When ever I happen to Comox, I always overnight at the BW and have dinner here. The BW usually gives me a 7 dollar voucher for dinner and I use it for a beer. The happy hour wing special is nice and the food is decent. The only area they sometimes fall down is in the service as its a bit spotty and slow But they try hard. It's a friendly place and quiet which I like. Can't beat it for business travel meals at the hotel. read more

Flying Canoe West Coast Pub - Wings - Salt and Pepper very tasty and tender. Highly recommended - Pubs Near Me - Courtenay, British Columbia

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Okay, to the point. Slow service. Unfriendly staff. They should NOT sell pizza. I've had frozen that is better. My kids and nephews said it was gross. Chicken wing are the size of my thumb, if not smaller. See my photo post. Enough said. read more

We stopped in here for dinner and chose to sit on the patio where there was one other couple, inside was probably less than 50% occupied. Once seated we were told our server would be right out. We then proceeded to wait for 20 minutes before our waitress wondered over. No apology for the wait and after taking our drink order she disappeared for 10 more minutes. I had seafood linguine and it was great. My wife had a rib/wing combo plate that was terrible. The "hot" wings were terribly salty and not much better than mild and her fries were covered in salt to the point she couldn't eat either. We didn't send the food back as we never saw the waitress again until we were finished. When asked how the meal was I was clear that the one plate was unacceptable and we didn't even get a apology, she just cleared the table and left the bill. I will say she was quick when it came to collecting payment. read more

After waiting 45min for a pizza with only 4 customers in there, the staff decided to give me a very bad attitude for making me wait. They literally dropped my food on the table and walked away. This was after asking multiple times for my dinner order was placed, which they lied to me about, and that my order had been started and it wasn't. I saw her give him my ticket after I asked. The attitude was uncalled for and I highly recommend avoiding this place unless you want bad attitude and horrible service. There are much better options out there. Only reason it gets 1 star is because I can't give it zero. read more

Clean, friendly and comfortable with a good looking menu. Some vegetarian options. The quality of the food and beer far exceeded expectations! It was tasty, fresh, and well presented. The Baked Cauliflower Mac and Cheese is superb. Well priced for the size of portions and quality of food. read more

A very nice friendly and beautiful local neighbourhood pub with very delicious food cooked by a dedicated kitchen staff under the leadership Chef Raymond and 100% good customer service and very good-talented-caring-dedicated-loyal-good hearted and cheerful staff featuring Tarun-Amanda-Robert-Olivia-Molly-Danielle-Sam-Roberta-Chantelle-Annie-Desmond-Van and Kirk who are always happy to serve their customers with big smiles on their faces and a very diverse selection of music featuring Top-40-Country Music and a nice little dose of Heavy Metal on the side all played on their Spotify stereo system and Sunday night karaoke featuring the 1 and only Milo. I strongly encourage paying a visit to the Flying Canoe Pub to have some nice food and drinks at a reasonable price and to chill out and relax and socialise. I always have a positive experience and I always recieve a lot of TLC at the Flying Canoe pub and the pub manager Todd Looks like one of the members of the Beatles. Hey everybody peace out and have a nice day and rock n roll all night and party every day.Cheers. read more

Food was terrible very basic. Service was bad mixed up two of Our orders and as I watched my family eat for 20 minutes my burger finally came out. When the bill arrived I was charged full price not even an apology and when I asked why no discount was applied I was told she was not aware of my "expectations " and next time I'm in to notify her of what I expect ......next time ...... I will never eat here again . And when you advertise a baked cauliflower mac & cheese You should advertise mac & cheese with a cauliflower sauce. read more

OH hell no. The decks were stacked against us. We had an hour for lunch and couldn't find anythign else close by...we walked into the Flying Canoe and all we saw were red hats...apparently there is some kind of red hat society?? I don't know. All I know is they dominated the restaurant and left no servers or chefs for the rest of us. After about 10 minutes, I had to get up and ask for menus. Ten more minutes we got water and put in our order. Well over 30 min later we finally get our food. A few minutes into eating we notice on the menu board that they actually have a guarantee for lunch in 33 min or its free!! Cha-CHING! We had already asked for our bills at this point so when I inquire about the freebies since it had been well over 33 min...the waitress HARRUMPHED! Harrumphed!! I'm not even going to review the food because no matter how good or bad it was, unless you want to be treated like the wait staff is doing you a favour by acknowledging your existence, keep on trucking. Worth driving a bit furter to check out Atlas... read more

We normally come every sat today Good Friday the food is great as always Crab ravioli is addictive my husband says it was the best fish tacos he has had I highly recommend eating here read more

The Canoe is a Pub/Eatery attached to the Best Western Plus in Courtenay and fits in with the Best Western portion, but not the Plus. The pub is just slightly above average and doubles as a nightclub (not while we were there). The service is good to better, as you would expect in a small town Up-Island. The food was OK. The Pizza ($5 on a Thursday Night) was hand made and cooked "A Fourno" but with gas not wood; wood would be in the "Plus" department. The pizza did taste good after a late afternoon/early evening Tubing Run on Mt Washington but the meat tasted like it was from the No-Name section of the grocery store and the onions (c'mon $0.75 for one at any grocery store...) was really skimpy. I must say, cheese sauce and crust were quite tasty. The Spinach dip was run of the mill; good but not "Plus". The Tortilla chips were fresh (nice to see) but the pita was day-old (not nice to see). We actually wanted Wings but they were out?? Really??? A Pub out of Wings??? Here is the "Plus" the server asked the drunk, rowdy, cussing 19/20 somethings next to us to leave when they got out of control. Well done to her!! I'll go back...When Canoes Fly (or when I stay at the BW+ again and I am too tired to try something else). read more

I travel up and down the island for business and Best Western Plus this Flying Canoe has treated me well. The server I had was excellent menu came fast they tell you the specials. Canoe lager I think is a labatts product of some kind. I have had a great meals so far. Pizza is delicious. The dough needs some work. Wings are good. Caesar salad yummy. Canoe burger great. Sometime in the future I will do the sushi. I have done the sushi and OMG it has rekindled my love for it. This stuff was so damn good. Living in Vancouver for years spoiled me for sushi this has out did all the places in Vancouver. Flavour was sensational. Thumbs up for the sushi chef. Sushi chef get 5 stars from me although it is based on the canoe club so here it is. It is no 5 star rating just made the 4 star review for consistency. Great new update on the flying Canoe they have this fantastic fresh Sheet "Outstanding, fabulous, " the local mussels and Cantonese ribs OMG so good and refreshing it and keep knocking my socks off. Two thumbs up or could say all taste buds up for being creative and coming out of the normal boring routine. Thanks all smiles KptCrunch read more

In principle, it sounds good charging people $2 for a Kirkland signature 500ml bottle of water (retail around $0.15) but the restaurant manager failed to see how this was irritating to paying customers. After a passionate (yet uneducated and completely irrational) plea to understand why water not should be provided to paying guests, the restaurant manager did acknowledge water was given "to really drunk people who needed it, free of charge." I hope the Best Western Courtney re-evaluates their professional relationship with the restaurant owner as it does not align with their corporate strategy and vision. read more

My family had dinner there tonight (there were 10 of us) and the restaurant itself was fine but our server Amanda was really unfriendly. We didn't do anything wrong and she was rude right from the start. Maybe she had a bad day but that's no reason to treat us the way that she did. I'm a server too and no matter how poor my mood is I would never take it out on a customer. I accidentally spilled my ice tea but that was the only 'bad' thing that we did (she also didn't help or offer help at all). I understand that serving big families can sometimes be tedious and annoying but all we wanted to do was have a nice last dinner together before all going home. I am a firm believer in tipping even if service is just mediocre but this girl did not deserve a penny. Again her name was Amanda and I hope she sees this so that she doesn't make anymore of her customers feel this way. read more

My co-workers rave about this place and I've joined them on a couple occasions. Every time I've gone the service has been sub-par. I've had servers entirely neglect to bring what I order. Just last night, I had to ask for something three times. The food is pretty great, but I couldn't justify paying ten dollars for five prawns. I'm not going to be heading back to the flying canoe in the near future. read more

We had a late dinner there last night just had appies( wings,dry ribs, onion rings and chips and dip) food was great and the service was good. Going again tonight. Close and no driving. read more

Ok, small pub with Sushi? Hell yes, and darn good sushi as well! total surprise for a small town best western. The chef's omakase was delicious. If your near by, check it out. Nothing beats cold beer, sushi and sports in high def... read more

Me and my roommates Attended the flying canoe Saturday evening. They had their specials on which we ordered some appetizers as well as main course meals. Prices were appealing but the service was horrendous. We were surrounded by 5 tables which were getting full service the whole time however after completing our meal we sat at our table for 25 minutes with finished plates and empty glasses. Our server continued to walk by us and serve the other tables without attending our table. After waiting patiently we decided it was the right choice to alert our server for the bills, he acknowledge us but continued to attend the surrounding tables for another 10 minutes before receiving our bills. When we finally received our bills they were incorrect. When we asked the server to adequately distribute the meals on the correct bill he responded with 'I guess can switch it around, but it's all the same'. (Food items/add ons were different pricing and beer/pop are different pricing) It should be noted that one bill contained the entire tables appetizers and add ons and the other Contained drinks and meals. Although the food was enjoyable I will not be back due to poor service and will not recommend to others. read more

The server dumped a beer all over my friend, her clothes, her jacket and her cell phone. The server hardly apologised and offered no compensation, not even a free beer! (ok the totally spilled one WAS free) The place was pretty near empty for a weeknight and service was quite slow. The food was mediocre at best. There are plenty of other pubs around that have better service and food. read more

Once again was dissatisfied with the canoe. We were here on on a Friday night and was told that it was too busy to come in, yet the people in front of us were let in. Too bad because we had cash to spend here, but that was spend at another place, that was far nicer and let us in with no waits. If you are trying to get in here on a Friday or Saturday, do not waste your time, go somewhere else.. read more

Had a couple friends join me here and it has nice restraunt. Little dark but nice. We opted for the patio. Very nice. No view or anything. Looks out to the hwy. great staff and food was fast and hot. We had pizza a couple burgers and a pasta and salad. It was all good but typical frozen pub food. Nothing great. The patties for the burgers were those frozen really greasy round flat patties. We all had a few different beers and they were very good. Great place if you just wanna hang with some friends and have a few beers. Would be great if they put more effort into the menu but there is nothing wrong with it. read more

I love this place and its food. I've had the club sandwich and one of the salads I can't remember the name of (with tuna) anyhow, can't say enough about the quality of food for the price. My only gripe is parking, so last time we just parked in Safeway and walked across the street. I recommend Flying Canoe to all my friends. read more

Pretty much an abysmal experience. My husband ordered an IPA, and although he saw the bartender pour out of the right tap (per the pull), he very clearly got a lager. It would appear that the taps were not set up correctly, but a bartender should be suspicious of the beer just by color alone. I ordered a mixed drink. It was awful, although to be fair, it was exactly as described. Shame on me for that one. We ordered a mushroom pizza to share, and it was quite good. The waitress talked me into a Caesar salad, and it arrived covered in bacon. As I didn't order it off the menu, but per her recommendation, I didn't know about the meat so I sent it back. I then had to listen to the two waitresses make snide remarks about it from their work station. They had their backs to me, so I guess assumed that I couldn't hear, but the content was pretty specific, and heck, I was 10 feet away. So, I guess I would order the pizza again, but really, neither my husband nor myself would recommend this place to anyone. read more