Stamps Cafe - Port Alberni

Good food and the atmosphere was nice. We had supper and the food came fast and the waitress did a good recommendation on the sauce.Food: 5/5

Pork chops were way to salty and to much pepper on it ! Will not have it again !!!Food: 1/5

Stamps Cafe is a bog standard hotel/motel cafe. Possibly a little lower standard than usual. The meals that I've had (all breakfast, so somewhat limited in scope) are bland and unimaginative. Spicing seems to be unknown, even on the breakfast potatoes. The food is certainly prepared reasonably, and is edible, but nothing more than that. The menu is uncreative standard fare. You will get enough, but the prices are fairly steep.The wait staff, when you get to know them, are very nice people.Most of what I have had is coffee. Their blend is definitely not my favorite coffee. It's dark and bitter, so if you like Starbucks, and dark, bitter, black coffee, this is possibly your place. Not mine. And, while the staff have been very good about it, overall, I have recently found out that despite the high price that they charge for coffee, if you do not order a meal with it, covers only one refill. Period.

Very clean, great service. Good variety. Had breakfast and everyone had very large portions. Best omelette ever!

Unfortunately ate here with my boyfriend September 2nd 2022, at 7 pm, who became SEVERELY ILL WITH FOOD POISONING starting an hour after eating half of the beef dip which was given to him with cold/questionable meat. I could barely spend time with him as he was in and out of the hotel lobbies bathroom with relentless diarrhea and could not make it to our room. When he did get up to the room he threw up all night until 10:30 am the next day!!!!! Clear symptoms of food poisoning. We were so hungry travelling and had not eaten all day. My meal was the curried chicken normally I take photos of my meals when I am out but the presentation was like a big pile of mushy gelatin greenish curried slop, absolutely HUGE portion of whatever it was with small strings of chicken that were so soft and squishy I did not bother.A woman at the front desk of the hotel, relayed to me that the chef “had the beef dip yesterday” and “it was just pulled out” basically calling the customer a liar.No. Don’t eat here. You will risk getting FOOD POISONING