Coffee & Kitchen - Pender Island

My wife and I stopped at this restaurant after hearing good things about it online. In addition to their breakfast menu, they also have a small retail section. While my wife shopped for some gifts, we ordered the special and waited at our table. Before our food arrived, the woman working at the counter asked us to pay, which I found to be rude. She insisted on including the retail items on the same bill and the machine had a minimum 15% tip option, which I regretfully accepted. In my opinion, gratuity should be based on the quality of the food and service, not expected. Retail items should be on a separate invoice without a tip option. Small businesses like this one should prioritize customer respect over taking advantage of them.

We so enjoyed this bacon and poached egg biscuit sandwich with assorted vegetables (squash, spinach, onions, mushrooms) filling. Would give it 6/5, perfect fall brunch and we wanted to eat a second one. I forgot to ask their name but the nice gentleman in charge of the food has complex food creations as he described all these fusion of ingredients he would curate his fresh baked items. We took away a fancy cinnamon twist with a special cream cheese topping and banana loaf with bacon and then some. My only suggestion would be is to label if any nut ingredients. A must stop if on Pender.

We have not dined here for a couple of years due to the Pandemic, so this was a new venture for us. My wife and I each ordered the Power Bowl which was served very hot and stayed hot until the last bite. Nice! My friend really enjoyed his burger. Service from Eva was excellent.

Amazing pastries and coffee with a cool hip country vibe. The best gourmet sausage roll my husband has ever and he’s lived in the UK. Expensive but worth it!

It was interesting to see that Steve, who was the previous Executive Chef at Poet's Cove, has landed here and is taking care of the Camp Food Truck amongst other chef duties). The fries, which are cooked in grapeseed oil, are delicious. So were the dumnplings. Also, the Ramen was very good. We all enjoyed our lunches.