Denman Island Bakery & Pizzeria — Restaurant in Courtenay

I really wanted to love this place and it hurts me to write this review. I was a returning customer and went many times - unfortunately, almost every buy was a fail and I kept giving second chances due to the lovely staff and desire to support local. Every single time I bought bread, it would go moldy after just a couple days. I make my own bread often - I am not very sanitary, and it will last 1-1.5 weeks before going moldy. Not 2-3 days. It makes me very concerned about hygiene at this facility. I bought a cinnamon roll once - was completely raw in the middle. The buns are amateur at best, burger buns dense, and seems like they use the same dough for many different products. That is just lazy and frankly, offensive. When I enter a bakery, I expect something better than the amateur breads I make on my own as they should be experts and I am not. What a disappointment. Please support competent bakeries to make Courtenay a place to be proud of. For tourism, for the people, for honor. However, this place makes me ashamed of our local bread...

An excellent place to get a take and bake pizza. They have a nice mix of seasoning that they mix into the dough. The pizza crust is a bit bready but what would you expect from a place that makes bread. Their bread is very filling and delicious. I personally recommend the sour dough. The raisin and craisins bread is also an excellent bread for toast in the morning. They also make wonderful bread sticks, date squares, and cinnamon buns. I can't recommend them enough, they are great people making...

went in there to look for some nice whole grain buns to compliment my lamb burgers and I guess I stepped into there baking area ... one fellow said you are not allowed there and the another older lady sternly told me that i cant go past this imaginary line once again ... not once did they ask what i was looking for and treated me with total rudeness .. i am sorry I stepped into your work area i was just looking at the buns ... Ill...