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Downtown Oysters
Ferris' Burger & Oyster Bar
A two-floor downtown stalwart since 1991 — casual main-floor burger and grill open daily, oyster bar upstairs Wed–Sun evenings, with a steady happy-hour crowd for shucked bivalves and pints.
Oyster searches in Victoria usually split between single-venue pages, generic seafood lists, and map results. This guide keeps the oyster-bar and raw-bar intent tight: places where shucked seafood, raw bar, seafood towers, or harbourside fish are part of the reason to go.
Start with Ferris' Burger & Oyster Bar, Marilena Cafe & Raw Bar, and Tourist Wine Bar. This Tasting Victoria guide is built for Best Oyster Bars & Raw Bars in Victoria, BC, with current editor picks and supporting archive stories kept on one local page.
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A two-floor downtown stalwart since 1991 — casual main-floor burger and grill open daily, oyster bar upstairs Wed–Sun evenings, with a steady happy-hour crowd for shucked bivalves and pints.
Toptable's elevated West Coast room — globally sourced seafood, a Japanese-leaning raw bar, and a serious dinner menu of towers and steak frites. Named Canada's Best New Restaurant.
A small, low-lit natural wine bar with a tightly edited list of bottles and a snack-driven menu of charcuterie, oysters, and chef's plates that change weekly.
A harbourside takeaway built inside a recycled shipping container, serving Ocean Wise–certified fish and chips, tacones, and chowder to a near-permanent queue. Closed in winter.