canoe brewpub

your facts are not correct as was never owned by oak bay marine group. however early days were so much better with great service and managment, changed a few years back, to corporate, to bad the brewer left also

within walking distance to where we were staying was canoe brew pub right by the water and they had a happy hour 7 days a week!

their happy hour menu was not huge by any means but there were enough items for us to choose from that we took a chance!

service was friendly, atmosphere is ok, prices are average to a little high for the quality. honestly, i didn't feel like anything we had was particularly special. i wouldn't go again if i had to choose but wouldn't dig my heels in too hard if a group invited me along.
tip for dog owners: the patio is "dog friendly" which is a strange way of saying your dog actually can't come in but you can leash them to the bannister near-ish your table.

the food is decent but i go here primarily for the patio and the view, sometimes for a pitcher with friends to enjoy a sunny day. it's a massive building with a restaurant, a pub section and easily one of my favourite patios in the city.

we went to the canoe brewpub for lunch and we were both throughly impressed.
i had their quick lunch which was a chicken salad sandwich with cranberries and apples with side salad and potato soup. my boyfriend had the canoe burger and fries. they were both delish.
the beer was also great! we tried to two specials (watermelon and white ipa) and the pale ale - both delicious!
our server was great also. very accommodating and friendly.

great harbour view and classy ambiance. tasty craft brewed beer (but no fruity beer option, not even in a bottle, despite it being a relatively fairweather day in april). food was quite inspired, with some unique culinary flair - great visual presentation of the salads, and soup had an abundance of fresh dill and other lovely herbs. but, i would have preferred more vegetarian options. i agree with opinions below that this place could go from a 70% to a 95% with a bit more variety in their food and beverage options!

live music hot spot on the water. large venue, with indoor and outdoor spaces away from the stage if you need a quiet table. multiple bars, ample seating, good drinks.

the location and stunning water views of this place are unlike anywhere else in victoria i've been. it's a great idea to have heat lamps and blankets on every chair, being on the water it can get a little chilly.

the wait staff are friendly and helpful in making suggestions as to what is good on the menu.

my dad got their aussie burger when it was still a part of the menu and ranted and raved about how good it was. i've had their steak frites and short rib tacos, both of which were incredibly well done. we really enjoy coming here when we're in victoria.

canoe is a little bit out of the way from the main downtown area. it's off a side street so you might miss it if you aren't looking for it. but this is an amazing dt location. not only do they have a gorgeous patio by the water, but they also have live music and drinking/dancing inside. it's a bit pricy but the foods great. they have balcony blankets if you get cold which is a really nice touch.

canoe is hit or miss for me. i typically enjoy the food here - they have a pickled fennel salad here as a side that i could eat up as a main dish - but the beer is sometimes excellent and sometimes it just misses the mark. despite the prejudice of some of the locals, when the beer at canoe is on it is quite good — but i have found the quality to be inconsistent. sometimes their choices baffle me as well. they have two esb recipes, apparently. one is quite bitter and the other is well balanced, the key characteristic of a good esb in my opinion. but someone at canoe favours the bitter recipe and i have to wonder why bother with the esb at all since they may as well put out another style of ipa instead?

i think it could be argued that canoe probably has the best patios in town and it can be tough to get a spot in the summer. the interior is a matter of choice. some people love it, some detest it. i like the side part of the pub best, but it is seldom open.

the location is amazing and the atmosphere is great. there's lots of space. unfortunately the food was very mediocre, and the lager tasted more like an ipa. our server was not attentive and i felt like she was in a rush to get away from our table each time we asked for something.

so much potential.... i've been in victoria for years now and am still trying to will canoe brewpub to read the reviews which all say the same thing and take initiative to take it from 70% (deserved) to it's easily attainable 95%. canoe has an awesome heritage building, an amazing patio, great location,cool décor, they brew their own beer and i appreciate what they are trying to do with the whole 'local' thing and the culture scene. this just make it all the more frustrating to endure the sustained attempts at a pretentious hipster food/drink menu, with accompanying pretentious prices. the food isn't bad but the quality/quantity/price ratio always leaves me frustrated. i almost exclusively get the burger as it's one of the few constantly delicious items and doesn't break the bank, though it's now up to almost $18. if you want to go hipster-trendy at least give me a mac&cheese item. i find their drink prices a little high too. i also think their 'daily special' prices could be a bit more 'special'. as noted by many others service is spotty as hell here. apathetic, self-entitled servers seem to be a bit of victoria special that many places struggle with, but where canoe is wholly responsible is the wait times for service, which are often unacceptable. i keep occasionally going here because i adore the building and setting, and keep hoping they would put in the work with the food and service to warrant me coming here all.the.time, because i really want to love this place, they just give me a reason to.

nice location at the edge of chinatown. the bar/restaurant is located just outside of chinatown and is a good place to go to for a waterfront view of their private marina and to grab a quick bite and beer. venue is spacious with the bar on the ground floor and the restaurant up a flight of wooden stairs. however, the tables were too close together and we felt really cramped with the our chairs hitting the back of others. the chef that night could have been lighter on the black pepper. all our entrees were heavily doused in black pepper (garganelli carbonara, steak frites) and took the other potential flavours of the dishes away. despite the food not tasting the way we hoped, it's a nice place to go to for a change in scenery.

canoe club has been the only thing people have been talking about recently. every time i meet a friend, this place somehow comes up in the conversation. wanting to know what the big deal was with this place, my family and i decided to go there on a monday evening to celebrate my mom receiving her master’s degree. i have to be honest, this restaurant could not be better situated. it is downtown and right by the water. the patio is literally facing the upper harbour. it is a very nice restaurant. the patio is made of big stones, but flat enough that it is not uncomfortable to walk on it. there is a very cozy atmosphere to the whole place with the red bricks used for the building and the stones for the patio. live bands apparently play during the weekends. the food unfortunately left me unmoved. it wasn’t horrible, but it wasn’t great either. i had the pasta and i found the dish too spicy for my taste. i also had the apple ice cream dessert and while it was original, it wasn’t the best i

bland-o-rama. i want to love you canoe, but your food is so inconceivably bland...i didn't know fries could have no taste. love the patio and atmosphere, and the service was very friendly. agree with other reviews - food used to be good, but now the menu just overcommits and underdelivers.