The Cook And Butcher - Cowichan Bay

The food was great, the view was spectacular, but the service sucked! We watched two other tables who arrived after us receive their meals and nearly finish their meals before we were served. Not even a refill of our water nor an apology from our server for the long wait. Not impressed!

I can’t get enough of this place! The food is on point every time and the staff is amazing. Couldn’t ask for a better view. If you’re looking to impress this is the place. Bonus tip: they have the best sunset in the cowichan valley. You won’t be

Manager PLEASE read Ok, Honestly, i never really write reviews but this one was just too terrible to leave unsaid.The view was beautiful and the drinks were yummy, the ceaser was absolutely delishious. but that's about all that was positive about my experience at this resturant.First walking into the resturant, we waited several minutes for the hostest to be present and greet us.Upon sitting down, we took drink orders fairly quickly but then the waitress didn't come back for quite awhile to take food orders. Some had already finished their first drinks before she came back to take our orders.We were a large group all in our 20s and not one of us was ID'd. One girl at our table was literally 15 years old and was served alcohol by our waitress! The 15 year old didn't even order a drink, the waitress had an extra shaft and asked if she wanted it... She wasn't even accompanied by her parents. ?The food was overpriced and extreamly basic, I ordered the Mac and cheese. The bread tasted like card board and the Mac and cheese was very bland. I kind of expected at least some seasoning on the mac and cheese.. sure the salad was fine but it's pretty hard to screw up a salad.My friend beside me ordered the fish and chips. Her fish batter was so dark, it was clear the oil was extreamly old. Her coleslaw tasted like it was several weeks old, many of us tried it and literally had to spit it out. It was so disgusting. Her fries were cold and soggy. She also had to remind the server several times to refill her iced tea even though she remembered all the alcoholic drinks ordered after the iced tea.Our server also spilled my drink on me while she was putting it on the table, which stained my brand new dress and didn't even offer to reduce my bill for the drink.Waitress staff all around seemed pretty grumpy and miserable, walked around with scowls on their faces. Made them all seem pretty unapproachable when needing something.Super overpriced and really disappointing, honestly pretty concerning too about the IDs. Hopefully it was just a one off kinda day but it takes only a couple seconds to ask to see IDs and not risk serving a minor, which she did.I would really love to get in touch with the manager of this facility.

Great restaurant, very good meals and great service. I will be back for sure.

The service was good, they had enough staff for the size of the restaurant. It was not crowded. We all enjoyed our meals, lots of variety on the menu. The wines and mixed drinks are on the higher end for price. The coast to coast caesar is over the top! It's lunch in a jar. Nice atmosphere with a beautiful view!