Great food and service set in a beautiful garden next to a waterway. I had the steak sandwich and a…read morepint. Great value and a great setting.

Locals is a small-town-chic escape from it all. The staff was helpful and professional, though our…read morewaitress was perhaps a bit opinionated--clearly drawing on years of experience, but occasionally losing sight of the hospitality at the heart of the dining experience. ;) The food was tasty, although several menu items were unavailable. There was plenty of parking, ambient seating, and a lively mix of mostly older patrons. All in all, a place with good chemistry.

Beef Shanghai Noodles to die for. Portions are enormous. Little hole in the wall pace but the…read morenoodles are great. Service is prompt and you may wait a bit but the food is prepared from scratch.

This is my go to place for outstanding Vietnamese cuisine. Always good and the service is…read moreoutstanding too. Great place to have a satisfying lunch. Highly Recommend!

We are staying at this resort and decided to try the Aqua Bistro attached to it. We are so glad we…read moredid! Our server, Jocelyn was professional and cordial. She made excellent recommendations. We both had the Korea Fried Chicken and Rice Bowls. Delicious! For mixed drinks we had an Old Fashion and Lycee Martini. The inside has adequate seating and a well stocked bar. We had a delightful time here!

Great views of the ocean. Food was outstanding & service was excellent. I especially enjoyed the…read morelarge portions.

Oops! I ate my food before I could post a picture. Our entire family ordered the Donair Kombo…read morechicken with shepard's salad. The Donair was light and flavourful. The mint pushed the shepherd's salad over the top. I can't wait to come back for breakfast.

Great food!!! We got the kebab and chicken. Very flavorful…read moreand very accommodating. Definitely recommend!! Yumm!!

It was a cold and dry winter evening in Feb. Something warm and soupy would be nice. Vietnamese pho…read morewas a great choice. The restaurant was very cozy with approximately capacity of 20. The young server greeted me and seated me very quickly. About half of the restaurant was occupied with a family birthday party. The adults and the kids wee enjoying themselves. It's a family friendly place. I ordered: - Special beef pho (P1) which has a little of rare beef slices, flank and meat balls. - Deep fried chicken wings and drumsticks - Prawn salad rolls (takeout) The soup of the pho was good. While I thought it would be rare beef slices, the beef was all cooked. I thought maybe the soup was too hot? Maybe the beef was cooked by the soup on the way they served from the kitchen to the dining room? I was too hungry to raise a question. The beef was OK, not tender. I appreciated the flank and the meat balls. It would be better if they can add one to two other toppings. It's a special noodle. Other Vietnamese places tend to have 4 to 5 tops. They served bean sprouts, a quarter of key lime and a little basil leaves on the side. The pho noodles were cooked perfectly. They have medium and large sizes. The large size had a reasonable portion of noodles for its size. The deep fried chicken wings is something I highly recommend. They probably used fish sauce and honey or sugar as the coating sauce. It was very apetitizing. It also had a bit of spicy kick. The Prawn salad rolls were saved for later. They go well with their homemade peanut sauce. The prawn and the veggies inside were fresh. The chef was a young Asian guy. I think they have room for improvement on sourcing ingredients. The location is convenient. Free 2-hour street parking is available. They are open everyday except Sunday.

If this is the best pho in Courtenay like every one claims, you shouldn't eat pho in Courtenay…read more I had the Pho Bac Diet. Rare beef slice, flank, meatball, and instead of noodles I got veggies. The service was great, and the food came fast, but the pho itself wasn't that good. The broth is so bland and doesn't have any real flavour to it. It needed salt even. I've never had to add salt to a pho before. Because of the lack of flavor, all the meat was bland and tasted off, because it didn't absorb any of the broth flavors. Not that it really could have, because when it came to me it was all fully cooked. The old chilli paste and hoisin added a little flavor, but it wasn't enough. Super limited menu as well. If you're menu is this small you better do it right. Who doesn't have tendon or fatty beef? Last time I eat pho in Courtenay apparently.

My husband and I are lovers of sushi, and having difficulty finding a great sushi place since…read moremoving to the island om the ma nland. This was our first visit to Domo Japan in Courtney BC. (January 6,2026) We had great service and when the food arrived it was amazing! Clean and fresh tasting. I am sure we will be back weekly! We would not hesitate to recommend this restaurant.

Spicy tuna roll was one of the best I have had. It was so good. The rest of the table had the…read moreusual - dynamite rolls, yam rolls, gyoza..... everything was tasty. Would absolutely go back. And again, spicy tuna was really good.

This is a very nice place to eat. The patio, on the waterfront has amazing views. The inside…read moreseating show a modern and well designed restaurant, on par with anything in Vancouver. The menu was not large, but had many good things on it. I had 5 options I would have been happy with, but selected the daily special, panko encrusted cod. My companion enjoyed her meal as well. The prices were low in comparison to the lower mainland. 100%!!!

We had an excellent meal. Payton was an awesome waitress that was both knowledge of them menu and…read morethe surrounding area.

Hello my name is Michael. J and I was very VERY! DISAPPOINTED in my experience at royal zayka…read more I was recommended this restaurant through a friend that said it was a great restaurant. HOW EVER I have a few reasons to think otherwise. First, already had to wait like an hour and a half for my food. Even though all the tables were empty. (About the food) The curry that I was recommended was cold, with raw chunks of chicken and something brown in it, my butter chicken we SPECIFICALLY order with mild spice was burning hot to the point where i chocked on the food and threw up in my mouth. I found pistachio in my brother's curry, when we specifically asked for it without due to the fact that he is deadly allergic to it, (thankfully we were carrying an epi pen). Second of all there was this little annoying little tub butter who appeared to be around the age of 13 wearing a spiderman mask. He was borderline harassing me, my brothers, and wife(especially my wife). He then threatened to tell the owner on me saying it was his father. The nan bread was amazing however it was absolutely delicious. And the mango ice cream was a bit too creamy I really feel my experience was similar to landon and Dutch. Will not be coming back. UNTIL THESE PROBLEMS ARE FIXED. Please do better I right this review from the bottom of my heart and all that I say is to improve your restaurant. (Ps. this is what curry should look like ).

So close to a full five, but a dry chicken leg was the only fault we could find in this very…read moreflavourful eatery. We got there with 30 minutes left in the Sunday buffet, but that was not our goal. The place was fairly full, but you could tell they were there for the buffet. I checked out the food in the warmers and it looked pretty good. We were sat quickly, our waters dropped promptly in cool copper and stainless glasses. The menu is fairly extensive but we had already decided on the meat dinner special for two as it provided a good variety of their offerings. We ordered some wine, and the food came out very quickly. It looked great, with the exception of the aforementioned chicken leg, which tasted great but was obviously cooked to death. The balance of the meal was really great and plentiful. The Chicken curry and Lamb curry were good and I am not a lamb guy. It was a solid hit, and a good way to experience the cuisine. The decor could use some work, it's fairly spartan, and the white rectangle painted on the wall for the projector doesn't help. You clearly don't go for the ambiance, but it's a solid 4+. We'd certainly go again.