About Tasting Victoria.

Find your next meal.

Tasting Victoria covers restaurants, cafes, bakeries, bars, markets, chef stories, food events, and restaurant openings across Victoria, Greater Victoria, and southern Vancouver Island.

Browse by neighbourhood or cuisine, read about a restaurant opening, or look through the archive for a place you remember.

Send editorial tips through Give us the scoop, reach the team about sponsorship through Advertise with us, or follow the latest edition through the newsletter.

How to read our guides.

Our food guides bring together picks from our restaurant and cafe maps, published reporting and reader-award stories. They group places by neighbourhood, cuisine or the kind of meal you want.

Publication dates matter. An opening announcement describes the plans at the time of reporting; a place described as coming soon may since have opened or changed. Reader awards belong to the year named in the story.

Our practical dining details link to the restaurant menus and official information they draw on. Checking published information is different from visiting a restaurant, and menus and hours can change. Original stories carry their published bylines and dates.

Spotted something that has changed? Send the details through our tip form.

Contact and publication details.

Send food news and story tips to the editorial team through the tip form. For sponsorships, visit Advertise with us.

Tasting Victoria has published local food stories since 2019.

The official social profile is Instagram @tastingvictoria.

• Canonical name: Tasting Victoria
• Founded: 2019
• Coverage: Victoria, Greater Victoria, and southern Vancouver Island
• Newsletter subscribers: 30,000+ as of September 2026
• Focus: restaurants, cafes, bakeries, bars, markets, events, openings, and local food news
• Official Instagram: @tastingvictoria