White Spot

50 min wait from time of order. When order came 2 orders had no fries and 1 order had no salad. None of the orders were long cook times. Fish taco, beef dip, club sandwich. No communication from staff and as usual management could have cared less.

This is strictly a review on take out only. Apparently there is an app/​online that can save you 20% on your take out at this time. We stayed in Motel 8 right across the street. It was raining and around 8−9pm so there weren’t that many people, although some were still coming in to dine in. Host was new and he did apologize for his lack of knowledge which was fine. I ordered dry rib, clam chowder, and french dip sandwich. Dry rib was really good. Clam Chowder was different than ones I see here in the state which is white. It looked more like Manhattan Clam Chowder. French dip came with fries and cole slaw and was ok… and they forgot mustard. Just a plain sandwich with aju. It wasn’t the greatest food, but I wouldn’t mind dining at another White Spot location that they have everywhere including BC Ferries and Science World. They are everywhere.

My family and I stopped in this White Spot (LOVE THEIR HONEY MUSTARD) location to quickly grab a bite before our ferry, we were quite hungry after touring UVIC.
I have to say the meal was sub par.
I ordered the new mac and cheese dish, it was pretty bad, way too many bread crumbs, more bread crumbs than there was pasta. barely any cheese sauce, dry.
Dads meal = legendary burger he said was over cooked, did not like it.
Mom, Sister = ordered the chicken tenders they were fine, hard to bake those incorrectly. Honey Mustard was #1 as always.
The one good part of the meal was the spinach and artichoke dip with naan bread as an appetizer.

Went there for my birthday because the prairie inn had a power outage the waitress took a whole hour (with small children with us) to even take our order and when she finally took our order she didn’t accept my drivers license as id (im 24). Then after another half hour and the kids lost it and husbands had to take the kids outside she refused to bring our children anything other than soup crackers, i decided to leave and not wait any longer and after forty five minutes after the hour i said i wanted to leave she came over to inform us thats fine she hadnt even put our order in anyways. I will never go there again the worst/​rudest service i have ever recieved.

They were out of everything I wanted and I was in crisis due to a mix up in plane flight times. Good service is everything, though.
The young lady who served my mom and I at the bar was amazing. Kudos to her. However; being out of half the menu and the average fish and chips means no 4 or 5 stars for this place. Think Canadian TGI Friday’s.

Location is handy if you are driving that way. Food is not bad, but if you have the time drive to sidney or royal oak and you will find much better food.

Not the best «spot» I’ve been to.
Recently, I removed the White Spot family from my quick go to place to eat. While on our way to Swartz Bay terminal, we stopped in because we weren’t sure of other places around (being from the mainland), after this meal, I knew without a doubt this would be the last time I would ever eat at a White Spot.
Disheveled, Zombielike service, and food I learned how to make as a child is how I would describe our experience. My veggie burger which apparently was designed based on the Vietnamese was dry and overflowing with sauce, and barely worth a mention in this review. I still question if they do indeed hire red seal chefs as the advertising dictates, and if so, are these «red seal chefs» proud of the general crap they produce. My recommendation is to go to the McD’s across the highway, at least you know you’re going to get a crappy meal. I’m still dehydrated from the meal, and I haven’t felt that way since I last ate fast food.

After having seen so many of these «Legendary» restaurants around, I broke down and decided to give it a whirl. After the ferry ride over, I was given a magazine filled with various attractions and coupons. One of which was to White Spot.
Famished after a long morning at Butchart, we headed over because I had already spent enough over there. This particular location is alongside some hotel/​motel whose name I cannot recall. I do remember a fountain with rather extravagantly blue water.
As with many family chain-​restaurants there’s not much to report. The service was nice and helpful as it was our first time here. But it’s really no different from an Applebee’s or TGIF Friday’s but definitely a step-​up from Friendlys.
We had ordered a salad, the «legendary» burger and a salmon burger. The food was fine — again nothing special. But what irked me was that they charged extra for honey mustard (to eat w/​my french fries)… what’s up with that?! Anyway — it’s just the same old thing but slightly more Canadian I suppose.