Brasserie L'Ecole
Brasserie L'Ecole opens for dinner Tuesday through Saturday nights. Owner Chef Sean Brennan uses local, seasonal food items to prepare his menu, which is printed daily. Some of the previously featured dishes included endive salad, oysters on the half shell, salmon-deviled eggs, chicken paillard with butternut and potato au gratin, braised pork shoulder and sirloin and New York strip steaks.
Brasserie L'Ecole
1715 Government St.
Victoria, BC V8W 1Z4
Canada
(250) 475-6260
lecole.ca
Bon Rouge Bistro & Lounge
Bon Rouge Bistro & Lounge opens daily for lunch and dinner and Sunday brunch. Lunch menu selections include roasted vegetable salad, crab and shrimp salad, a signature pork, bacon and beef hamburger, prawn crepes, cedar wrapped salmon, eggs Benedict and crispy game hen. Dinner menu selections include island mussels, escargots in puff pastry, fried pork belly, beef tenderloin, duck confit, local albacore tuna and smoked black cod. Brunch menu selections include French toast, steak and eggs, and crepes with pan-fried red snapper, savoy cabbage and fennel.
Bon Rouge Bistro & Lounge
611 Courtney St.
Victoria, BC V8W 1B7
Canada
(250) 220-8008
bonrouge.ca
Restaurant Matisse
Restaurant Matisse opens for dinner Wednesday through Sunday. The restaurant's extensive menu includes soups such as lobster bisque; salads such as smoked tuna salad and heirloom tomato salad; appetizers such as duck foie gras and escargot Bordelaise; entrees such as oven-roasted duck legs, beef tenderloin and organic free-range chicken breast. Restaurant Matisse also has a fixed-price menu that includes a soup, salad, entrée and dessert choice.
Restaurant Matisse
512 Yates St.
Victoria, BC V8W 1K8
Canada
(250) 480-0883
restaurantmatisse.com
The Empress Room
The Empress Room is located within the Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria, British Columbia. The restaurant opens for breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m. daily and for dinner from 5:30 to 9 p.m. The seasonal dinner menu includes selections such as seared local scallops, ahi tuna, Dungeness crab bisque, smoked sable fish, pork chops, seafood and saffron risotto and pan-roasted venison loin. The Empress Room also offers a seasonal dinner vegetarian entrée. The restaurant's breakfast menu selections include Vancouver Island Eggs Benedict, banana bread French toast, buttermilk pancakes and egg white and grilled vegetable omelet.
The Empress Room
721 Government St.
Victoria, BC V8W 1W5
Canada
(866) 540-4429
fairmont.com/empress/GuestServices/Restaurants/TheEmpressRoom.htm
Chez Michel Restaurant
Chez Michel Restaurant opens for dinner Tuesday through Saturday. Appetizer menu selections include spinach crepes and escargots in white wine and herb sauce; salads include Digby scallop salad and Caesar; soups include lobster bisque and French onion; and entrees include free-range chicken breast in red wine sauce, a catch of the day, duck confit and filet mignon.
Chez Michel Restaurant
1871 Oak Bay Ave.
Victoria, BC V8W 1W5
Canada
(250) 598-2015
chezmichelrestaurant.ca
About The Author
Based in Louisiana, Lynette Hingle has been a freelance writer since 2007. She specializes in health and fitness and travel-related articles and writes for various online outlets, including Associated Content. Hingle holds a Bachelor of Arts in mass communication and journalism from Southeastern Louisiana University.
