Vegan
American
Fast food
Delivery
Take-out
British
Breakfast
Canadian

All-vegan butcher shop that creates plant-based meat alternatives. Features deli sandwiches, hot foods, and a glass case display of deli meats, taco stuff'ers, bangers, and vegan cheeses to take home. On the weekends find brunch menu with several varieties of tofu bennys as well mains like poutine, breakfast burrito, smokey tempeh bacon bagel, and English breakfast plate. Eat on the premises or take to-go. At Victoria Market at The Hudson since 2017. Offers nationwide vegan meat boxes delivery. Reported closed August 2022.


94 Reviews

First Review by kels.the.veg.

Nastastia

Points +48

Vegan
26 Jan 2020

So Good and friendly!

We had cauliflower hot wings and they were so good! Also we bought the cream cheese in the deli counter (everything flavor) and it was the best cream cheese I’ve ever had!

Pros: quick, friendly, tasty

EsmeTardif

Points +82

Vegan
12 Jan 2020

A favorite!!

Absolutely delicious... we had burgers, mac 'n cheese, poutine, sausage rolls and cookies. They were all incredible... we went back 2 days later and bought some burgers for home.

Pros: Perfection

Lettuce Muncher

Points +393

Vegan
30 Dec 2019

Onion Rings and more

Delicious array of food. We ate here twice, having the juevos, smokey burger, Pickle Rick and BBQ platter. All were good. I was especially happy to find onion rings cooled in a vegan fryer. They sell local cultured cheeses and their deli meats to go. Sides are huge! My only issue is that with all the amazing cultured cheese on the island, why are Daiya shreds being used on the Mac and the poutine?

Pros: Options, Great kombucha

Cons: Daiya Cheese

HaileyM

Points +73

Vegan
12 Dec 2019

An absolute MUST!

I visited Very Good Butchers for breakfast. The food is absolutely amazing, I had the vegan Benny. Lots of seats & nice atmosphere in the market!

Pamr

Points +248

Vegetarian
30 Nov 2019

Awesome!

Both to eat in or to buy from their bean butchery, this place is a must go. I highly recommend the burgers as well as the weekend brunch items. And definitely do not leave without buying some goodies to bring home with you.

Pros: tasty, good quality, filling comfort food

Cons: service a bit slow

dontbedaft

Points +575

Vegan
24 Nov 2019

Fun vegan comfort food

Plant-based hub with a deli-counter selling mock meats and dairy free cheese in addition to the large menu of comfort food.

Pros: All vegan, Big menu

Cons: Location inside market a little inaccessible

Veggiedancer

Points +204

Vegetarian
27 Oct 2019

Fantastic homemade mock meat

Sadly I was only in Victoria over night, so I only got to try one item on the menu, and they all looked so good. I took the bbq plate with “ribz”. It was fantastic. I highly recommend eating here, especially if you are a fan of mock meat!

bubbalouiex

Points +49

Vegetarian
22 Sep 2019

Really impressed with the food here!

We tried the tofu benny dish and it was delicious. They really took care to make it look nice as well. Everything was perfect.
Btw, the girl told us that they have a manufacturing plant in Victoria where they make all their plant-based meats. Wish we had something like that where I live, as most vegan restaurants in my town get their "meats" from Taiwan. :(

Updated from previous review on 2019-09-20

PamelaKT

Points +76

Vegan
27 Jul 2019

Very Good Indeed!

At the Sidney Farmer's Market, I had a chance to try the Very British Banger and really enjoyed it so a group of us went to the Deli in Victoria and were very happy that we did. The Cauli Wings with Maple Sriracha , Cauli Wings with Buffalo sauce, Poutine, Buffalo style Cluckin' Eh Sandwich and Chocolate Chip Cookie were all delicious. One minor item was that we had ordered BBQ sauce not Buffalo sauce for one of our orders of Cauli Wings. I look forward to returning and to also trying their Brunch.

Pros: Full of Flavour, Friendly Staff, Appealing Market Location

Cons: One item of our order was incorrect

JuliaGrouch

Points +58

Vegan
26 Jul 2019

Very, very good.

This place is incredible. It is a beacon for all vegans everywhere!! We had the buffalo chicken sandwich with a side of poutine and a very Big Mac with a side of onion rings. Too much food, we know, but like, so delicious. They also sell “The Cultured Nut” products, which is a local cashew cheesery!

Pros: Only vegan options! Junk fooooood baby, Great staff , Cute location

Cons: A wee expensive. But worth it

SarBear

Points +48

Vegan
07 Jul 2019

Great location and concept

I really enjoyed this establishment. I would have loved to see a slightly more expansive brunch menu but I’m sure it will come in time. Really enjoyed the tempeh bacon bagel. The market itself is so beautiful I love the location.

Pros: Brunch on weekends, Seating

ChereseCombs

Points +578

Vegan
02 Jul 2019

Very Good

Quick comfort food, all vegan and delicious. The fried chicken was delicious paired with the house salad and Mac and cheese. Friendly service.

Orion

Points +1415

Vegan
15 Jun 2019

It was okay

I enjoyed the food there but it wasn’t extraordinary by any means. I had never been to a vegan butchers before this, I really like the idea and the taste of their “meats” everything else was just lacking a bit, meals not coming out at the same time ect.

Pros: Great idea, Meats taste good

TKoch

Points +563

Vegan
15 Jun 2019

Food was ok

Shared the ribs, mac and cheese, caesar salad, poutine, and onion rings. Food was ok, but very greasy. Ribs were dry and needed extra sauce. We will probably not go back. They were out of every kind of lunchmeat they advertise and the clerk said she didn’t know when they would have the items back in stock.

barkerkimp

Points +198

Vegan
07 Jun 2019

Great vegan fast food

Great vegan fast food, near the centre of town and fantastic that it’s all 100% vegan.

Updated from previous review on 2019-06-07

Pros: 100% vegan - nothing has to be veganised, Good choices and portions, Friendly staff

Cons: Quite pricey if on a limited budget

GVG

Points +137

Vegan
06 May 2019

Vegan junk food

Great if you are looking for vegan comfort/junk food! Lots of options but not very healthy and quite processed.
Quite expensive, quick service.
Located in a indoor food market kind of place with other food vendors if your company isn’t vegan! Yummy kombucha but a shame that they serve it in a single use cup.
They also had vegan cookies and donuts in the cabinet! ( the peanut butter cookie was yummy, the brownie cookie not so good..)

Pros: Fully Vegan , Has sweet treats

Cons: Processed

Azelea

Points +272

Vegan
20 Apr 2019

Sooooooooo gooooooood

I was very impressed by this place, got five different things and everything was good fast and great portions! Wish I lived here!

Pros: Great portions , Good prices, Amazing flavours

JTtheveggie

Points +2502

Vegan
13 Apr 2019

Not What I Expected but Pleased

Okay, I’d built up expectations around visiting this place for sometime (sort of a Mecca for West Coast vegans). I’d expected a sit down dining experience but this is more a stand and order at the counter and they’ll call you kind of place. At the recommendation of the clerk I ordered the Pickle Burger (pretty great - you’ll need napkins) and the cauliflower wings (a bit soggy and tired). Note the limited daytime only hours of this place.

Pros: Ample public seating , Quick and friendly service, Reasonably priced

Cons: Restricted hours

PbBean

Points +31

Vegan
05 Apr 2019

Best Vegan Comfort Food!

The food here is phenomenal! I have yet to have a dish here that I did not love. Their variety of vegan comfort food options is unparalleled - I enjoy trying something different every time I come. Their nacho fries and mac and cheese are my current favourites :)

Pros: Amazing Food, Great Staff

Cons: Inconvenient location/hours

JaredDombrowski

Points +86

Vegan
31 Mar 2019

DELICIOUS!

We went here for brunch and had 2 different bennies - both were outstanding! Very tasty. And the onion rings were also delicious. Big menu, lots of options. Highly recommended!

Pros: Big menu, Cool location

LunaBella

Points +34

Vegan
28 Mar 2019

Wow! Perfect vegan food

What a great experience. The service was amazing, the food is delicious and I definitely want to go again!!

efenosvriemen

Points +1788

Vegan
11 Mar 2019

chicken burgers to die for

they have one of the best chicken burgers i’ve tasted in the west coast. i missed it so much when my trip ended.

DrangPo

Points +30

Vegan
13 Jan 2019

The best burgers!

Yum, do your self a favor amd go. And weekends has a bonus munu

Pros: All great

Cons: Addicted

kylgh

Points +25

Vegetarian
13 Jan 2019

Amazing!

I’ve only had their packaged ribs and burgers, but they’re SO delicious! I can’t wait to try their cooked in house options.

Pros: Local, Lentil based

Netalwins

Points +47

Vegan
10 Jan 2019

Amazing Variety

I had the opportunity to taste a wide selection of very good butchers menu at a party this December held at the restaurant. I am very impressed. The flavours and textures of their sandwiches and burgers were amazing. Their rolls were delicious. If you are in Downtown Victoria I highly recommend this restaurant.

Pros: Amazing recipes , Great service , Great staff

iswarnn

Points +74

Vegan
30 Dec 2018

Breakfast burger ☺️

We were starving (no breakfast does that to you) so walked ten mins down the road to this place tucked into the market. We both ordered breakfast burgers and they came pretty quickly, they were filled to the brim and tasted sooo good! Sadly they’d run out of hash browns so they took a dollar off for each burger. Really filling and tasty, good music too. Would definitely come back

Pros: All vegan!, They also sell mock meats and cheeses

Cons: No hash browns!, Don’t serve coffee (just nit picking here)

JustinAbraham

Points +18

Vegan
15 Nov 2018

Amazing experience

Every Vegan has to check this place out. Love it




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