canoe brewpub

our waitress was indifferent, the menu was limited, expensive, and not very tasty. the only ones interested in eating the flatbread were the local sparrows! won't go back, ever!

great ambience. food has never blown me away. and although i'm a huge fan of most local beers, canoe beer has never done it for me. sometimes go for their appy specials but the selection is weak and we have never liked it much. tried the white beam dip today. bland and boring. flatbread almost seems stale. dip doesn't even compare to a generic supermarket humous. seems like this would be too easy. another downtown restaurant making it on ambience and location more than quality of food. fun place to drink on a weekend at night if you can tolerate the limited beer selection.

nice patio, ok food, bad beer, way overpriced. been to the canoe brewpub several times with friends. last round i ordered the overpriced cod and chips at $19. small pieces of fish and skimped on the fries. i'll give them that their in house ketchup was quite tasty.

i'm not a big guy and i left hungry. my poor wife had to deal with me starving and hangry just 3 hours later. the venue itself is great but i have nothing good to say about the food, portions, or beer. many many many better restaurants to eat at around time for 2/3 the price. gave them quite a few chances, won't be returning.

good pub food, don't go if you dislike loud open spaces. i have eaten at canoe 3 times and have not been disappointed yet. the food is well-prepared, fresh, and tasty. the menu isn't amazingly innovative but it has something for everyone and is good pub food. the restaurant building is neat, however if you are looking for a quiet/private/romantic night out i wouldn't recommend it, simply because it is an open-concept layout and the high ceilings mean the whole place can get noisy. i didn't mind it though. also, their patio is awesome!

good beer; poor service. disclaimer: this review does not reflect on the beer (which was pretty good), but the service (which was rather poor).

we waited at our table for 10 minutes and after no service from any server i made my way to the bar. at the bar i was once again ignored by a bartender who was much more interested in getting a woman's number than taking my order.

after finally getting the bartender's attention, i ordered the sangria which was on special that night. if you're going to advertise sangria specials, do your customers a favour and serve sangria. red mix with bar fruit and club soda does not constitute sangria.

at the end of the night i went to settle my tab and was handed the card terminal with the options "tap, insert, or swipe". when i went to "tap" my card i had both the terminal and my card yanked from my hand. let me be clear on something - if i wanted you to handle my credit card, i would have given it to you. i understand the "tap" option may not present me with the possibility to tip, yet you were so presumptuous i was going to tip you for your spectacularly poor service it warranted jerking my credit card out of my hand to make sure i did.

to the brewers: good job, the beer we had was great.

to the management: there are plenty of places to have good beer in this city. the poor service i received mean s canoe is no longer one of them.

just awful. this was my second time eating here. i don't know why i went back a second time. the selection is weird for lack of a better term and obviously trying too hard to customize their menus for foodies. the first time i ate there i had the duck confit flatbread... with pickled zucchini and some weird sweet sauce. flavours don't work together but it was a least edible. yesterday i ordered the duck and pork terrine. it was like cold, bland spam on a plate with random sides of pears in a mustard sauce, onion jam, pickled cauliflower and bread. i'll post a picture. it doesn't even look appetizing. i didn't eat it so the waiter took it off my bill. that was really nice of him. the atmosphere is nice and the location is great! the staff seemed nice so no complaints there but maybe change your menu a bit. people seem to loooove the mussels and chorizo though so if that's your thing, try that.

the food seems very formal for such a laid back space and it feels a little incongruous (and the flavors are underwhelming). that being said, canoe is still a great watering hole. the house made beers are very good (try the beaver brown ale) and the cocktails expertly made. the patio is sublime in the summer months and you can often get a table without much of a wait.

horrible selection of food. the saturday after christmas i met some friends visiting from vancouver at the canoe brewpub. i was envisioning the burger or steak would satisfy the lone male in our group of 4. also reflecting on the calamari i had returned for 2 or 3 times last summer, i was the one who talked them into it after hearing the menu was lacking. "no, it has changed" i muttered. it had changed alright, it had changed into an illegible list of over priced concoctions that would not appeal to any beer drinker. no simple burger, no steak and no calamari.
now i understand there is a lot of "seasonal" food in victoria but there was not one single thing on the menu that appealed to any of us. we are a bit picky but who isn't. we would have stayed and consumed many more beverages and believe me we wanted to stay, eat, drink and groove to the funky band "gemini" as we had a great seat but we were starving and the choices were not worth our time or our money. ferris's oyster bar won our money for many drinks and many plates that night.

best patio.. so even though it is winter, i think it's necessary to bask in the glory of the summer that is to come. the canoe club patio is the best in victoria. on top of he view, you get exquisite craft beers and real, local, healthy (relatively) food! i must have the calamari every time i get here, and the homemade ketchup needs to be bottled and sold! thumbs up canoe club.

first time eating here, the service was terrible. took waitress 20 mins before taking our drink order, 10 mins later she came back and asked drink order again, she'd forgotten she'd already asked us. 10 mins later they finally arrived. took 15 mins until she came back and asked for our food order. food took 50 mins to arrive (i understand not waitress fault). she never came back to our table to ask how food was or if we wanted anything else. after our plates were empty, took her 20 mind, until finally we had to ask for our bill ourselves otherwise she probably never would have come back. only good thing about the experience was the grilled chicken sarni that i ordered, it was unbelievably good.

used to be great. not anymore.. this place used to be great! now i've had multiple bad experiences and i'm not going back. a lot of great menu items have been removed. slow service, watery flat drinks, very overpriced food and the server wouldn't split the bill up for us. we ended up having to do the math ourselves when they finally came to collect our payment.

location location. a realtor's dream location with dockside water taxi service, ample off street parking, a great converted brick building, patio space overlooking the harbour. but for the price they charge for food, you are paying for the location not the food. an $18 hamburger that doesn't hold together, mushrooms are cold and a side salad in a bowl a little bigger then a shoot glass,served on a dry wood piece of plank, not making the cut on master chef. can't say the site brewed beer was impressive either. service was okay, nothing that said how is the food or come gain. attention to detail in the design and concept, less so in the execution.

what else could go wrong? cold food, slow service, incorrect bill, & watery drinks. i felt for our server; the processes in that place just do not work, they're doomed to failure.

oh, and someone should tell the chef that cherry tomatoes are not heirloom.

dinner....doesn't like it. hadn't been to canoe in awhile and was very disappointed........food is expensive and small portions. it used to have a great menu and reasonable prices. sorry won't be back, there are other great patios in victoria that are more affordable.

i like it. fun place to come with friends for a casual night out. have enjoyed some summer nights on the patio but have yet to try the food.