Searches for Chinatown restaurants in Victoria are full of local packs, Reddit threads, old travel pages, and single-venue results. This guide keeps Tasting Victoria's strongest Chinatown and Old Town picks together with the Chinese, dumpling, and dim sum archive stories that give the neighbourhood context.
Start with Il Terrazzo, Cafe Malabar, and Brasserie L'École. This Tasting Victoria guide is built for Chinatown & Old Town Restaurants in Victoria, BC, with current editor picks and supporting archive stories kept on one local page.
This guide is especially useful for Chinatown restaurants Victoria BC, Old Town restaurants Victoria, restaurants near Fisgard Street, Government Street dining, Victoria Chinatown Chinese food, dumplings, dim sum, wine bars, and date-night restaurants close to Market Square.
Inspired by Northern Italian cuisine with a Pacific Northwest twist, Il Terrazzo has served Victoria for three decades from its hidden Waddington Alley courtyard with six fireplaces and a vine-draped patio.
A Keralan kitchen perched on the Inner Harbour at the edge of Old Town, with a waterfront patio and a menu built around South Indian cuisine using local seafood and produce.
A small French country brasserie at the edge of Chinatown. Since 2001, the room has stayed intimate, the wine list deep, and steak frites and mussels among the city's most-ordered plates.
A snug, sexy wine bar in Chinatown with a low-lit room, an ever-changing bottle list, and a kitchen turning out shareable plates built around local produce.
A modern Japanese bistro in Old Town with a bright dining room popular for casual weeknights. The aburi oshi is some of the best in the city.
A Chinatown counter doing a single immersive tasting menu built around the fields, forests, and waters of Coastal BC. Set aside two and a half hours.