canoe brewpub

terrible service. i have been to canoe brewpub twice. the firsttimei found the service very slow. i was expecting faster service, especially with the amount of money they were charging for food. the food was sub par at best. the $16 dollar burger size was laughable. i mean come on, the one i received had more buns and vegetable than beef patty. the fries were not crispy at all, and the amount i received was less than what a fast food joint would give me.

but i like give restaurant the benefit of doubt. so i came back a secondtimewith 2 other people. once again, i was disappointed. after we ordered our drinks, it took so long that i had to flag down another server to ask them where was our drinks. the food...was abysmal. 10 small pieces of dry bbq wings for $12 dollars? ouch!

at both times, no one came over to ask if wanted more drinks or if the food was okay. the place was not busy when we went there. at both times, i got fed up of waiting that i had to take my cheque to the front entrance to find someone to process my bill. sorry, but no third chance for a restaurant who charges high prices for mediocre food, poor and slow service.

the only good thing about canoe brewpub was their good selection of micro brew beers.

new to victoria and was recomended to try out canoe's brews. they were delicious. service was alright. it was busy, and had a nice pub atmosphere, over looking the water. they have a fleet, where you can try all their beers in tasters and a delicious 5$ appy menu inbetween 3&6. i will be going back sometimein the summer no doubt.

great atmosphere. this is my firsttimeback to canoe in over a year and it has really changed. the food portions seem to be a little smaller but much tastier. it seems the "new" style of food is really taking off. there was a table of young people beside us that were just raving about the new menu. my husband had the duck confit pizza and loved it. i will agree with some of the other reviews on here that this pub is a bit more expensive than it's competition but well worth the extra few bucks. great patio and beer as always. this is a summer must.

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 eachtimewe asked for something.

canoe club has been the only thing people have been talking about recently. everytimei 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

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 aroundtimefor 2/3 the price. gave them quite a few chances, won't be returning.

just awful. this was my secondtimeeating 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 firsttimei 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.

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 ourtimeor 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 everytimei get here, and the homemade ketchup needs to be bottled and sold! thumbs up canoe club.

firsttimeeating 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.

great experience at canoe. i recently went to canoe brewpub with my boyfriend and we both had a great experience. we had never been to canoe before for dinner and wanted to try something new with friends visiting from out of town. we were greeted by the hostess in a friendly manner and we were given the option to either be seated in the restaurant or find a place for ourselves in the pub. we decided on the pub for a more relaxed atmosphere. luckily enough we were able to grab a table right away, because i've been there for busy nights when bands play and its packed. both me and my boyfriend ordered the deluxe burger with fries. it was huge and delicious. my friend got the chicken ciabatta which she said was great too and her boyfriend got the cod and chips. while it was more expensive then other pubs, the meals were more then enough and the quality was fantastic. our server was polite and well mannered and everything came to us in a reasonable time. i'm not a fan of beer but my boyfriend had the pale ale and said it was fantastic and very hoppy. have had a greattimebeing here for bands and now will be back for food!!

beet salad. i don't get the reviews lately about the beet salad. i eat the beet salad everytimei go and did so agoin on february 26. it was fantastic. i do agree with the owner/manager ryan the replating is different but very urban cool and more like a vancouver or seattle dish than victoria. no offence to you naysayers but i also love the meat cheese plate (please more onion jam and a bit more bread). maybe what you are looking for is everyday pub grub and canew just ain't that anymore. just sayin

i was super let down. ive been here 3 times in the past year and it's a different experience every time. my secondtimethere was to die for. i had the spinach and beet salad and my friend had the chicken. both were spectacular! the dressing was like nothing i'd ever had before!! i swore i'd be back again soon. a month and a half later i went back, and i had the same mel, the spinach and beet salad... yes, a creature of habit... it was nothing like the last time. it was small and nothing special at all. in fact, i don't think there was even dressing on it!! i was sooooo excited for it. let down big time. we also ordered the bread/chz/meat appy and the waiter told us it was awesome. it really was $17.5 of a waste. the cheeses were just 'ok', the one that should have been served warm definitely wasn't and it was difficult to eat. the meats were mostly flavorless, i've had better from a deli to be honest!! the blue cheese was pretty good... we also ordered mussels, again othing special. the sauce was more impressive than the mussels themselves. honestly, i'm not a foodie at all, and i could eat most anything without much omplaint, but for an entree and 2 appies that cost $50, i was seriously disappointed :( my boyfriend and i left pretty upset about the food, no joke! literally upset that we chose this place to go for his birthday...

disappointing. this was our firsttimein victoria, and out of all the places to eat, we chose the canoe as they promoted seasonal local food.
the atmosphere was good and our server was helpful, but the food was disappointing. we both ordered the 'brick chicken'. whilst the chicken itself was moist and tasted ok, the remainder if the dish was terrible. everything tasted like it was drowning in pepper. the roasted vegetables were overcooked and unrecognisable, and the grits contained cheese (which wasn't stated on the menu - a big deal if you don't like cheese!).
to be fair, we weren't charged for the meal. we would return here, but for the beer rather than the food!

changed for the worse. went back for the firsttimein a year or so last week and was disappointed to discover they have taken my two favorites off the menu (no pizzas anymore!!) and the prices seem to have taken a serious jump! was looking forward to the summer wheat ale but it wasn't the same (i know they have a new brewmaster) and the raspberry mojito was seriously lacking! still a great patio but i agree with the other reviewers who said the food has gone downhill. location won't get you everywhere in a city that appreciates good food!