The Garden Café & Bar

Waves brushing the coast, gardens in bloom, and the gentle aroma of freshly brewed coffee drifting across a sun-warmed patio. The Garden Cafe is a place to slow down, fill your cup, and let the morning unfold at its own quiet pace. While the main restaurant is known for its elevated coastal dinners and bright ocean-facing dining room, the cafe offers a simpler, more intimate experience: handcrafted coffee, fresh pastries, and a garden setting that invites lingering.

Monday–Thursday: Continental Breakfast 8:00–11:00 AM
Monday–Thursday: Garden Table Lunch 11:30 AM–2:00 PM
Friday–Saturday: Bites & Cocktails from 3:00 PM to close

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Garden at Sooke Harbour House with gazebo, chairs, and tables

A Garden Oasis By The Ocean

The Garden Café and Bar serves espresso beverages, fresh house-made pastries, and artisanal bread, breakfast and happy hour daily. Here, tables are set among the beds of seasonal blooms.

Whether you settle into an Adirondack chair overlooking the ocean, or wrap your hands around a warm cup on the grass, the garden becomes the heart of the experience. The Pacific stretches beyond the lawn, and the sound of the tide is a constant, calming presence.

Garden Café Menu

Start your morning with Continental Breakfast, join us for a relaxed Garden Table Lunch, or settle in for Bites & Cocktails on Friday and Saturday afternoons.

Continental Breakfast

Ease into your morning with Continental Breakfast in the Garden Café, a relaxed start to your day at Sooke Harbour House. Enjoy a thoughtfully curated continental breakfast featuring house-made pastries, local ingredients, and fresh seasonal offerings—perfectly paired with freshly brewed coffee or premium teas.

Available Monday to Thursday 8 AM–11 AM

Bakery

House Croissant
House Muffin
House Sourdough Bread
Whipped Butter
Selection of Two House-Made Seasonal Jams
Gluten-Free Bakery Selection (Available Upon Request)

From the Kitchen

Hard-Boiled Egg
Crispy Bacon
Local & Fresh
Plain Yogurt
Local Artisan Cheese Selection
Seasonal Whole Fruit

Pantry Selection

House Cereal Selection

Juices

Orange / Apple / Cranberry

Coffee & Tea

Freshly Brewed JJ Bean Coffee
Assorted Premium Teas

Served With Cream, Sugar & Sweeteners

Our Morning Philosophy

Begin your day with a simple yet elevated breakfast inspired by the West Coast. Featuring fresh baked goods, local cheeses, seasonal fruit, and quality ingredients, our Harbour Continental Breakfast is designed to offer a relaxed and nourishing start before exploring everything Sooke has to offer.

Garden Table Lunch – $35

Enjoy a comforting lunch featuring sandwiches, roasted butternut squash soup and Brazilian chocolate cake, with coffee, tea and juice included. Sandwiches may be pressed to order upon request.

Available Monday to Thursday 11:30 AM–2 PM.

Chicken Provolone Sandwich
Roasted chicken breast, lemon pepper mayo, lettuce, apple chutney, provolone, sourdough

Prosciutto & Gorgonzola Sandwich
Prosciutto, gorgonzola, lemon pepper mayo, lettuce, cornichons, sourdough

Roasted Eggplant & Beets Sandwich
Baba ganoush, pickled beets, lemon pepper mayo, lettuce, cucumber, rye sourdough

Roasted Butternut Squash Soup
Herb croutons, sourdough

Nega Maluca
Moist Brazilian chocolate cake

Bites & Cocktails

Gather in the Garden Café for afternoon bites and cocktails, a relaxed way to unwind and enjoy time by the harbour.

Available Friday & Saturday, 3pm – 5pm

Food

Meat and Cheese – 32
Prosciutto, Capicola, Mortadella, Gorgonzola, Smoked Gouda, House Preserves

Duck Fat Popcorn – 17
Cooked in Duck fat, Togarashi Kelp Powder

Harbour Kettle Chips – 17
Salt Vinegar, Chive Dip
Add Salmon Caviar – 12

Cheese Sticks – 19
Smoked Cheddar, Spring Roll, Spicy Miso Ranch

Drinks

The Whiffin Spritz – 18
Aperol, Prosecco, Limoncello syrup, dehydrated orange wheel

Rainforest Negroni – 17
Tofino old growth cedar gin, Ampersand Per Se Bitter Aperitivo, Esquimalt Rosso Vermouth

Good Jam (Non Alc) – 14
Rotating house jam, lemon, sparkling soda

Draught Beer – 8.50 (16oz) 10 (20oz)
Rotating local taps