Pubs that do a good brunch.... trying to think of a top five on Vancouver Island list. There's lots of places open early for the sports fans, or for lazy Sunday mornings before the real trade starts around noon, but I'm drawing a blank right now on great ones.
The Four Mile House does a Sunday brunch. A small menu, that covers the breakfast basics to get things under way, especially for the poor unfortunates working Sunday. Or the hungry runners coming in from the cold, damp November morning.
Our party of four contained both workers and runners. We convinced the server to get the fire lit, so that warmth flowed out into the open main bar room. The idea of sitting under out door heat lamps was given to us, but that seems like a waste of energy, and also not a good way to keep the elements out. It was a day for indoors, feeling cocooned up in our own bubbles.
It is also a day for brevity in reviews.
I ordered a hash skillet, which was plenty of potato, meat and eggs covered Hollandaise sauce. Parts of the skillet were only luke-warm, possibly as it was served in a china dish, not a big metal skillet. The hollandaise was just hollandaise, and nothing special, The eggs were cooked about right. The coffee was warm and plentiful.
Two others ordered the Four Mile stack: A ham slice topped with a waffle, topped with bacon, topped with a waffle, topped with sausage, topped with a waffle, topped with eggs. With fruit, syrup and whipped cream on the side. This was 'a lot of meat' (quothed Andrea). It took some deconstruction to be edible, unless you have an unhinge-able jaw you need to split this down. Good waffles, while the meat was typical breakfast protein... I snagged a sausage, and it was an average sage-spiced pork tube.
Good value for a monster breakfast, but not exceptional such that I urge you to drive out to View Royal.
I feel much the same about the Four Mile as the beer they brew.... I love the design of the labels on their beer, but the contents is just average. I love the feel of the pub and the way it is laid out, but the food and service is just average. You can do better in other places around town, so unless living near by, why bother going here?
The Four Mile House does a Sunday brunch. A small menu, that covers the breakfast basics to get things under way, especially for the poor unfortunates working Sunday. Or the hungry runners coming in from the cold, damp November morning.
Our party of four contained both workers and runners. We convinced the server to get the fire lit, so that warmth flowed out into the open main bar room. The idea of sitting under out door heat lamps was given to us, but that seems like a waste of energy, and also not a good way to keep the elements out. It was a day for indoors, feeling cocooned up in our own bubbles.
It is also a day for brevity in reviews.
I ordered a hash skillet, which was plenty of potato, meat and eggs covered Hollandaise sauce. Parts of the skillet were only luke-warm, possibly as it was served in a china dish, not a big metal skillet. The hollandaise was just hollandaise, and nothing special, The eggs were cooked about right. The coffee was warm and plentiful.
Two others ordered the Four Mile stack: A ham slice topped with a waffle, topped with bacon, topped with a waffle, topped with sausage, topped with a waffle, topped with eggs. With fruit, syrup and whipped cream on the side. This was 'a lot of meat' (quothed Andrea). It took some deconstruction to be edible, unless you have an unhinge-able jaw you need to split this down. Good waffles, while the meat was typical breakfast protein... I snagged a sausage, and it was an average sage-spiced pork tube.
Good value for a monster breakfast, but not exceptional such that I urge you to drive out to View Royal.
I feel much the same about the Four Mile as the beer they brew.... I love the design of the labels on their beer, but the contents is just average. I love the feel of the pub and the way it is laid out, but the food and service is just average. You can do better in other places around town, so unless living near by, why bother going here?
EDIT : Two of the people I was with seemed to think this review was harsh and unfair. They noted the staff were really friendly, getting the fire turned on. And how often our coffee mugs were refilled. They also reported the bacon was -almost- as good as the bacon at 'Relish'. Which is very high praise.
I didn't want to come across as harsh, just trying to communicate it was an average experience... some good points, a couple of negative ones, but over all... it was there, we ate there, it'll still be there and no reason for it not to be there, or for anyone to avoid it. Just no reason to drive across three municipalities to get there. But if nearby, why not?
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