Victoria: Restaurants & Dining

Our top dining recommendations are:

Cafe Brio
944 Fort Street
Reservations: 383-0009
cafebrio@pacificcoast.net
Style: Fine Dining
Favourite Entrée: Braised Cowichan Bay Farm Chicken Leg - crmini mushrooms, pearl onions, bacon, potato dumplings, red wine jus.

Paprika Bistro
2524 Estevan Ave.
Reservations: 592-7424
mail@paprika-bistro.com
Style: Modest European
Favourite Entrée: 1/2 roasted duckling with a sour cherry & ginger sauce.

Villa Rosa
1015 Fort Street
Reservations: 384-5337
villa@restaurants-victoria.com
Style: European
Favourite Entrée: Dolmathes Dinner grape leaves stuffed with rice & herbs topped with a lemon sauce and served with Greek salad.

San Remo
2709 Quadra Street
Reservations: 384-5225
villa@restaurants-victoria.com
Style: Mediterranean
Favourite Entrée: Chicken Parmagiana double-breast chicken baked with tomato sauce, parmesan & mozzarella cheese, spaghetti Bolognese, or rice & vegetables.

Piccolo Restaurant
7120 West Saanich Road, Brentwood Bay
Reservations: 652-5044
villa@restaurants-victoria.com
Style: Italian & Greek
Favourite Entrée: Spaghetti Bolognese Dino’s authentic tomato & meat sauce with meatballs baked with mozzarella.

Other Restaurants in Victoria we recommend:

Black Olive
739 Pandora Avenue
Reservations: 384-6060
Style: Italian
Favourite Entrée: Fresh halibut - poached with Greek green olives, artichokes and tomatoes

Boston Pizza
Langford: 2755 Veteran's Memorial Parkway
Reservations: 474-7734

Saanich: 102 - 3510 Blanshard Street
Reservations: 477-5561
Style: Casual/Family Dining

Cadboro House
3838 Cadboro Bay Road
Reservations: 477-7740
Style: Casual/Family Dining
Favourite Entrée: Chicken Parmesan - 5 oz chicken breast broiled then baked with rich marinara and parmesan cheese, served with seasonal vegetables and rosemary roasted potatoes.

Herald Street Café
546 Herald Street
Reservations: 381-1441
Style: West Coast
Favourite Entrée: Moroccan Style Braised Lamb Shank - on cumin scented garbanzo beans with minted yogurt cream & marinated dried fruit.

Hunters Steakhouse & Tapas Bar
759 Yates Street
Reservations: 384-7494
Style: Seafood/Steak & Seafood

John's Place
723 Pandora Avenue
Reservations: 389-0711
Style: Casual/Family Dining

Malahat Mountain INN
265 Trans Canada Highway
Reservations: 478-1944
Style: West Coast
Favourite Entrée: Seared Scallop Linguine - with sautéed leeks, fresh herbs & lobster based cream sauce.

Periklis Greek Restaurant
531 Yates Street
Reservations: 386-3313
Style: Greek
Favourite Entrée: Mousakka - eggplant, potatoes, zucchini and spicy ground meat, oven baked and topped with a velvety smooth béchamel sauce.

Romano's Macaroni Grill
3195 Douglas Street
Reservations: 385-2211
Style: Casual/Family Dining
Favourite Entrée: Sausage and Pepper Classico - Italian sausage, sautéed onions & sweet peppers, basil and a spicy tomato sauce tossed with penne pasta and topped with feta cheese.

The Reef Restaurant
533 Yates Street
Reservations: 388-5375
Style: Caribbean
Favourite Entrée: Ackee and Sactfish - Jamaica's national dish of Ackee fruit salt cod, onion, tomato and peppers.

Sauce Bar & Grill
1245 Wharf Street
Reservations: 382-8662
Style: Pubs/Micro Brewpubs
Favourite Entrée: Vegetarian Strudel - goat cheese & smoked blueberry vodka.

Barkley's Steak House
777 Douglas Street
Reservations: 382-7111
Style: Seafood/Steak & Seafood
Favourite Entrée: Walnut & Rosemary Crusted Rack of Lamb - stuffed with gorgonzola cheese, calvados jus, potato terrine & season vegetables.

Blue Crab Bar & Grill
146 Kingston Street
Reservations: 480-1999
Style: Seafood/Steak & Seafood
Favourite Entrée: Free Range Chicken Breast - roast garlic demi glace, buttermilk duchess

Bravo on Wharf
1218 Wharf Street
Reservations: 386-2900
Style: West Coast
Favourite Entrée: Salmon Cannelloni - wild salmon with fresh dill and lobster mousse roasted in pasta sheets topped with melted gruyere cheese and finished with lobster cream sauce.

The Boardwalk Restaurant
45 Songhees Road
Reservations: 360-5889
Style: West Coast
Favourite Entrée: Pumpkin Seed & Tamarind Glazed Halibut Fillet - roasted squash, pumpkin jam, beet oil, vegetable & orzo pasta.

Canoe Brewpub Marina Restaurant
450 Swift Street
Reservations: 361-1940
Style: Pubs/Micro Brewpubs
Favourite Entrée: Slow Cooked Lamb Shank - red wine barley risotto, Comox camembert, creamed spinach.

Charter's Restaurant
5109 Cordova Bay Road
Reservations: 658-5527
Style: Italian
Favourite Entrée: Signature Beach House Smoked Salmon - lightly hot smoked salmon filet with our house mango ginger chutney.

The Clubhouse Lounge
919 Douglas Street
Reservations: 383-7137
Style: West Coast
Favourite Entrée: Captains Chop - Two french cut pork loin chops stuffed with apple cranberry stuffing and finished with sweet apricot relish. Accompanied by fresh seasonal vegetables and your choice of garlic mashed potatoes or rice pilaf.

Dock 503 Waterfront Cafe
2320 Harbour Road, Sidney
Reservations: 656-0828
Style: West Coast
Favourite Entrée: Potato Horseradish Crusted Sockeye Salmon Filet - with squash and brown butter aioli.

The Fireside Grill
4509 West Saanich Road,
Reservations: 479-1222
Style: West Coast
Favourite Entrée: Mediterranean Vegetable Risotto - roasted fennel, eggplant, zucchini, garlic, tomatoes and mushrooms in creamy Arborio rice. Finished with basil pesto and crisp parmesan wafers.

The Gatsby Mansion
309 Belleville Street
Reservations: 388-9191
Style: West Coast
Favourite Entrée: Grilled Beef Tenderloin - stuffed with borsin cheese atop a warm potato salad of black currant, caramelized red onion and Fingerling potatoes surrounded by a port thyme demi-glaze.

Hugo's Grill
619 Courtney Street
Reservations: 920-4844
Style: West Coast
Favourite Entrée: Free Run Chicken - stuffed free-range chicken breast filled with goat cheese and chorizo sausage topping roasted tomato basil basmati rice.

Impressions Restaurant & Lounge
345 Quebec Street.
Reservations: 480-6585
Style: Casual/ Family Dining
Favourite Entrée: Roasted Pork Rack - in a rum soaked fig demi glaze, accompanied with garlic and chive mashed potatoes and mixed vegetables.

Kipling's
721 Government Street
Reservations: 389-2727
Style: Casual/Family Dining
Favourite Entrée: BC Wild Mushroom Rubbed Chicken Breast, sherry wine jus with cream.

Milestone’s Restaurant
812 Wharf Street
Reservations: 381-2244
Style: Casual/Family Dining

Nautical Nellies
1001 Wharf Street
Reservations: 380-2260
Style: Seafood/Steak & Seafood
Favourite Entrée: Blackened lamb chops - with Cajun cream, roasted potatoes and green beans.

Pablo's Dining Lounge
225 Quebec
Reservations: 388-4255
Style: French
Favourite Entrée: Coquilles St. Jacques - tender plump scallops, pacific shrimp and sliced mushrooms oven baked in a mornay sauce with a dash of pernod; Duchess potato, broccoli floret with béarnaise & peppercorn red cabbage.

Pacific Restaurant & Lounge
463 Belleville Street
Reservations: 380-4458
Style: West Coast
Favourite Entrée: Smoked Saltspring Island Tofu Fillet - red beet polenta, wilted spinach, carrot and cardamom emulsion.

Pescatores Fish House
614 Humboldt Street
Reservations: 385-4512
Style: Italian Seafood/Steak & Seafood
Favourite Entrée: Albacore Tuna - grilled with a mirin ginger glaze and house pickled ginger.

The Reef Restaurant
533 Yates Street
Reservations: 388-5375
Style: Caribbean
Favourite Entrée: Island Thyme Chicken - coconut milk marinated ¼ chicken breast with mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables.

Spinnaker's Brew House
308 Catherine Street
Reservations: 386-2739
Style: Pubs/Micro Brewpubs
Favourite Entrée: Confit of Cowichan Bay Duck - with white bean and aromatic vegetable cassoulet.

The Temple
525 Fort Street
Reservations: 383-2313
Style: West Coast
Favourite Entrée: Grilled Coho Salmon - with buckwheat noodles in a light miso, fresh wasabi root broth with baby bok choy and a julienne root vegetable salad.

Vista 18
740 Burdett Avenue
Reservations: 382-9258
Style: West Coast
Favourite Entrée: Pork Two Ways - seared pork tenderloin and braised pork shoulder, crushed potato and apple jus.

Weinlager & Amici Café
1708 Old Island Highway
Reservations: 391-9355
Style: West Coast
Favourite Entrée: Seafood Cavatappi with crab, shrimp, scallops in a tomato pesto cream sauce.

The Wharfside Eatery
1208 Wharf Street
Reservations: 360-1808
Style: Seafood/Steak & Seafood
Favourite Entrée: Prawn Linguine with Pesto - hand peeled and tossed with fresh basil and roasted peppers, and a hint of cream.

Wild Saffron Bistro & Wine Bar
1605 Store Street
Reservations: 361-3150
Style: West Coast
Favourite Entrée: Gewurztraminer-apricot glazed Arctic Char, scallop and braised fennel filo cup, peppered shallot and tarragon butter and grilled vegetable-mascarpone tart.
 

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