University Club of Victoria — Restaurant in Oak Bay

In my school years I love the yam fries with chipotle from Felicitas and UClub. Menu selection for the latter venue seems static across the years hence when informed that there’s something new, I dashed to the phone to make a reservation.

The experience this Wednesday at lunch in the main dinning room didn’t disappoint. In fact a delighted time. Special menu item chicken breast covered in tarragon sauce with mashed potato, mushrooms, and veggies on the side is one Ill recommend to others if I ever see it available again.

I think members are smart to utilize this versatile facility. This place could be for business meetings or discussions, social events, or as own reading lounge. The only tricky aspect about dinning here...

Compared to their past offerings (which already were pricey), the price has jumped a lot, and the portions are surprisingly small. I recently had the warm beet and broccoli salad; it was surprisingly sparse, mostly being some light greens and with undercooked (not soft) beets. For a $22 salad, it is ridiculous how light it was. I'll say that for vegetarians, we don't often look forward to going to the University Club, but we go there more by necessity due to lack of other fancy options on campus for treating...

Lovely little vacation on campus. Aside from having my marriage reception there in the 90's, I was a member for a time decades later and have been to several events, or just wandered by after work for a meal and a drink. Nice surroundings with the headwaters of Bowkers creek outside on the patio. Occasional deer sightings and of course water fowl in the pond. For a while they had a whisky club that I was a member of. Perry the bartender was...