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Best Fine Dining in Victoria, BC.

Victoria's best fine dining — tasting-menu rooms, polished classics, and destinations worth booking ahead.

8 picks · 3 related stories
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Where should I start?

Start with Marilena Cafe & Raw Bar, Il Terrazzo, and Brasserie L'École. The stories below have more detail; check the restaurant websites for current menus and hours.

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Fine Dining

Best Fine Dining in Victoria, BC

The places you choose when the meal itself is the occasion.

  • Tasting menus and special-occasion dinners
  • Seafood, Italian and other dinner menus
  • Reviews to help choose a restaurant

Local picks

8 places
01
Downtown Fine Dining

Marilena Cafe & Raw Bar

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Seafood, a Japanese-style raw bar and steak frites on Douglas Street. The dinner menu includes both individual dishes and seafood towers.

1525 Douglas St.

02
Downtown Fine Dining

Il Terrazzo

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Northern Italian cooking off Waddington Alley, with fireplaces in the dining room and a courtyard patio.

555 Johnson St.

03
Chinatown Fine Dining

Brasserie L'École

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A French brasserie on Government Street at the edge of Chinatown, known for steak frites, mussels and wine.

1715 Government St.

04
Sooke Fine Dining

Wild Mountain Food & Drink

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A restaurant in Sooke with seasonal cooking based on nearby farms and coastal ingredients, plus a waterfront patio.

1831 Maple Ave. S.

05
Esquimalt Fine Dining

Janevca Kitchen & Lounge

Dining room daily, 5-9:30pm

Wood-fired cooking at Rosemead House in Esquimalt, led by executive chef Daniele Mereu. The menu includes handmade pasta, seafood and steaks.

429 Lampson St.

06
Saanich Fine Dining

Kinu by Sizzling Tandoor

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Indian-inspired small plates and cocktails from the Sizzling Tandoor team, at Uptown in Saanich.

123-3600 Uptown Blvd.

07
Chinatown Fine Dining

Ugly Duckling Dining & Provisions

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A tasting-menu restaurant on Fisgard Street in Chinatown, led by chef Corbin Mathany. The menu draws on Coastal BC ingredients.

543 Fisgard St.

08
Harris Green Fine Dining

Cafe Brio

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Italian-influenced cooking on Fort Street, with handmade pasta, local ingredients and wine. The team also operates Brasserie L'École and Dough Eyes.

944 Fort St.

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