FARO
Italian restaurant and pizzeria at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel on Beach Drive.
Known forNeapolitan pizza from a slate-tiled oven you can watch from your table
Our take
FARO took over the Oak Bay Beach Hotel's old Kate's Cafe space and opened during the pandemic, doing takeout while dining rooms were shut. The oven sits in full view, faced in smoky slate tiles, and the room has exposed brick and moss-green velvet banquettes. Plates are meant for sharing, so they arrive as they're ready rather than all at once.
Local tipThe patio seats about 60, with heaters and fire features, so it works well past summer. Breakfast runs 7 to 11 every day.
In our restaurant guide
Pizza, a shared table, and a night out. Margherita ($26) or funghi pizza ($29), with a plate to share. Read why, and what to order
Good to know
- Named for the Italian word for beacon or lighthouse.Source
- Neapolitan-style pizzas come from a Wood Stone oven; mornings it runs as FARO Cafe with barista coffee and pastries.Source
- Dogs are welcome on the outdoor patio, which has fire features.Source
- Takeaway is ordered by phone or at the host stand; groups over six should call 1-250-940-0309.Source
- Inside the Oak Bay Beach Hotel, which reopened in 2012 on the oceanfront lot of the original 1927 hotel.Source
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Guide
Restaurant guide: Pizza, a shared table, and a night outFrom the Oak Bay Local restaurant guide.