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Tofino

Surf town with a wild-Pacific table

Tofino clings to the open Pacific at the end of the island road, a surf town whose fish tacos, food trucks, and acclaimed dining rooms run on the day's catch and the storm-watching crowd. End-of-the-world cooking, seriously good.

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15 restaurants in Tofino
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1

Wildside Grill

9.1
Seafood · Middle Beach · $

Wildside Grill is a casual Tofino seafood stop built around West Coast ingredients, daily lunch-through-dinner utility, and a menu that turns cod, salmon, tuna, chowder, gumbo, tacos, and poutine into beach-road comfort food.

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Wolf in the Fog

9.0
Canadian · Tofino Village · $$$

Wolf in the Fog is a Tofino dinner room built around coastal seafood, foraging language, live reservations, and a current menu where seaweed salad, potato-crusted oysters, lingcod, halibut, scallops, and a seafood tower carry the story.

3

The Pointe Restaurant

8.9
Canadian · Chesterman Beach

The Pointe Restaurant is a reservation-led coastal Canadian room at the Wickaninnish Inn, strongest when diners lean into Dungeness crab, halibut, caviar service, Howard's Wine Cellar, and the Pacific-facing dinner rhythm that makes it more than a hotel dining room.

4

Shed

8.9
Canadian · Tofino Village · $$

Shed is a downtown Tofino burgers, bowls and brews room with a west coast casual spine: a namesake beef burger, albacore tuna and salmon bowls, local farm-and-water sourcing, patio and indoor seating, and first-come-first-served service that keeps the visit flexible.

5

Ombré

8.9
Italian · Tofino Village

Ombré is a chef-led Tofino room from the Wolf in the Fog team, built around seasonal small plates, coastal seafood, handmade pasta, cocktails, and a wine list that suits a slower dinner near the water.

6

Shelter Restaurant

8.8
Seafood · Tofino Village · $$

Shelter Restaurant is a long-running Tofino waterfront restaurant built around local waters, inlet views, cocktails, and an all-day menu. The strongest read is seafood first: Taste of the Sound, Sakamoto Tuna Tataki, chowder, mussels, fish and chips, and salmon bowls carry the coastal identity.

7

The BEAR Bierhaus Restaurant

8.8
Canadian · Tofino Village

The BEAR Bierhaus turns the revived MAQ Hotel into a casual Tofino gathering room: Vancouver Island oysters, spot prawn pasta, burgers, craft beer, cocktails, patio time, daily happy hour and game-day energy in one downtown address.

8

Long Beach Lodge Resort

8.7
Canadian · Cox Bay

Long Beach Lodge Resort turns Cox Bay into a three-part dining program: polished seafood in The Great Room, casual beach food at SandBar Bistro, and Surf Club snacks around the water. The best case is seafood-led, reservation-friendly, and strongest when a visit uses the room and the beach together.

9

ROAR

8.5
Canadian · Middle Beach

Live-fire cooking, a loud room, and Tofino seafood make ROAR a strong pick when you want a Hotel Zed dinner with real menu weight behind it.

10

250 Social Bar + Kitchen

8.4
Indian · Tofino Village

Downtown Tofino bar-and-kitchen where Kerala-rooted flavours move through coastal comfort food, burgers, bowls, cocktails, and a casual room built for long lunches or summer evenings.

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11

Surfside Grill

8.4
Canadian · Chesterman Beach · $$

Surfside Grill is a Tofino beachside takeout stop at Tsawaak RV Resort, built around panko-fried cod and salmon, fish tacos, chowder, burgers, and a licensed patio. The Jeff Mikus and Wildside Grill lineage gives the seafood focus a clear local spine, while phone-ahead ordering and late daily hours keep it practical.

12

Poblanos Mexican Eatery

8.3
Mexican · Tofino Village

Poblanos Mexican Eatery is a compact Tofino Mexican counter built around birria, seafood-leaning shareables, tacos, burritos and bowls. The strongest read is quick, beach-town takeout with a coastal edge: braised-beef Birria, Diablo Shrimp, Tuna Ceviche and Mexican Shrimp Cocktails carry the menu beyond a basic taco stop.

13

Saltrose

8.0
Comfort Food · Cox Bay · $$

Saltrose is a new Tofino beachside eatery at Pacific Sands, built around wood-fire coastal comfort: smoked mozzarella, brisket-led starters, burgers, pasta, mussels, fish cakes, and a casual lunch-to-dinner setting with pickup ordering.

14

The Great Room

7.5
Contemporary Canadian · Cox Bay · $$$

The Great Room pairs its Cox Bay dining room with a coastal menu built for several kinds of Tofino visit, from brunch to a reserved dinner. Halibut, Shrimp Carbonara and a pre-ordered Crab and Seafood Platter for Two give the kitchen its clearest identity.

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