Quality and Variety is what defines the Victoria BC restaurant scene.
People in Victoria BC are Devoted to Great Cooking, Great Eating and Good Life
We have tasted from mouth watering smoky hot dogs shop to super high-end restaurants serving top quality a la carte menus.
This is the town we discovered the original west coast style fusion cuisine. Our "taste buds" fell in love with food and unique flavor.
You see in Victoria, food is a serious business. Restaurants in Victoria have to feed millionaires, and VIPs visiting Victoria each year.
The best weather in Canada attracts so many tourists each year to Victoria. Small, mid size or large restaurant owners, chefs have to be prepared and ready for next Hollywood or Bollywood star, Celebrity Politician arriving in their private jet or personal yacht etc. ....
So again the quality of the food in restaurants have to be extra super with a touch of unexpected flavor to feed their unexpected guests.
If you are looking for a multicultural dining experience Victoria is your town. We have tasted and savored dishes from all over the world by just visiting restaurants in Victoria BC. Korean, Japanese, Indian, Sri Lankan (Ceylon), Vietnam, Thai, British, German, French, Italian, Chinese, Greek and more ..... Restaurants serving all sorts of mouth watering food.
Don't look any further than Victoria BC restaurants to taste west coast cuisine. Here in Victoria Chefs have perfected the west coast-style fusion cuisine - An art of mixing and matching different ingredients and methods from all over the world to bring you a perfect meal. So expect unpredictable but unique fresh flavor in your meals.
In Victoria, most restaurants are within walking distance to downtown or a 5 minute taxi drive.
Fresh seafood caught right from the ocean is abundant here. So try local shrimp, salmon, oysters in your menu.
Some Victoria BC restaurants are located right at the ocean front where we can see seaplanes landing, sailing boats and ships. There are some spots where we share our meal with seagulls. There are restaurants in downtown where we can see harbor seals popping up their heads out of the ocean so close to us - Looking for food.
2024 update: Unfortunately, feeding seals is no longer allowed.
We dine out to celebrate a family member's birthday. We try different cuisines in each time when we go out. It is our “ family fun event “.
Over the past few years We have made some surprising restaurant discoveries and have come across some hidden gems too.
One tip finding a good restaurant is to look for the crowd. Generally the food is good if you see more people dining in.
One time I had a friend looking for gluten free food serving restaurant here. He found out good restaurants on this site ( clicking this gluten free restaurant link will open up a new page )
A vegan friend lives here in Victoria gave us this site to find Victoria BC vegetarian restaurants ( clicking this link will open up a new page )
We are not professionals or people with a discerning palate. We live in Victoria and are just writing what we like about restaurants and food. It could be the Atmosphere, Location or just Simplicity. So don’t take what we write toooo ... seriously.
High end restaurants in Victoria BC are very expensive. The food they serve, have left us with mouth watering memories. That's why we are going back to them over and over again.
Equally we need to talk about simplicity and the taste of roadside eatery serving hot dogs or waffles too.
We have tasted some of the finest waffles in the world here in the Victoria inner harbor area.
There are small restaurants and hot dog stands that sell fish and chips and hot dogs that taste so good.
There are many places in Victoria that you can grab a bite when you are hungry.
You
see here in Victoria BC restaurants you don’t really have to break your wallet to
taste some good food … There are plenty of reasonably priced
affordable options too.
Located on the corner of Broughton and Wharf street overlooking the inner harbor has a convenient location in downtown and one of our top choices ..
Turmeric Indian Restaurant ($$$)
This Indian restaurant servers top quality Indian cuisine. Located twenty minutes from Victoria, It’s worth the drive If you love Indian food. Prices are affordable with very good Google reviews.