Editorial picks, not sponsored
13 places chosen for being distinct rather than for being everything: dockside fish, farm-to-table rooms in the Cowichan Valley, Tofino kitchens and a few serious Victoria dining rooms. Filter by where you are staying and what the evening is for.
2 of 13 restaurants
Organic bakery
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A stone-milling organic bakery on the waterfront in Cowichan Bay village, baking with BC-grown heritage grains. The morning stop before a whale trip from the dock across the road.
Winery restaurant
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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.