Aerie Resort Restaurant

Chef Christophe Letard's menu plays up local ingredients in edgy dishes like sweet anise-cured weathervane scallops and yellow plum sake-poached... More

Après

Ultramodern Après fuses French and Italian cuisine in dishes such as Carnaroli risotto with white asparagus and wild mushrooms.... More

Araxi Restaurant & Seafood Bar

Krista and I chatted as I devoured a plate of wild B.C. spot prawns with spaghettini in a lemon sauce... More

Aurora Bistro

Aurora Restaurant

At the resort's handsome neo-Arts-and-Crafts Aurora Restaurant, talented young chefs Brett Huber and Meaghan O'Brien serve delicious wild-lavender-roasted local lamb... More

Banana Leaf

Bearfoot Bistro

That night, I headed to the Bearfoot's stunning pewter-and-copper bar (bar dining is an advantage of traveling alone), where the... More

Blue Water Cafe and Raw Bar

Boneta

Brasserie L'École

'We work with the island's small farmers,' says chef Sean Brennan, owner of Victoria's Brasserie L'École and the group's past... More

Caffè Artigiano

Camille's

Campagnolo

Inside the bunkerlike space (with concrete-block walls and exposed wood beams), chefs Robert Belcham and Alvin Pillay apply fastidiously sourced... More

Cardero's

Chambar

Chef and co-owner Nico Schuermans, who worked in Michelin three-star restaurants in Belgium, prepares stellar North African cuisine; he’s also... More

Chopstick Café Shiru-Bay

Tonight, however, Guy Saddy, his wife, Indishne, and their friend Marybeth Jenner want to introduce me to izakaya, a form... More

Corner Suite Bistro de Luxe

One is the Vancouver, a combination of gin, sweet vermouth and Benedictine created at the city's Sylvia Hotel... More

C Restaurant

At this gorgeous waterside spot, owner Harry Kambo... More

DB Bistro Moderne

...Quadra Island mussels with chorizo and jalapeño are paired with inventive cocktails, like one that blends Wild Turkey bourbon with... More

The Diamond

Quirky craft cocktails paired with food inspired by izakayas (Japanese pubs) in... More