Convivia

We were first put off by paper serviettes and butter containers, and also the cold bread. Service was slow. However, our meals were quite respectible. The vegetable medley accompaniments were very good.

Food was excellent, calamari was not over cooked, salads were a little overdressed, I am told the potion is excellent. Carbonara and lasagna were excellent (they offer half portions), and the smoked duck pizza was good. Prices are reasonable. One bad thing — paper napkins !!!

Had a great meal of veal canneloni, rabbit in a wine and chocolate sauce, and an oatmeal pie.

We decided to try this restaurant for dinner but were very disappointed. We ordered Calamari which was very greasy and after one piece left it the way it was brought to us. Our ceaser salad had chicken that was cut in cubes, and must have been cooked hours earlier because it was very dry. The salad dressing tasted very generic and not reminiscent of an italian restaurant. I asked my server if they could make my 4yr old plain spaghetti with just olive oil, and was pleased to hear they would do it (its difficult to feed a picky eater). The spaghetti showed up plain, but crunchy, like they forgot it on the frying pan too long. The caneloni was alright, but nothing to be remembered. We were so looking forward to eating out at this place after reading the reviews, but unfortunately left a sour taste in our mouth.
I have to say though that our waiter was very friendly and accomidating and gave us very good service.

I guess maybe we have higher standards since we live in Vancouver where we are spoiled for choice, but we found this place to be really disappointing for the price. We basically just had appetisers and one person had a main entrée and none of us had drinks. That came out to over a hundred bucks for 4 people. Our pasta wasn’t drained properly so the sauce was watery. Scallops were a bit underdone. Just head to a winery for dinner — you are much better off.

Fantastic food, nice ambience, superb service and what a wine!
Great place to check out when in Osoyoos! We just walked around and found this place and loved the outdoor seating. We bumped in other tourists and had a great chat. Our server (forgot her name :() was very nice and made good recommendations. The food is always pricey in Canada, but that’s how it is. Overall very happy and will go back here when back in Osoyoos!
Oh and met the chef (French/​Italian) and he was a very nice person too! Loved talking with him too.

A great place to go in Osoyoos. Tired of driving to the wineries for fine dining, we found bruschetta to die for. Fine local wines at affordable prices. A varied menu. Good food. Friendly, courteous service. And amosphere.
Merci Madame.
Vancouver

We dined here last night for a birthday celebration. We were seated promptly. Nice décor, French country meets modern chic. Loved the chandeliers!
We all felt the room was quite warm after the 90 degree day, and the waitress was quick to turn on the air conditioning. Then the owner came over to explain that the engineer would be here to look at it this week.
We ordered our drinks. They had a ‘wine of the month’ for 40 $, a local Merlot blend from Montakarm. It was tasty but not like any merlot I’ve ever had before. One of our party had a white wine spritzer which she proclaimed delicious! They also had a small selection of beer, nothing on draft though.
We ordered our dinners and then we waited. Over an hour.
Anyway. The side salads were very fresh and garlicky. Just lettuce from a garden and a few veg, but super fresh (not salad from a bag YEAH). The bread served was passable, looked like sliced ciabatta buns, homemade but didn’t taste baked today, and was lacking salt. And butter in little plastic cups… sorry, but they should have some good butter or perhaps a compound butter, IMO.
Dinner arrived, and we had quite a mixture so we could try a good selection of their dishes. Lamb shanks, two smaller ones, served with some roasted peppers and onions and pasta. Delicious.
Cannelloni with ground veal. 3 rolls. Savory sauce. Plate cleaned.
The Pirate seafood pasta, lots of smallish shrimp, light creamy lemony sauce. Pasta tastes freshly made but on our way out sous chef stated they don’t make their own, they bring it in.
The scallops with curry sauce appetizer. Delicious. Nice sear on 3 medium sized scallops. Saffron infused sauce. Yum.
Poutine (appetizer size, 4 of us shared it). homemade fries, squeaky curds from Quebec, savory chicken gravy. Need I say more.
And lastly, the pizza. We had the Napolitana. Pepperoni, mushroom, and a few diced red papers on top (they were forgettable, they should have been roasted). Not sure of the cheese blend, maybe mozza and Gouda? My sister loved it. Thin crust. Perfectly cooked, no sogginess.
We opted to fore go dessert as we had cake at home, but did see a cheesecake going past our table that looked fresh and was hoovered by the next table within minutes!
So, would we go back? Yes.
They have been open for 6 – 7 wks and I’m sure are slowly working the bugs out of service. There did look to be one waitress on duty so the kitchen staff was helping out. Maybe they didn’t expect a full house on a Monday night!