Melange restaurant

Honestly a great dining experience!!! Our server went above and beyond to provide great service. She was friendly and really knew the menu and was able to make recommendations for food and beverages. We were very satisfied with both! The drinks crafted by the bartender were unique and delicious.

Wandered in during happy hour. Elias seated us and was very social and made the dining experience fun. The mushroom pasta and the tempura prawn Bao buns were fantastic. Definitely worth a ferry ride to re-experience. Loved it!

Good food. Great service. A little pricey...

Very attentive service, excellent food, beautiful location with street seating in the heart of Nanaimo!

Staff was friendly and accommodating. When it got cold outside, they quickly moved us inside. Each patron recommended the dish they had ordered. Our food was very good. Our servers provided input on the menu and were sociable. Around town, people also recommended this restaurant.

Stopped in today on our walk around the area what a great atmosphere..Service was great .Food was delicious no complaints...Bonus ..outside is dog friendly and the owner makes sure the dogs have fresh water at the tables ...will definitely go back

Food was pretty good but portion size sucks for the cost . Also the caeser salad is 22 bucks the dressing was not homemade and whole canned anchovies were thrown on top of the salad . As for the portion of your going to charge 40 dollars for a fish dish there better be a 8oz piece of fish on the plate not 4

Just a quick little one, me and a friend popped in here for a quick drink and a tiny bite to eat (appetiser) on nightmarket night on Thursday. I came with my dog Cooper and everyone was so kind and friendly to him and that really put a smile on my face. Owner (I think) even came out and gave him off cuts from the kitchen as a treat. I will 100% be returning to have a actual try of the menu it looked so good! Our little snacks we had were great! A massive thumbs up for kindness to me and especially the dog 🐕. Thank you

Stopped in for a late lunch for happy hour. Wonderful G&T and delicious jerk chicken bowl. Great spot for people walking. Very friendly staff

Try to go yesterday at 8pm they were closing, went again today at 3:30pm walk to back of the restaurant but nobody to great us so we left. You guys really gave up.. that's unfortunate, I was looking forward to try.

We made a reservation for 8pm on Saturday night. As we arrived, we were being seated at the front, as we were being led to our window seat, a tall bartender came to the front door to greet a couple of his homies with gregarious bro handshakes and blocked our entry to the table for several moments. The host tried to get his attention twice but he ignored her and continued blocking us and greeting his VIPS, who went to sit at his bar. We decided to stay, but we definitely thought about bailing as it was such a lame faux pas. I should also mention at the time it was a mostly empty restaurant. 1 other couple whom we later found out dines there every day. So it's not like this was some bustling place where it was easy to step on front of someone. Definitely amateur behavior. Food - bread and butter and warmed olives were very good. House made bread, nicely marinated olives with preserved lemon . The entrees (they were out of 3 of the 5 main entrees) we're just ok. The peking duck is weirdly labeled. Not remenecent of peking duck at all, it's a duck confit leg with Asian BBQ sauce. Decent, but a bit soft. No crispy skin. Just ok. The branzino was also just ok. Sauce was overly thin and a bit under seasoned, and the lone accompaniment was a weird braised lotus root that was chalky. Not a great dish but fish was cooked decently. Drinks were probably the best part other than a watery mai tai... The other 3 cocktails we had were delicious. Our server was friendly and genuine and we liked him a lot. Probably wouldn't choose to come back for a expensive night out here, but you never know. Limited options around town.

Starting with Fish Basa Tacos, the main courses include Jerk Chicken rice bowl and Scallops Risotto, with London Fog Cake for dessert... Everything is flawless 👌

Fast, friendly service with a unique menu. And the decor was lovely. I really enjoyed our time there.