Discovery Coffee

Cute aesthetic, but not the warm welcoming I'd hoped for. The barista was not the friendliest and…read morestaff gave off cold vibes. Coffee was just ok. Price was typical for a trendy coffee shop. There are other cafes that will actually be HAPPY you are there.

So glad we decided to walk in on our recent trip to Victoria. We did not plan to be here but…read moreliterally every person walking on the street seemed to be walking in and we were like - let's go, check it out. This is right outside the Public Market and has plenty of street parking on and around the block. From the get go, amazing ambiance - bright, colorful infused with wooden interiors makes you take notice. A very innovative menu makes it hard to not try more than you planned on. Service is fast and the staff is friendly. We had the below items and can't wait to be back to try more on their menu. It seems they do refresh their menu quite a bit and the current menu is definitely bomb! 1. Hong Kong style Pork Sandwich - 12/10, amazing favors, very nicely done! 2. Savory Poptart - 10/10, light, flake, buttery, melt in the mouth 3. Mandarin Day Dream from their Signature Drinks - Drink of my dreams. I will dream of it until I can have it again and I hope they do not drop it from the menu until then. Such a innovative and well balanced drink - 20/10, must try!! We need you here in the U.S. Whoever is dishing out these creative menu items (signature drinks & the sandwiches) needs a raise!

House made strawberry cream dream with matcha and oat mylk

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Murchie's Tea & Coffee

4.2(436 reviews)

0.8 km

Everything!! Tea specials were amazing. I hade the Midnight Fog tea latte! The scone and cake…read moreselection was top notch and they were wonderful!

I love this place!! Best tea and coffee in the area. A…read moreplethora of delicious desserts and food. The store has a lot of tea (of course!) and cute items. One thing tone aware and i hope the owners consider- bring back the tin for the teas. Last time i came my teas came in tin cans not boxes or plastic bags however, i still bought several teas and other things.

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Love the little gift boxes of teas!!! - Dec 2023

Saint Cecilia

4.7(25 reviews)

0.7 km

Saint cecillia is the best coffee shop in Victoria in my opinion. I really liked their drink,…read moreambience and service. What I got: Matcha latte Matcha latte flavor was strong and form was just perfect. Very bold and so delicious. I had it without any sugar, I really wanted to enjoy matcha latte itself. The same quality as what I had in japan. Excellent latte. Kanelbullar - Cardamom bun, cinnamon sugar filling. Dough was very soft and chewy. I really enjoyed this item, too. I love their ambience and recommend to sit counter bar on the second floor. I will revisit here on the next Victoria trip!

Food - ok matcha + yuzu i thought was going to be weird but i wanted to give it a try and the 5…read morestars is literally because i loved this drink so much i would go back here just for this drink. one of my fav matcha drinks ever. Service - friendly. we got our stuff to go, so not a whole lot to experience in our short trip. Ambiance - very cute area. lots of people chilling and hanging out for a while.

Cool bi-level seating

Maccha latte with oat milk

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High ceilings, soft light filters through the windows, highlighting clean lines

Habit Coffee

4.1(54 reviews)

0.7 km

loved this coffee shop and the vibes!!!…read more i ordered the hot chocolate here which was good and just peacefully read my book inside. also love the open space inside with the window overlooking downtown

Great options. Loved the latte. Just felt that the sugar free vanilla was on the sweeter side for…read moreme but the lavender oat latte was wonderful!

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Habit

4.0(83 reviews)

0.4 km

It's really rude service for really average coffee. There are many better places nearby.read more

This little cafe is located near Chinatown. It is a cute little cafe with a friendly barista name…read moresam. He was really helpful and let me try the coffee, Hathaway, since I was interested in buying a bag of coffee. He let me try it as an espresso and then made me a latte! Of course I got the bag of coffee cause it went well with the latte! Thanks again Sam!

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Union Pacific Coffee Company

4.5(91 reviews)

0.3 km

Everything about this spot is a 5. Great staff. Lovely ambiance. Really good breakfast sandwich…read more Delicious coffee server in wonderful mug. Plenty of seating for conversation or getting some work done. I'll be back to try the cheddar & chive scone!

Tasty coffee, I had an iced oat milk latte. Pastries are fresh and oh-so-delicious! Blueberry-lemon…read morescone, triple berry scone, almond croissant, chocolate croissant, ham and swiss croissant, and spinach feta croissant-- everything was amazing! Highly recommend.

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Caffe Fantastico

3.8(54 reviews)

0.7 km

Its main appeal is the lively, social space and I give them credit for that. They seem to have a…read morenice selection of baked items too. However, based on my last couple of visits I would not return. The chai latte was watery and the WiFi connection was non-existent. When I asked about the latter, the staff just shrugged and said, "Yeah, it's never that good depending on where you're sitting." I also found it hard to hear people I was talking to with the surrounding noise.

Very welcoming, homey environment. The inside was very cozy but I sat on the patio to soak up the…read moresun since it was the first nice day in a while. Great food menu with substantial meals. I had a crispy tofu sandwich and a strawberry pie slice. A bit of a wait for the food to come out, but all was delicious. The sandwich was freshly prepared with freshly crisped up tofu and tasty sauce, and the side salad had a really good dressing. The pie filling was juicy and tart with a rustic crumb topping. I also enjoyed my sour cherry green tea. They had a nice selection of teas as well as all the coffee drinks you'd expect and some interesting specialty drinks like hot chocolate, cream-top drinks, and more. It was a great place to relax and enjoy lunch.

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White Heather Tea Room

4.6(143 reviews)

2.9 km

The staff were very friendly, and generally service was good…read more The interior is well decorated, but there's no hiding the fact that it's on a busy street, making it one of the tea rooms with the least interesting views. Good selection of tea and it was fine. They seemed average, not bad, but don't really stand out either. I appreciated that they had a variety of choices for food including a gluten-free option. The quality of food was again okay. Nothing was bad, but nothing was great either. They toast the bread for the sandwiches is I personally don't like because by the time you get to it, it's cooled down, so it's a little hard without being freshly toasted. It's also a bit messy to eat open faced sandwiches that have a fair amount of toppings. Afternoon tea is not supposed to be messy. Overall, not bad, but also there are better places.

White Heather Tea Room is the highest rated Afternoon Tea in Victoria and came highly recommended…read moreon social media. We decided to visit for the special meal of our recent trip to Victoria, making a reservation at opening on a Thursday morning. It turns out in the off season a reservation isn't necessary - it never got too full during our 2 hours lounging around and slowly nibbling on food and sipping on tea. The staff are exceptionally pleasant and attentive, constantly refilling teapots and checking on customers. I especially love that when they bring out the tiered tray, they automatically ask for a phone to take a photo! Signature Muckle Tea ($66 CAD per person) - This firstly comes with three tea choices. Given how Brits traditionally drink tea (e.g. with a lot of sugar and cream), we were a bit skeptical with how this afternoon tea would work. We wanted three vastly different types of non-blended teas (ideally a selection of green, black, white, oolong, and puerh). White Heather does serve the first three types of tea. We figured black teas would be safest given brewing temperatures and times. Pai Mu Tan - Very, very subtle flavor. In fact I would say that even after several minutes of brew time, it only tastes like boiled water with slight astringency. But then after another couple of minutes becomes exceptionally astringent and very difficult to drink. A very finicky tea that probably isn't a good choice for afternoon tea. Orange Pekoe - Strong bold malty flavor without much in terms of fruitiness. Does become quite astringent as it becomes more overbrewed, but it takes a while before getting to that point (we also lifted the tea bags as much as possible out of the water to prevent overbrewing in the first place) Sencha - Exceptionally grassy fragrance making it very pleasant to drink. It holds up very well and never becomes too astringent or unpleasant. Surprising given how bitter it gets at home when I brew it at too high temperatures or for too long. Second brew doesn't give much flavor though. Given how many bites came on the three layer tower, I'll only be giving sparknotes rather than my usual full analysis. The waitress recommended eating from bottom tier up. Plain Scone + Raisin Scone - Both exceptionally fluffy and tender, easy to split in half. Served nice and warm with cream, lemon curd, and berry jam. Cheese Croustades - Interestingly different colors on the shell, one being much darker than the other. Both tastes and textures are the same though, being flaky but very hard and almost crunchy. Inside is a cheese mixture, tasting mostly of cheddar with mayo (similar to pimento cheese sans pimento). Some slivers of almonds on top. Mini Quiche - Really soft and buttery tart filled with sun dried tomato and topped with red bell pepper and what seems to be ricotta cheese, although given it's quiche is probably egg. Ham Pinwheel - Simple ham salad flecked with celery, red bell pepper, and pickles on flattened and rolled up sandwich bread. Not salty. Egg Salad Pinwheel - Similar to above, but with egg salad and pimento stuffed olives. The olive gives a welcome hit of salinity. Salmon Sconewich - Really sweet, possibly brown sugar glazed smoked salmon in a somewhat cheesy herbaly scone, tender and spread with cream cheese. Too sweet for a savory dish in my opinion, even with the stuffed olive on top. Cucumber Sandwich - Double decker sandwich, thinly sliced cucumber, tangy cream cheese spread on rye. Soft and fluffy, cucumber almost melts in the mouth. Chocolate Mousse - Delightfully rich and thick, definitely a high quality chocolate mouse given the texture and depth of chocolate flavor, graced with half a raspberry. At this point I was so stuffed that I couldn't eat another bite. I left the rest of the desserts for later (ended up eating them for dinner). Macaron - Really sweet and raspberry fruity, super soft, fingers easily break the surface with a light touch. Raspberry jam in the center of an Earl Grey cream, very sweet so my first few bites I couldn't get the bergamot flavor, but it comes out eating the frosting in isolation. Carrot Cake - Super dense, moist crumb with plenty of carrot flavor and some crushed walnut to break things up. Not too sweet. Tangy whipped cream cheese topping, light not heavy. Caramel Mini Cupcake - Denser bake but moist crumb, tastes more like vanilla than caramel to me. The cream on top perhaps has a hint of caramel? At least, it doesn't seem to be straight sugar. Lemon Tart - Super soft pastry shell with the same lemon curd as with the scones, then topped with cream. Scottish Shortbread - Very crumbly and buttery sweet dessert. Rich and delicious. I'm at the character limit so I'll just say this - White Heather gives a fantastic Afternoon Tea experience. It's a splurge that I certainly think was worth taking. Bathrooms - Two unisex rooms

Three tier Muckle Tea for Two. Chef trained at Le Cordon Bleu. Outstanding!

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White Heather Tea Room - Our Signature Muckle served for two. Featuring rotating desserts, four tea sandwiches, and lovely scones with savoury Hors d'oeuvre.

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Our Signature Muckle served for two. Featuring rotating desserts, four tea sandwiches, and lovely scones with savoury Hors d'oeuvre.

Good Earth Coffee House

3.2(14 reviews)

1.6 km

Came in for a cup of coffee and to meet up with my daughter. I was greeted to Steely Dan playing on…read morethe sound system and by a nice staff member. The coffee wasn't hot, but it was tasty. The thing I love is a cafe where the sun shines in the winter. This is it. The mall where it is located is drab. Well, no, not drab. Actually it is a nice mall as far as malls go. I just don't like malls. This cafe doesn't have that mall feel. The sun changes everything. All is right with the world.

Good coffee but expensive, and the WiFi is capped at less than 0.30 Mbps, what a cheap joke what is…read morethis, 1999 dial-up? I'm going to Starbucks

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The Spiral Cafe

3.8(18 reviews)

1.8 km

Awesome neighborhood coffeeshop. Fast service, huge smiles from the staff and great coffee…read more When its a bit slow the staff clean EVERYTHING keeping the eclectic place looking clean. Great place to relax and work if you can hook into Shaw wifi. Had no trouble finding street parking. Be sure to check out the artwork on the wall.

So grateful to have a cafe the that feels like being in someone's funky living room. It feels so…read morehuman compared to the chain restaurants that make you feel like you are living with casts of a thousand robots.... The coffee is good ..the clientele feel like a crew of healthy and artsy people... I love going there... D

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Tobias K.

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10

17 years ago

I have always been a coffee drinker and have found some seriously good coffee at Discovery. It was in close proximity to my dog daycare and was always a do not miss occasion. I have met some great people there and the smells in there as well as the taste of the coffee and the overall atmosphere is excellent. Surprised I don't see more police there! read more

C C.

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4

11 years ago

There are times when I want coffee. And then there are times when I want REAL coffee. That's when I go to Discovery. If you're looking for a cup of joe, go elsewhere. If you want something full, robust, and authentic, then hit up Discovery and get an Americano. read more

Victoria W.

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34

4 years ago

Their service is great and their coffee is great! Online says they open at 6:30am and 8am, but they actually open at 7am. I came here very early but totally worth the wait. read more

Heather d.

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5

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17 years ago

I feel bad only giving Discovery four stars. It's really good, just in a yuck part of town. It has really good coffee and the baked goods look and smell fabulous. read more

Mary M.

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11 years ago

Poor service. Does not live up to the hype, there are so many better places in the city for coffee and locally roasted beans!

Zia K.

3

12

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12 years ago

I love Discovery Coffee! Love the atmosphere, the coffee, tea, everything. I highly recommend it.

Debbie L.

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6

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10 years ago

Cute place, awesome staff! Coffee was pretty average but nonetheless still loved it :)

Meg D.

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6

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11 years ago

Exceptional service and great tasting coffee i go nowhere else in victoria but here

Jill A.

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4

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4 years ago

Delicious coffee and baked goods. Consistently perfect!

A G.

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9

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4 years ago

Excellent coffee. Friendly staff and a good vibe.

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