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Plate of fish and chips with coleslaw and tartar sauce
Shopfront patio with umbrellas and planters
Table of kitchen dishes including chowder, fried fish and salads

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Oak Bay Seafood

Fish market and kitchen selling local fish, shellfish and smoked products, with gluten free fish and chips to eat in or take out.

Known for halibut and chips from fryers that are entirely gluten-free

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Gregg and Anne Best fished halibut, salmon and crab off Haida Gwaii for decades. They built their boat in 1981 and named it The Hopeful, after the fisherman's wish: hope we're full. After shops in Cowichan Bay and the Victoria Public Market, they opened on Oak Bay Avenue at the end of 2016. The fryers are 100 per cent gluten-free, which people with celiac disease mention a lot. The counter carries live Dungeness crab and spot prawns, too.

Local tipEat it on the spot, because the batter softens on the way home. The kitchen opens at 11:30.

Good to know

  • The market is open daily from 10am to 7pm and the kitchen opens at 11:30am.Source
  • Run by Gregg and Anne Best, a fishing family who built their boat The Hopeful in 1981.Source
  • Opened its first retail outlet in 2010 in Cowichan Bay before moving to the Victoria Public Market and then Oak Bay Avenue.Source

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