COCO Café in Nanaimo

The staff and coffee were lovely and should I be in Cedar again, Ill know where to go for some Java.

Best little breakfast spot

Classic Eggs Benedict is my test for food quality, and this was one of the best I have experienced! A proper hollandaise sauce and the back bacon had so much flavor.

The food was excellent and their mission and the way they operate is so cool. More businesses need to think this way. Well done

Super friendly staff, food is pretty decent, drinks are great, and love the purpose.

A funny little eclectic Cafe. Food is good and prices are fair.

Stopped by for coffee last Saturday. Super friendly young man at the cash. Delicious coffee and scrumptious, moist savoury scone.

Their food is great, as is their service, only thing I was disappointed with was the quality of the latte - to be fair, I am a trained barista so perhaps I am more picky than most, but it tasted quite burnt, likely the espresso grind is too fine.

Wonderful staff, lovely lattes, and delicious food! Highly recommend :)

Always great service here and the baked goods are fantastic

A really nice place in cedar to grab a coffee

Nice little coffee shop in Cedar. Food and coffee are excellent. Service is great.

Everything about Coco is special, people, the mission, food. Visit it for a heartwarming experience.

Tasty breakfast. Looks like they have a bunch of take and bake food options as well. Will have to come back again!

Love it there

Always good.

Get a brekky bowl....awesomely delicious

Restarting, days of operation, Tuesday through Sunday, 800 to 1400. For now, may change in future.

Wonderful cafe with really lovely staff! Good size cafe with a variety of comfortable indoor seating & bonus multiple outside seating as well! The Food is Fantastic, my fave is the breakfast panini, wow always delish. The desserts & cookies are tasty too. Highly recommend! Feels so good to come here, the energy. The menu both food & drink choices, is excellent. EDIT: my 4th visit (on my 4wk retreat in Cedar) I got the pre-made half smoked chicken wrap to go, wow totally worth $8, wish Id bought 2 ! Excellent quality, taste & filled to the brim with goodness. I also ordered my 4th breakfast panini (to die for) with ketchup as usual BUT instead of adding it on the side like all 3 other times, it was added to the sandwich! ~ still tasty (tho not as good as usual ie. Ketchup on the side) + super messy so dont forget to always ask for ketchup, on the side! Parking: Tons of parking

Everyone is a sweetie here & the food is great. I always go here after my nature wander around hemer park. Have some gluten free, dairy free goodies.

Great little place. Love the mission. Good food, very good dark roast coffee for drip. Glad we found it!

I always forget this place exists and then Ill be 75km into a 150km bike ride and it pops up and makes me so happy. Good places to sit outside and lots of coffee options. I really like their social good principles as well.

Smoked salmon bagel is one of the best things Ive eaten

this is just amazing the food perfect the decor spot on I love the wooden stuff everyone was very nice this is the best food Ive ever had I hope you reach your goal Vegetarian options: good restaurant Kid-friendliness: kid friendly place

Great

I had the best Chicken Club sandwich ever! The staff was friendly and professional. Highly recommended!

Wonderful staff great cappuccino

Fantastic food and they are a great community supporter.

This charming little cafe is amazing. The food is home made comfort and always delicious. The staff is happy and helpful, the best thing here is that folks of differing abilities get work experience and training. Bravo Parking: Huge lot never a problem Kid-friendliness: Very relaxed open room, kids would be happy Wheelchair accessibility: Completely flat entry points and lots of room to manoeuvre

Glad there is free food here now, I am so poor I am forced to live like its year 1600

It was very clean and quiet. Two things that make a coffee shop great. Thank you.

Super cute little coffee shop with great coffee!

Great selection of gf snack items. All yummm

Although the food is good, it is pricey. Orded a breakfast bowl today with the simple request of no Hashbrowns and extra spinach/tomato in its place. My bowl was half hashbrowns and when I brought it back all I received was a sorry - no offered compensation for my $20 bowl I couldnt eat half of.

Amazing food and super friendly staff.

Although this place has surprisingly good reviews it was very underwhelming. We got the breakfast panini and breakfast garden bowl+ soft poached egg to go. The panini tasted like the a soft sandwich and was not crispy and didn t appear to be toasted at all. For my garden bowl I ordered a poach egg on top. I saw another review where they forgot the egg so I made sure to check that it was there. When I got home though I found out that they forgot the pesto sauce and had to go back to grab it. The soft poached egg was also medium done. If anyone would still like to try out this cafe I would suggest checking your whole order before leaving.

Highly recommend!

Touring BC. Found this gem looking for a place for lunch. I had the chicken sandwich. Huge! My only meal that day. Our last day begore we went home, we went there for breakfast. The portion was more then qe could eat. Great service great tasting food and generous portions. Lattes were good too.

Another great breakfast at CoCoCafe

I wish it was open later! Lovely spot!!!

Very good choc zucchini loaf, and blended mocha and good tea

Good food... alittle pricey

I like Coco Café. The drinks and food are fantastic, the staff are friendly and helpful, and theres a sizeable parking lot right next to the place. My only two (minor) gripes is that the place is open only five days a week and closes on the early side 8am-3pm. Aside from this, I highly recommend Coco for breakfast, brunch, or lunch.

Great breakfast!

Great little coffee joint and Cafe. Good vibe and nice people. Parking: Lots of easy access parking.

Food here is delicious

Good food Friendly staff

Great food on the go, friendly service, doing great things for the community. Also one of the best cinnamon buns I have ever had. Tasted just like Nanas.

Friendly staff, great atmosphere, yummy food and dog friendly. We will be back for sure!

Very nice spot. Only open to 3 but check hours of operation as last winter they closed at 2.

Really great breakfast!!

Such a wonderful experience! Had a delicious breakfast and the atmosphere was extremely pleasant!

The most inclusive and delicious restaurant.

Food is very good and we enjoyed going there. We would drive 20 minutes. But with the big hike is prices we will no longer be visiting coco unfortunately. We were going every weekend.

Hashbrowns tasted like they was from yesterday

I adore this place great food, great staff, friendly service.

COCO Cafe is an amazing establishment!! The food is incredible and their contribution to the community is amazing. We purchase their family meals that are freshly frozen and they have been a god send during COVID. Highly recommend them!

I absolutely LOVE this business! The business model and social impact is magnificent and the food is just as good!! As local business owners they have gone above and beyond several times to ensure our orders were correct and ready!

Always receive delicious meals! Love the takeaway options to keep in my freezer and that you can do individual or family sizes. Even cater to the gluten intolerant!

I have been going to Cocos for years now and have never had a bad experience. I ordered Christmas dinner from them this year and honestly, it was better than I could have cooked myself. I am looking forward to ordering my Easter dinner from them. Thank you for always being so kind and caring.

The family pack meals are a great value and very tasty.

Great delivery service awesome food, An organisation that support people with a diversability

Very cute

Really good fun and exactly as you d expect of a Coco cafe! I d be surprised if you had an experience you were not expecting. Good coffee and baked goods.

Great food good prices all while helping the community

Always wonderful food and service!! Love the takeout/freezer options for busy nights!

Stopped in for a quick snack and a warm beverage. Great service and yummy treats!

Came for a couple sandwiches for me and my kids and stood in a line up of 5 people ahead of me (approx 15 min). It was close to closing but i assumed they would at least finish serving the people that have waited in line so patiently I got to the window at 2:02 (they close at 2) and was told that they would no longer serve sandwiches only pastries. Not a pleasant experience at all.

Loved the service and the food was delicious!

This place is amazing! From the food, to the staff and the service!!

Great sandwich and latte! Cant wait to go back.

Edit: The issue has been discussed and fixed. I went today at 8 am too. Orders were all perfect, customer service was excellent, and the food was delicious. Definitely going back. - Very disappointed this morning. I ordered garden bowl with poached egg and it was noted on my receipt and I also gave 20% tip because that s the minimum we can do to support our local restaurants and cafes. However, when I got my order it was missing the egg. When I asked, the person who took my order talked to the chef and came back to say that I need to go back to the front door to order again or for them to put it again (wasn t clear why) and when I said I already ordered that and she went to check the receipt and found out that yes it mentioned poached egg, she said it wasn t paid for. Not sure how this can happen but anyway, i don t think the incident was handled well.

What a gem hidden away! Food was delicious. Good size helpings and reasonably priced. Easy better than any chain. We were just passing thru and this was a great place to stop

The food is overpriced which would be fine (it s a independent place) but the food is underwhelming and the portion sizes are very small. I ordered a wrap and it was over $17, when I checked in the bag the wrap was so much smaller then I was expecting for the price. On top of that I was the only customer when I ordered my takeout and it took them forever to make my wrap.

Best coffee shop in Cedar! Great food and drinks, very friendly and helpful staff!

I usually dont write bad reviews or give 1 star but I waited for my iced coffee for almost 30min! I got my baked goods at the till and waited without coffee to eat my goodies. If i knew it took this long i would have passed! Staff was friendly and apologized but would have been nice to know the wait would be long. Talk about island time. Best to come here if you got nothing to do but just chill n wait. Update ... finally went back. Covid protocols changed which probably made it a little easier on staff and customers. Goodies amazing as usual and coffee only took a minute to get! Thank you 5 star update!

The oat milk lattes are so good, highly recommended.

I came to this place today it was my first time and honestly I was greeted with open arms. The staff are friendly and very caring as well Oh I cant forget the food here is amazing and the coffee sure the best in town. This place is a must visit for sure you would not he disappointed.

Everything is wonderful about COCO Café but Thursdays are my favourite.The Roast Beef Stuffed Yorkshire Pudding with a side salad (I love the green salad with the house vinaigrette) are an every Thursday occurrence for my coworkers and myself. Yes, they are that good.

Excellent food! Helpful, friendly staff and positive atmosphere. They catered my wedding a couple years ago and people are still talking about it!

A very quaint little place will very tasty food

Great food, great service. I will definitely be back

Amazing food!

Delicious food, wonderful staff and an amazing part of the community, COCO has it all!!

Best breakfast around

The food was excellent. They have been innovative with how they have adapted to the pandemic requirements. You order your food at the desk at the front door and pick it up at the back door. Tables are available outside to eat your meal at.

The staff here are so friendly and they have a good system for practicing safe distancing and cleaning. The food smells delicious, so I cant wait to try it!

Cute little coffee shop had keto and gluten free options.

Always amazing

What an amazing place I love the food in this place so much I go by here everyday for work I usually stop in once or twice a week and grab something I go in today on my way to grab a little something and they tell me its on the house no reason just a paid for my lunch and that was incredible and they told me to have a happy New Year and I just want to say this place is a tiny little place but it is the best so please go and see the wonderful people there and you wont be disappointed by their food its amazing happy New Years to Coco Cafe

Great food, atmosphere and staff! We had breakfast, the food was exceptional, it came fast and the coffee is good. Recommended.

Great coffee and service!!

Lovely art on the walls, very friendly staff, lots of parking, food and drinks are delicious, seating is tight so might be difficult for people in wheelchairs but that is my only concern (and Im sure the staff would be willing to help if someone had a wheelchair).

The food Ive tried is delicious, great coffee & amazing staff!!

Great food. Great and friendly staff.

Always delicious

Friendly staff, good food!

Great cafe located in Cedar. I love their sausage breakfast bagels and its a nice place to get a proper hot beverage. You really do get what you pay for, the food is always high quality.

Best peanut butter cookies around

Great coffee, scone made inhouse was amazing

Great lunch amasing homemade soups. very friendly staff .

Delicious. Reasonably priced

Great

Love going to Cocos for breakfast! I got the BLT benny this time but I am also addicted to their bruschetta breakfast. Its a kid friendly place with a highchair and a little corner with some coloring stuff and a couple toys. The staff are very friendly and the beverages are good also. Its become our go to place even though its 20 minutes away.

Great breakfast and great coffee ! Appears they have a training program for some folks who might otherwise not have the opportunity, that speaks a lot about who they are in the community ! Great work COCO !

Great food, although the service was quite slow when we went. I love and support the concept of this restaurant.

Fresh food, good sized portions, clean, friendly, out door options

Really good breakfast place with a lot of options to choose from. Great ambience and friendly staff

Ive been at the coco cafe many times, we usually order medium London fogs and the savory scones. The past 3 times we have been the scones are under cooked and the drinks well are NOT London fogs. Todays scones were doughy in the middle and when I took the lid off of our drinks there was loose tea in hot water and no steamed milk. I even tip well. I know what a London fog is I used to be a barista. We will not be back. To bad it seamed like a nice place.

Excellent service. Good business model.

Delicious fresh great iced tea brewed in house

Good coffee but dont go late in the day ( like after 3). All they kept saying was that they closed soon. True but they were still open?? It was obvious that they close before they close and were not happy to have the business. My guess is that the staff dont get paid to clean after business hours. They literally moved us from the outside seats while we were still drinking our coffee. Too weird!

Coco Cafe does a superb job of meeting 2 needs. First its an excellent cafe that serves delicious breakfasts, lunches and coffee break treats. Second, it provides valuable job opportunities for community members with special needs.Coco Cafe also offer an excellent catering service and sells ready-made meals to take home and heat up.I love to eat at Coco Cafe, have hired them to cater a dinner and often take meals home with me. Ive told many friends about it who now enjoy Coco Cafe too

We were passing through Nanaimo and it had been already a long day waking up so early. Decided to stop by COCO Cafe for some breakfast. Found this place via TripAdvisor reviews, and all I can say is wow. The staff was friendly, fast, and took pride in everything they did. The breakfast bagel sandwich I got and the breakfast wrap my girlfriend got looked like they were made to be photographed. Perfectly cooked, perfectly assembled, and amazingly yummy. Thank you for a great first experience COCO Cafe! We cant wait to visit you again!

Tasty beef and turkey pot pies. Toasted sandwiches made with their own baked bread were also very good. Also enjoyed the homestyle beef cabbage roll soup. I would definitely eat there again.

Had an exceptional dried fig and blue cheese salad. Special was $10. Kids loved the pot pies and grilled cheese. Bread was fresh and moist. Will definitely come back with the kids again.

The food was amazing, great service. We will definitely be going back.

Amazing food. Reasonably priced. Great staff and a very comfy environment. First time there and will definitely be going back.

Was i there

Fresh ingredients always. Never disappointed. I could eat their curried coconut vegetable soup every day. Love getting their freezer ready meals.

good food, good parking, good service but small.

Love love love. One of the best breakfasts I have ever had at an extremely reasonable price!! I really struggle finding vegetarian dishes that are flavorful without being spicy (I really am a huge baby about spice!) but the breakfast bruschetta here was incredible. Sundries tomatoes with poached eggs and feta on focaccia bread with potatoes, Im drooling just thinking about it and it was 12$...are you kidding?? I am so sad that its an hour drive for me or I would be there every weekend. The staff were also super super nice and I just love the concept and message. Eat here!!!!

Amazing food and amazing people. Would recommend to everyone!

Great as usual. Savory scone, Potatoes Bacon corn chowder, ham and cheese croissant, banana bread. All were very good. The soup could have been a little hotter, but the flavour was great.

Oh man.....this place along with the staff was amazing. We got in early and couldnt check into our hotel yet and we were hungry so we took a drive to find some food. Came across CoCo Cafe. Amazing food and prices right!! The staff was very friendly! Id definitely recommend to stop here if you are ever in Cedar!

Delicious brunch at this very busy and delightful cafe

We were thankful to find this great Cafe since downtown Nanaimo was dead at 8am on a Sunday morning and we wanted breakfast. We loved the West Coast Benny and coffee was very good for us coffee snobs. - Jeff & Brenda Ackerson, Bend, Oregon USA.

Excellent

Awsome food.

Great breakfast with gluten free and vegan options

Always great food, great service and smiles. Just lovely!

Weve only made it in for breakfast while waiting for tire change at cedar tire - excellent breakfast

Nice ambiance, good food, coffee.