What’s on the menu.
Dining Experience
Fresh & Local.
We like our food fresh and local, it not only tastes the best but is naturally the best for you! Fortunately for our guests and family alike, our pristine waterways provide an abundance of rich seafood. The farms, on near-by Vancouver Island, offer us fresh local produce and meats.
Whether it be grass-fed beef mignons paired with chilled Dungeness crab or fresh Chinook salmon caught and prepared that same day, we know you will enjoy the over-the-top daily menu we offer. We aim to please – let us know what you’re craving!
In Season.
The growing season in our temperate rainforest allows us to serve local produce throughout the spring, summer and fall. The rich plant life, native to the coastal northwest, includes many berry varieties, great for homemade desserts and fresh morning smoothies!
Not to mention the wide array of tasty wild fish we keep fresh in the sea until it’s time to catch and cook! All five species of Pacific Salmon swim the waters that surround Nanook and there isn’t anything like wild Chinook served hot off the grill by our chef. Ling Cod and several species of rock fish are routinely on the menu and make tasty delights with white flesh and a mild taste.
“It’s all part of the daily catch as we are always thinking about what’s for dinner!”.
Let’s Eat
Our dining room and bar boast beautiful, dining arrangements both inside and out. We offer house beer and wine with a daily menu. Once you arrive at Nanook, a hot lunch will be served before activities, and while on the boat, packed lunches will be available upon request. Choose to watch the sunset over your surf and turf dinner items, or outside on the 1,000 sqft deck by the fire. Be sure to leave some room for an organic dessert or nightcap before dark or bedtime, whichever comes first!
Custom Oyster Bar
Our custom oyster bar is open daily with cold micro brews on tap and delicious fresh oysters served on our live edge slab, maple bar overlooking Cordero Channel. The main course is yet to come.
Seafood
Fresh seafood anybody? We set out traps daily for prawns (large shrimp) and Dungeness crab. We take advantage of the morning hours to hunt for salmon, Ling and Rock cod. Before it’s time to call it a day we are pulling traps, cleaning and feasting on the bounty!
White Spring & Marble Chinook
We have a special run of salmon that frequent the Stuart Island waters locally known as the White Spring or Marble Flesh Salmon which can be marbled red and white or even totally white in colour. You may be lucky enough to catch one of these beauties on your next visit!
“A yearly experience that I look forward to. It allows me to relax, reconnect with nature and good friends. The food and services are friendly and exceptionally well delivered.”
— Yannick Himber, Corporate Dining Services Director, Sodexo
