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Winery restaurant, Pacific Northwest, Farm-to-table

Unsworth Restaurant

The restaurant at Unsworth Vineyards in Mill Bay, in a restored farmhouse among the vines, serving Cowichan Valley produce with the estate's wines. The natural lunch on a wine-tour day.

Cowichan Valley$$$Upscale

Unsworth is one of the valley's established wineries and its restaurant, in the old farmhouse on the property, is the one Cowichan lunch most wine tours from Victoria try to include. The menu is short, local and seasonal, and the point is to eat it with a glass of the estate's own wine on the patio looking at the vines.

If you are driving yourself, remember the Malahat is between you and Victoria. Better to be on a tour.

What it does well

  • Estate wines by the glass
  • Valley produce
  • Farmhouse setting
  • Lunch on the patio in summer

Good for

Location

Unsworth Vineyards, Mill Bay, Cowichan Valley

Season and booking

Seasonal hours that follow the winery; check the site before driving up. Reservations advised in summer.

Details checked against the venue's own site on 6 Sept 2026.

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