Editorial picks, not sponsored

Where to eat on Vancouver Island

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.

1 of 13 restaurants

Small restaurant with harbour views

$$$$

Wild Mountain Food & Drink

A chef-owned restaurant above Sooke Harbour cooking a short, changing menu from the farms, boats and foragers of the Sooke coast. The dinner that turns a West Coast Road day trip into an evening.

Sooke & the West Coast Road

Pacific Northwest, Farm-to-table

Fine dining
Romantic
Local favourite