging we weren't sure exactly what the meat was in the noodle shop (lol)! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlerRob Posted June 16, 2022 #3 Share Posted June 16, 2022 13 hours ago, busyretiredRN said: Hi! We're on the Viking Orion 7/22=8/1 Alaskan Cruiese and have booked a pre excursion "Rocky Mountaineer. We're looking for budget friendly Restaurants near Rimrock Resort Banff, Hotel 540 Kamloops, and Fairmont Waterfront Vancouver. Almost all meals on this excursion are "on our own". TIA! This is our first Alaskan cruise and first Viking Cruise to celebrate our 44th wedding anniversary. Suggest you open Google Maps, type in the hotel name, then click the "Restaurants" button. That will inundate you with options, and the relative pricing is shown by the number of $ signs beside each restaurant on the left. You'll have to go into Banff from the Rimrock - about 10 mins by car. In Vancouver, you are right downtown, so all prices will be higher due to that. There are a couple of decent pubs near the Kamloops hotel. All that said, you're on a special trip - why limit yourselves? 🍺🥌 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakridger Posted June 16, 2022 #4 Share Posted June 16, 2022 (edited) In Vancouver I enjoyed The Cactus Club next to the convention center across the street from the Fairmont Waterfront. Cactus Club is next to the Olympic Torch and had great views of the seaplanes. I enjoyed their food! Last time there was 2018 though. Coal Harbour Restaurant | Cactus Club Cafe Vancouver Have fun, ~Nancy Edited June 16, 2022 by oakridger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duquephart Posted June 16, 2022 #5 Share Posted June 16, 2022 We had a great time at "Coast", a seafood restaurant. Sit at the excellent bar and order off the appitizer menu. They had several varieties of local oysters that were "buck a shuck" at happy hour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazel52 Posted June 16, 2022 #6 Share Posted June 16, 2022 We did the Rocky Mountaineer in May. The 2 days you are on the train they give you ssssoooo much food you may not want much for dinner. The day to Kamloops was long (11 hrs?) so we only had popcorn in our room for dinner! 2 restaurants we loved in Banff were The Block and Shoku Izakaya. We stayed right in Banff but I think there was a shuttle for those staying at the Rimrock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi13 Posted June 16, 2022 #7 Share Posted June 16, 2022 On 6/15/2022 at 5:35 AM, busyretiredRN said: Hi! We're on the Viking Orion 7/22=8/1 Alaskan Cruiese and have booked a pre excursion "Rocky Mountaineer. We're looking for budget friendly Restaurants near Rimrock Resort Banff, Hotel 540 Kamloops, and Fairmont Waterfront Vancouver. Almost all meals on this excursion are "on our own". TIA! This is our first Alaskan cruise and first Viking Cruise to celebrate our 44th wedding anniversary. It's been a couple of years since we stopped in Banff, but the Rimrock is at least a couple of miles outside the town. As a tourist town in a national park, we find nothing in Banff is budget friendly. Don't know if they have a shuttle/bus service into town, so you may require a cab, otherwise you might only have the hotel restaurants available. Kamloops - we only drive through without stopping, so can't comment Vancouver - The Fairmont Waterfront is right downtown, across the street from Canada Harbour Place. Downtown Vancouver has a plethora of restaurants available to meet every taste. Budget friendly??? Regardless, you will find many options available that are reasonably priced. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busyretiredRN Posted June 17, 2022 Author #8 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Heidi, Thank you for the response. I did read the Rimrock has a free shuttle service. Maybe shuttle to airport but hopefully to downtown Banff as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busyretiredRN Posted June 17, 2022 Author #9 Share Posted June 17, 2022 On 6/15/2022 at 9:12 PM, CurlerRob said: Suggest you open Google Maps, type in the hotel name, then click the "Restaurants" button. That will inundate you with options, and the relative pricing is shown by the number of $ signs beside each restaurant on the left. You'll have to go into Banff from the Rimrock - about 10 mins by car. In Vancouver, you are right downtown, so all prices will be higher due to that. There are a couple of decent pubs near the Kamloops hotel. All that said, you're on a special trip - why limit yourselves? 🍺🥌 On 6/15/2022 at 8:26 AM, Ontario/AZ said: Curler, thank you for your advice. In answer to your question about limiting ourselves, When we booked The Rocky Mountaineer only paying such an extravagant price as we're celebrating our 44th anniversary but we didn't see only a few meals are included sooo thought I'd try to find some less expensive eateries to take the sting our of my hubby's wallet. You do make a good point though! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busyretiredRN Posted June 18, 2022 Author #10 Share Posted June 18, 2022 Hi everyone! My husband and I are taking the Rocky Mountaineerr pre-excursion before a Viking Alaskan cruise. Does anyone have any recommendations or tips to share with us we'd so appreciate any suggestions ie: which day of the excursion offers a 2 hour tour of Yoho National Park, average temps in mid July for packing tips. TIA — looking for recommendations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busyretiredRN Posted June 18, 2022 Author #11 Share Posted June 18, 2022 On 6/16/2022 at 10:25 AM, Heidi13 said: It's been a couple of years since we stopped in Banff, but the Rimrock is at least a couple of miles outside the town. As a tourist town in a national park, we find nothing in Banff is budget friendly. Don't know if they have a shuttle/bus service into town, so you may require a cab, otherwise you might only have the hotel restaurants available. Kamloops - we only drive through without stopping, so can't comment Vancouver - The Fairmont Waterfront is right downtown, across the street from Canada Harbour Place. Downtown Vancouver has a plethora of restaurants available to meet every taste. Budget friendly??? Regardless, you will find many options available that are reasonably priced. Thank you Debbie! If it helps anyone else: I just learned from the Rimrock Hotel that they include free shuttle passes to get you into downtown using the shuttle "ROAM" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDR2001 Posted June 18, 2022 #12 Share Posted June 18, 2022 (edited) No experience with the train, but we did a fly and drive trip to Banff and multiple Canadian parks in July 2019. Most days the high was 50-60F with freezing cold starts. We packed layers and a puffy jacket as well as rain jackets and pants. We’re hikers so we wanted to be out regardless of the temps. A few days were ok in short shirt sleeves. My rule for any mountain trip is to be prepared for a range of temperatures. Thin layers that can go on and off throughout the day for the win! (Same advice for the Alaska cruise.) Edited June 18, 2022 by CDR2001 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlerRob Posted June 18, 2022 #13 Share Posted June 18, 2022 2 hours ago, busyretiredRN said: Thank you Debbie! If it helps anyone else: I just learned from the Rimrock Hotel that they include free shuttle passes to get you into downtown using the shuttle "ROAM" Just FYI - I think spellcheck struck ... Heidi13 is actually "Andy" - go figure (sorry Andy!). 🍺🥌 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookie1 Posted June 25, 2022 #14 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Just got back from our Rocky Mountaineer vacation 2 weeks ago. Spent a couple of days in Vancouver pre-trip. We stayed at the Pan Pacific, right across the street, I think, from your hotel. We walked a few blocks into Gastown and found a nice place called The Local Eatery. Food and wine were good, and prices not too bad. Unfortunately, there did not seem to be any inexpensive restaurants in Vancouver. We also ate one afternoon in Chinatown, and of course you get a lot of food there, so that can be very economical also. We stayed in downtown Banff, so we walked up and down the main street there (Banff Ave). There are a lot of good places to eat, but expect to pay around $26 (Canadian) for a burger. We would eat our dinner at lunch time, which we do at home anyhow, and many times meals could be had more economically then. But the area is gorgeous. We were celebrating our 50th. Enjoy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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