Reviews of Minnoz Restaurant & Lounge (Restaurant)

TrashCan Lid (TrashCanLid)

Always great food

Laura Boettcher

Service

EternalAE

Had the bone in pork chop and spicy wings as an Appy the food was really good. The service was great and the atmosphere was laid back. Keep in mind I was one of two people in the restaurant and it was 9pm.

David Yelligadu

We were doing the nanaimo bar trail and decided to try the minnoz Nanaimo bar cheesecake for take out. The cheesecake itself was very delicious. However it took 30 mins for them to prep a slice of cheesecake for take out. Also, for the price of $12, you'd think you'd get a decent slice, but wasn't that great. Nothing too special about the Nanaimo bar cheesecake in my opinion.

Desiree Webber

Great cocktails

Marissa Serrattan

Service was Terrible. The waitress (Alisha) checked on the table beside us on the right, walked passed us and checked on the table on the left of us. Both tables were NEXT to us. She never stopped to ask if we wanted any more drinks or anything else not even the bill. After waiting and waiting, we got up ourselves and went to the bar to ask for our bill to pay and leave.

Lillian Laird (Lil)

Nice cozy atmosphere, excellent food, amazing staff, very reasonable prices considering it feels upscale and is right in the heart of downtown.

Erin Sowerby Greene

Neat bar. Not a huge fan of the restaurant seating and I found the prices to be a little steep

Paul Forsythe

Good food nice environment.

Navya Rayaprolu

The food is sub par at best and the service is awful. The wait staff were so rude and condescending and completely unhelpful. I would strongly recommend that people go literally anywhere else.

Jason Armond

Inside the Coast Bastion Hotel, Minnoz Restaurant and Lounge is a great place for an intimate evening out. The service was excellent ???? and the food was delicious. Be sure to try their famous Nanaimo Bar Cheesecake while gazing out into the harbour.

Nadine Shemilt

The breakfast at Minnows is really good. The prices were surprisingly affordable for being a fancy restaurant in the Coast Bastion.

Noni McLeod

Dinner

Peggy Richardson

This hotel restaurant/lounge provides an excellent meeting spot downtown, with a lovely view. Food is good, though not exotic. Comfortable seating, with nice nooks and crannies for conversation. (Also a perfect place to hide out and work for a couple of hours.) Friendly staff and good selection of teas and appies. Near floatplane, Gabriola Island ferry, and many other downtown amenities. Vegetarian options. Friendly staff. Pay parking is in structure underground.

Seann Mullen

$23 Went for breakfast. Canadian breakfast with extra sausage and green tea. Robi, the waitress was a joy to be around. The food was tasty and they had gluten free toast! I was super excited about that. Very good breakfast. I'd come back again forsure.

Joanne Assen

Vert nice great decor, harbours views

Pragya Misra

Nice ambiance..good food

Mehdi Naimi

Noisy. Great for a ready party. Rude and insensitive service.

Jennifer Lynn

Slow service but a good ambiance in restaurant

Chris M

It's a nice place and the food and drinks were good. Great place just to relax after work. Service was a bit slow when I was there. I'd go again next time I'm in town.

Todd Sankey

Excellent seafood and very helpful and friendly staff.

Leslie Saint

Loved the food.

Melissa Vasey

I've only been here for drinks before shows at the Port Theatre but the service is always fast and friendly.

Alistair Duncan

Great meal

Wayne Johnston

Great food good service. Good place to visit before heading to the port theatre for a show.

Fat Lipp

Well prepared food, good house red and service. Comfortable seating and minor view of the ocean.

sherry dhillon

Literally hated it. Hosting was terrible. Cold as a freezer. I was shivering all the time. Food was disgusting and super expensive. The stake that I got here for 50$, I could have got anywhere else for 15$. Super shitty. Not recommended.

Jim Holland

Excellent food. Friendly polite service. Staff went above and beyond to accomidate special requests. I now take any of my guests there for an evening.

Sylvia Petersen

Wonderful fresh seafood with a beautiful view of Nanaimo harbor. Service was excellent and specials are delicious. Definitely a place for a special occasion or a treat as it's a little pricey. The best clams and muscles I've ever had.

Brad Stewart

Super staff here at Minnoz! Alisha is really fun and a very knowledgeable server! They have live music on Fridays which is a great reason to keep coming back !

L.H. WANG

Perfect

Steve Garbutt

Service was good portion was a little small for the price

Michael Lind

Lovely tunes tonight, thanks Minnoz - and the calamari was delightful

Karin Weiss

What a great experience. Awesome food, more than friendly staff. Even my service dog was welcomed.

byron jones

Amazing food! Amazing presentation! And amazing service! highly recommend

Mehdi Safaeian

Meal type

Cameron Langley

Very good service. Food was tasty. Flax bread is a nice offering to have for breakfast.

Jessica Nordquist

Amazing food and even better service !

Ivo Beitsma

Classier than a hotel restaurant, though lacking a bit in character. A good lounge to get away and talk, away from the usual spots. The calamari was dry and overcooked.

levi lamash

Great place for late night dining, lounge is very comfy. Open when other places aren't. Good servers (shout out to Alicia!) Braised short ribs are heaven.

Kelsi Gayda

Ordered the muscles, they came out looking dry, old and tasted funky, reviewed by three people (one being a local). Ordered the salmon burger, sent it back after one tiny bite due to being cold and tasting funky. My guest ordered the crab cakes, they were tasteless. You would think being right on the ocean the fish would be fresh but yet everything seemed old and frozen. We spent almost $100 to go home feeling sick. This is almost concerning... I will be contacting management as well about this visit.

Miguel Montana

Sensational cuisine, plus prompt and polite service.

Moses Yu

The servers were awesome! Friendly and attentive to our needs. Food was well priced (at least breakfast was) but dinner seemed a little bit expensive. Cozy and welcoming atmosphere.

Austin Voecks

Nice place to grab a beer or bite to eat, and conveniently close to the marina

Hayley Cockerton

The most delicious steak I have ever had and the service was delightful.

Lindsay

Good service; great breakfast.

Douglas Cross

Excellent service and cocktails, the food however wasn't up to my expectations. Still good, but was a bit overpriced for what you good. They are very accommodating to large groups, and it's close to the marina if you're visiting

ian crawford

Not open since Covid.

Mitali Acharya

Decent food overall. My seafood chowder was great but everything else that everyone ordered was okay. Not the best value for the price. Good service and good with kids too. They gave my friends 3 year old some crayons and a coloring sheet as well as accomated and provided a booster seat. I recommend trying the nanaimo bar cheese cake!

David J. Laporte

$5 decent house wine and local draft beer for happy hour, and all four special priced appies we had were tasty. Plus great location, service and comfortable seating.

Samantha Gurvin

A colleague and I had dinner here while staying at a hotel nearby. Our food was not glamorous but was very tasty. I asked the server for a substitute side with my roast leg of lamb and he was exceptionally accommodating. The restaurant was clean, our food came out in good time and the bathrooms smelled great. Nice ambience for sitting and chatting. Great views by the windows. I'll be back.

shawn reid

Fun gals Great prices and food was excellent We even played a little trick on our friend Roz She wanted something white. She got water Told her it was a high power shot Servers played it up to a tee Good times had by all

Island Kate

Very hospitable little place. I have had many delicious meals here through the years and have many fond memories of time spent at the bar with family and friends. Wonderful servers make the place a home away from home.

Susan Stansfield

Perfect place for an afternoon meet. Great comfort and great service and a real drink with actual booze in it????

Shelley Hodgson

Great service! Amazing food!!! I had the prawn and mushroom pasta and it was delicious! Will definitely come back

Bexaida Garcia

Tasty and very awesome service

Alison Nahanee

Dinner was excellent. Service was good they checked on us . Nice view. Relaxing.

Dave Hart

Absolutely a fun place to hang out & socialize ????Wide food selections plus great live music venue! ????????

Bruce Stevens

Good food and service. Great view of the harbour. The prices reflect the value of the dining experience.

Sean Parker-Sutton

All I can say is "GO". If you are in Nanaimo you won't regret it. My wife and I stayed in the #coastbastionhotel and had room service. You won't regret it. Kyla was our server and she does her restaurant proud!!

Stan Burt

Great lunch special.

CaitieBC

Great food and view. Variety of menu options

Steve Morgan

This restaurant has pretensions, but I recommend the hamburger. I didn't have the hamburger but I figure it's not to easy to screw up. We ordered the 1) Smoked ribeye. First, the smoke and the au poivre fight with each other. Second, ordered medium rare, received medium. Ate it anyway because we were hungry. 2) Lobster ravioli. Oh my, where to start. The lobster filling didn't taste of lobster, even though that's what it must have said on the can. Sort of a generally fishy taste and texture. The capers and olives added a lot of salt but the chef added more, creating a very salty mix indeed. The chef (I use the word loosely) should either decide putenesca or creme but a creme putenesca is just confused. The service was fine, we had a great view of the snow storm outside. But overall the worst meal I have had in a while. Couldn't finish it.

Joe Morrison

Always love the food here. I like to think of it as one of Nanaimo's most overlooked fine dining experiences.

Jason Leshchyshyn

Good breakfast, took forever to get seated though.

Zohar O

Satisfactory food.

Wilf Robinson

Great food and service.

alison kuenzig

Happy hour specials are great! Also get the grilled cheese

ttymcy 193

Visited there a year and half ago. I only had their Nanaimo bar cheese cake and a cocktail. The cake wasn't so special but the bartender was very friendly and the cocktail tasted amazing.

Tim Mcgrath

Awesome at breakfast as usual.

Lori Pollock

Stunning view, fabulous service!!! Cool by the windows, and I am sorry, unless you are the Keg or some other chain, there really should be tablecloths for the evening. The caesar salad is just so so, the calamari is very salty. The lamb and prawns were DELICIOUS and beautifully presented .. . . the lamb just slightly overdone. The strip loin was not the best. The Nanaimo Bar Cheesecake is to die for.

susan panton

Excellent service and delicious halibut.

Ilan Goldenblatt

Classic Hotel restaurant, cafe and bar. The best thing about it is that it is reliably open when most places downtown are closed. If you want to meet someone for a drink on Sunday afternoon, whether it's alcoholic or tea/coffee, this place is ready to serve you. Has a good menu without many options that are gluten and dairy free.

Alan Jones

Good place

Adam

Good food and a beautiful location, our server Cary was funny and helpful. If I'm back up in Nanaimo I'll for sure atop by again.

Brad Rush

This is an excellent restaurant with well prepared food an quality service.

May Sutton

Very disappointed. Service was ok but not great. The Boulabaise I ordered consisted mostly of sausage and potatoes. My husband ordered beef dip and the beef tasted and looked like deli beef and the fries were cold. Sadly, we will not be returning to your restaurant.

Rebecca hillRebeccaHill

The service is always exceptional here however, Cary is literally the best server in all of Nanaimo. Whether I am there for a business meeting or for a girls lunch, she knows how to provide the best service for each situation - offering privacy when needed, and adding to the enjoyment of a casual get together. Minnoz offers a great atmosphere for hosting visitors or for hosting a business lunch.

Mary Hudson

My spouse went in on his lunch break friday to make a reservation for us on Saturday evening. The mid 40’s lady behind the bar took one look at him and said “sorry we’re full”. I phoned a few hours later and made a reservation for Saturday with no issues at all. I was even given options for time. (Clearly not full!) It’s a shame that the bartender turned away a hard working man in work clothes. Judging people by their looks won’t get you very far!

Sherif Omar

Calamari : rubbery and coated in supermarket breadcrumbs that have a lovely chemical aftertaste. Fries : greasy and 300% more salt than necessary. Service : my kid ‘can i have water without ice?’ Reply is : ‘it’s easy to take it out’.

Emily-May Olson

Love coming here. Always go everytime I'm in Nanaimo. The service is fantastic. Their when you need and gone when you don't.

Speranza Dolgetta

While the space and atmosphere is lovely, the food left much to be desired. I ordered the seafood steam bowl thinking being on the coast, how could I order anything but? It consisted of clams, mussels, salmon, a whitefish (halibut or cod but honestly I could not tell) and two crab claws. It was served with a side of spaghetti over a saffron broth. This was the worst dish I have had in a long time. The fish and crab was so over cooked that it was tough. The only plausible conclusion is that the crab claws were previously frozen. The clams were old and two had not even opened. The pasta had been (over)cooked in saltless water (as an Italian this is sinful). The broth had no flavour at all. At only $25 I was not expecting a masterpiece but in all honesty the only edible thing on the plate were the mussels. To add insult to injury, not a single dollar was taken off my bill. Won’t be back.

Brad Jones

Went for breakfast. Ordered the classic benny with spinach. It was wonderful. Highly recommended.

L J

Fish and chips were great

john gislason

Had thanksgiving dinner which was dried out turkey, small portions of potatoes, dressing and gravy. Soup was ok, dark ambience, worn out tables, no table clothes, could not order dark meat, very expensive, noisy like a beer parlor. Would not visit again. I expect good food, good value, classy decor. Very disappointing!!!

Ruben Castro

Abundant in all the dishes they make

Ash Horner

Dine in

Stewart Scheibel

Tried Minnoz for the third time before a Theater Performance. Same experience each time ( and this time it was not busy). We were shown to a table and left there. We had to flag down a server after over 5 minutes to give our table some attention. The service was extremely slow all evening. We had to ask for everything( water, bread, to order). Wait staff never once asked how the meals were and appeared disinterested over all. The bill was brought incorrectly tallied. The credit card machine had no backlight so you could not read the details of the charges. Overall average food, poor service and will not return.

Warren Campbell

Great food and service

Wills

Good food and drinks with friendly staff in the coast hotel Nanaimo.

Balwinder Rai

Very nice food and good service.

Ethelbert Brannigan

I share a main entree with a friend as the portions for the fish and chips were large. The fish was well cooked. It is on the pricier side, but worth it if you want to share with someone. Very nice restaurant located in the coast bastion hotel. Service can be a bit slow sometimes. Food is very good. Clean atmosphere. There is also a bar lounge .

C V

Terrible service and mediocre food, will not be going back any time soon.

Brad Squires

The Canadian breakfast was great and we had exceptional service and fun with Carey the waitress.

Rayna James

Stayed at the Coast Bastien and went to Minnoz for a light dinner, which turned into more of us and more food. Everything was hot, fresh, and delicious. Our server Janeen could not have been more attentive. This is not just a hotel restaurant..and awesome meal top notch service.

Cruz Murray

Open only for breakfast at this time. Very attentive service and excellent food. Peekaboo view of the ocean from a window seat. The Sablefish came with rice, seasonal vegetables and a light sauce. In short, there was nothing overly fancy and the fish was allowed to speak for itself – and that’s exactly what you want with a dish like sablefish. Simple yet delicious.

Amanda Marshall

Extremely poor service. It took 1.5 hours to be served salads with 1 appetizer ( to be served all at once ) for a table of 3. Food was ok, but overpriced. Waiter was completely inattentive and did not even ask if we wanted a second drink or apologize for wait. I had also made an inquiry about an ingredient in my salad I needed to avoid, and after 1.5 hour wait the waiter set my long awaited dinner down and informed me it contained the unwanted ingredient. At this point we were nearly late for our theatre event next door, so there was not much I could do. Very disappointing.

Kiwi Siegel

Best breakfast and staff!

Janelle Coupe

Excellent food and service

Maria Infante

good service great food

Sean M

One of the worst breakfasts I've ever eaten. Scrambled eggs chopped up into tiny pieces, overcooked flavorless rubbery sausage (deep-fried) flavorless tough chewy greasy bacon served at room temperature (also deep-fried). Potatoes tasted like they were left unwrapped in the refrigerator. I'm still trying to get that horrible taste out of my mouth...really bad people. The chef should be embarrassed!

Madeleine Ani

Classy place

Kana Kaneko

Ordered the salmon burger with ceaser salad. Looked great, but was not tasty. I could not eat everything, becuase it was cold and seemed to me that it was frozen. I was concerned my health. Also, the ceaser salada is no taste. I can't say it is a ceaser salad. It is a lemon salad... I will never go threre again.

thomas nahanee

This restaurant is located at the harbour front in downtown Nanaimo at the Coast Bastion Hotel, good seafood selection and steaks, my favorite is the spice rubbed pork chop, and for desert, can't resist the salted caramel cheesecake mmmmmm!

James Elder

Food is pretty good, not a lot of atmosphere. Nice views of the waterfront.

Ian Schulz

Convenient location. Friendly service. Came highly recommended by a friend who used to live in Nanaimo, and it certainly didn't disappoint. Food was great.

Thomas COWLEY

Minoz presents itself as a higher end establishment, however, although the food is adequate, the service is sub par. We've tried them three times, because of their being conveniently located for us, but won't be back. I called to discuss my concerns with the Manager, left my information and have never received a callback.

Gen Ridley

Burger was good.

Lyn Fame

Excellent service and good food.

Dawn Myers

So we ordered a take out Nanaimo Bar Cheesecake @ Minnoz. Although it was a take out, they still arranged it nicely for us.And of course, it looked like, tasted like and smelled like Nanaimo Bar, but it was not as sweet as traditional Nanaimo Bar. The sweetness was prefect for us! I would say I like this cheesecake more than regular nanaimo bar.

John Husch

Very flavorful dishes, great service and at a reasonable price. Lobster ravioli was to die for!

Jackie Sims

Amazing staff and excellent food

Walker B

Great brunch! Eggs Benny was amazing! Very friendly staff and reasonable prices

Ethan Lloyd

The food was subpar for the price. I thought the lobster ravioli was a good bet, as that’s an easy thing to do well, but the flavours did not match very well. Though, I heard other dishes are better