Chinese Restaurants
Don Mee Seafood House ($$)
Pretty upscale, but superior quality food. Their daily dim sum is delicious, a lot of fun, and a super value.
Hope Key ($)
For the best, and possibly cheapest, noodle boxes in town. Just past the 7 Eleven on Douglas St. It’s the place that has the bubble tea. Tell Brenda you’re from the hostel and she will make sure your box is overly full. It seems un-restaurant like from the outside (more like a bubble tea/take-out place), but the interior has a charming and fun ambiance with rustic brick walls with Asian décor.
637 Johnson Street, between Douglas and Broad. 388-5450
J & J Wonton Noodle House ($$$)
Licensed to serve alcohol. Touted as Victoria’s best Chinese food - expect a crowd on weekends
Wah Lai Yuen ($)
It doesn’t get much more authentic than this little Chinese eatery. Very large servings and extremely good value. Double happiness!
560 Fisgard St. (in Chinatown) (map) (directions) 381-5355
Japanese Food & Sushi
Sushi Plus ($)
Cheap, quick, close-by and fantastic. Check their listing on our favourites page.
Azuma Sushi ($$)
Japanese people are perhaps stereotypically the most polite people in the world, and Victoria and Canada are also both famous for politeness, so.... And the sushi is fantastic.These guys just underwent a major renovation and expansion too. Check it out!
Kaz Sushi ($$)
Reasonable prices and very high quality, plus it's a nice cozy location right on Store St.
1619 Store Street (map) (directions) 386-9121
Tamami Sushi ($)
A great japanese food place in the heart of Chinatown - Check it out!
509 Fisgard Street (map) 382-3529
Thai Restaurants
Siam ($$)
Licensed to serve alcohol. Delicious food, huge menu, and great prices – oh and the soups are superb.
512 Fort St (map) (directions) (near Wharf) 383-9911
Little Thai Place ($)
Delicious curry! We've recommended The Little Thai Place to a number of people and everyone has enjoyed it. Mike says: if you are a vegetarian/vegan, this is easily the best Thai Restaurant in town. Great lunch specials.
3613 Shelbourne Plaza (map), 1839 Cook Street (map) 382-3529
My Thai Cafe ($)
Jenn says this is the best Thai in town. Kevin says that the decor leaves something to be desired.
1020 Cook Street (map) 472-7574
Baan Thai ($$)
Highly recommended by several Ocean Islanders.
1117 Blanshard St (map) (directions) 383-0050
Thai Bistro ($$)
Only open for lunch and dinner Monday-Saturday. The new owner is a real character. They have fairly decent - if pricy - curries, and daily lunch specials.
615 Johnson Street (map) 380-7878 info@thaibistro.ca
Vietnamese Restaurants
Vietnam Garden ($$)
Licensed to serve alcohol.
A short walk up Pandora will take you to this local legend.
Open daily from 11:00am-10pm
1515 Cook St. (near Pandora) 384-3033
Vietnam Village ($)
Super cheap, authentic food and a handy pictorial menu means no language barrier!
Open daily from 11am-9pm
1715 Government Street (near Fisgard)
995-1530
Pho Hoa ($)
Pretty good Vietnamese Noodle Bar. On Saturdays you can get noodle soup until three in the morning. Oh Yeah.
765 Fort Street 477-2356
East-Indian Restaurants
Help! If you know about any good east-indian places in Victoria, let us know. Until we get more, we'll refer you to where.com's guide to east-indian cuisine in Victoria ↑.
Maharaja
If you actually catch this place when it's open (and they don't seem to follow any schedule, even their own posted hours), and if you don't mind the hit-and-miss service, they offer decent indian buffet for pretty cheap. And you can sit in there and watch really funny Indian music videos on this TV they have mounted in the wall.
637 Johnson Street, between Douglas and Broad (map) (directions) 388-5450
Spice Jammer
We've heard great things about this place.
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