What an amazing place and a great meal! Their Happy Hour specials are fantastic, and the regular…read moremenu equally amazing! Their cocktails are done very well, and even their mocktails were delicious! The service here was on point and the view of the harbour is a great touch. It's a nice open space with a market and artist showcase as well. We will be back for more!

I had the half sized seafood chowder and half sized Caesar salad on my visit. The seating and wait…read moreservice was super quick, with both dishes served at ideal temps. The Caesar salad was shockingly good - easily one of the best I've tried. The Presentation was eye catching and the flavours excellent. 9/10 The seafood chowder was amazing - served in a pottery/glazed dish, it was also lovely to look at. The chowder came with a beautifully cooked slice of salmon - served rare/medium rare at that perfect level of a buttery texture salmon needs. The scallops were so delicately cooked I almost forgot they were scallops (the norm is often chewy/firm). 10/10 The restaurant faces the marina so the view is great rain or shine. The windows are floor to ceiling and really open the space to the water. The staff and servers were outstanding - I felt cared for not bothered. Water was always filled and check-ins frequent but not intrusive.

Expensive 2 beers for 19.85…read more Food costs more , and just a appy is 20 bucks . Not worth the drive . Much better elsewhere.

Not great; ordered the Ploughman's plate and @$25 one would expect nice cold cuts not three rolled…read morepieces of .99@/100 g boiled ham; it just wasn't very good. We won't be back as there are many other pubs to explore here. Soda tasted like bleach (twice) and the ambience was just ok. Not worth the hype in my opinion

My husband and Sister enjoyed our lunch here yesterday! Our…read morehuge burger with all the trimmings was shared between myself and husband. My sister enjoyed a plate of chicken wings which was enjoyed. Only things lacking were the celery and blue cheese dip which are normally a part an order of wings. There was a $2 surcharge if you desired these condiments. The pub itself was showing its 100 year old comfort, very clean with a spectacular view of the ocean. Staff was friendly and attentive. We will certainly be back!

The Lantzville Pub was always one of my favourite spots to go when I lived in Nanaimo in the early…read moreseventies, and return visits since moving back to the island have not, for the most part, disappointed. The ocean view is still as great as ever in this popular local which manages to attract both young and old. Pretty much the usual suspects for beer with a rotating tap that can be a bit of a crap shoot. At times, I've lucked out and had Powell River's Townsite Brewing IPA or Saanichton's Category 12's Vivid Data IPA, while more often than not it has been the ubiquitous but still very good Fat Tug IPA. Apart from that, it's the usual suspects. Food is mainly decent, the pulled pork sandwich and tacos, house fries, homemade soups, and burgers all being quite good. Prices are average, so be sure to check out the daily specials. Monday night's cheeseburger special for around $10 has never disappointed, especially with the rotating tap on special, too, for about $4. A recent Tuesday visit for their taco specials was pedestrian at best; they had sold out of the pulled pork tacos, so we settled for the okay chicken tacos and terrible ground beef tacos. On another occasion, the chicken burger special had been slathered in a sauce that made a knife and fork mandatory - not really what I'm looking for in a burger. Nothing fancy, just decent hot pub food, cold bevies, friendly attentive service that can be slow during the dinner rush, and reasonable prices. Definitely an old school pub with a special charm of its own.

Service is slow 1.5 hours to receive a flat bread pizza that was burned and the other 4 persons at…read morethe table had to wait for at minimum of 15 minutes for the fifth persons order to come out while our food got cold. Fish OVERDONE liver dry and I have no idea how my wifes steak was but she said the soup was ok. First time there in a while and Now I know Why I excuse myself when ever they want to go there.

We have dinner here every Thursday evening and what a great little pub. Service (Dave) is always…read morewelcoming, friendly and professional. Food is always good and the atmosphere is a proper pub. Not fancy but clean with great food and super specials weekdays. The patio is now open and offers a great view and suntrap

Service and food was horrible! Spent 450.00 on our family…read moredinner and was very disappointed. We will not be back.

I was really disappointed in the food when we visited. The service is excellent, the ambiance, open…read moreand cheery, and the beer, no complaints whatsoever. Back to the food, both my wife and I were not happy. I had fish and chips, and the fries were fine, but the fish, was soft and mushy, not the least bit firm and flaky. I'm not a big fan of soft, white fish, but this was cod. It may have been hake, which is technically, cod. I actually complained, which I never do, it was that bad, but they brought me more of the same mushy fish. It seemed there was more batter than fish, and while the batter tasted, the small amount of mush fish stuck to it. The absolute worst fish and chips I have ever eaten. I scraped off most of the batter, and tried to reclaim some more mush. Overall, very bad food experience. My wife was not thrilled with her food either, but I forget what she ordered. Dave S

This was an over all great experience! The service was…read moreperfect. I give it a 10/10. Our waitress (Jessie) was so kind and super helpful and made our lunch amazing!! By Olivia from Sooke, BC 11 years old

Beef Szechuan is my favorite, the chef nailed it! The server bring not only a smile but you can…read morefeel the positive energy too

Great food/great service!!! As always!!…read moreOne of their best plates is butternut squash ravioli with prawns!!! Don't forget to ask for extra lemon sauce!!!

Love the design of this cactus club location; it's spacious and has plenty of seating. It's quite…read moredifferent from the layout of the ones on the mainland. The food was delicious and the portions were good. Some of the dishes were better prepared compared to the ones in vancouver. I've also ordered takeout from them a few times. For takeout their portions varied every time, which is why I'm only giving them 4 stars. For example, one time my teriyaki chicken rice bowl only had 4 small chicken pieces but the next time it had 7-8 chicken pieces. This is also one of the only restaurants open every day in Nanaimo. It is also one of the only restaurants in Nanaimo that is open late every night. Parking 5/5 Food 4.5/5 Ambiance 5/5 Service 5/5

I tried this restaurant a year later and am happy to report it was just as good! I look forward to…read morecoming back again.

Visiting for a Monday lunch at around 1PM, we had no idea Horang would be that popular. At the…read moretime, the place was completely full and we were advised there would be a 30 minute wait for bar seating. We wandered over to the attached Horang Market, a little grocery store filled with Korean goods, to browse while waiting. In our case, we were lucky to be at the tail end of the lunch rush. It actually took only 15 minutes and we managed to get a table! Korean Fried Chicken, Yangyum Glaze, Half ($21) - A half order of the fried chicken consists of eight pieces. I thought going into the restaurant it would be only four pieces and was planning to order another dish as well, but thankfully I asked the waitress and she explained everything. As a surprise, we actually got nine pieces of chicken since two pieces had stuck together! The pieces are all boneless thighs, with the dark meat allowing the meat to remain juicy through the frying process. It's kept skin on, and the skin is rendered out excellently. They simply salt and pepper the skin, then dip into the batter. The fried coating is applied evenly, resulting in a consistent bite that remains somewhat crisp even through being dipped in the yangnyeom glaze. I'd say the crispness isn't as robust as other KFCs I've eaten, but it's still pleasing nonetheless. The sauce is of course the draw. It's extremely viscous, basically to the consistency of caramel due to the amount of sugar added. It's slightly funky with a faint heat that's barely felt in the mouth. The dish comes with one dipping sauce that isn't required at all given how flavorful the chicken is. We got the garlic aioli anyways, which is surprisingly strong in garlic flavor with the mayo completely eliminating the garlic pungency. It's actually much stronger than a toum that we had from a Middle-Eastern place the day before. (5/5) Charred Daeji Galbi Soban ($23) - This order comes with a variety of different banchan: Mandu - Two pieces. I'm not sure if these are made in house, but I'm leaning towards these being commercial. They have very uniformly thin wrappers housing a mix of savory and very salty ground pork, mushrooms, and vermicelli noodles. The wrappers are dried out and kind of leathery in chew. They are served in a sauce that I think is a combination of vinegar, soy sauce, and sugar, making it sweet, tangy, savory, and salty. I think they precook these and let them sit in an open warmer, which explains why they are so dry. Japchae - The japchae is very salty like too much soy sauce was added, yet also feels very dry and missing the fragrant and oily sesame sheen. The noodles feel undercooked in some portions, being very firm, different from the bouncy texture I normally associate with sweet potato noodles. This isn't a very good japchae. Napa Denjang Soup - Includes napa and tofu. Pretty standard miso taste, not particularly strong or funky. Prawn Twigim - Two pieces. Tender, sweet shrimp, covered with tempura batter and fried. This gives a light crisp coating. They add the same soy/vinegar dipping sauce on the bottom of the serving container, soggifying the ends of the tempura a bit. Kimbap - Two pieces. They are filled with plenty of chopped carrot, a piece of pickled daikon, some avocado and tofu skin in rice and seaweed. Simple, but fresh and tasty. Salad - Greens in a very sweet and citrusy dressing. Lightly dressed, no dressing pools on the bottom. The main dish includes perfectly cooked medium grain rice with great texture and mouthfeel. On top, they have a couple pieces of charred galbi with a thick sweet sauce glazed on top. The taste of the char actually penetrates into the rice, creating a flavorful bite. The galbi is fatty, tender, not too chewy and generally tastes quite nice especially due to the glaze. (3/5) I really enjoyed the Korean fried chicken served at Horang. For the Charred Daeji Galbi Soban, while the main dish was good, I found the banchan to only be subpar to average. Then again, I wasn't expecting to find good Korean food in Nanaimo in the first place, so it was still a pleasant surprise. Washrooms - Three rooms, one for men, one for women, last one accessible.

I rarely write reviews unless exceptionally good or exceptionally bad. I was excited to go into…read moreSimonholt today having looked at the menu online. I ordered a beer and some takeout. The beer was good, server charming. When I got home, the side of coleslaw was mixed in with the sticky ribs (!!not even a separate container) and the ribs were so black and charred and crunchy (ouch), they perforated my tongue! Also, they mixed up my order with another patron, so if it hadn't been that I used the loo before leaving, I would have gone home with the wrong order. This was a Tuesday evening (4:30 ish), so not busy - in fact I don't recall seeing any tables occupied. JEEEEZ guys, what a let down!

Basically a pub. Stick with the burgers…read more Wrong dish brought, reordered ... partner finished his meal before replacement meal arrived. Offered a free dessert... seriously ? Menu never changes. Decor sldo. eeds a reboot

Our second visit to Chameleons, and we couldn't be more glad that we returned. Our dinner…read moreexperience was tremendous again, and this place will be on our must do when in Parksville. Our dinner mates were unfortunately very much under the weather so we were dining just the two of us. The degree to which they take care of you is so spot on, the decor is subtle again with local artist works adorning the walls. There is no rush at all which we appreciate. The food was spot on again, my ribs fall off the bone, and the mashed potatoes so good. K's Chef's Special was also so good. Dessert again was the sticky date pudding with ice cream. Sublime? Until next time.

Food and service is always superb...never have had a bad dinner. My sister and brother in law from…read morethe mainland say it is the best.