Riverside Restaurant & Bar - Lake Cowichan, British Columbia

Theresa T.

Me and my girlfriends decided to eat in this pub unfortunately our food did not arrived. We ordered at 6:30pm at 8pm our order still somewhere in there kitchen. or the pub import it. With no follow-up from our server. I have to ask from other server. Still no answer until one of the other server call our server. Her reason is they told us that they are busy. I've been in other restaurants and i understand that kitchen can be busy but that long of a wait are not acceptable we are a paying customers and we expect our order arrived at a reasonable time.

Ethric K.

Not sure what’s going on at this place anymore. Party of 5. We ordered apps and dinner and somehow the table of 3 after us gets their dinner and finished it before we even received our apps. Sorry this is straight up bullshit. Unacceptable and won’t be back. This is why you got a $5 tip. We are from the industry and this is awful service. *edit*. An hour later. Told about the one cook in the kitchen. The rest of this review is for the cook. You are the reason why I come back here. Not the service. Thank you so much for the delicious food, everyone at our table talked about how delicious everything was. I tip my hat to you, and wish I could tip you personally. Thank you from our table of 5. Excellent!!

J J.

Came by tonight about 30 mins before rh kitchen closed. Server was great and said no problem to still serve me on the lovely dog friendly patio 🙂 AMAZING perfectly spiced Ceasars, and pretty tasty burger and fries. Will def be back!

A X.

Nice big pub.
Lots of tables and excellent patio overlooking the river.

Price were moderate, food was good.

Easy parking.
Liquor store and coffee bar also.

Susan N.

After hiking Heather Mtn came here for dinner and we were not disappointed. Great food, great service, lovely patio. Thank you!

Shirley P.

Good food, seemed like they were short of staff, but the staff they had was good.

Jenn M.

Riverside restaurant and bar has a beautiful patio over looking the river and is in a prime location.
Unfortunately, the servers are not very friendly at all. The menu is very small with very limited options. We ordered a half salad with chicken and were very disappointed with the quality. The chicken is very clearly processed and frozen, and they bake it in the oven instead of on a grill, making it chewy and hardly edible.
We would have happily paid twice as much for a salad with quality ingredients.

Philecia I.

Super quick and professional service, amazing burger and fries! My husband had the best Clubhouse sandwich! The new menu is amazing!