Shaughnessy's Cove — Restaurant in Summerland

My brother gave us a gift card to check out this waterfront restaurant in Summerland. We made a date night of it while we were vacationing in Penticton, just a 20 min drive away.

We made reservations and I'm really glad we did, it was very busy and we noticed later that there was a line and a wait to get in.

There is a beautiful boardwalk and dock just in front of the restaurant. We went on a nice walk before dinner as we were a bit early.

At our reservation time we were seated right away in a relatively quiet booth as requested. So bonus points earned here. The restaurant was pretty loud but our corner was not too bad. Our server was friendly, but we only ended up seeing her every 20-30 mins.

I ordered a fantastic wine, which I have since gone out and bought, and my husband also ordered a great wine.

Our appetizer was the sunset shrimp, which I was a bit hesitant to order at first. But OMG it was absolutely delicious! If you come for nothing else order this, it's tempura shrimp over a bed of picked vegetables and has an awesome spicy creamy sauce drizzled on top.

I ordered the fettuccine Alfredo with blackened chicken. This was epic as it is made with FRESH and I mean fresh pasta, and the chicken was super moist! Probably one of the best pasta dishes I have had in a very long time.

Hubs ordered the ribs which he said were ok, but a bit dry, his highlight was the fries. He thought they were fried in tallow, super crisp and flavourful.

We ordered a dessert to share which was a bit disappointing. A turtle cheesecake, which was supposed to have candied pecans, nope just walnuts. Supposed to have caramel and chocolate drizzle, no where to be found. And it was coated in a lot of raw cinnamon, not even mentioned on the menu. And it was the tiniest slice I have ever been served at any restaurant anywhere, and it was $12.

All in all a very pleasant evening, with mostly highs, I would still recommend this place as most of the food and especially the wine...

It makes me sad sharing this review. I have lived in the Okanagan for just over three years now and Shaunessy’s Cove has been one of my favorite spots. The view, the service, food and beverage selection was all fantastic….that is until tonight. :( I was excited to bring a friend from Alberta for the whole experience and we were so disappointed. Well, the view is still spectacular and the service we received from Andrew was exceptional! Sadly, the cocktail and wine selection was skeletal (and we live in wine country, so not sure why there was only four mediocre options for white and red wines, and only one rose), they said they would make a pina colada but brought a drink that was nothing close to that and tried to tell us that it was their version of it…even though we asked for a traditional one and was told we would get that. And the food was the worse part…we ordered four appies to share; Crispy Yam Fries, Sticky Chicken, Oshi Sushi and Sunset Shrimp. Omg…idk where to start. Not one was good. Yam fries were soggy (although they fixed that), both chicken and shrimp were waaaay overcooked. We couldn’t even tell which was chicken at first. And the shrimp plate is strange. It’s plated on top of shredded lettuce that was quickly soggy under deep fried shrimp and had diced pickled carrots through out. The flavours did not go together at all. And the sushi could have been decent but the salmon piece was paper thin with an unproportional amount of rice. When I cut off more than half the rice, it was not bad.

I am so sad to say that I will not be recommending Shaunessy’s Cove as I have many times, and I don’t think I’ll be going back until significant changes are made. :’(

But…just to reiterate, Andrew was amazing! He not only provided fabulous service, he really stepped up and advocated for us. They are lucky to have him! Thank...

As someone else posted, I too am very sad to write this review. I've posted 5 star reviews for Shaughnessy Cove multiple times on different platforms and have always raved about the food, service and the atmosphere. Whenever we have guests visiting the Okanagan that's been our go to place. We always seem to order the same items one is the very popular cauliflower bites. I'm not sure what's happening but the last two visits they've been bland and not at all tasty and too crunchy as if they were not cooked properly. We also tend to order the veggie burger and the last two times the burger came out with a pickle ontop of the bun. The first time I thought it was odd and mentioned that to the wait staff as it made the top bun very soggy. She offered to replace the bun which was nice but I declined and just ate it. I did suggest to her they not do that and just stick to putting the pickle on the side. This is not a gourmet restaurant, it's pub fare and I felt they were trying to be gourmet by changing the presentation....with a pickle. The next time same thing for the cauliflower and burger. The pickle was on the top making soggy bread. I'm not sure who thought this would be appealing or tasty but it's not. My neighbour joined us on the second visit, she too visits often. She ordered a chicken dish that is her go to meal and said it was not edible. We both are now disappointed because this was really a favourite for us and I unfortunately will not be going back and I will not be recommending. It's not a cheap place to eat and I certainly have no problem paying for good food but the last two visits were definitely not worth the cost. Staff is always pleasant and the atmosphere is...