Oak Bay Local

Take it to Willows Beach

Estevan Village is a block from the sand. Pick something up and eat it there.

  1. Food & drink Estevan Village

    Willows Galley

    Sourdough-battered fish and hand-cut chips, which don't travel far. They don't have to.

  2. Food & drink Estevan Village

    Pure Vanilla Bakery & Cafe

    Lemon tarts and decorated sugar cookies. Seating inside is tight anyway.

  3. Food & drink Estevan Village

    Ruth & Dean

    One cake a day, sold by the slice, plus a biscuit breakfast sandwich.

  4. Food & drink Estevan Village

    49 Below Ice Cream

    Hawkins Cheezies ice cream, if you want a story to tell.

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Every place in Oak Bay
10

New to Oak Bay? Start here

The first week, sorted: the decal, the library card, the pool and the people who will drive your neighbour to the doctor.

8

Raining again

Places to wait it out in the Village and nearby, with or without kids.

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Places with a past

A yacht club whose first clubhouse sank three times, a golf club older than Oak Bay and a pub that came back with its own beer mugs. Oldest first.

5

Bring the dog

Places where the dog is welcome, plus one for after the beach.

7

Free in Oak Bay

Bowling, sculpture, archives and a painting party on a creek path. None of it costs anything.

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Open by 7

Coffee, groceries, a swim or a physio slot before work. Opening times come from each place's own hours.

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Still open after 9

For the forgotten dinner-party bottle and the late pad thai. Closing times come from each place's own hours.