La Isla Café — Restaurant in Nanaimo

Was super excited to try this coffee shop! But, first, I had to wait so long just to get a drip coffee. There were a group of 4 women who ordered a fancy coffee, I expected to get my drip coffee first because it's already made and all she had to do was pour it into a cup. However, she served the 4 ladies, then took 2 other customer orders, and then served the man AFTER me a drip coffee. And then she went to me and said she needed to brew a new pot. So, I go to sit down and I get my sandwich. It was the ham and cheese and I added an egg to it. It was absolutely garbage. It tasted like fish. At this point I was so hungry and upset and I was on a lunch break for work so I didn't have anytime left to even bother arguing the sandwich. I took out the spinach to see if it tasted less like fish...then the eggs, then at that point I gave up because my stoamch was turning. So, I decided to eat the raspberry cheese cake which looked amazing. It had zero flavor to it. After spending about $25 on this entire meal, I'm so disappointed and will...

I love the feel and atmosphere of this cafe and that it's open consistently throughout the week. Service and setting is great. The menu and display options cover a good selection but quality of ingredients is not consistent which was disappointing (quesadilla with high processed cheese). When speaking to the server it sounds like they don't currently have a manager so orders are not consistent and this is not always the case, but it's suggest asking for specifics before ordering to ensure they are preparing a quality version of their menu. The soup, samosas, greens and dressing...

Expensive but good coffee and snacks. However I give La Isla three stars because you never know when they are open…there have been multiple times over the past couple of months that they are either open during the week, then including the weekends, then back to decreased hours, and closed because staff are sick….multiple businesses are open when staff are sick… I would suggest the public calling before they go because the cafe may or may...