The Old Firehouse Wine And Cocktail

Friendly, relaxing atmosphere with flavorful and creative food and drink options. Staff is knowledgeable and helpful with making selections. Love it!

Delicious Food and Gracious, Attentive Service. We attended the Old Firehouse for a Winemakers Dinner featuring wines from Avrill Creek and had a wonderful evening.The four course meal with a different featured wine for each course was superb with each course being beautifully plated and absolutely delicious. Combined with attentive service and the owner of Avrill creek's comments about each wine and winemaking in general it was a completely enjoyable occasion.Top marks to the owner, Jeff, his staff and the chef's for a well done event in their comfortable, attractive venue.

The 3 course meal for the Dine Around Cowichan was a tantalizing dance for the taste buds. The Winter Salad set you up beautifully for the Flat Iron Steak with parmesan potato pave, carrots, red wine sauce, mushrooms relish and topped with crispy shallots. The Matcha Cheesecake with peach, honeycomb and crispy Phyllis was just scrumptious! Capped off with their Bourbon Sour. Simply fantastic. Jeff and his team provide an unforgettable experience. Be sure to put them on your list for your next dinning adventure in the Cowichan Valley.

Overall, I'd say the old firehouse is good. Could it be better? Yes. We had a lovely server but where things could improve is in the kitchen. We ordered fries at two different times. The first batch was perfect! Hot and crispy. The second batch, wilted and cold. Why do chefs try and pawn off less desirable food? We sent it back and the chef had to make a new, proper batch so if they were concerned about food wastage, it happened anyway. Then there were the donuts for the dessert...the quality and presentation was not the same as a few days earlier. Not only were the actual donuts smaller, there was less blackberry curd and macerated blackberries. The other food we had was great but I don't have a previous comparison to see if the kitchen was trying to take shortcuts. On top of great customer service, consistency in the kitchen is key for long term success. You can see that in successful, long time American restaurants.

Delicious food, great drinks. Superb service. You need to try it yourself.