Pacific Brimm - Parksville

The coffee tasted weak and bland, with the espresso being more like an americano. The mocha was overly sweet. The food took almost an hour to be served, despite being standard lunch fare. One of the bathrooms was out of toilet paper and the other was out of paper towels. The main restaurant had two audio streams playing simultaneously - a Spanish radio and pop music, which was quite odd. Ordering at the counter was inconvenient, and the staff were not helpful at all. Overall, it was a complete disaster.

We have visited the Pacific Brimm many times, mainly as it has an outside eating area which dogs can use. Food is ample and service is efficient.

Waited 20 minutes for two soups and an egg salad sandwich. People ordering behind us got their food faster than we did. When I went to inquire, the food all of a sudden showed up a few minutes later. Soup was good (tomato basil and beef barley). The biscuit that came with the tomato soup was a little rolled up ball of dough that fit in the palm of my hand, and probably had been in the microwave too long as it was doughy and wet thus inedible. The egg salad sandwich was a messy eat with everything falling out before you could even take a bite and the bread was not fresh. We love to support our local businesses but not sure if we'll return again. Very disappointing $25 lunch!

You should not say that you are open at 7 AM when you are open at 8 AM. To have people waiting outside in the cold and in the rain it’s kind of ridiculous!

WOW!!! is all I can say. My friend and I attended the public market on Craig Street on July 26, 2022. We decided that we would stop in for a beverage. Upon entering I noticed a man, whom late I would find out was the owner, whisper something into the young lady 's ear that was at the till. We approached the till and I asked what type of beer they had on tap? The young lady started to tell me the types of beer then this man very rudely pointed to the menu and said It 's all on here . I looked at him and said, I 'm sorry but neither of us have our glasses with us, can she continue? He yelled at me, I 'm the owner here, you get out! I was shocked! My friend said, pardon me? and he said, You heard, me now get out! We left in disbelief! I am a proud indigenous woman, now let me tell you, I was so embarrassed to be talked to like that in front of a room full of people. This man needs to educate himself on racism and needs to learn how to treat people of all cultures. I will never go back there again!!!