Bridgemans Bistro

Great seafood chowder. Overall decent meal.

Stopped by for dinner after visiting our daughter. Dinner and appetizers were very good. Calamari was excellent.
Stunning view. Great staff.

Wir waren mit Freunden im Juni 2015 hier zum Essen. Wir hatten unterschiedliche Gerichte, alle waren lecker. Ich hatte einen Caesarsalat und als Hauptgang Thunfisch in Sesamkruste. Einfach genial. Auch wie die Speisen angerichtet wurden hat mir gut gefallen, dass Auge isst ja mit. Allerdings war es recht voll (unbedingt reservieren) und dadurch auch etwas laut. Der Ausblick ist klasse, eine überdachte und windgeschütze Terrasse vorhanden, das Preis-​Leistungsverhältnis ist m.e. gut.

What a difference a year makes.
Last summer 2014 I had lunch here twice. Food was excellent, price point for the view acceptable, the place was packed on weekdays both times. all in all a great experience that I was happy to share with others.
This year took a very BAD turn for the worse. My friend and I came in on his boat for lunch on Apr 29^th and the place was empty save for two other tables. After opening the menu and glancing at the doubling of the prices in a year we almost left but stayed recalling how good the food was to justify these crazy high prices.
$ 17 for a pretty plain burger and fries which was overcooked and dry. WHAT. $ 17 for this??? Times the 2 of us. add in a coffee for $ 2.50 you end up with tax at $ 38,33.
Give credit to the young lady serving us or there would have been be no tip at all. so we added 20% for tip at $ 7.67 and ended up with $ 46 even for two very bad burgers.
Seriously?
I can see now why the Bistro was empty. If you want to experience this place you better hurry because at these prices and basic boring food it won’t be with us long.
To bad too. because it went from 5 stars to a one star in a year. next it will go out of business.
All well let’s just call it an expensive view for landlubbers and move on. Or better still pick up a Subway sammich at the Mill Bay mall a few blocks away, come down and sit on the docks and benches for free.

Had a bit of a roadtrip to Mill Bay to watch a friend’s concert, and then we headed here for dinner. It was relatively easy to find; head towards the Mill Bay Ferry and drive until you literally hit water. Bridgeman’s is built out on the end of a pier, with fantastic views all around. There appears to be a casual sort of pub dining area, and a larger more formal dining room area, that is separated from the pub area by large glass garage-​style doors. It looks like on a nice day you can also open up those doors onto the water and let the sea air in with the stunning scenery.
The menu looked really great — lots of good pasta options (which seems to be more and more unusual these days) as well as burgers, salads, appies and entrees. I actually had a hard time deciding, but went with the Quinoa Burger — which is actually one of the best I’ve had lately! It arrived on a very soft white brioche bun, stuffed with veggies and a generous helping of goat cheese. Yes please! My friends had the gnocchi in a pesto cream sauce (super yum, I had to steal some), which was a huge portion, and the cod and chips, which were very lightly battered and came with this awesome dill pickle aoili.
Another fun note: it was Easter weekend and the drink special was a Cadbury Crème Egg martini: vanilla vodka, house-​made chocolate syrup with Kahlua, and (get this) a crushed mini-​egg rim. It looked positively decadent, and my friend really enjoyed it (NO idea why I didn’t order it).
This is Island Life, people, so this places closes early (9 pm), but if you’re in the area it’s definitely worth a visit.

Food allergies DON’T eat here!
Would like to first say we enjoy eating here. Food is good, view is great and the service is ok. But after our visit on Sunday for lunch we will never be eating here again. I have a serious allergy to mushrooms. I ordered a dish that I already know does not contain mushrooms. Which is the clam & mussels in a tomato broth. When it came it was to hot to eat. So I started to remove the shells. Well removing the shells I found a quarter of a large mushroom. I called a server over and told them I have a serious mushroom allergy that if I ate that I would be in the hospital. He apologized and said it was made to order and should not contain mushrooms. So how this is a favourite dish of mine I ordered another. My boyfriend even got up to double check there would be no cross contamination. He confirmed no it is made to order. So now that the others at the table have finish and ordering there dessert my second meal finally showed up. Once again I remove the shells before I start eating it. So about a quarter of the way there I find ANOTHER mushroom. I thought this was made to order. I now have to go an force myself to vomit in there bathroom. Thank god I did not swallow anything to do with the mushroom and just felt sick for the rest of the day. Well I was in the washroom my boyfriend called the server over again and he said he doesn’t know what to say but all 4 meals where on the house and that he was sorry. We would have been happy to pay for the meals if he had anything better to say then that. The next day my boyfriend emailed the manager to let them know why would not be returning and that they should have a system in place for people who have serious food allergies. 3 days later and still no word back from the manager. Terrible customer service!

Mediocre food. Horrible service.
Price point acceptable for the view and location, not the experience.
Short simple menu but unfortunately the Server didn’t know even that.
After requesting a seafood only dish with no meat in it, she suggested the seafood pasta. It came with pork in it.

This has a gorgeous view, especially with the sun just beginning to set, you can get a pink sky in front of the mountain.
Our allergies sent the kitchen into a bit of a tizzy, but we ended up doing just fine.
The fusion bowl is highly recommended (by those without an egg allergy!). The menu pricing is reasonable, four entrees and a bottle of wine + 1 mixed drink cost approximately $ 120.
The salmon was really quite good, and there is a draw on at the moment for festival tickets, if you purchase seafood from the menu.

My hubby and I went here for a late lunch. I had the black and blue salad lunch special. My salad literally had rotten and browned lettuce and it was as though the kitchen cooks didnt want to break lettuce off the stalk clumps because I had that too. The blackened steak was very tough and served well-​done. Hubby had the short-​rib sandwich. It was very small for the price. Again, only mediocre in flavour.
The restaurant was not full by any means, about 5 tables, so service could have been better. Waited 15 minutes for my juice request until it showed up. Was not offered fresh pepper for my salad or dessert after we were done.
On a good note, you can’t beat the location. I just wish the food was as good as the view, sadly it wasn’t. Overpriced for what we got.

This location is incredible. Food was good, but nothing to write home about. Everything was priced accordingly. I would agree with other reviews that the service was a bit slow. I couldn’t tell if this was intentional or perhaps I was just being impatient? In any case, I’d go back– the location/​view is worth it!

First off, the view is gorgeous! What a great location. The food was delicious and well priced. The service was terrible!!! It took 15 minutes for someone to take our order and when we were done and wanted the bill that took even longer. The server came over after we had been waiting for 15 minutes and acknowledged that she forgot our bill and would bring it, and yet she still didn’t bring it. After 8 more minutes we just got up to pay at the front. We ran into her on our way to the till and she still hadn’t even printed it out yet. It wasn’t even busy and there were lots of servers/​bussers.
If I’m in the area I will go back and hopefully the service will be better.

I discovered this gem, right out on the waterfront, adjacent to the new marina in Mill Bay, totally by accident… a lovely surprise. They had not been open long, and I could see that to be there in the spring/​summer/​early fall, and to sit out on that spacious deck, would be a true delight. Loved that the kitchen was visible, everything was open and yet somehow private… dining for two would be just fine… food was good, the service excellent… worth driving up from Victoria on a sunny day. I will return.

Okay… lets look at he pros and cons:
Pros:
Great location
New modern setting
Waterside dining
Tasty dishes
Correct price point
Good wine list
Cons:
Poorly trained helper staff to the waiters
The helpers don’t listen to the patrons
No follow through on requests from the table
Poor management decisions (I will explain later)
Not certain if its a sports bar, restaurant or hybrid
Limited menu
So we were exploring Mill Bay and were told we should try Bridgemans Bistro. Very cool location on the water with outside dining. They have an interesting and somewhat limited menu which goes back and forth from a pub menu to a restaurant menu. Regardless, the food was very tasty. I had the braised beef sandwich with salad and my wife had the black bean burger and salad. Both nicely prepared.
As for the rest of the review, we will focus on the service. Our wait person, Jorga, was one of two people working the floor. This evening, they were doing a video shoot and pulling her in to work the shoot table. Unfortunately, that left the rest of her tables to the whim of the helpers. No follow through on simple requests such as, BBQ sauce, would you like more water?, can you turn the heaters on? When they were asked questions, they would agree without really listening and never follow through. Even though Jorga gave them direction, they could not follow simple direction. The meal was off from a timing perspective.
Lastly, management should have timed there promotional video shoot BEFORE patrons where dining with stand in from the staff lest people would not be ignored and inconvenienced. This is simply a sign of inexperienced management.
The food and wine saved the evening but I cannot say we will return.

This is an amazing restaurant in an incredible setting! It’s literally on the water in beautiful Mill Bay, British Columbia. Our San Juan Island Yacht Club started its July Cruise at the co-​owned marina. The restaurant did a Docktail Party for us as well as a full breakfast and dinner. It’s really hard to excel feeding 70 people but the outstanding staff pulled it off effortlessly. The food is simply, using just one word, AWESOME! For those of you arriving by land yacht the restaurant is just down the hill from the Trans Canada Highway. Don’t miss this enchanting place.

Enjoyed an lovely luncheon — sat out on the patio overlooking the marina. The staff were courteous and knowledgeable. Food presentation was very good and tasted excellent. Very enjoyable and have already recommended to friends.