Saveur Restaurant

Loved loved loved Saveur! I've been for both lunch and dinner. Beautiful cocktails. Fresh, local menu by renowned chef. Outstanding service and gorgeous ambience. Loved that you can get delicious appys at very reasonable prices. Saveur is my new fav Victoria spot for locals and visitors!

Absolutely delicious and beautifully presented. It’s the sort of meals that brings you to wonder… how did they manage to turn mundane ingredients, you find in any fridge, into something so delicious!?
The setting is clean and nicely decorated, the seatings were well sectioned for covid as well. I think they did try their best to serve but they were a little bit understaffed.
Would love to try more dishes next time in Victoria!

Had birthday dinner here yesterday. The food was amazing! The crispy pork belly was so tasty with that a bit crunch outside and so juicy inside! The squash and Quinn sauce was so good with the meat too. The duck was surprisingly soft with also crispy skin. It really had the duck taste in it which I loved so much! Personally I loved the duck slightly better than the pork belly, but my friend liked the pork more.
Had the dark chocolate dessert at the end with chestnut, foie gras ice cream and chocolate nibs flakes. Nice combination too!
The staff there was so nice! Had a really nice dinner! Definitely

Service and food here was top notch. We shared a few plates and every plate and recommendation from our friendly server was exceptional. There was an 18% service charge automatically added to the bill, but I think it's well-deserved. Saveur Restaurant was the exclamation point to our weekend in Victoria.

Food was amazing as always ! One recommendation: could use some more martini glasses. Having martinis served in a margarita glass was a disappointment. Stocking only 2 martini glasses doesn’t seem to be sufficient for any bar!

A MUST if you like great dining, friendly, wonderful staff ( Jessica is amazing, along with the entire group), the food can’t be beat for taste and presentation. A menu to please every taste. A gem that is not to be missed.!👍❤️

Visiting from Austin Texas where we have amazing steak on almost every street corner. Saveurs Tenderloin was hands down one of the best steaks ever. Enjoyed the entire meal. Octopus appetizer was super!

Very disappointing experience, from beginning entering the restaurant strong smell of burnt oil was not inviting.
I ordered grilled octopus which came with unbearably hot polenta, the waitress warned us about the hot plate but nothing about polenta which tell me she has not told by chef. Polenta comes in bite size you can guess the rest of story.
There was no balance from taste perspective.
Some elements were tasteless (foie gras) and some were too strong(demi mushroom).
The plating was beautiful and thats the reason for 2 stars.

Our dining experience was phenomenal, we had a late reservation but our server was incredibly accommodating. We shared a couple of dishes and everything was delicious, both the food and the wine. Definitely worth a visit when you are in Victoria!

I will start by saying the food was absolutely legendary and the kitchen did a wonderful job. I felt our server wasn't informative/knowledgeable about the dishes and was purely making suggestions off price. We had the peppered bourbon cocktail, I tasted zero amounts of pepper and infinite amount of sweetness. In my opinion it could be reworked with better garnish, it felt like someone pulled some rosemary pieces off a twig and threw it in a glass.
Again, food was delicious!!

Taking my fiance on her first trip since covid started and ended up at Saveur. Amazing food, can't say enough good things about the service and the dessert was omg incredible (both options). Thank you Saveur! We will be back.

The food looks absolutely gorgeous and the taste is rich with fully developed flavors. We loved the mussels in smoky tomato sauce! The Earl Grey infused wafer with the lemon curd dessert was phenomenal!

Food always good and very creative. Great presentation and very appetizing!
Their cocktail drinks are highly recommended too. If you want refreshing drinks this hot summer, try their punch!
Servers and staff are very professional and attentive.
Highly recommended!!!

My husband and I had a wonderfully delicious breakfast. I even bought the breakfast scones for take away. I send all my guests there.

Best food in town The chef is second to none and the food is as good as Gordon Ramsay he will be a famous chef but he already is as far as the island goes

We enjoyed an amazing, delicious Mother's day dinner yesterday!! Well done Rob!! Looking forward to having a "sit down" dinner at Saveur when things get back to normal.

Amazing experience !!! The whole evening was perfect, the food was a combination of art with fabulous textures and tastes, every dish had a story to tell... can’t wait to go back!!!

That was the that was the fourth time that i have eaten dinner at Sauveur. It has been exceptional every time. Yesterday it was close to perfection. The tasting menu and wine pairings worked so well together. The food and wine are presented so well. It's one of the best restaurants in Canada in my experience. Long may it continue.

The cocktails before the meal were very good. The five course tasting menu was excellent--every dish was flavorful and nicely presented. The wine pairings were a good compliment to each dish. I highly recommend this place.

We loved our dinner! Special in every way: incredible flavors and creativity, wonderful server ( we sat at the bar and our bartender/ server made the experience memorable- he was geeked out over what he was serving). Delicious , surprising... fantastic. We ordered off the menu and there was not an off note! Don't miss!!!

Great Egg McDuckin breakfast sandwich - never had duck bacon before but it was delightful to eat. Our server was very attentive with refilling our coffee and genuinely pleasant to interact with.

I had the pleasure of dining at Saveur last night. We had the tasting menu and both of of enjoyed it to the extreme. Do not pass up gem of a restaurant.

A well nigh perfect example of Nouvelle Cuisine in downtown Victoria. Great location, very pleasant vibe, with knowledgable, welcoming staff.

I've been 'burned' before on the hobgoblin of Victoria restaurants, a great first visit, then consistency flies out the window on subsequent trips. Think Agrius, Olo, Cafe Brio, Il Terazzo, Brasserie L'ecole, and several others.

So, 'only' a four star to begin, but if following visits are as spectacularly good as last night, it'll be upped to five stars.

The restaurant was full on a Wednesday night.

Chef/owner Robert

We read about this place online and during a long weekend, made a reservation here for dinner. Is located just a bit outside the main downtown corridor, but is it easily within walking distance of the majority of hotels.

It's got a great look inside, with low lighting in the nice combination of industrial and modern type decour. Lots of exposed pipes, a nice bar and simple, elegant seating and tables.

They have a tasting menu for $65 per person that is five courses and looked quite good. None of us are hungry enough to do a tasting menu so we decided to do Allah cart. We were a bit surprised

You should make reservations here on your next stop to Victoria! The welcome scones were delightful; a cross between a biscuit and shortcake. The strawberry rhubarb was enough to put that taste complex with sweet, savory soft and crunchy.
I ordered the hangover hash. The freshness of the herbs just added to the total flavor!! So good!!

We went there on a Friday evening and the place was not busy, 3 tables including ours. We found the service to be pretentious when the chef was 'willing' to let us order from the chefs menu as well as the a la carte menu.
The tasting menu was innovative, but the taste itself was only slightly above average, and the same for the a la carte dish. Pork belly was nicely executed, but the ling cod was NOT fresh and overcooked. Our friend had the broccoli and politely commented that the dish was fine.

Overall, based on the final bill, we had a non-impressive 'fine dining' experience

We did the chef's tasting menu and the vegetarian tasting menu. Each of the 5 dishes on each of the 2 tasting menus was carefully crafted so that it had several distinctive unique and uncommon flavors that came together in a beautiful way. Doing this for one dish is impressive for 10 dishes it is simply incredible!

I highly recommend doing the wine pairing with the tasting menu. On some dishes the wine made the dish and on others the dish made the wine.

Executive Chef Rob Cassels is truly a rising star in the culinary industry, and Front of House Manager Ryan McGibbon was exquisite; he