Sardis, BC Homes for Sale & Real Estate

Entertainment, Restaurants, Cafes

Sardis is home to the Cottonwood Mall, which features stores selling clothing, electronics, accessories, footwear, home décor items, and gifts. Services such as banking, travel, optometry, salons, dentistry, and tailoring can also be found at the mall. An onsite food court offers around a dozen dining options. The Cottonwood 4 Cinemas is a discount movie theatre showing blockbuster films a few weeks after their premiere dates to keep costs low for customers. The theatre has a concession area and can be booked for private parties and events. The Kinkora Golf Course is a public 18-hole course that also has a practice green and an onsite clubhouse. The course is home to a ladies’ league and hosts various private events. Artisan is an art gallery and gift store that carries giftware, souvenirs, fine art, and home décor items, as well as offering custom framing services. Works by local artists are showcased at the store.

Sardis has many chain restaurants, but also many local ones. Frankie’s Italian Kitchen and Bar, located on Vedder Road, serves up homemade Italian cuisine like antipasto, pasta, pizza, paninis, meat and seafood dishes, and decadent desserts. The simple but elegant décor lends itself well to large gatherings. The Curly Kale Eatery, also on Vedder Road, specializes in farm to table meals for breakfast and lunch. Fresh meats, eggs, cheeses, and veggies feature in most dishes. The dining space provides a rustic, homey feel. Coconut Thai Restaurant on Vedder Road offers a variety of authentic Thai fare such as dumplings, curry dishes, rice and noodles, seafood dishes, and tofu dishes. The bright, flavourful meals are served in the restaurant’s relaxed, comfortable dining space. At Garrison Bistro on Market Way, meals are prepared with as many local ingredients as possible. The beautifully crafted fare includes salads, meat dishes, pasta dishes, and seafood, and sharing plates is customary. Customers can choose to dine in the sleek interior dining space, or out on the restaurant’s inviting patio area.

Pollution / Noise

Sardis can sometimes experience air quality issues from heavy traffic near major roadways. Noise issues can also result from being located near major roadways.

Crime Rate

Sardis’s crime rate is similar to those of nearby neighbourhoods. The most common types of crime in the neighbourhood are theft from a vehicle, auto theft, and bicycle theft.

Family Life

Sardis has many parks, mostly along the western and eastern areas of the neighbourhood. Sardis Park is in the heart of the neighbourhood and features 5 acres of park space. The park has a pond, walking paths, playgrounds, picnic tables, restroom facilities, landscaped areas, and greenspace. A small market is set up in the park every Wednesday during the summer months. Vedder Park is in the southern section of the neighbourhood and features a walking trail, off-leash dog areas, treed areas, restroom facilities, and greenspace. Also in the southern section is the All Sappers Memorial Park, which honours the sacrifices made by military engineers, called sappers. The park has a monument with landscaped areas, walking paths, and seating areas. It is also used for military remembrance ceremonies. Watson Glen Park in the southern section has a ball field, a ball hockey pad, tennis courts, a playground, walking paths, outdoor exercise areas, a skate park, treed areas, greenspace, and restroom facilities.

The Twin Rinks Ice Arena has two indoor ice rinks with spectator seating. The rinks are used for ice skating, hockey, and public skate times in the winter, and for lacrosse, ball hockey, rollerblading, and other dry-floor uses during the summer months. Project Dance is a dance school in the neighbourhood offering classes in acrobatics, circus performing, tap, jazz, hip hop, musical theatre, lyrical, modern, contemporary, and ballet. Classes are offered for children of all ages and the school also provides dance camps during the summer months. Excel Martial Arts provides martial arts lessons for people of all ages and skill levels. The classes combine development of physical and mental fitness, self-esteem, and self-confidence. Community programs are also offered at the Sardis Library in the neighbourhood.