Galiano Oceanfront Inn & Spa

The location is superb, right on the water and you could watch the ferries coming and going. For walkers, you can walk to the Bluff and Georgeson Provincial Park. We had the Sunday night roast beef dinner at the restaurant and the servings were huge, the staff very helpful and the outlook was lovely. They provide a breakfast basket to take to your room and the contents were carefully thought out. Granola, fruit and yogurt to mix with it, a muffin and an apple.

The lighting in the room was pretty bad for people such as ourselves who like to read and there was no freezer compartment in the fridge. We also thought it was a bit overpriced compared to similar properties on the Gulf Islands.

Location

The bathroom could use an upgrade. Dated and looking very worn

We stayed in a 'villa', which was actually just the downstairs of a condo-type building. But it was very nice, and didn't really hear the neighbors. The 'villa' units all face the bay/beach, so it was very pleasant to sit and look at or listen to the ocean sounds (though no screen on the sliding glass door). The unit was very large, with large living-room and kitchen, with separate bedroom. Kitchen was pretty well equipped, though we didn't really do any cooking. Bed was large and comfortable.

Breakfast is a basket you pick up the night before or after 9 am; it was plenty of food, but not that appetizing, with only an apple for fruit, a small oats/nuts mix, a bran muffin. We picked up pastries at the bakery down the street the second morning.

The spa treatments were wonderful. The staff were helpful.

There were several "small" things that need to be addressed: no instructions on how to get other than channels on the TV, the room land line phone wasn't connected, the fridge froze our food even though the dial was turned to near "off". Not a big thing but it would have been nice to have the robes in our room instead of having to go ask for them and the same with the breakfast baskets.