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    Duncan Garage Cafe & Bakery

    4.3 (50 reviews)
    Closed 7:30 am - 5:00 pm

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    Moderate noise
    Dogs allowed
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    The town where you can go and grab a bite to eat before passing through town or on your way home
    Shayna M.

    The staff are always friendly and very helpful with all the things I need.. there always fast and never screw up my orders! I give them five stars and I definitely recommend this lovely cafe to everyone

    Fridge with vegan and vegetarian prepared foods and treats
    Patricia L.

    Visited The Garage Cafe in Duncan for lunch today. It was our second visit but the first time we just got drinks. It has more of a market style atmosphere rather than a cafe/restaurant, although they do serve breakfast and lunch. There's also another shop inside the building with lots of vegan and vegetarian goods. For lunch I ordered the vegan pizza with an almond milk iced chai latte. My husband got their rice bowl with a strawberry smoothie. The pizza was kind of sad, both in presentation and taste. It was completely covered in what I believe was daiya cheese. It would have been better with less daiya (it's not that good anyway), and with the toppings on top rather than buried under the cheese. That said my husband's rice bowl was delicious - it had rice, tofu, broccoli, kale, carrots, cauliflower etc, and a really yummy "Buddha sauce". The drinks were both delicious as well. I just don't particularly recommend the pizza. The girl at the counter was helpful, and answered my questions, explaining the menu to me, even though it was busy.

    The café dining corridor at The Garage in Duncan.
    Kameshwari K.

    What took us so long to come here? Many people suggested we stop ar The Garage in Duncan. My husband resisted because the menu is vegetarian with great vegan options. No meat at The Garage, but great options. With items like spelt crust pizza and vegan options, I appreciate the menu. Although I steer clear of sweet bakery items, I noticed some excellent looking cakes, cookies, and tarts. A selection of these items are gluten free. The Garage is an eclectic cafe with tables both inside and outside. With today being my second time here, I noticed some "regulars" who seem to be a part of the daily background. The locals seem to make this a central meeting place for coffee and neighborly meetings. By the way, the coffee and lattes good. My biggest desire would be to give The Garage in Duncan a five-star rating. Unfortunately, I am going to just give a four-star for dining area mess. This is a bus-your-own-table place. Food debris builds up under the tables and frolicking toddlers leave messes of crumbs on the floor, chairs and finger smudges on everything. In my opinion, a staff person could be utilized to do an hourly, routine follow up of these occasions. Even though I have complaints about cleanliness in the dining areas, overall, The Garage in Duncan is a winning spot on VancouverIsland. Maybe the more I visit The Garage, I will learn to overlook and even appreciate my idea of the flaw with a messy cafe seating area. Don't let my review keep you away. This place is really awesome.

    Quiche and mushroom pastry
    Jeanne C.

    We stopped by on our way to Tofino and they had lots of healthy and delicious food! There's plenty of seating towards the back of the bakery/cafe. The quiche and the rice bowl were both heated/ cooked after we ordered and were delicious. There's a little organic store in the same building with a good variety of things but quite pricy as organic things usually are.

    Coffee cake, rice bowl

    Best deserts and food is all organic!! The people are so nice and friendly too I keep going back every week and my personal favorite is the cinnamon roll iI think it is easily the best I've tried so far. The lunch and meal menus are warm and delicious also.

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    Checked out this place and was very impressed with the coffee and carrot cake, I've been dreaming of the carrot cake ever since!

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    Must eat here. All good for you and delicious. Great space to hang out, connect and/or work.

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    The food was fresh and good! I took home several of their frozen entrees. We are US tourists do can't come back often, but would if I could!

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    Awesome service. Awesome people. The prices were reasonable. The location is easily accessible. I also trust the stuff and people here

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    Great place to meet with friend for vegetarian/vegan lunches, snacks and coffee. Awesome atmosphere too!

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    Oh wow. This is worth taking a pilgrimage to visit. If you love fresh made food with quality ingredients, be sure to stop by.

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    Great coffee, great service, amazing vegetarian food, and an awesome environment to hang out in!

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    Pho Vuong - Good to the last drop

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    2.7(15 reviews)
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    On my way to East Sooke to goat sit and I decided to treat myself to a sit down lunch instead of a…read moredrive through.... Didn't have time to research anything first but it was an overcast sky on Sept 2 and when I saw the sign for Pho Vuong I could see my name on it! It was an extensive menu with some really interesting (meaning enticing) options but I love pho and could t resist ordering the pork belly version because pork belly is one of my favourite food groups! It arrived quickly and was absolutely fresh and delish. The pork belly was SO yummy and after throwing in the peppers and sprouts and basil and lime and a bit of hoisin we were complete. So happy to have stopped here. It's my birthday weekend (or week or even month at my age) so happy to find another way to celebrate! Review is mainly so I remember this lovely place for the next time I'm passing through!

    7/3/17 They have a…read morewebsite printed on the receipt: www.phovuong.ca. I typed that in and got "This page is under development"... I'd put money on it being perpetually so, for perpetuity. Forever stuck in crapness. The place wasn't busy, and they seated our party of 6 quickly, which was great. Unfortunately, it wasn't long before I saw why. For one, there are no Asian servers. Now, I dunno if that is normal in Canada, but here in America I've never ever been to a single Vietnamese place, out of probably hundreds, where the staff was void of ANY Asians (and to think of it, I think we were really the only Asians in the entire restaurant!). But hey, I'm open to new experiences... maybe that doesn't mean anything right?... Anyway, beyond the old dinginess of the place, which would never be a deal killer for me, the real killer was the food... ?. Pho CA$11-13: Well, most of our table got pho, and you know, it all looks the same, so I'm not sure the exact one we got, but I think it's safe to say they were all equally crappy. Most importantly, the noodles were way overcooked. Mushy stranges of rice flour. It's too bad cause the soup was actually decently flavorful and the meat was quite good--fatty and luscious. But always, a whole bowl of mushy noodles?--not really edible. 2/10 39. Com Suon Bi Cha CA$12.95 "Pork Chop, Shredded Pork & Steamed Egg": This was my order. Immediately obvious upon it being placed before me was that they used the WRONG KIND OF RICE. I've gotten Vietnamese rice plates billions of times, and the vast majority use "broken rice" which would be the most authentic. It has a very different texture that goes great with fish sauce. Unfortunately, they used standard white rice, and not only that, they added too much water making it mushy! I HATE badly cooked rice. Like how hard can it be?--you measure the rice and water, turn on the steamer... should be identical every single time. Wtf. Well, the rice was wrong and inedible. The pork chop itself was standard, but I was left hungry cause I couldn't eat the rice and one pork chop ain't gonna do it for me. 2/10 Sorry, this place was one of the worst Vietnamese restaurants I've ever been to in my life. BUT, it did have pretty good service--the waitresses were all very polite and nice to us. 1/5 #duncan #nanaimo #vancouverisland #canada #vietnamese

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