Best Restaurants for Local Ingredients in Central Saanich

Our server was amazing ! Friendly, helpful and made great recommendations.

We had afternoon tea in the dining room at Butchart Gardens on Family Day Monday and found the experience to be quite lovely. We were warmly greeted by the host who checked us in, took our coats and after a very short wait we were seated by our server at a wonderful table by a window looking out onto the garden. The room was bright, impeccably clean and had all the hushed serenity one would expect in the garden setting… I felt the music could have been a touch louder as it was barely audible and might have offered a bit of ambiance and privacy. Our server was friendly, very pleasant and she explained our tea options and guided us through the service. We opted for the « sparkling tea for two » which featured a half-bottle of BC sparkling wine, and we thought the wine added a bit of a celebratory note to our experience. The first course was a bright and light lemon trifle, and was followed by the three-tier tea sandwich and pastry tower and of course the loose-leaf tea ( the rose tea was amazing!) The tower looked elegant, and was very generously filled with fresh and delicious small bites. Some were served warm, others were chilled and all were distinctly flavoured and well balanced, perfect for pairing with the tea offerings. We found the whole experience to be absolutely wonderful and left feeling fully satiated and thoroughly satisfied.

The best roast beef meal we’ve had in a while. Potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, vegetables all cooked to perfection. Delicious butternut squash soup for starters, a “to die” for chocolate mousse which just slipped down a treat after the huge meal!! Monique our server - the only server - that night serving the whole restaurant because the menu was a simplified Roast dinner menu, was adorable; efficient and knowledgeable about the menu. She made a special evening more special - thank you Monique: Matt the chef not too grand ( as is often the case) to chit chat with us whilst in the midst of wrapping up the service. Produced a MEAN Yorkshire pudding and a seasoned to perfection cut of roast beef Fantastic

Our waitress Taylor was very helpful and friendly. The dine around menu was delicious!

Burger is always great! and the location is fantastic, with lots of parking. Staff are very friendly and I love having work lunch there with my coworkers.