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Downtown Seafood Guide
Marilena Cafe & Raw Bar
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.
Best Seafood & Fish and Chips in Victoria, BC.
Victoria's best seafood and fish and chips — oysters, raw bars, chowder, and harbourside catches.
4 current picks · 9 archive links · Updated June 2026
Quick answer
Where to start
Start with Marilena Cafe & Raw Bar, Chobap Sushi Bar, and Red Fish Blue Fish. The archive links below are worth a scroll for the backstory — just check hours and details before you head out, since they change.
- Current picks
- 4
- Archive support
- 9
- Coverage
- Seafood Guide
Best Seafood & Fish and Chips in Victoria, BC
From a Red Fish Blue Fish lineup to raw-bar dinners within sight of the water.
Treat this as a shortlist, not gospel. Start with the current picks, raid the archive links for the backstory, and always check hours, menus, and reservations before you head out — these things move around.
The archive isn't filler. It's here when an older Tasting Victoria story still explains why a place, neighbourhood, or dish is worth your time.
- Seafood, fish and chips, oysters, sushi, chowder, or raw-bar focus
- Useful for visitors and locals
- Strong location context near downtown, harbour, or neighbourhood dining
- Listed in the Tasting Victoria editor picks
Local picks
4 places
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Downtown Seafood Guide
Chobap Sushi Bar
Victoria's first 8-seat omakase counter from Osaka-trained chef Sun Min — a tightly composed multi-course menu built around small-boat catches, with a focused sake pairing list.
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Inner Harbour Seafood Guide
Red Fish Blue Fish
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.
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Downtown Seafood Guide
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.