Saltair Pub - Chemainus

Have had a lot of fun on karaoke nights here in the pastIt's a nice pub, dim inside, pretty at Christmas and the patio is nice during the summer.

The Saltair is not some place you are going to just happen upon.

Quaint, little neighborhood pub in Saltair (par of Ladysmith).

We have been to this pub and over the last three years have seen it change hands and menus, stories abound about the why's and where fors of failures. Last night we went again with two other couples from the area, specifically to see the entertainer who was great as usual, he played for two and a half hours with only 1 fifteen minute break,great sense of humour and a songs that just were non stop.So having said that we arrived at six and decided to make a night of it. we ordered supper off the scant choices offered, no appetizers.Asked if the cod that was served with french fries was fresh, the answer was it was frozen but now its thawed, unacceptable! living in a coastal village they serve up frozen fish.Come on. Calamari was over cooked and mostly batter, the salad came but the lettuce was rusty, we listened intently to a man at the table next to us complain about his meal the server just listened and didn't offer to make it better or change it to something more edible.The drinks were ,drinks, can't mess with that. The place is set beautifully in an off the road location ,however doesn't overcome the bad taste we left with....all in all the entertainer was great ,company was great and the patrons as friendly as you would ever meet.However the food was sub par...choose carefully, there are lots of places around to eat, Bottom line the six of us decided that we would not eat there again....but never say never.

In fact, it was a home once upon a time, and it is tucked behind the landscaping on a small street off the main highway so if you didn't know it was here you would drive right past it. Craftsman charm, good beer, and decent pub food more or less as you'd expect with some dependence on fried food: fish and chips, burger plates and the like. And someone's got some Greek ancestry going on as some of the dishes veer that direction. Quiet on midweek days but apparently quite the place on Friday and Saturday nights--you'll see all the neighbors here!