Victoria, Vancouver Island and the surrounding Gulf Islands are a culinary mecca, one that’s internationally recognized for exquisite wine, spirits and cuisine characterized by fresh local ingredients and artistic originality. From one end of the island to the other, forest, land and sea take centre stage on the menu.

Here, renowned chefs craft entire menus around local ingredients both grown and foraged, and if you love seafood, you’ll find yourself in flavour heaven. We can take you on a sampling tour through picturesque family-run wineries and organic farms, urban establishments and remote coastal villages. Everywhere you go, you can sample local flavours at five-star resort restaurants, farmer’s markets, wineries and breweries, cafés and bistros.

If you love international cuisine, we have everything from hearty classics at pubs steeped in old-world Irish or British charm, to French bistro-fare, fresh Japanese sushi made on the spot, or the finest Indian cuisine. We have Italian bakeries with fresh-made gelatos tucked away on the Peninsula countryside, and chic cocktail bars where pretty much every spirit on the menu is hand crafted and local.

Maybe you want to catch or forage your own dinner? Our guides can charter a fishing excursion, or take you into the forest with a private chef for a foraging tour. Afterwards, enjoy a three-course lunch of ingredients like wild mushrooms, edible ferns and wild berries, while you sip our signature “Trees Knees” cocktail under the old growth canopy.