Dining
Could be that Sidney's lively dining scene was forecast in 1859 when the first Royal Navy sloop, the HMS Plumper, explored the area. Nowadays, Sidney's restaurant scene itself grows plumper and plumper as adventurers, back from whale watching or eco-touring, seek new kitchens for old appetites.
Ethnic Fare
Sidney's burgeoning restaurant scene pirouettes from fresh fish and Pacific Northwest fare to an international kickline line of Mexican, Swiss, Italian, Greek, Chinese, Japanese and Thai. What's more, they're all within easy walking distance of one another. Foodies can merrily inspect every single menu in town before making a choice.
Pacific Northwest Style
Pacific Northwest fare weighs in at the classy Haro in the Sidney Pier Hotel. The airy restaurant looks out on the Haro Strait, a strand of the Salish Sea. Signature dishes line up in the order of impeccably fresh wild BC salmon - Coho, Chinook or Sockeye, depending - and halibut with spot prawn risotto.
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Haro's Bouillabaisse
Stealing all culinary thunder is a West Coast bouillabaisse chock full of perfectly underdone salmon, halibut, spot prawns, mussels and clams in saffron tomato fennel broth with a dash of Pernod. Nightly specials from two-for-one pizza to weekend early birders transfix bargain-hunting foodies. And chips are fresh and hand-cut, the litmus test for a kitchen that respects food.
Seafood
The waterfront Beacon Landing fully embraces the oceanside setting with an impressive slate of fish and seafood dishes. They include clam chowder, tuna tataki, crabcakes, and two certifiable superstars, macadamia-crusted halibut and cedar-plank salmon.
Mexican
Locals also give the nod to Carlo's Cantina, a tiny, 16-seat, backstreet room dishing out high spirits and big flavours. The mole - chicken sauced in chillies and chocolate - garners rave reviews, but sizzling Tex-Mex dishes are no slouches, either. And those margaritas...
European
From pork schnitzel and old-fashioned cheese fondue to duck breast with apricots, welcome to Europe-on-the-Pacific. Bistro Suisse doesn't fret about calorie-counts, butter and cream, brandy-lashed sauces and dee-lish self-indulgence. Hey, it's European and the real thing. Repent tomorrow.
Greek Islanding
Greek restaurants pepper Sidney streets, but the clear winner, say insiders, is Maria's Souvlaki, a family-operated resto that actually succeeds in transporting diners to balmy nights on mythic Aegean Islands. The word on Maria's is "best souvlaki west of Athens" and faves from calamari to roast lamb garner authentic applause. Opa!
Sidney's Spicy Southeast Asian
Sidney's Southeast Asian restaurant is Sabhai, a Thai bistro whose familiar Bangkok-style fare thrives on individual flavours skillfully harmonizing. In a handsome room free of Land of Smiles kitsch, embrace the real thing: Forget phad Thai and opt for larb - a searingly spicy salad of minced chicken, Thai spices and chillies - full-throttle red and green curries, roaring garlic pork and aromatic jasmine rice with tiger prawns.
Timid palates need not shrink in terror. Every dish can be ordered mild.
For more information on eating out in Sidney, drop into the Visitor Centre at 10382 Pat Bay Hwy, just 2 minutes from the Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal.
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71
1140 Government Street
Victoria, British Columbia
V8W 1Y2
Websitehttp://www.bedfordregency.com
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Phone250-384-6835
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72
9805 Seaport Place
Sidney, British Columbia
V8L 4X3
Websitehttp://www.sidneypier.com
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Phone250-655-9445
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73
9838 3rd Street
Sidney, British Columbia
V8L 3A7
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Phone250-656-5112
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74
310 Wale Road
Victoria, British Columbia
V9B 0J8
Websitehttp://www.goodviewrestaurant.com
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Phone250-474-0822
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75
560 Johnson Street
Victoria, British Columbia
V8W 3C6
Websitehttp://www.greencuisine.com
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Phone250-385-1809
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76
607 Oswego Street
Victoria, British Columbia
V8V 4W9
Websitehttp://www.victoriaharbourhouse.com
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Phone250-386-1244
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77
9805 Seaport Place
Sidney, British Columbia
V8L 4X3
Websitehttp://www.sidneypier.com
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Phone250-655-9700
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78
1127 Haultain Street
Victoria, British Columbia
V8T 1V4
Websitehttp://www.haultainfishandchips.com
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Phone250-383-8332
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79
123 Gorge Road East
Victoria, British Columbia
V9A 1L1
Websitehttp://www.hecklersbarandgrill.com
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Phone250-386-9207
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80
435 Simcoe Street
Victoria, British Columbia
V8V 1L4
Websitehttp://www.heronrockbistro.ca
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Phone250-383-1545
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