It's a bit of a Cowichan Bay tourist institution, attached to an excellent bakery, and, at busy times, becomes a bit of a machine for processing customers. You can have a great experience here. My grumble is about how few vegan options they offer, when it would be so easy to offer so much more. Worse, there's a sign saying "Ask us about vegan options", so you wait in a long queue only to be told "Yeah we don't really have much".
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Dalhouse “Dalhouse”
They provide disposable cups only for dining in. If you don’t care about drinking micro plastic it’s a beautiful place and nice coffee. I love their bakery.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
Mark D
Great little Cafe, part of the bakery next door. Some nice snacks along with excellent coffee and views over cowichan bay.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Elaine Bright
No gluten free food. Great coffee. Wonderful view. Good music.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Brittany
Great location and coffee but sandwiches are overpriced.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Daniel Holland
Wallet hurt after this visit good coffee though. there was grounds in coffee
indigenous one
Cowichan Bay is in itself a beautiful stopping point, with excellent waterfront views. The Leeward Cafe is connected to the world-renowned True Grain Cowichan Bay Euro style bakery. Great stop for coffee and fresh baked goods or a full lunch. Enjoy the waterfront atmosphere with friends, family, or chat with someone new. Summer time there is an open deck, we'll worth a stop. As a local, I certainly go back very regularly.....enjoy
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Breakfast Sandwich, Pain Au Chocolat
井出愛理
I was so excited to come here since I found the cafe. I ordered egg salad croissant sandwich and london fog. I asked plate for sandwich but staff told me they serve everythings with to go container, drink as well. That made me disappointed. I'd like to have my coffee or tea with actual cup especially while staying in the Cafe. It does make lack of tastes. Also waste of containers. Food and tea was good. I hope they will start serving with actual tableware.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 2
Deryk
Thank you for a lovely experience by people that care
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Breakfast Sandwich
Mark
Lucky enough to have this place as my everyday cafe. Staff is awesome, and the food and drinks are amazing.
Great place pleasant and unique atmosphere. Coffee is good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
terri clinton
Used to love the friendly service here. Food and views are still awesome, however, the customer service on our last 2 visits were not. Arrived at 2:09pm on this gorgeous day. Could only get coffee in a paper cup mot a mug. Could'nt sit outside because the chairs were already tied up. I was expecting full service until your 2:30pm closing. Server was not as friendly cutomer oriented as we've come to expect.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 2
Drena Hill
Beautiful views, great coffee, fantastic service today. We were the last to leave even after you were closed but did not rush us. Thank you we will be back again
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pain Au Chocolat
Catherine Quaglia
I’m not sure what has happened here. Service I received was rude and condescending. I don’t like to leave poor reviews but someone needs to take notice that a beautiful setting won’t make up for customers feeling belittled. My coffee was good, food only ok. I want to see this place succeed but it won’t if people are yelled at by kitchen staff and don’t want to return.
It's a bit of a Cowichan Bay tourist institution, attached to an excellent bakery, and, at busy times, becomes a bit of a machine for processing customers. You can have a great experience here. My grumble is about how few vegan options they offer, when it would be so easy to offer so much more. Worse, there's a sign saying "Ask us about vegan options", so you wait in a long queue only to be told "Yeah we don't really have much".
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
They provide disposable cups only for dining in.
If you don’t care about drinking micro plastic it’s a beautiful place and nice coffee. I love their bakery.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
Great little Cafe, part of the bakery next door. Some nice snacks along with excellent coffee and views over cowichan bay.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
No gluten free food. Great coffee. Wonderful view. Good music.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great location and coffee but sandwiches are overpriced.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Wallet hurt after this visit good coffee though. there was grounds in coffee
Cowichan Bay is in itself a beautiful stopping point, with excellent waterfront views. The Leeward Cafe is connected to the world-renowned True Grain Cowichan Bay Euro style bakery.
Great stop for coffee and fresh baked goods or a full lunch.
Enjoy the waterfront atmosphere with friends, family, or chat with someone new. Summer time there is an open deck, we'll worth a stop.
As a local, I certainly go back very regularly.....enjoy
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Breakfast Sandwich, Pain Au Chocolat
I was so excited to come here since I found the cafe. I ordered egg salad croissant sandwich and london fog. I asked plate for sandwich but staff told me they serve everythings with to go container, drink as well. That made me disappointed. I'd like to have my coffee or tea with actual cup especially while staying in the Cafe. It does make lack of tastes. Also waste of containers. Food and tea was good. I hope they will start serving with actual tableware.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 2
Thank you for a lovely experience by people that care
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Breakfast Sandwich
Lucky enough to have this place as my everyday cafe. Staff is awesome, and the food and drinks are amazing.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Egg Salad Croissants, Breakfast Sandwich, Cowichan Chicken Sandwich, Ham & Cheese Croissant
Restaurantji Recommends
Great place pleasant and unique atmosphere. Coffee is good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Used to love the friendly service here. Food and views are still awesome, however, the customer service on our last 2 visits were not. Arrived at 2:09pm on this gorgeous day. Could only get coffee in a paper cup mot a mug. Could'nt sit outside because the chairs were already tied up. I was expecting full service until your 2:30pm closing. Server was not as friendly cutomer oriented as we've come to expect.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 2
Beautiful views, great coffee, fantastic service today. We were the last to leave even after you were closed but did not rush us. Thank you we will be back again
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pain Au Chocolat
I’m not sure what has happened here. Service I received was rude and condescending. I don’t like to leave poor reviews but someone needs to take notice that a beautiful setting won’t make up for customers feeling belittled. My coffee was good, food only ok. I want to see this place succeed but it won’t if people are yelled at by kitchen staff and don’t want to return.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 1
Beautiful spot for coffee
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