Mother's Day's dinner 2026. Amazing service from Miquela. Ask for her…read more Amazingly good food. So many flavors!! Our local friends adore this place. I can see why. Right by the harbor. Reservations recommended. Next level Indian food. Truly magical!! You must try it.

I've been enjoying Indian dishes in NYC, London, Seattle over many decades and this was the best…read moreIndian food I've ever had. We were a group of eight and shared loads of dishes, all exceptional. The service was excellent, and the space was nicely designed. Will definitely return!

Doing a walking loop around the block and past Varsha was enough to make me circle back. Greeted…read moreright at the door by courteous and friendly people. Seated prop promptly and all questions answered. The non-alcoholic ginger lemonade iced tea is very good. You can order extra ginger for it too! No complimentary refills on it sadly... While waiting for the noms (and naan) to arrive, I took in the subtle charm that of Varsha. It's clean, organized, bright from natural light but not overly. Lunch was at first view kitchen of small, but that was my brain vs. stomach. While there could have been more protein in the main dishes, I did leave satisfied to the point I couldn't eat any more. And every bite was delicious. I'm looking forward to visiting Victoria again and thinking Varsha will be another delicious lunch stop. Check them out. Authentic and delicious.

We ordered via DoorDash thinking they would be really good given the number of reviews compared to…read moreother places. The food arrived quite late sending dasher back. I will talk about what we liked- lassi and daal rice were good. The kid enjoyed it. 4/5. The malai chicken starter was good too. It was not the best but tasted well and liked that it came with some salad. 3.5/4 Now we ordered fish in Goan curry. The curry flavor was okay but it was quite on salty and tangier side. They sent it with chicken instead of fish. 2.5/3. We didn't go inside but saw many people walking in. I wouldn't recommend delivery as they seem to have mess up things.

Food was absolutely delicious and the server was incredibly helpful. We were quite hungry and…read morehaving trouble making decisions, but he helped us pick and all of his recommendations where 10/10!

Overall very good. A bit pricey compared to some other Indian spots we've tried - take-out order…read more(no beverages) with a modest tip was over $100 and was just barely enough for four of us. The Biryani chicken dish was disappointing - almost entirely rice with only a few pieces of chicken (including two bone-in pieces). The shrimp, lamb roogan-josh, and dal were very goodbut (again) not very big. Fortunately, we added an extra order o rosemary naan.

Too oily and they just throw the whole cardamom into the food, with out even bothering taking the…read moreseeds out of the inedible pod. Maybe if it was street food this would be acceptable, but at top dollar restaurant prices there are better Indian food places than this - even in twee, wee Victoria.

I'm not sure why some of the other reviews for this place are quite negative but I had a positive…read moreexperience with Royal Spice. I can't comment on the atmosphere or service because I ordered takeaway, but the food travelled smoothly and was well-packaged, with all directions followed. I ordered Chole Bhature, which included Indian pickles, Bhindi Masala, and Chilli Paneer. The Chilli Paneer was my favourite. All of the dishes were full of flavours, textures and depth, perfectly satisfying Indian appetites. I look forward to dining in next time!

Still great flavors and kind staff, but recent changes to the portions (shrinkflation) while…read moremaintaining higher prices make the experience less satisfying. We'll be looking elsewhere going forward.

Ordered chicken red curry with but there was less than approximately 1/4 chicken breast in it. It…read morewas tasty but pretty much vegetarian. They don't get the grease to a high enough temperature so the spring rolls were super oil laden. I had to squeeze out the grease or it would pour out while being eaten. Not good food today. Expensive and disappointing. Yikes

This is exactly my favorite kind of restaurant. My best friend knew it too. He loves this place and…read morehas lived on the island 15 years. Knowing that Lebanese food is my favorite of all this was one of our first stops in my two weeks stay. This is a family owned place with the owners behind the counter and working in the kitchen, they appear to be husband and wife, and they couldn't be more friendly or kind. They were so very nice to us and answered all of our silly questions. The food here is magnificent! I had never had tabouli fries before, that was the first. My buddy said their fries were excellent and they are, they are double fried and very crunchy. That is my favorite kind of fry. Pillowy soft on the inside too. The beef-lamb shawarma was special. We got the one with the hot sauce and added more. We are both also chilli heads. I will absolutely be bringing my wife here when we return to the island in the fall. Yalla is 5 stars all the way. Lots of locals in and out while we dined. They know this place is special.

Great food, fun petite Middle Eastern restaurant great staff, tons of choices…read more Very reasonably priced homemade desserts and now with a piano, the staff can accompany on cello for an amazing evening experience

We wanted to try some Indian food while in Victoria. We love the spices and found Sizzling Tandoor…read moreon Yelp. Mostly five star reviews so we decided to give it a go. We had a high bar because we had just gone to an Indian restaurant in Chicago that was over the top good. Sizzling Tandoor met that bar. It was just as good as Chicago. Many reviews mentioned the Rogan Josh Lamb so we ordered that and balanced it off with Chicken Tikka Masala. We each ate half of each entree. A side of plain Naan completed the meal. We like hot food and we're going to order hot, but our server, Muskan, convinced us to get medium hot. It was perfect. Muskan was attentive but didn't hover. She engaged us in a nice convo after our meal and was very pleasant. The most difficult part was deciding which we liked better. The lamb won, but only by a small margin. Both were excellent.

We stopped in at Happy Hour where they have beer, wine and apps of samosas or spinach nann on…read morespecial. For dinner My hubby ordered the sizzling tandoori chicken and I had the most amazing rojan josh lamb dish in their perfectly spiced sauce in a generous serving. I ordered med hot which was flavorful. Our waitress was so nice always checking on us and we enjoyed our dinner so much we still keep thinking about how delicious it all was!

My review is just for the comedy open mic. It was really fun. Obviously it's uneven but there's a…read morelot of talent here. It was a great evening for us. We usually go to music open mics but we'll have to make comedy part of our routine too. Most of the audience will be comics waiting to go on- which is funny in itself. We didn't eat - had a Phillips beer and it was fine.

I went to the Mint for a comedy show (which was awesome). But the pasta I ordered was pretty…read moreflavourless and came with two pieces of over toasted bread with no butter?? I asked the server for butter and she said the kitchen didn't have any. Also it was deafeningly loud when the show wasn't on. This gave me a headache and made conversation difficult. They also seemed very short staffed. I felt bad for the waitress as she seemed to be the only person serving the entire room.