Guidebook for Victoria

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Guidebook for Victoria

Food Scene

Our weekend go to bakery and organic café. Great for breakfast, lunch, and baked goods! Amazing bread.
38 locals recommend
Wildfire Bakery
1517 Quadra St
38 locals recommend
Our weekend go to bakery and organic café. Great for breakfast, lunch, and baked goods! Amazing bread.
Easy, cheap, casual Italian. Delicious pizzas and pastas. Take-out and delivery too!
34 locals recommend
Romeo's
1703 Blanshard St
34 locals recommend
Easy, cheap, casual Italian. Delicious pizzas and pastas. Take-out and delivery too!
All-day breakfast!
33 locals recommend
Floyd's Diner
866 Yates St
33 locals recommend
All-day breakfast!
Super close and great selection. Lots of seating if you want to stay and chat.
Serious Coffee Blanshard
1609 Blanshard St
Super close and great selection. Lots of seating if you want to stay and chat.
Amazing Italian food!
244 locals recommend
II Terrazzo
555 Johnson St
244 locals recommend
Amazing Italian food!
Also amazing Italian food. More casual and cheaper than Il Terrazzo.
55 locals recommend
Fiamo Pizza & Wine Bar
515 Yates St
55 locals recommend
Also amazing Italian food. More casual and cheaper than Il Terrazzo.
Delicious juice bar with select food options as well.
Jusu Bar - Chinatown
513 Fisgard St
Delicious juice bar with select food options as well.
Fabulous local food. Great atmosphere. Very trendy and locally owned.
58 locals recommend
OLO Restaurant
509 Fisgard St
58 locals recommend
Fabulous local food. Great atmosphere. Very trendy and locally owned.
Awesome sushi. Dine-in or take-out. Super reasonably priced!
7 locals recommend
Momo Sushi To Go
1921 Quadra St
7 locals recommend
Awesome sushi. Dine-in or take-out. Super reasonably priced!
Amazing coffee roasted in house at our Hudson market. The pin is wrong, it's on fisgard st just before douglas!
13 locals recommend
2% Jazz Coffee
1701 Douglas St
13 locals recommend
Amazing coffee roasted in house at our Hudson market. The pin is wrong, it's on fisgard st just before douglas!
Great for tapas and wine - the duck confit is unreal!
96 locals recommend
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1307 Gladstone Ave
96 locals recommend
Great for tapas and wine - the duck confit is unreal!
Bakery/restaurant, we haven't found anything bad here! Awesome when everywhere else seems full!
24 locals recommend
Agrius
732 Yates St
24 locals recommend
Bakery/restaurant, we haven't found anything bad here! Awesome when everywhere else seems full!
New on the scene, funky, cool cocktails, great menu take on westcoast food. A little more expensive. Good in winter, great in summer.
15 locals recommend
The Livet
804 Broughton St
15 locals recommend
New on the scene, funky, cool cocktails, great menu take on westcoast food. A little more expensive. Good in winter, great in summer.
Arguably the best burgers in town, craft beers on tap. Half price after 9. Make a reso or have a back up plan it often has a line on weekend nights.
144 locals recommend
Bin 4 Burger Lounge
144 locals recommend
Arguably the best burgers in town, craft beers on tap. Half price after 9. Make a reso or have a back up plan it often has a line on weekend nights.
Great Italian food! A bit more spendy at night. A bargain/secret spot for brunch on weekends.
49 locals recommend
Zambri's
820 Yates St
49 locals recommend
Great Italian food! A bit more spendy at night. A bargain/secret spot for brunch on weekends.
New on the block - great perogies and quick coffees and snacks. Quiet patio.
Cook & Pan Polish Deli & Cafe
1527 Amelia St
New on the block - great perogies and quick coffees and snacks. Quiet patio.
A great space for coffee or lunch
Cook & Pan Polish Deli & Cafe
1527 Amelia St
A great space for coffee or lunch
Literally a bagel factory with fresh cream cheese.
16 locals recommend
Mount Royal Bagel
1115 N Park St
16 locals recommend
Literally a bagel factory with fresh cream cheese.
Strong coffee and great snacks, don't shy away from the line up.
20 locals recommend
Parsonage Cafe
1105 Caledonia Ave
20 locals recommend
Strong coffee and great snacks, don't shy away from the line up.
Great spot for a quick bite, vegetarians and vegans stay away.
13 locals recommend
Jones Bar-B-Que
1725 Cook St
13 locals recommend
Great spot for a quick bite, vegetarians and vegans stay away.

Drinks & Nightlife

Super chill place to grab a drink and some eats. Music bingo on Tuesday nights!
24 locals recommend
Yates Street Taphouse
759 Yates St
24 locals recommend
Super chill place to grab a drink and some eats. Music bingo on Tuesday nights!
Bar and restaurant. Really unique cocktails (fun to sit at the bar and watch) and delicious food. Classy place to sit and relax!
9 locals recommend
Veneto Tapa Lounge - Hotel Rialto
1450 Douglas Street
9 locals recommend
Bar and restaurant. Really unique cocktails (fun to sit at the bar and watch) and delicious food. Classy place to sit and relax!
Super chill pub with great live music most of the time!
70 locals recommend
Darcy's Pub Downtown
1127 Wharf St
70 locals recommend
Super chill pub with great live music most of the time!
Brewery and restaurant/bar. Amazing patio! Good beer selection and good food.
157 locals recommend
Canoe Brewpub
450 Swift St
157 locals recommend
Brewery and restaurant/bar. Amazing patio! Good beer selection and good food.
New summer patio, a craft beer snob's paradise.
119 locals recommend
The Drake Eatery
517 Pandora Ave
119 locals recommend
New summer patio, a craft beer snob's paradise.
Lots of local bands play here so a great way to experience live music.
20 locals recommend
Capital Ballroom
858 Yates St
20 locals recommend
Lots of local bands play here so a great way to experience live music.

Arts & Culture

Canada's Oldest Chinatown!
14 locals recommend
Chinatown Fan Tan Trading
551 Fisgard St
14 locals recommend
Canada's Oldest Chinatown!
534 locals recommend
Royal BC Museum
675 Belleville St
534 locals recommend
39 locals recommend
Royal Theatre
805 Broughton St
39 locals recommend

Parks & Nature

Great walking trail and beautiful beach. Dog-friendly park so be aware of 4-legged friends!
115 locals recommend
Dallas Road
Dallas Road
115 locals recommend
Great walking trail and beautiful beach. Dog-friendly park so be aware of 4-legged friends!
Beautiful park for a picnic or a stroll.
503 locals recommend
Beacon Hill Park
100 Cook St
503 locals recommend
Beautiful park for a picnic or a stroll.
Open field, rec centre, playground and pool - great place to sit and enjoy a coffee, watch an amateur soccer or softball game or throw a disc around.
6 locals recommend
Central Park
2275 Quadra Street
6 locals recommend
Open field, rec centre, playground and pool - great place to sit and enjoy a coffee, watch an amateur soccer or softball game or throw a disc around.

Sightseeing

218 locals recommend
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
501 Belleville St
218 locals recommend
38 locals recommend
Inner-Harbour Pathway
Inner-Harbour Pathway
38 locals recommend
Showcases the historic home in Victoria of the wealthy Dunsmuir family as well as their contribution to the development of Vancouver Island, BC
234 locals recommend
Craigdarroch Castle
1050 Joan Crescent
234 locals recommend
Showcases the historic home in Victoria of the wealthy Dunsmuir family as well as their contribution to the development of Vancouver Island, BC
Grab some fish and chips and sit by the water, watch the seals, take in the inner harbor!
255 locals recommend
Fisherman's Wharf Park
12 Erie St
255 locals recommend
Grab some fish and chips and sit by the water, watch the seals, take in the inner harbor!

Shopping

101 locals recommend
Fan Tan Alley
549 Fisgard St
101 locals recommend
Lower Johnson street (near the water) has tons of great shops, many of them local.
Johnson Street Bridge
400 Johnson Street
Lower Johnson street (near the water) has tons of great shops, many of them local.
112 locals recommend
The Bay Centre
1150 Douglas St
112 locals recommend

Essentials

Great prices!
36 locals recommend
Wellburn's Market
1058 Pandora Ave
36 locals recommend
Great prices!
Great selection and lots of local choices. A bit more pricey though!
185 locals recommend
Market On Yates
903 Yates St
185 locals recommend
Great selection and lots of local choices. A bit more pricey though!
Not a huge selection, but has the essentials! Produce etc.
20 locals recommend
Tomley's Market
716 Johnson Street
20 locals recommend
Not a huge selection, but has the essentials! Produce etc.
Pharmacy, electronics, packaged food and everything else a drug store stocks.
69 locals recommend
London Drugs
911 Yates St
69 locals recommend
Pharmacy, electronics, packaged food and everything else a drug store stocks.