What happened, used to great, off night? Service was good, food was not. A nice place, great atmosphere. A simple Caesar Salad was terrible! Over dressed, poor parmesan, mayo tasting commercial bottled dressing, no taste of anchovy, lemon, the large was the same portion as the small, bowl was bigger only with large. Bowl of mush with no presentation. With 3 tasteless shrimp $20. Crab cakes were too salty to eat. I’ll go back and try again, not the Caesar Salad or Crab cakes. Make your Caesar salad great not an after thought, you can do it.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 3
Laura Forseth
I love the Blackfin. I've never had a bad meal, the menu has lots of choices and the view is super pretty :)
Theo Brisley
The food was amazing and the view was incredible to match!
Food: 5
Service: 5
Vanessa Larochelle
Our server Nathalie was super experienced and an excellent server. She took great photos and never stopped running tables with a smile. When it came time for the bill she had no troubles splitting them up and thanks to her our early retirement party was seamless. The food was really good as well, dine out options of portobello and ling cod and trio of dessert were all delicious
Recommended dishes: Fish
Jen E
I really enjoyed my visit. The staff were gracious and accommodating. I was able to secure a window spot for lunch and enjoyed the views. I had the seafood chowder. Writing this I am craving another bowl! It comes with garlic toast, however they kindly switched this to garlic free as I am not a garlic fan. I found it quite a hearty bowl of great looking chowder with lots of sea food for $13.I cannot wait to return.See you on my next visit.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Robert Gramlich
This my second visit and they made my birthday experience wonderful great ambiance pleasant server. Always full make reservation in advance parking is also limited, so a short walk may be
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pacific Cod Fish and Chips, Fish, Steak
Bruce Pascoe
Great spot near the waterfront in Comox. Excellent food, service & atmosphere. Well done Blackfin!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Coral Taylor
Dockside is a great place! The food is wonderful!!! The truffle fries are too die for!Great service too!! Will definitely return!Vegetarian options: Plenty of options. The falafel burger is awesome! The saffron risotto is a favorite as well!
This review is for the dockside which is downstairs at the blackfin pub…We were so very excited to have a new spot to eat in the Comox valley but we’re sorely disappointed with this place… the view is nice, the service was ok, atmosphere could use some work, it looks like a banquet room!Now to the food….It took almost 2 hours to receive our main courses, the menu looks exciting when reading it, however is less than ok both in taste and presentation. Very disappointing. Beginning to think there is a real lack of competent chefs available here in the valley. When we tried to tell our server about the awful falafel burger and tuna stack she told us not to complain to her, that she didn’t cook it! Really???We reminded her that this was her job!The chef did come out in the end and we did have 2 out of 6 meals comped but it wasn’t about the money, it was about being dissapointed yet again…hoping they step it up! But I guess they just survive off off location instead of great food and service.Parking: Not enough parking to accommodate 2 restaurants for sure!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 3
Ray Gramlich
Great staff delicious
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Andrea J
Our first visit here are we enjoyed everything. From our greeting to table service and our lovely meal. I had the steak salad which was perfect. SL had the house salad with grilled chicken. She also really enjoyed her meal. A lovely view of course from the restaurant. We will return.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salad, Steak
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Visited the dockside downstairs. It was a lovely dining experience.Wheelchair accessibility: Ground floor entrance, no stairs. Although the this restaurant is tnemlower half of the building, so the sidewalk approach is downhill from the main direction.There is a lot of space between tables. Tables and chairs are easily moved to accommodate various seating arrangements.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Calamari
RiLel
The service was quick and the food was okay. I wish they gave more paper tissues as you eat anything with your hands, I had to ask multiple times as they bring only one small tissue per person.The music was really great here.
Thank for making my Dad's 91 th Birthday so
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great service and food we will be
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
What happened, used to great, off night? Service was good, food was not. A nice place, great atmosphere. A simple Caesar Salad was terrible! Over dressed, poor parmesan, mayo tasting commercial bottled dressing, no taste of anchovy, lemon, the large was the same portion as the small, bowl was bigger only with large. Bowl of mush with no presentation. With 3 tasteless shrimp $20. Crab cakes were too salty to eat. I’ll go back and try again, not the Caesar Salad or Crab cakes. Make your Caesar salad great not an after thought, you can do it.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 3
I love the Blackfin. I've never had a bad meal, the menu has lots of choices and the view is super pretty :)
The food was amazing and the view was incredible to match!
Food: 5
Service: 5
Our server Nathalie was super experienced and an excellent server. She took great photos and never stopped running tables with a smile. When it came time for the bill she had no troubles splitting them up and thanks to her our early retirement party was seamless. The food was really good as well, dine out options of portobello and ling cod and trio of dessert were all delicious
Recommended dishes: Fish
I really enjoyed my visit. The staff were gracious and accommodating. I was able to secure a window spot for lunch and enjoyed the views. I had the seafood chowder. Writing this I am craving another bowl! It comes with garlic toast, however they kindly switched this to garlic free as I am not a garlic fan. I found it quite a hearty bowl of great looking chowder with lots of sea food for $13.I cannot wait to return.See you on my next visit.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This my second visit and they made my birthday experience wonderful great ambiance pleasant server. Always full make reservation in advance parking is also limited, so a short walk may be
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pacific Cod Fish and Chips, Fish, Steak
Great spot near the waterfront in Comox. Excellent food, service & atmosphere. Well done Blackfin!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dockside is a great place! The food is wonderful!!! The truffle fries are too die for!Great service too!! Will definitely return!Vegetarian options: Plenty of options. The falafel burger is awesome! The saffron risotto is a favorite as well!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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This review is for the dockside which is downstairs at the blackfin pub…We were so very excited to have a new spot to eat in the Comox valley but we’re sorely disappointed with this place… the view is nice, the service was ok, atmosphere could use some work, it looks like a banquet room!Now to the food….It took almost 2 hours to receive our main courses, the menu looks exciting when reading it, however is less than ok both in taste and presentation. Very disappointing. Beginning to think there is a real lack of competent chefs available here in the valley. When we tried to tell our server about the awful falafel burger and tuna stack she told us not to complain to her, that she didn’t cook it! Really???We reminded her that this was her job!The chef did come out in the end and we did have 2 out of 6 meals comped but it wasn’t about the money, it was about being dissapointed yet again…hoping they step it up! But I guess they just survive off off location instead of great food and service.Parking: Not enough parking to accommodate 2 restaurants for sure!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 3
Great staff delicious
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Our first visit here are we enjoyed everything. From our greeting to table service and our lovely meal. I had the steak salad which was perfect. SL had the house salad with grilled chicken. She also really enjoyed her meal. A lovely view of course from the restaurant. We will return.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salad, Steak
Visited the dockside downstairs. It was a lovely dining experience.Wheelchair accessibility: Ground floor entrance, no stairs. Although the this restaurant is tnemlower half of the building, so the sidewalk approach is downhill from the main direction.There is a lot of space between tables. Tables and chairs are easily moved to accommodate various seating arrangements.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Calamari
The service was quick and the food was okay. I wish they gave more paper tissues as you eat anything with your hands, I had to ask multiple times as they bring only one small tissue per person.The music was really great here.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5