Ogden Point Cafe

No. 49

Overpriced food, bad coffee, with splendid view.

You really have to have no love for food to enjoy a meal at Ogden Point. Even their desserts are bad towards inedible. To top it all, it is expensive. The only food I have enjoyed here is the bagels, the only item in the menu that I could recommend.

The coffee sucks.

But the view! The view! It is spectacular. Getting a table, and enjoying that view of the Strait is worth everything else.

I have the feeling this place would be packed if the food was good. Perhaps, it is better that it stays this way.

The inside table and chairs are more comfortable than the solarium and patio ones.

Verdict: I come for the view.

Paid: 11 for double espresso, some type of dessert raspberry bar, and a chocolate.

Internet: Yes

--dmg

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Marina Coffee House

No. 47

A bad coffee shop with an excellent view, is the way I can summarize this place.

Located at the Oak Bay Marina, it is not in Victoria, but it is on my way to work, hence I frequently stop there.

I ordered a lemon pound cake and a espresso.

The espresso was originally served in a paper cup (even though I asked for it "for here"). Fortunately the barista redid it (most baristas would have poured it), and I thanked her for that! This is good service. The espresso is Starbucks and it is ok.

The pound cake was old, very old. I was asked if I wanted it warm, but it would have been done with a microwave. You can't warm bread and cakes in microwaves! Well, you can, but it is a very different result than using a toaster.

The place feels run down. It is a place that you come for the view of the marina, and not the food. The coffee is average.

Verdict: I come for the view

Internet: No

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