10 Acres Bistro - Victoria

My wife and I are currently sitting at 10 Acres on the patio and have to say that we have had a wonderful experience. It began with our waiting to be seated on the patio and being relocated to the bar where we had a great chat with Willis the bartender, who graciously provided us with wine samples in order to choose a bottle of wine. When seated, our server Molly was friendly and helpful. The food was excellent! Overall, we had a great experience and would recommend and come back again. 5/5 rating <br/

I was pretty hesitant coming here for one of our two dinners in Victoria on our weekend trip there based on some of the reviews here. But man am I glad we went. Can 't believe it, but I honestly think my meal there this past Sunday was one of my top 10 restaurant meals ever, and I 've eaten at a lot of great restaurants.<br/ <br/ The hostess and waitress were friendly and efficient. All menu questions were answered easily. Atmosphere was nice, nothing crazy special but no complaints. I was out with my wife and noise level was fairly quiet. Nice for a romantic couples dinner. The farm to table concept of the restaurant is great and the food is very healthy. 9/10 for these aspects.<br/ <br/ I have Celiac so when I go on vacation I spend a ton of time researching which restaurants I 'll be eating at to ensure as safe a meal as possible, while still looking for quality food. I had zero issues with gluten after my meal here. 10/10.<br/ <br/ My meal:<br/ 1. 'End of the Day ' cocktail a pint of Strongbow with an ounce or so of spiced rum in it. Surprisingly delicious, 8/10.<br/ 2. BBQ wings baked (I think) organic chicken wings with rice/corn breading and a tomato based BBQ sauce, 8 wings was a satisfying appy, super tender and moist, I mopped up all the sauce, 9/10.<br/ 3. Sooke Trout perfectly cooked piece of fish with a soul warming root vegetable side covered in the most delicious cream pesto sauce I 've had. I don 't want to oversell this in case I pre blow someone 's mind and it doesn 't live up to it, but I 'm going to dream about that entree for a long time. Just loved it. 10/10 for sure.<br/ 4. Their gluten free dessert was a sundae covered in honey and compote and whipped cream. 8/10.<br/ <br/ It 's rare that all 4 ordered items are at an 8/10 and above, and I can 't say enough about the trout dish, so I have to give 5 stars. My wife really liked her meal as well (French Onion soup, cheese plate, and the pie on special), and all together the meal was only $83. Our $150 seafood meal the night before didn 't even come close to being as memorable.<br/ <br/ Maybe the menu items are inconsistent in their quality to explain the current 3.1 rating for this restaurant, or maybe some of the low ratings are old and things have really improved. If and when I 'm back in Victoria, I can only hope that Sooke Trout is still on the menu, and if not I 'll still return to this top notch restaurant.

My wife and I went to 10 Acres Bistro on nearly the last night of Dine Around.  We had a reservation for 6pm, but we arrived twenty minutes early because we had anticipated having to search for parking and it was quite a bit easier than expected.We were seated right away, the server (Jim) was prompt and attentive and the service was fast and the food was very good.  We will go back there again as we had a very good experience.  In a warmer time of the year we would enjoy dining on the patio, this time we ate in the inside.

Had a excellent dinner here the other night while visiting Victoria. Shared an appetizer of Quinoa Fritters and they were excellent. I had a main course from the specialty menu, shrimp tacos. They were tasty but the negative side is the sauce on them made my taco shell soft and they fell apart. Shared 2 deserts, the Pecan Pie and Chocolate Mouse both deserts were to die for. General impressions, I would go back there is definitely some tasty menu items!

This is my FAVORITE place to go for fancy office lunches. They have the best, bEsT , BEST truffle fries. And I have tried a lot of truffle fries in the city. They put a generous amount of cheese and you can taste the truffle. <br/ <br/ They have a really great selection of salads. I usually have the tuna salad (served tataki style) or the game hen salad (1/2 a roasted game hen with pickled veg, candies peacans and some cheese, I think it's a blue or gorgenzola). <br/ <br/ I've enjoyed both the steamed shellfish (comes with choice of broth) and the whole trout dish. Their chicken wings are awesome and they are gluten free. Get the sesame chili ones. They also have some more indulgent options like fish and chips, pot pie, beef burger. I've been with two different people who had the grilled cheese and said it was noteably good. <br/ <br/ I love the servers. Even before I was a regular they always treated me well. They have a casual and competent vibe. <br/ <br/ The location itself is gorgeous. They have a large covered patio and two areas to sit in. I've never had to wait to get in. <br/ <br/ This is my go-to restaurant for weekday lunches with coworkers or business lunches.