The Top 29 Places to Eat and Drink Near House of Boateng
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A corner banquette in this small bar invites lingering over cocktails that trace the naturalist Alexander von Humboldt's expeditions through flavor—a sotol Old Fashioned with piloncillo and suspended venison, a citrusy Cyanometer named for his sky-measuring instrument. Brant Porter's place weaves the 19th-century explorer into everything from artwork to sharing plates, romantic without artifice.
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Hotel Bar – Canada
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Bar Team – Canada
- 50 Best 2026 · #53 · North America's 50 Best Bars
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Rank 4. Citrus & Cane
Tropical Cocktail Bar
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Cocktail Bar – Canada
- 50 Best 2026 · #87 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Cocktail Bar – Canada
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A narrow Victoria room where Asian-minded cooking meets local ingredients on a small-plates menu that feels cosmopolitan without trying too hard. The scallion milk buns with caramelized onion butter alone justify the detour.
- Air Canada 2025 · Finalist · Best New Restaurants
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Silver Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Victoria
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Rank 8. Cafe Malabar
Keralan Indian
- Air Canada 2024 · Top 10 · Best New Restaurants
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Bronze Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Victoria
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Rank 9. Ugly Duckling
Chinese
- Air Canada 2023 · Finalist · Best New Restaurants
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Honourable Mention · Restaurant Awards: Best Victoria
- Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Honourable Mention · Restaurant Awards: Best Victoria
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On Government Street at the edge of Chinatown, End Dive channels the spirit of Victoria's vanished dive bars through a pescatarian lens. Shareable plates build around local seafood and produce treated with restraint—smoked beets, roasted cabbage, salmon belly with black-lime remoulade—while drinks cleave to regional producers. It's a room that honors both greens and ghosts.
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Rank 11. Marilena
Sushi
The chicest room in Victoria serves impeccably sourced seafood and sashimi at a polished raw bar and dining room backed by the city's most serious wine program. Top Table's first Island outpost plays it both ways—precise nigiri alongside creative reaches like lingcod Bourguignon—and the service sets a new standard for the city.
- Air Canada 2023 · Top 10 · Best New Restaurants
- Vancouver Magazine 2026 · Gold Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Victoria
- Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Gold Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Victoria
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- Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Hotel Bar – Canada
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Hotel Bar – Canada
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Rank 15. Cafe Brio
Italian
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The Courtney Room is a polished fine-dining room working the seasonal rhythms of Vancouver Island's larder into tightly composed plates. Order the B.C. side stripe shrimp toast on local sourdough and the lamb bacon tagliatelle, dishes that announce what this kitchen does best.
- Air Canada 2018 · Top 10 · Best New Restaurants
- Vancouver Magazine 2025 · Silver Medal · Restaurant Awards: Best Victoria
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- Seattle Met The Best Restaurants in Washington State
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific · Nick Coffey
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In a forest cabin on quiet Galiano Island, chef Jesse McCleery builds seasonal tasting menus from foraged and locally grown ingredients with the precision of someone who knows exactly what the landscape offers. Yellow pea tostadas meet albacore tuna; charcoal noodles arrive dark and alkaline, traced with chicken fat and celery leaf. The food moves with the seasons, patient and particular.
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- James Beard Awards 2024 · Nominee · Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific · Avery Adams
- Seattle Met The Best Restaurants in Washington State
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Best New Restaurant
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