The Village Baker Café — Restaurant in Bowen Island Municipality

Saddest and thinnest little BLT sandwich I’ve ever seen; it was basically just a toast with a few slices of the ingredients. The slice of lettuce inside it was wilted from being heated in the panini press. It was $12. The minestrone soup was okay but was clearly from a can (at least it tasted that way). Came with a grilled cheese which was also just okay, it was made with low quality cheese so nothing exciting. This was $14. Then you feel silly when you tipped 18% up-front only to have to keep track of your items yourself. They just put your items out on a table and you have to go fetch it yourself, they don’t even call your name so you just have to run over there and hope nobody else ordered the same. All of our items were packaged as if we were having them to-go, but I never said we were, and they never asked. On the contrary we settled in with our toddler in a high-chair and everything - it was pretty obvious we intended to eat there. Not the most expensive place but it seemed pricey for what it was. Not a good value...

Extremely uncomfortable experience trying to get a coffee from this place. As I placed my order the man behind the counter loudly tells his staff that they should put a higher minimum on card transactions and that the small purchases are ridiculous. I asked if we can drink inside or outside at the tables and he said a vaccine passport is required for both. NO staff is wearing masks while preparing your food but visitors are required to. Extremely condescending and not friendly , there are plenty of coffee places on the island to support, this isn't one I'll be...

My first time on bowen Island and I decided to try this quaint little Cafe, hoping for some of that small town island charm I have heard so much about. The woman working seemed almost bothered that we were there and was quite rude. I ordered bacon and eggs and asked for my eggs over easy. She said no to my surprise I heard the beeping of a microwave in the back. They have other foods in the display that im sure were made else where as they did not look microwaved. Not a great experience , I will never return to this...