Oystercatcher Seafood Bar & Grill

There are many good restaurants on Salt Spring; this is not one of them. On a busy summer Friday night we tried to get into The Treehouse, which is a great little place with excellent food. As the wait would have been too long, we decided to give neighbouring ShipStones a try. Our patio table overlooking the marina was great and our server was prompt and friendly. Everything else was downhill from there. My husband had the mussels, which apparently had good flavour but were about the size of garden peas--really too small to include on a menu. The mussels came with the smallest bowl of frites we've ever seen in a restaurant. I had Korean BBQ chicken wings, which were dry and tasteless. Everyt...

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My son and I were looking for something yummy and easy for lunch as we had just arrived in Ganges. A patio on the harbour seemed perfect! But alas, not so much.Service was poor. We sat for almost 10 minutes before someone took our drink order. When we were done it took another 10 minutes after they cleared out plates to bring the bill. It was not busy, staff just looked distracted and chatty with each other. While we were waiting another table sat down and were attended to very quickly so maybe it was just our server. My son had fish and chips. The halibut was fishy tasting. I had a caesar salad with a very thin caesar dressing (watery) and I had two "crispy oysters" on it. The breaded oyste...

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Saturday is market day on Saltspring so a lot of people on the island, however the restaurant wasn't crazy busy when 10 us arrived just after 1 for lunch. We were accommodated quickly, water and menus arrived. We ordered drinks which came promptly but we waited almost 40 minutes for our meals. Burgers, vegetable curry, Caesar salad, mussels were good. The clam chowder tasted sweet(?), focaccia bread unremarkable. Waiter seemed to forget about us at times not bringing the ice cream for the kids meal until reminded and the take away Box requested (waited 10 minutes and finally gave up). Other diners who arrived after we did were served, finished their meal and left before we got our bill. Grea...

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Two of us went for dinner on a warm spring evening. The view was lovely overlooking the docks of Ganges, the entertainment, a guitarist and vocalist, were great and the wait staff were very good. Both of us were hungry. I ordered the crab cakes and salad and my friend ordered muscles in broth with bread. The crab cakes were nicely presented, the salad was delicious but the crab cakes were not fresh! They had that distinct taste of fish which was just going off. Some of the muscles were soft and tasted bad!I've given the restaurant a 3 because of the lovely setting and great music but the food was not good. The waiter did not charge for the muscles after our complaints but it did spoil our me... Reserva una mesa ahora

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This restaurant and the oystercatcher are the same place. It was on the water and the patio was nice with little fire pits here and there but the food was really very bad. We all had fish and chips and I must say it was probably the worst I have eaten in a long time and very expensive for what you got. The service was not great either. Much better places on the island at better prices.

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Just dropped in for a drink with friends over Christmas and ordered a ceasar. Handed the waitress a $10 bill and got back a loonie. $9.00 for a ceasar. Seemed way overpriced. The drink was OK but it must of been the 2 olives and the toothpick that made jacked the price up. I was there 2 years ago and it wasn't a good experience then. Live and learn.....Never again

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The food and beer were great but what impressed me most, was the staff. From the bartenders to the wait staff, everyone was pleasant, attentive and helpful. Not knowing anything about Salt Spring Island, they gave us directions and recommendations. We liked it so much we cam back twice during our three day stay.

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The service was lackluster and so was the food. Our table did not enjoy any of their choices from burgers to fish to frites to mussels. We would not recommend this eatery. Reserva una mesa ahora

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Stopped by for a beer on a very quiet Sunday afternoon. Had the place to ourselves. The view of the harbour was lovely.

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BF got their lamb burger and added an egg on topHe said it was the highlight of his trip to Salt Spring Island.

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