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    Driftwood Cafe

    4.5 (2 reviews)
    Closed • 7:00 am - 5:00 pm

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    9 months ago

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    Savary Island Pie - Breakfast cookie, chai latte

    Savary Island Pie

    4.4(23 reviews)
    3.4 km

    Great atmosphere with a view. Lots of pies to choose from, but come early as they sell out…read more Blueberry scone was epic!

    Waterfront bakery specializing in pie but also serving breakfast and lunch with a variety of baked…read moregoods. I visited a few times during my stay in Tofino. In general the food was great and the staff was friendly (one barista that I dealt with was not very enthusiastic but they seemed like they were just really tired). The setting is beautiful! There's ample patio seating, and whether you sit inside or outside you get a beautiful view of the water. Curried cauliflower handpie: A fantastic savoury handpie with a flaky crust and a flavourful vegetarian filling. Some handpies are kind of flat with not a lot of filling but that was not the case here. It came with a mango chutney for dipping. Chocolate quinoa cake (GF): When I was choosing a dessert when I went here for lunch, I felt like I should get pie, but this cake looked so good and I did not regret trying it. Really fudgy and rich. Fantastic cake that definitely did not suffer from being made gluten free. If anything, the texture was better than a regular cake. Lemon buttermilk pie: This was the only thing I tried that I didn't like. I wanted to try this one because it seemed unique, as I don't think I've tried a custardy lemon pie before, but it was too sweet for me. The texture was lovely and the little pops of brightness from the berries were nice, but it was kind of hard to get through. Vegan breakfast cookie: Good but basic breakfast cookie with oats, seeds, and cranberries, held together by what tasted like peanut or maybe almond butter. I liked the texture - I'm not sure exactly what it was about it, but it tasted fresher than a lot of breakfast cookies I've tried. Chai latte: Good - I saw them making it, and they use a packaged but good chai concentrate, from Say When. It makes a strong, spicy chai latte that's not too sweet. Tea: They have Mighty Leaf tea which I think is pretty good. I got the green dragon tea here.

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    Savary Island Pie - Pie menu

    Pie menu

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    Common Loaf Bake Shop - Sugar-free raspberry peach muffin, chai latte

    Common Loaf Bake Shop

    3.7(59 reviews)
    3.2 km
    •$

    Menu was pretty full of options. The peasant bread was amazing with the spicy chicken sandwich and…read morethen combined the soup of the day "Brazil black and red bean soup". Got an iced mocha that had a great chocolate milk-esque flavor to it after getting through the initial shot of coffee on top (remember to stir before indulging!!! Would've been much better for us if we had stirred beforehand) and we got a hot mocha with no complaints! Service was quick and easy, vibe was immaculate! Do note: straws aren't included so if you need one for your iced drinks, bring your own!!!

    Rustic cafe and bakery. I really liked the builing: looks like a house from outside, two levels…read morewith a second floor patio, very colourful. The barista that took my order was friendly enough. I tried a sugar-free raspberry peach muffin and a chai latte. I really liked the muffin - it was dense but soft and very moist. Lots of juicy fruit. I will say that if "sugar-free muffin" is something that sounds appealing to you, you will probably like this, but if not, it's probably not for you because the texture was quite different from a regular muffin. But I liked the wholesome flavour. The chai latte was just the standard, but made well, with a very generous dusting of cinnamon. I got there shortly after they opened and just had to wait in a short line with my drink ready fairly quickly, but they were much busier by the time I was leaving. I think they take card payments now. I paid with cash, but I didn't see any cash only signs and I saw what I think was a card machine at the register.

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    Common Loaf Bake Shop - Fresh bake

    Fresh bake

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    The cream cheese brownie

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    Darwin's Cafe - Front door entrance.

    Darwin's Cafe

    3.6(5 reviews)
    1.2 km
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    I can't believe that no one has mentioned this restaurant on Yelp yet, considering it is connected…read moreto the Tofino Botanical Gardens! Quaint spot, with flavorful vegetarian fare. My carnivorous bf gave it two thumbs up! The sandwiches are amazing, the salads have a ton of flavor from the different greens and flowers. The winning soup was definitely the special of the day: curry lentil soup with coconut milk. My father-in-law had the vegetarian chili in a real bowl, not a chintzy 1 cup serving. Personally, I like soup bowls big enough to drown myself in. The owner's dog, Pete, freely frolicked, charming everybody in sight. He may or may not let you have his ball to play fetch lol If you sit outside, you can see the rooster running around, keeping an eye on his many hens. (They are so fearless, it's like somebody TOLD them that it was a vegetarian restaurant.) I watched him do an equivalent of a back-hand (back-wing?) on one of the hens; I felt bad for her, poor thing. The service was great. Just pay the cafe server $10 if you want to tour the gardens, which I highly recommend doing. We will come back here for sure! If that rooster doesn't learn how to treat his ladies, I may have to come back with a fork and knife with his name on it ;)

    Quiet little spot to have a coffee or cake. That's all they were serving when we went by. We were…read morethere for about 5 minutes before anyone came out to serve us, we were confused if anyone was even there. The girl working didn't know what was in the cake and strangely there was a dog tied up in the middle of the room with the tables. He was cute, but super dirty and smelly, he was the owners dog. It wasn't hot or cold outside so I'm not sure why he wasn't on the covered porch in the shade. It's connected to a small garden with some sculptures. Could be so cool, but was just okay.

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    Darwin's Cafe - Back patio.

    Back patio.

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    Giant knife!

    Darwin's Cafe - The curry lentil soup = delicious.

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    The curry lentil soup = delicious.

    Driftwood Cafe - coffee - Updated September 2026

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