The Bayside Cafe - Courtenay

Ordered through Skip, so I can't speak for service or atmosphere, but my god the food!...yeah it's bad. Just so bad. I mean, to clarify, some of the food is perfectly edible, like the steamed buns, but I'm pretty sure nothing is actually cooked there unless you count some sort of reheating process like microwaving. And when it's bad, it is BAD. The pork in the onigiri had a texture like freeze dried food that wasn't rehydrated. Just so unpleasant.

Prices are SO expensive for very tiny portions. Especially compared to other restaurants of the same caliber. At $40 you will barely get enough for 1 person, let alone 3.With that said, the food tasted fresh but quite bland and the rolls were soggy....The indoor experience may be different and there may be a price difference as well ?‍But I would never recommend this place, very disappointing experience.

I generally don't leave reviews but people need to know about this place. Service was ok, nothing special. However the food quality was awful. My wife and I ordered 1 roll each. I ordered the prawn tempura roll and she ordered the maple smoked salmon roll. Unfortunately there is nothing good to say about either roll. Both rolls the rice was old, dry and hard. Both rolls also had old seaweed which made the rolls very chewy. In my roll I had 1 small tempura prawn rolled with a piece of lettuce and cut cucumber. The roll its self was quite small for a $6 roll. It consisted of 4 regular sized pieces. Not 6 or 8 pieces you would expect from a $6 roll. It really felt and looked like I was getting half the portion. My wifes roll was very small as well for a $6 roll. It only consisted of 6 small pieces that were made of rice, seaweed and small chunks of very dry maple salmon chunks. What bothered me the most was that they are satisfied with the quality of food they serve people. This food, in my opinion wasn't even worthy of serving paying customers. I have been to countless sushi restaurants coming from Vancouver and this was one of the worst qualities in sushi I have ever experienced. I do not recommend this place at all as it has very poor food quality, unfortunately.

Careful with these reviews, they are reflective of the previous cafe, not the current management.Pretty disappointing. Vegan don was a pickle salad with no rice. They don 't appear to have a grill or full kitchen, so bistro is an interesting title for the restaurant. Items were microwaved or put in a panini press to reheat before serving. We went home and made another lunch as the portions were small and quality low. Ordered at the bar, server was polite. I can 't speak for the specialty coffees, but I can 't recommend the food or general atmosphere.

Best vanilla Latte in the valley and great staff. The upstairs area has comfy chairs to hang out to visit with friends or sit and work uninterrupted.Vegetarian options: I had a tasty veggie sandwich.